Christine Mei

The Democrats’ Collapse The outcome of this election can be described by borrowing a phrase from Taiwanese commentator Kuo Cheng-Liang, as the Democrats “losing so badly it’s embarrassing.” Why did the Democrats suffer such a disastrous defeat? Before the election, mainstream media polls suggested a neck-and-neck race between Trump and Kamala Harris. So why was the defeat so...

The Democrats’ Collapse The outcome of this election can be described by borrowing a phrase from Taiwanese commentator Kuo Cheng-Liang, as the Democrats “losing so badly it’s embarrassing.” Why did the Democrats suffer such a disastrous defeat? Before the election, mainstream media polls suggested a neck-and-neck race between Trump and Kamala Harris. So why was the defeat so...

On July 24, 2024, the U.S. Congress extended a grand welcome to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This marked Netanyahu’s fourth speech before the U.S. Congress, surpassing British WWII Prime Minister Churchill by one appearance. Netanyahu’s visit came nearly ten months after Israel’s mass slaughter of the people of...

On July 24, 2024, the U.S. Congress extended a grand welcome to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This marked Netanyahu’s fourth speech before the U.S. Congress, surpassing British WWII Prime Minister Churchill by one appearance. Netanyahu’s visit came nearly ten months after Israel’s mass slaughter of the people of...

​ Western Anti-China Sentiment Anti-China sentiment in the West has been gradually on the rise since the 2008 financial crisis. The rise has been greatly hastened after Donald Trump assumed the presidency in 2017. Trump, in an effort to shift the focus from his woefully inadequate handling of COVID-19, repeatedly called the virus “the China virus,” thus encouraging racism and anti-Asian bias. ...

​ Western Anti-China Sentiment Anti-China sentiment in the West has been gradually on the rise since the 2008 financial crisis. The rise has been greatly hastened after Donald Trump assumed the presidency in 2017. Trump, in an effort to shift the focus from his woefully inadequate handling of COVID-19, repeatedly called the virus “the China virus,” thus encouraging racism and anti-Asian bias. ...

 I wrote the letter below and sent it to the Wall Street Journal on 2/5/20 after the Journal published an article entitled “ China is the Real Sick Man of Asia” on its opinion page on 2/3/20. I am appalled by the title of Walter Russell Mead’s Feb. 3 article — “China is the Real Sick Man of Asia” — regarding the impact of the coronavirus on China and the...

 I wrote the letter below and sent it to the Wall Street Journal on 2/5/20 after the Journal published an article entitled “ China is the Real Sick Man of Asia” on its opinion page on 2/3/20. I am appalled by the title of Walter Russell Mead’s Feb. 3 article — “China is the Real Sick Man of Asia” — regarding the impact of the coronavirus on China and the...

On April 29 this year, my daughter Elsa and I participated in the 48th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage along with an estimated 2,000 people from all over the country.  It was an emotional and inspirational journey for both of us. We had heard about the Japanese American incarceration and the Manzanar camp before. We had also recently watched the film of the powerful Broadway musical “Allegiance” by...

​The American public is facing an agonizing decision of whom to vote for as the president in the November election. The nominees from the two major parties – Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party – both have very high negative ratings, more so than any other nominees in the past 10 elections at this point of the campaign. Trumps kicked off his campaign...

​The American public is facing an agonizing decision of whom to vote for as the president in the November election. The nominees from the two major parties – Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party and Donald Trump of the Republican Party – both have very high negative ratings, more so than any other nominees in the past 10 elections at this point of the campaign. Trumps kicked off his campaign...