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For too many Chinese the current dispute over the country’s currency valuation is yet another chapter in a well-worn narrative of the United States trying to “contain” China.  Such nationalistic responses are now predictable yet regrettable as …

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Yes, on the one hand we are very critical of the pollution that has run rampant in China, and we also are fearful of losing leadership in green/clean energy, but in-between those headlines is respect from opinion leaders in the US that China is proactively addressing its energy issues through clear policies and ample investment.

While the actions are real, and the role played by China important, American opinion will be more affected by sustained dialogue and actual results more than the delayed revelation that China said something to a relative of the dear leader.

大多数中国人难以完全理解美国人是多么漠视发生在自己国界之外的事件。中国观察员在这方面的困惑一点都不难理解，因为从他们观察角度来看，美国是一个远比中国更为开放和全球化的国家。所以美国人怎能对重大的地理政治变化视而不见？是的，他们确实是这样的，最明显的例子就是，目前在非洲大陆，根据几个可靠的评估，美国这个最大的投资者正处在被中国替代的边缘。 “好吧，那又怎样？”那些怀疑论者会说。投资模式随着时间发生改变，有时候美国是第一，有时候不是，这是公平的。不过，我请你们考虑的一项非常重要的发展在非洲造成的后果：石油。

Most Chinese people do not fully understand the extent to which Americans disregard events beyond their own borders.  It’s completely understandable that Chinese observers get confused on this front because from their vantage point the …

China’s reform era is now entering its third decade and just now, in 2010, are Americans beginning to awake to the importance of learning Mandarin.  Now when I say “beginning to awake” I mean the …

There is a current within the recent debate over Google and China that many Chinese observers are overlooking. Both Michael and I feel agree that the reaction to Google’s opposition to Chinese censorship rules and the company’s threat to withdraw entirely from the China market are misunderstood. It is easy to take this one dispute and examine it in a vacuum. By itself, this controversy can be seen as a human rights issue/information imperialism/a Google business failure/control over the internet and the list goes on and on. While those are all valid filters to explore this issue, none of them adequately explain the overwhelming public support that Google is receiving in the United States for its decision to challenge the central government. Americans are rallying behind Google in this dispute because we, as a culture, as a people love to challenge authority:

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