Mao Zedong Articles

China Also Rises

Will China seek revenge for its century of humiliation at the hands of the West?

China on the March

Dos and Don’ts for U.S. strategic planners when it comes to dealing with China.

Paradigm Lost

We have long underestimated China's potential. But overestimating it will be just as bad for U.S. policy formulation.

American Maximalism

President Bush's reputation as a radical is exaggerated.  He is following in the footsteps of bold predecessors.  So why is he making such a mess of it?

The Sick Man of Asia

Russia's reversal of fortunes in its resource-rich Far East will complicate the Asian equation for the United States.

Judging Nazism and Communism

Judging between the totalitarian evils of the 20th century need not wait for a more balanced historiography; alas, the long farewell is not quite over.

Small Mercies: China and America after 9/11

Despite some shared interests in fighting Al-Qaeda, September 11 isn't really a watershed for Sino-American relations.

The Deconstruction of Death

Most public fears about the "genome era" have been overly alarmist. Yet the political consequences may be revolutionary.

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Communism and fascism, cousins in disrepute.

Mao in History

During the first decades of Mao's China, a time of American self-confidence and strong sense of purpose spurred by the World War II victory, U.S. Sinology for the most part took on an "idealist" rather than a "realist" orientation: hopeful about s

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May 26, 2012