Forging New Horizons: The strategic environment we face today presents incredibly complex challenges: Competition from rising peers such as China and Russia - that have a full range of technological and economic capabilities. Today we are fully engaged in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East in general, and we are fighting to survive. Decades ago, the United States controlled almost half of the world's GNP,it also faced a bellicose Soviet Union. However,the security and economic health of the United States are now closely intertwined with the stability and prosperity of the international system of globalization in the 21st century. There is a growing Chinese economic influence in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific in trading activities. My comment: The United States and China are members of the Security Council of the United Nations to work for peace and economic development to have global impacts with repercussions of all nations.
We must also have expertise in culture and economics to predict how China and Russia will evolve. It is only by thorough and careful long-range pragmatic analyses that we can prepare to address these multifaceted evolutions from a strategic perspective. Lawrence A. Skantze,General,USAF(ret) Former Vice Chief of Staff.
My comment: Culture of China: Confucianism must be explored and the Chinese language must be studied for better understanding from the original source materials.
In re Economics: Sino-American Economics should be up-to-date by watching the happenings apropos of US-China relations in the 21st century. References relating to Chinese language and culture may be obtained from the Library of Congress and Georgetown University Library online catalog. Cf.www.loc.gov (Library of Congress online catalog)
Francis Shieh,an avid learner for making analyses of Chinese culture and economics of the United States and China since early 1940s. Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 7.28 a.m.
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