Wendy Liu

The brain drain started during the first Trump administration, when the so-called China Initiative targeted Chinese scientists for spying.

Vance should know that it was not the “Chinese peasants” who stole jobs from the Americans; rather, it was American companies that placed orders of their products with Chinese manufacturers.

You can imagine how the news of VOA shut down brought cheers in China, where VOA was broadcast in English, Mandarin, as well as Tibetan and Uyghur languages.

Mao told his people that one had to smash everything to build anything new. He went ahead and dismantled China’s then government system, his version of a “deep state.”

Reducing demand is certainly not an easy task for the U.S., and it is as tough to reduce supply.

As The New York Times characterized it, this is a case of threats to national security vs protection of free speech.

Shenzhen has become more like Hong Kong economically as a financial and technology hub, and also as home of the EV giant BYD. Hong Kong has gone the other way, losing free speech and independence.

Win-win cooperation with China won't be easy with Trump talking about 60% trariffs on Chinese imports.

A prominent sponsoring group was named the Shared Journey of Friendship US Youth Exchange Delegation. It consisted of around 190 teachers and students from 14 schools of seven U.S. states, and Tacoma's Lincoln High School was among them.

The Times stories were a bonanza for the Chinese government, which long considered Falun Gong an anti-state and anti-humanity cult.