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Changing Our Dysfunctional Relationship with China

With Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit, it is a good time to reflect on how the dysfunctional U.S.-China relationship has developed, and to consider why it may be time for a trial separation. For nearly 40 years, the U.S. and China seem to have modeled their...

The Biden Effect...

China knows how to play us. In the days leading up to Vice President Biden's visit to Beijing, China's Central Bank took the Yuan to an all-time high against the dollar, just in time to fend off serious criticism of its ongoing currency manipulation.  Let's be...

In Other News China Trade Deficit Still Huge

The August trade figures are out and they are not good. The terrible trade deficit is where the jobs and the economy went but is ignored because it makes a few elites wealthy. Meanwhile our elites are whipping up fears about the budget deficit instead of the trade...

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