Minxin PEI, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says his childhood in Shanghai inculcated him with an early misunderstanding of the West:"We thought the Americans were starving! We thought the capitalist bosses could beat up workers as they wished, now, he says, most Chinese get the US basically right though the role of money in politics is exaggerated. (sic) PEI cracks "Western myths" : inexorable rise of Asia,page 32. "Think Again: Don't believe the hype about decline of America and the dawn of a new Asian Age." Let us face the realities of the American economy. It is high time to be alerted to the globalization with the awareness of bi-lateral relations of USA and China. The East and the West should be ONE on the same earth.
Comment: PEI is working at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Such peace can only be obtained via the cooperation and collaboration of two nations in the 21st century. Any negative scenario would be rendering disservice to the nation if we are already aware of the judgment of American leaders :China is a creditor nation as the holder of US government securities. PEI was raised during the period of hostile relations and such bias must be updated with positive economic relations of USA and China. The World Bank, United Nations and American Nobel Winners in Economics expressed favorable views about US-China relations for world peace and economic development.
I had my childhood education and university education in Shanghai with my degree in 1946 after the World War II, we regarded US as a friendly nation and as a partner to fight aggression from Japan. I am gratified to witness US-China Strategic Dialogue as an evidence of the positive relations recently. I have reason to believe that scholars must be up-to-date in our thoughts and to stay ahead of the times.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, an octogenarian graduate student from China in 1947,envisioning the best interest of peoples of USA and China in the 21st century.
Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 2.36 p.m. Bowie Library.
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