The Economist (November 9)
“America’s anti-China fervour is partly an overcorrection for its previous complacency about the economic, military and ideological threat the autocratic giant poses.” The U.S. needs to rely upon “a sober assessment not just of China’s strengths, but also of its weaknesses.” Anything less, risks letting a distorted “view of Chinese power” lead to unnecessary “confrontations and, at worst, an avoidable conflict.”
Tags: Anti-China, Autocratic, Complacency, Confrontations, Economic, Fervour, Ideological, Military, Overcorrection, Power, Sober assessment, Strengths, Threat, U.S., Weaknesses
Washington Post (June 9)
China is now “the world’s leading exporter of automobiles, handily ousting Japan from that position. It is especially strong in electric vehicles. Two of every three EVs made in the world are made in China. As we think about China’s weaknesses these days (and it has several), it is worth remembering China’s formidable strengths and the degree to which it is intertwined into the global economy.”
Tags: Automobiles, China, EVs, Exporter, Formidable, Global economy, Intertwined, Japan, Strengths, Weaknesses, World’s leading
New York Times (October 5)
“Another day, another embarrassing foreign policy circus in the nation’s capital that can only further erode trust in American leadership at home and abroad.” President Trump undercut Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, raising “doubts among world leaders about whether he represents the president’s true intentions.” While Tillerson has his own faults, “those weaknesses are nothing compared to those of an inexperienced, self-absorbed, bombastic and impulsive president.”
Tags: Bombastic, Doubts, Embarrassing, Foreign policy, Impulsive, Inexperienced, Leadership, Self-absorbed, Tillerson, Trump, Trust, U.S., Weaknesses
The Economist (November 1)
“Leading students of capitalism have been pronouncing the death rites of family companies for decades” and yet these firms continue to thrive. Indeed, “the proportion of Fortune 500 companies that can be described as family companies increased from 15% in 2005 to 19% today.” One reason for their resilience is that family firms “have got better at addressing their obvious weaknesses.”
Washington Post (January 1)
“Congress’s feeble finish to the ‘fiscal cliff’ fiasco” is an imperfect solution. It will do “little to address the nation’s long-term debt problem. But for all its weaknesses, the bill’s enactment is far better than a failure by this Congress to act before it adjourns Thursday.”
Tags: Congress, Debt, Fiscal cliff, U.S., Weaknesses