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A Kinder and Gentler China?

Don't believe reports that Beijing is loosening its grip over the media. Is the Communist Party of China liberalizing? The West has made a monumental bet that it is, so every shred of good news is given wide circulation and accorded great significance. ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Pajamas Media,  2 Dec 2008

WMD Terrorists

“Terrorism is only as important as you let it be,” wrote syndicated columnist Gwynne Dyer last week. She has a point in arguing that nations should keep this problem in perspective. Yet there is one situation where it is almost impossible for ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  1 Dec 2008

The Fifth War

“India and Pakistan have already fought four wars,” wrote Indian author and journalist Ramachandra Guha last year. “And judging by the number of troops on their borders and the missiles and nuclear weapons to back them, they seem prepared to fight a ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  30 Nov 2008

Let’s Break OPEC Now

In an interview published today, Saudi King Abdullah said that oil should be priced at $75 a barrel, more than $20 above the current price.  We generally care what he thinks because OPEC dominates the global oil market and Saudi Arabia dominates ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  29 Nov 2008

Living in “Remarkably Peaceful Times”

“Rhetoric about transcendent threats and mortal dangers grips the imagination of the American people,” Fareed Zakaria wrote in the middle of September.  “Ever since World War II, the United States has tended to make its strategic missteps by ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  28 Nov 2008

The Coming Collapse of the United States?

On Monday, Igor Panarin of Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that the global financial panic confirms his long-held belief that the United States will splinter into six pieces-the Pacific coast, the Atlantic coast, the Hispanic South, Texas, northern ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Contentions,  27 Nov 2008

Shunning a UN Conference

Yesterday, the UN announced that the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank would not be attending a crucial UN development forum scheduled to begin at the end of this month in Doha. The IMF’s Dominique Strauss-Kahn had earlier ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  25 Nov 2008

A Short Crisis?

Do you know how long the current global downturn will last? “We are convinced that we can overcome this crisis in a period of 18 months,” said President Bush and the other leaders attending the APEC summit in a joint declaration this weekend. “We have ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  24 Nov 2008

“A Little Nostalgic”

President Bush, in Lima for the APEC summit, participated in his last meeting with China’s Hu Jintao in his capacity as the free world’s leader.  How did Dubya react to saying goodbye to the Chinese autocrat on Friday?  “He said he felt very ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Contentions,  23 Nov 2008

Carter, Rejected

Today, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, and Graca Machel announced that Zimbabwe had refused the trio, members of The Elders group, visas for a humanitarian visit.  “I supported Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle and I oppose suffering and misery,” the former ...

From GORDON G. CHANG, Commentary,  22 Nov 2008

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