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China

Building Trust in China—an interview with Jared Ward of Luminous

I had the great pleasure to be invited to talk with Jared Ward of Luminous and the OPS Unfiltered podcast. Great conversation about China and doing business there and other places in ASEAN. Here's a link. Enjoy! David Dayton on the OPS Unfiltered Podcast. Or watch on Youtube.

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Is it now safe(r) to go to China?

TLDR: Yes, it's physically safe, but that's not what most people are worried about. This week the US State Dept. lowered the Travel Advisory from 3 (reconsider travel) to 2 (exercise increased caution). So of course this raises the question: Is China demonstrably safer this week

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SRI Shorts—learn to live with contradictions

China is where I learned that two things can be right at the same time. More importantly, it's where I realized that being able to mentally handle and professionally manage active contradictions was the best way to deal with rapid change and stark cultural differences present in China.

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SRI Shorts—China’s New Visa Rules

China is offering 30 days visa-free travel (for some)! This is great news, but does it change travel in China? Um… not really. But it’s a step in the right direction.

A better way to look at corruption, a review of Ang’s China’s Gilded Age.

Yuen Yuen Ang’s China’s Gilded Age

Thailand

Face and Leadership (in Thailand)

Larry has written one of the best books on Thai culture that I've ever read, The Way Thais Lead. His focus is face and leadership, but what is really valuable is his in-depth research combined with his lifetime of experience in Thailand. The book dissects Th

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May Day News

I wonder what’s coming up for May 5th in China. And May 35th too.  My mother and grandmother before her would always make homemade spudnuts (think slightly potato-flavored somewhat-dense but very delicious frosted donuts) and have the kids weave ribbons around the May Pole. As is usually

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China as world leader?

This is an opinion piece that seems to have hit the nail on the head re structural problems that led to the pandemic. And one of the structural issues is that China feels free to crush Hong Kong. And continue the repression of religion and identity in Tibet. And the

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I've had enough (not necessarily China-related)

I'm no statistician, but it seems abundantly clear to me that no one knows what the hell is really going on. Some countries are claiming victory (SW, CN, TW) while most are still in lockdown. Most of those in lockdown are now decidedly divided between those that want

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Trying to Graduate, late news updates

News for April 13-19 This week is a double bonus! Two weeks at once! Ok, it's not really a bonus, I was late with last week's news (and yesterday's too) because I’m desperately trying to finish my dissertation this month so I

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April Fools: People that Beleive #'s from China.

April Fool’s News (March 29-April 4) BEST NEWS SO FAR THIS MONTH—and, no, it’s not a joke: Possible Vaccine! And now to what I had previously written. I have a number of friends in the US that are/were members of the CCP prior to moving

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If you don't believe China, you're either a denier or actively spreading the disease.

I'm not going to link to the articles but the CCP is blaming both a US military woman and/or Italy for the source of the outbreak and at the same time demanding gratitude from everyone for saving the world. CCP is working overtime coming up with those

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"Dogs and Cats living together, mass hysteria!"

I broke a pin on one of my guns the other day and had to get it fixed. The guy at the gunshop on Saturday said to me, "Coronavirus is almost as good for business as Obama was!" Yup, the world is crazy and we're all

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What are you more afraid of? Racism, no TP, Covid-19?

Here is my take on news of the last week. 1. It's still bad, Covid-19-wise, though trending better in China, but not really anywhere else. Though the #s in the US seem to suggest that it's not quite as deadly as was originally thought.

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Info control is a really really big deal--This (not military) is the real China threat

The collecting of online news that’s been censored in China. Short YouTube clip about the collectors, and an article about the same. I agree that this is very important, but also, I watch this as I watch the fictional show The Hunters on Amazon Prime and I wonder if

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Weekend Update (without Kevin Nealon, sorry)

US can’t get data from China.  That might not be a bad thing, though since Scientists can’t confirm the validity of the Chinese numbers. This is a good piece, but I doubt that there has been much negative change on the ground to Xi’s power. Probably the

China

Chinese Foreign Policy Primer

If you weren’t sure about how China conducts foreign policy, this week’s news could be a primer for you. In addition to bogus disease numbers (see below), monetary and political influence at WHO,  China also threatened an editor in Nepal, threatened to retaliate against Czech companies in China,

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Today's China news-Corvid-19 dominates the headlines

I've not posted for a while as I'm trying to complete my dissertation. It's been about 1 year now since I've completed my research and I'm hopeful that I'll defend and graduate this summer. We'll see.

Business

The "New" China Threat

Here is the challenge, presented by Huawei to the world: If you think we're a company of (potential) spies and a security threat, then publicly prove it! Here is a not so polite, and rather hostile answer. But an answer that I factually don't disagree with.

Business

The CCP & US Policy on Chinese Immigration and Espionage, Part III--Epilogue.

This is an epilogue written in the months since the original article. Part I with the original article is here, Part II with the editor's comments is here.Increasingly, Chinese outside of China are expressing feelings of “uncomfortableness” about their perceived foreignness. The trade war is said to

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The CCP & US Policy on Chinese Immigration and Espionage, Part II--Editor's Discussion

UPDATE 10.12.18: From the article, Google's China Problem is America's China Problem: Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Hoover, told me: “If you understand how China operates, it would be shocking to the point of disbelief if they were not in an organized fashion

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Update on Part 1 of CCP, US Immigration, Espionage, etc.

Since I posted on Wednesday the world has published a ton of articles all agreeing with my position. OK, they aren't responding to me, we just all happen to be writing about the same topic. But it’s nice to know that the opinion that I developed in

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The CCP and US Policy on Chinese Immigrants and Espionage. Part I

The following is an article that I was asked to submit to a journal, and the following posts will detail the subsequent review process that ultimately led to my withdrawal of the submission. I feel that the article was thoughtful but certainly needed some help and direction. You’ll see

Business

Adaptation vs Innovation? Maybe it’s the wrong question.

One of the critiques of China is that it doesn't have a creative, innovative domestic business environment. But two recent articles made me question whether that is really necessary, or even advisable, for China or other countries trying to play catch up to the US. (I don’t

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National Security and Chinese Businesses

National security fears.With two large Chinese projects being halted or terminate in the US this last month (ANT and Huawei), the specter of Chinese state sponsored corporate espionage was center stage. US and Chinese analysts are all pointing to a “trust gap” in the US with Chinese investors. Specifically,