Newsweek magazine(Dec.31,07-Jan.7,08 current issue

Continued from my previous blog: "In three decades, China has become a fierce yet fragile global power." (sic) My comment: Such is the choice of harsh words to lead the readers with negative impacts. Moreover,China is a developing nation,not a developed nation with power even though USA and China are members of the Security Council in the United Nations. Many nations in the UN are not nations with power since most nations are developing nations in the 3rd world.
"2008 will be the year China takes center stage for a global audience. Geopolitics and global economics are not zero sum games." I share the same rationale in my past blogs. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that China is not a threat to America, but an incredible opportunity. It is a matter of mutual benefit for two nations to work together in the best interest of peoples. "Geopolitics and global economics are not zero sum games. Shanghai is the city of the future. US and China have similar problems: Congestion. Pollution. Education Concerns. Rising health care costs. Chinese education system is simply not producing enough skilled workers to meet the demands of its economy." In this regard, "Keys for Economic Understanding"(1971) is addressed to the same problems in the United States and China apropos of apprenticeship to train skilled labor for maketable skills in any society. Mayor Bloomberg continued: "Much work remains to be done in building a healthy society where differences of opinion on politics,philosophy and faith are respected as fundamental human rights." I do know a case involving two American citizens of Chinese ancestry in 1983-1984. They taught economics in the same college for 17 and 18 years as tenured full professor and Associate Professor but one was forced to resign and the other was terminated. What is the true reason? Ethnicity! as per the comments by other professors. Such is a clear case of racial discrimination but it is difficult to prove in court of such denial of human right to earn a living as Americans in our American society. For the positive suggestion, I wish to recommend "A Glimpse of the Chinsese Language" in English for readers to be able to understand China from original Chinese sources with in-depth comprehension of the true meanings instead of translated materials that may be inaccurate at best?!
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao. January 3,2008.