Global companies cannot exit China. Nor can people suddenly stop buying goods which are made in China, or which contain critical components manufactured there. ...
China yet again has intruded inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in India’s Ladakh sector. It has placed about 5,000 soldiers and armored vehicles...
On February 26, the New York Times (NYT) published an opinion piece by Koichi Nakano, identified only as “professor of political science at...
In a popular movie two decades ago, hard-eyed criminals released into Sydney a woman infected with a virus, knowing that unsuspecting Australians would catch the...
In the winter of 2002–2003, the deadly SARS coronavirus exploded out of China’s “wet-blood” wildlife markets. SARS infected over 8,000 people worldwide and killed almost 800....
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world and cause pneumonia and other complications among vulnerable segments of the population, a debate...
In China, where infections from the respiratory-like ailment caused by the novel coronavirus continue to spread, moves have emerged to bring the Chinese government to task...
China’s novel coronavirus epidemic could well become Xi Jinping’s greatest internal challenge. The epidemic’s economic and social ramifications are stretching beyond control and have...
I live near one of the top five sightseeing spots in Kyoto. For the last 10 years or so, when I go out during the day,...
“Long live the great, glorious and correct Communist Party of China!” These words of former Chairman Mao Zedong are often found on the walls of government...
On August 29, 2019, the Washington Post published an article, “Japan is a Trumpian paradise of low immigration rates. It is also a dying country.” The...
On a recent visit to the city of Changsha in China’s Hunan province, I took a side trip to Shaoshan, the picturesque little village...