China's leaders will attempt to re-stabilize bilateral ties and ease tensions in its non-US relationships. At the same time, they are likely to use the next year to form a deeper judgment about the future of US politics and foreign policy.
Last December, Republicans relied on the support of conservative economists who predicted that the party's corporate tax cuts would boost productivity and investment in the United States substantially. The forecasts were wrong, and the silence of those who made them suggests that they knew it all along.
predicts that bilateral tensions will lead Chinese leaders to seek better ties with regional neighbors.
laments America's failure to stop the world's largest autocracy from altering the geostrategic status quo.
counsels governments to use existing assets, such as real estate, to generate capital for investment.
calls for reviving technology's potential to benefit humanity by educating programmers more holistically.
explains why, despite record-low unemployment, wages for American workers are still stagnating.
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