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 re-posted here due to the widespread interest that Americans currently have in immigration reform.
Please view the three-minute interview here.
Posted in China, State Capitalism, Trade and Business, tagged CFIUS, China, CNOOC, FDI, protectionism, state capitalism, state-owned enterprises on April 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
PJ Media, April 4, 2013
–Article by Ying Ma
In the 21st century, China looks like it could buy the world. With over $3 trillion in foreign currency reserves, China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. Its sovereign wealth fund owns minority stakes in prominent U.S. financial institutions such as Morgan Stanley and the Blackstone Group, and Chinese state-owned corporate behemoths span the globe, gobbling up assets and resources from Australia to Canada, from Southeast Asia to Latin America.
U.S. policymakers know well that Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) brings jobs and other benefits to Americas weak economy, but many are alarmed by the influx of businesses that seem to respond to Beijings edicts more than they do to market forces. China’s international bad behavior, such as aggressive cyber attacks against Western firms and government agencies, only magnifies the dangers of doing business with Chinas government-affiliated entities.
Nevertheless, U.S. policymakers should not mistake the national security threats that China poses for the economic omnipotence of Chinese firms. In a world of intense global competition, and frequent hyperventilation about America’s impending decline, avoiding an inclination to overestimate or panic over the prowess of Chinas state-funded endeavors may be difficult, but would also be sensible.
To read the entire article, please click here.
Posted in China, Conservatism, U.S. Politics, tagged amnesty, China, Guangzhou, illegals, immigration on April 3, 2013 | 1 Comment »
FoxNews.com, April 3, 2013
–Article by Ying Ma
The middle-aged woman representing the American Consulate in Guangzhou, China, said something in English. We could not understand, so we turned to her colleague. He looked Chinese and was supposed to be her translator, but he only spoke our language haltingly. My father tried to help with what little English he knew, which consisted of not much more than “how are you” and “thank you.” My brother and I sat quietly and played our part as the well-behaved children of aspiring immigrants to America. My mother looked on nervously.
We lived in China’s third largest city. Chairman Mao had passed away nearly ten years ago but the stench of his failed totalitarian policies was still everywhere. We lived in an apartment that had no running hot water, no refrigerator, no telephone and no modern toilet facilities.
We applied for immigration to the United States soon after China re-opened its economy to the world in the late 1970s. Now, after about four years of waiting, we had finally gotten to “the front of the line.” But on this day, it was not going to be good enough.
Posted in China, State Capitalism, Trade and Business, tagged China, government subsidies, solar, Solyndra, state capitalism on January 12, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Weekly Standard, January 21, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 18
China’s solar power debacle
–Article by Ying Ma
When solar panel maker Solyndra declared bankruptcy in September 2011, the Obama administration defended its $535 million loan guarantee to the company by touting the need to compete with China. At a congressional hearing, Jonathan Silver, then executive director of the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office, said, “[In 2010, China] alone provided more than $30 billion in credit to the country’s largest solar manufacturers through the government-controlled China Development Bank. That’s roughly 20 times larger than America’s investment in the same time period.”
Since then, China has shown the world that massive government subsidies are no guarantee of business success. Today, the solar industry worldwide is suffering from oversupply, weak demand, and depressed prices, and many of China’s solar manufacturers are fighting huge financial losses, debt, and bankruptcy. Not surprisingly, the Obama administration, which was eager to follow China down the path of spending big on clean energy, has had little to say about the lessons to be learned from the current disarray of China’s heavily subsidized solar industry.
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 Asia, China, Conservatism, Racial Politics, Southeast Asia, U.S. Politics, tagged affirmative action, Asian Americans, Fisher v. University of Texas, racial preferences, racial quotas on October 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
PJ Media, October 30, 2012
–Article by Ying Ma
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case challenging the use of racial preferences in the university admissions process. The case has led supporters and opponents to engage in a heated national debate about the merits of affirmative action, but few have noticed that one of the best reminders of the policy’s absurdities actually comes from the territorial conflicts currently raging in Asia.
In the world of affirmative action, Asians-Americans, along with other races, are lumped together as a single group that receives, or are excluded from, employment, education, contracting, or other positions. In the real world, however, the people of Asia not only are not interchangeable tokens; they have numerous reasons not to like each other. Grouping Asians together for the purpose of fostering “diversity” in America is not only ignorant but also insulting.
Read the entire article here.
