Publisher's Synopsis
This book addresses two current events affecting China and U.S.: trade war and the pandemic of 2020. These two major events are changing the world. It could lead to a prolonged, global recession or even a new cold war. This book includes eight books in one.Book "Pandemic of 2020". Besides many deaths, the pandemic of 2020 could cause a long-term recession. It also indicates how much we depend on China for the supply of medical supplies and drug active ingredients.Most likely for luck but with good reasons, I predicted correctly that a disaster would happen in China as reported in my article "Disasters in 2020" that was published in August, 2019. The second prediction has not happened yet, but it has more impact to our economy.The third prediction: China would not agree to pay for the damages of this pandemic and that would lead to the freezing of their debts to us (1.07 T as of Dec., 2019). Eventually it would lead to a military war. I hope it would not happen.Book "Trade War with China". The root cause of the trade war is stopping China to replace us as the leading country. The trade war could lead to complete decoupling and the worst to a military war. There are many catalysts such as the current pandemic (asking China for damages), invasion of Taiwan and conflicts in S.E. Asia.We have to identify our weaknesses before we can fix them. I provide a suggestion to fix it.Sometimes the news reported by the media needs to be further evaluated. The recent example is Bolivia's uprising. It has to be aided by our government to limit China's access to lithium. Have the media told us the truth? You may not agree with most of my opinions. Do challenge them. We need more thinkers than followers. Human nature is agreeing with the ideas to support their original thinking, and that's why we do not want to listen to the other side of the story.There are pro-Chinese views and also views by Chinese bashers. I hope my book is in the middle. With the daily bombarding by our pro-U.S. media, I hope to present a balance view. I was born in Hong Kong and U.S. is my adopted country. My yellow face 'betrayed' me, but I am proud to be a Chinese American. I am naturally biased. Hence, do not be offended if I go too far to defend China.This trade war and any conflict with China hurt me. Currently, China suffers far worse than us. So far, I have donated all my book profits to charities. My personal welfare is tied with U.S. I have no affiliation with Chinese government and I have not received any compensation from China. This book is dedicated to all the essential workers especially the medical staffs.Many opinions in this book are from many sources. Most sources from the established U.S. and EU media such as BBC, DW and Economist are less biased. I find CGTN, an English-speaking, Chinese TV network is informative and not too propaganda. So is RT network from YouTube. I also selected and translated from Cantonese on many YouTube videos such as Mr. Gold B Gor and Mr. Albert Ip. They do represent a lot of knowledge from Hong Kong that may not be available to the Western audience.There are so many gray areas today that no one can claim s/he is always right. I have nothing against U.S. From the research of this book, I did find out several incidents that harm our image, reputation and our future. I am neutral in politics. I comment against current government as I want them to serve us better.Size: 340 pages (6*9)Initial: 05/04/2020.Last update: 10/2020.
