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Donald Trump vs. Deng Xiaoping

By Frank Li September 18, 2024opinionNo Comments

In a previous post (Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris), I endorsed Trump 2024. In this post, I will spell out the possibility if Trump wins in 2024, encouraging him to…

How did the Cold War end, actually?

By Frank Li June 17, 2023opinionNo Comments

The Cold War ended in 1991, with the disintegration of the USSR. But how was it ended, actually?

It was the events in China in 1989 that actually delivered the knock-out punch to end the Cold War in 1991, although the U.S. had indeed almost bankrupted the USSR’s economy throughout the Cold War.

Tiananmen Square Protest and Put-down, 34 Years Later

By Frank Li June 4, 2023opinionNo Comments

Thirty-four years ago today, a tragedy occurred at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square: The student-led pro-democracy demonstration was brutally crushed by force. Since then, this has been a taboo subject inside China, while…

The People’s Republic of China at 73

By Frank Li October 1, 2022opinionNo Comments

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was born on October 1, 1949. Seventy-three years later, China is well on her way to claiming the 21^st century – China offers a real, and the only, significant model of prosperity, without colonialism, thus finally ending western colonialism of the past few hundred years!

Mikhail Gorbachev vs. Deng Xiaoping

By Frank Li August 31, 2022opinionNo Comments

Mikhail Gorbachev just passed away (Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended Cold War, dies at 91). Hailed as a hero in America, he will eventually be, if not already has been, regarded as a traitor in Russia. In contrast. China’s Deng Xiaoping has proven to be the greatest peaceful transformation leader in human history!

What, then, is the relationship between Gorbachev and Deng?