Five things I learned from publishing my memoir
Today, September 22, is the second anniversary of the publication of my memoir, When the Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China’s Reawakening—about the eight years I spent as a foreign correspondent covering China for Business Week. Here are five things I’ve learned about writing memoir. Don’t reveal...
Five takeaways from my 25 years as an author
Today, September 7, is the 25th anniversary of the publication of my first book, Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time. As I reflect on these years, here are five things I’ve learned. #1: Becoming a published author transforms you. You write and write, for months...
What the US Media Gets Wrong about Taiwan
Hello, readers – today I welcome Craig Reeder, who has an excellent post about how the US media misrepresents the Taiwan situation. I knew Craig from the 1980s, when we both worked in China. Let me know what you think! The Media Misrepresents the Taiwan Situation By Craig Reeder I usually have...
The Dangers of Scapegoating China
President Joe Biden has made it clear: central to many of his policies is the scapegoating of China. That could prove to be a big mistake. To achieve his domestic goals, this policy has benefits. Like presidents before him, Biden finds it useful to play up an external challenge to drum up domestic...
My Frank Opinions about Biden’s China Policy
My answers tough questions from Wen Liu of Wen's Weekly Weibo Plus, originally published here. Q1. As you know, netizens in China have said time and again that the Biden China policy is simply “old wine in a new bottle.” Specifically, China’s complaint is what Trump put in and Biden hasn’t...
The book that bamboozled US policy toward China
Review of The Hundred Year Marathon China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower by Michael Pillsbury: I hesitated to read this because I have seen Michael Pillsbury on TV and he comes across as a China basher. But unlike some other Trump advisers, Pillsbury has studied...
