NEW YORK – Never before in US political history has the whole of the American business community—more than thirty major business organizations—spoke with one voice as it did in an August 5 appeal to the Biden administration to eliminate tariffs on imports from China. No entities in American politics are timider than business lobbies, most […]
Tag: China-US rivalry
China seeks opportunity in crisis in Afghanistan – Vijay Prashad Asia Times
On July 28 in Tianjin, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with a delegation from Afghanistan. The leader of the delegation was Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban and head of its political commission. The Taliban have been making significant territorial gains as the US military withdraws from Afghanistan. During the meeting, […]
$750mn in artillery gear & smart bomb kits: Biden’s first arms sale to Taiwan gets State Department approval
The US State Department authorized a $750 million arms sale to Taiwan, President Joe Biden’s first weapons transfer to the island following a flurry of deals under his predecessor – all over vocal objections from Beijing. Announced Wednesday, the proposed sale involves 40 155mm self-propelled artillery guns and related gear, a number of vehicles and […]
US falling further behind China in STEM PhDs – Scott Foster Asia Times
TOKYO – In an earlier article, “China-US contest will come down to education“, I wrote about the crisis in American primary and secondary education. As promised then, this article addresses the relative decline of American universities in the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This change is not readily apparent. A large share of […]
The enduring triumph of Chimerica – Asia Times!
NEW YORK – Hating China may be the only thing that American politicians agree about, but China remains the prop and support of the American economy. Americans can’t spend the trillions of dollars that their federal government has poured out in “stimulus” payments without Chinese imports. And the American Treasury can’t finance its projected US$2.3 […]




