Living in Interesting Times

My original essay, published by Shanghai Daily, can be read in full detail now. Among the troubling questions this suggests is whether a Democratic-led US Congress will shift towards an even more strident populist position and consequently seek to elevate China as the cause of middle-America’s increasing frustration and economic stagnation. The election cycle which mercifully wound down in early November makes blaming the other party a convenient and certainly politically useful strategy, but when a party which has run largely on who they are not comes into power, they can no longer employ this same strategy and, if bereft of their own ideas, must seek out another entity to blame. Unfortunately, China fits this bill all too-well. ...

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Shanghai Daily Op-Ed

My essay, "Living In Interesting Times" was published by Shanghai Daily and can be read here. This was an interesting experience, as the Chinese government's editing changed my article in material ways. The full edition will be posted soon.

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