Wendy Liu

Wendy Liu of Mercer Island has been a consultant, translator, writer and interpreter. Her last book was tilted "My first impression of China--Washingtonians' First Trips to the Middle Kingdom."

Making America Imperialist Again

The two words “American” and “imperialism” are joining up again thanks to President Trump, two other words that should really be separated. To be accurate, what we are witnessing is “Trump imperialism.”

“America’s Kill Line”: What Chinese are Learning about Us

As The Economist reported in its piece “China obsesses over America’s ‘kill line,’” a biology student from China studying in Seattle first adopted the term in describing American poverty in his Chinese video blog Bilibili.

Trump says America is now the Hottest County. Yes, but not the way he thinks it is

President Trump never misses an opportunity to boast that the America under him is now the hottest country in the world. America is terribly hot, ICE-Y hot, as thousands of...

Trump let Nvidia Sell Advanced Chips to China. Here’s How Chinese Citizens are Reacting

In his typical back and forth style, President Trump announced on Dec. 8 that he had given permission to Nvidia to sell its second-most-advanced chip, the H200, to China....

Communism, Socialism, and Kitchen-Sink Trumpism (Explained)

Trumpism in the end is a grab-bag -- not conservatism, not libertarianism, not even populism. A little socialism won’t hurt America, but everything-sink Trumpism does.

Trump’s China Deal: But First Some Hardball over Rare-Earths

Imitation does not always feel like the sincerest form of flattery, especially when a trainee (China) outdoes the master (America).

Doing the Numbers: Has America Really Become the “Hottest” Country in the World?

If Trump’s punishing tariffs have made it harder for foreign exporters to sell to the U.S., his harsh immigration and travel restrictions have made it harder for international visitors and students to come to the U.S.

Five Ways Trump is making America Look More Like China

President Trump has outdone Xi Jinping, especially in his capricious authoritarian style.

JD Vance and his Theory that Not All Americans are Created Equal

The American citizenship that Vance seemed to suggest would be one with tiers, based on one’s genealogy in America. The earlier your family became American, even better with an ancestral home and a cemetery plot, the more American you are, and more rights you have in criticizing America.

Where Chinese go to Shop: America

Not sure what to eat for dinner one day, my Beijing nephew suggested ordering Subway.

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