Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

February 2nd, 2012 · 11 Comments

Who is the new Chinese leader who will be selected about the time of our national election?

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America’s Moral Laryngitis

January 12th, 2012 · 10 Comments

America’s economic weakness and dependence on China are silencing our moral outrage.

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Americans Not Global Enough

December 29th, 2011 · 7 Comments

China’s been chasing us for years, but we’ll end up the pursuer if we don’t become more global.

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Bridge Builder

July 18th, 2011 · 26 Comments

China builds world’s longest bridge — and its economy — while Michigan just keeps talking.

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Celebrating National Pride

June 16th, 2011 · 33 Comments

Michigan can learn much from China on how to adapt, pivot, change and advance.

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Broader View of the World

April 28th, 2011 · 45 Comments

If you seek a world of change, innovation and prosperity, take a look outside Michigan.

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Importing Brain Power

December 2nd, 2010 · 47 Comments

Michigan should capitalize on the growing wave of Chinese students coming to the U.S.

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Mostly Good to be Home

October 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Mostly Good to be Home by Dan Redford October 8, 2010 A few weeks ago, the globetrotting summer that took me from the streets of Shanghai to the high rises of Hong Kong and then to the flats of Jerusalem finally brought me back home to Michigan. Reality has set in: summer is over. And, [...]

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China Time Again

September 9th, 2010 · No Comments

China Time Again September 10, 2010 Dollars to donuts the Democratic candidate for governor goes to bed every night praying, “Please Lord, send me a new GM plant any time before November 2.” Funny how history repeats itself. Flashback to the last gov’s race between Ms. Granholm and Mr. DeVos. She probably had the same [...]

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The China Wave

September 2nd, 2010 · 54 Comments

The China Wave September 1, 2010 Even before Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero secured the Democratic nomination for governor, he and his party started replaying the “shipped jobs to China” mantra against Republican nominee and business executive Rick Snyder. That rhetoric worked to help to defeat the Republican candidate for governor in 2006, so repeating the [...]

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