Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, China, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, Conservatism, Racial Politics, U.S. Politics, tagged China, Communism, government handouts, illegals, immigration, welfare state on April 7, 2013 | 1 Comment »
FOX & Friends, March 29, 2012
Ying Ma spoke to FOX & Friends about her journey to America’s inner-city as a legal immigrant and the importance of choosing liberty over the welfare state. This interview is being re-posted due to the country’s current interest in immigration reform.
Please view the three-minute interview here.
Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, China, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, Freedom, Trade and Business, tagged big government, China, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, economic reform, infrastructure spending, Mao on January 4, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Ying Ma spoke to Reason TV about China’s economic miracle and her book, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto. She talked about living through the crumbling of Maoism and the beginning of China’s historic economic reforms. She also explained why American policymakers and pundits are mistaken to laud China’s state-centric approach to economic growth.
Reason TV is the online video division of Reason, a libertarian monthly print magazine that promotes free markets and free minds.
Posted in Asia, Audio, Video and Transcripts, China, Freedom, Friends and Foes of Liberty, International Affairs, Trade and Business, tagged Arab Spring, Asian Tigers, China, development, Sinic culture on December 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Chinese culture can contribute significantly to a country’s success, according to William Ratliff, research fellow and former curator of the Americas Collection at the Hoover Institution and research fellow at the Independent Institute.
Dr. Ratliff argues that culture in general and Chinese culture in particular matter a great deal to a nation’s economic and political development. He spoke with Friends and Foes of Liberty about the role of culture, the resounding success of the Asian Tigers–Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan–in the latter half of the 20th century, and the unfulfilled expectations of the Arab Spring.
Hosted by Ying Ma, Friends and Foes of Liberty is a show featuring in-depth discussions with thinkers, doers and leaders about freedom, geopolitics, international affairs and U.S. foreign policy.
To listen to this episode, please click here, download the podcast on iTunes, or use the blogtalkradio player below.
Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, China, Friends and Foes of Liberty, Trade and Business, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Politics, tagged China, cyber security, House Intelligence Committee, Huawei, telecom on November 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In this day and age of intense partisan rancor in Washington, one thing that regularly brings Republicans and Democrats together is their distrust of China. And one Chinese company that both the left and the right seem to love to hate is Huawei Technologies, the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world.
In October 2012, the House Intelligence Committee released a report warning the U.S. government and private companies against doing business with Huawei. The Chairman and the Ranking Member of the Committee pointed out that Huawei can insert malicious hardware or software implants into its equipment, and allow the Chinese government to wage cyberwarfare, conduct economic espionage, and disrupt U.S. telecom networks that affect everything from electric power grids to banking and finance systems to rail and shipping channels.
Friends and Foes of Liberty spoke with Mr. William Plummer, Vice President of External Affairs at Huawei, about the accusations against the company, its relationship with the Chinese government, the vulnerabilities of the global telecommunications supply chain, and the politics of the U.S.-China relationship.
Hosted by Ying Ma, Friends and Foes of Liberty is an Internet radio show featuring in-depth discussions with thinkers, doers and leaders about freedom, geopolitics, the global marketplace and U.S. foreign policy.
Listen to the discussion by clicking here, downloading the podcast on iTunes, or using the blogtalkradio player below.
Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, Conservatism, Friends and Foes of Liberty, Racial Politics, U.S. Politics, tagged affirmative action, Fisher v. University of Texas, Obama, quotas, racial preferences on November 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Friends and Foes of Liberty spoke to Ward Connerly, founder and President of the American Civil Rights Institute, about his efforts to end state-sponsored, racial and gender preferences across America. Mr. Connerly discussed the insidiousness of quotas and preferences, the impact that President Barack Obama has had on the national racial discourse, the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the need to constantly remind Americans that civil rights is not just for one group of people but for everybody.
Mr. Connerly has gained national attention as an outspoken advocate of equal opportunity for all Americans, regardless of race, sex, or ethnic background. Since the mid-1990s, he has led efforts to end racial and gender preferences in public education, public employment and public contracting–through the passage of voter ballot initiatives on the state level. Mr. Connerly has successfully shepherded such ballot initiatives to passage in California, Washington, Michigan, Nebraska, Arizona and Oklahoma.
Hosted by Ying Ma, Friends and Foes of Liberty is an Internet radio show that features in-depth discussions about freedom, geopolitics, the global marketplace and U.S. foreign policy.
Listen to the discussion with Ward Connerly by using the blogtalkradio player below, downloading the podcast on iTunes, or by clicking here.
Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, Friends and Foes of Liberty, International Affairs, U.S. Foreign Policy, tagged Egypt, Iran, Middle East, NaivePolitik, Obama's foreign policy, Russia on October 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Appease, Surrender, Abandon and Get Nothing” is a headline that summarizes President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, according to Paul Gregory, columnist for Forbes.com and research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Professor Gregory spoke with Friends and Foes of Liberty and described President Obama’s foreign policy approach as “NaïvePolitik.” Tune in to find out how that approach has failed in America’s dealings with Russia, Iran, Egypt, Libya and the world.
Hosted by Ying Ma, Friends and Foes of Liberty is an Internet radio show that features in-depth discussions with thinkers, doers and leaders about freedom, geopolitics, the global marketplace and U.S. foreign policy.
Listen to the interview by using the blogtalkradio player below, downloading the podcast on iTunes, or clicking here.
Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, China, Friends and Foes of Liberty, Trade and Business, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Politics, tagged CFIUS, China, foreign investment, Huawei, national security, Stephen Bryen on October 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hosted by Ying Ma, Friends and Foes of Liberty proudly presents its first episode, “Don’t Take China’s Money?!” The episode features a lively interview with Dr. Stephen Bryen, a former senior Department of Defense official, about the national security risks of Chinese foreign direct investment in America.
Find out why Dr. Bryen opposes Chinese acquisition of U.S. telecom networks but supports a Chinese wind farm company that appears to have fallen victim to the Obama administration’s election-year politics.
Dr. Bryen is the President and CEO of Ziklag Systems and the President and CEO of SDB Partners. He has 40 years of experience working in national security and industry, and has previously served as a senior staff director of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as an Undersecretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy in the Reagan administration, and as the President of the North America operations of Finmeccanica, one of the world’s top ten global players in aerospace, defense and security. Dr. Bryen is also a former commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a congressional entity established to examine the national security implications of U.S.-trade with China.
Friends and Foes of Liberty is an Internet radio show featuring in-depth discussions with scholars, business leaders and policymakers about China, the free market and international affairs.
Listen to the interview with Stephen Bryen online, download the podcast on iTunes, or play the episode using the blogtalkradio player below.
Posted in Audio, Video and Transcripts, China, Chinese Girl in the Ghetto, Freedom, tagged China, Communism, currency manipulation, entitlements, freedom, Obama on August 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Young America’s Foundation, August 3, 2012
Ying Ma spoke about the free market, China’s political and economic development, and how government entitlement programs in the United States create dependency and make Americans less free. This speech was part of the Young America’s Foundation’s 34th National Conservative Student Conference.
