Yang Guifei, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China and beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, mounting a horse. Artist: Qian Xuan (1235–1305 AD). DECEMBER 30, 2020 The US-China Business Relationship: “Bi-Polar”? Or a Stabilizing Pillar of the World Economy? A Video Lecture NOVEMBER 26, 2020 A Decline in US Manufacturing Because of Globalization and China? Don’t Believe This Fake News OCTOBER 14, 2020 The Quarreling Couple That Still Needs to Dance Together: A Webinar Addressing US-China Rivalry and Cooperation AUGUST 29, 2020 – UPDATE What Is Socialism? Why I Changed the Subtitle of My Previous Post AUGUST 12, 2020 India and Its Role in International Business: The Sleeping Giant Is Still Waking from Its Overregulated Past APRIL 2020 What Does “Flattening the Curve” Mean? Will It Also Flatten the Global Economy? MARCH 2020 Quick Update: The Excruciating Choice: “Flattening the Curve” and Prolonging the Global Recession The Excruciating Choice: “Flattening the Curve” and Prolonging the Global Recession AUGUST 2019 Trump Administration Labels China a “Currency Manipulator”: What’s behind the accusation, and who’s right? JANUARY 2019 Advantages and Drawbacks of Undervalued Versus Overvalued Currencies OCTOBER 2018 What Is “Dumping”? Does China Systematically Force US Companies to Reveal Their Secrets? JULY 2018 Does Just One Product – the iPhone – Cause an $11 Billion Trade Deficit for the US? The US-China Trade Spat: How the Public, Media, and Politicians Can Be Deceived by Data The US-China Trade Spat: My Interview with Xinhua – June 18, 2018 APRIL 2018 TEN QUICK FACTS ABOUT US TRADE: Deficits, Dumping, and Discords Related: WWMS? (What Would Milton Say?) NOVEMBER 2017 India Jumps 30 Places Higher in World Bank Rankings: Update on “Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China” OCTOBER 2017 Xinhua Interviews Farok Contractor about China’s Economic Growth: October 10, 2017 SEPTEMBER 2017 Thousands of Hindu Gods – Made in China JULY 7, 2017 Globalization Continues – And Multinationals Play by Rules Set by Other Nations (Despite What Trump Says) MAY 2017 What Is Globalization? How to Measure It and Why Many Oppose It (Part 1) MARCH 2017 What’s at Stake in China-US Relations? An Estimate of Jobs and Money Involved in the Bilateral Economic Tie Four Salient Facts about the Chinese Yuan JANUARY 2017 What’s at Stake in China-US Relations? Job and Money Calculations Under Various (Trumpian) Scenarios [Updated March 10, 2017] SEPTEMBER 2016 The G20 Summit in China: An Annual “Talking Shop”? Or a Potential Bedrock of Global Civilization? MAY 2016 Update: Is China a “currency manipulator”? Donald Trump says so Tax Avoidance by Multinational Companies: Methods, Policies, and Ethics JANUARY 2016 What’s Driving the Chinese and World Stock Markets? Frugality and Risk-Taking in Chinese Culture Make for a Heady Mix All 2014 & 2015 Posts Are in the Archive – Click the Titles to Be Automatically Redirected DECEMBER 2015 IMF Elevates Yuan to Elite Currency Status: So what? NOVEMBER 2015 Is China a “currency manipulator”? Donald Trump says so SEPTEMBER 2015 Chinese Cyber-Espionage on US Companies: The Asymmetry in the Analogy of the “Pot Calling the Kettle Black” Capital Outflows from China and the Hidden Story in China’s FDI Statistics AUGUST 2015 Updates: What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means for American Business JULY 2015 What the Iran Nuclear Deal Means for American Business JANUARY 2015 Is China set to become the world’s largest economy in 2015? JUNE 2014 What Drives Narendra Modi? – Swami Vivekananda and Hsuan Tsang MAY 2014 Whither the Chinese Yuan? Is the RMB Still Undervalued? APRIL 2014 The US—One of the World’s Most Competitive Manufacturing Locations? Multinationals Based in Emerging Markets: The Sources of Their Competitive Advantage Associated: “‘Punching above their weight’: The sources of competitive advantage for emerging market multinationals.” International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 8 No. 4, 2013 (pp. 304–328). (This article was named IJOEM’s “Outstanding Paper 2014” by Emerald Group Publishing.)