Category: U.S. Politics

Immigration, Racial Politics, U.S. Politics

Ying Ma Speaks to UC Berkeley about Immigration

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UC Berkeley, April 11, 2018

Ying Ma spoke to students at the University of California at Berkeley about immigration policy on April 11, 2018. The topics covered include chain migration, amnesty, President Donald Trump’s immigration reform proposals, building a wall on the U.S. southern border, and Ying’s personal immigration experience.

The speech was sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, a national organization that prepares young women for effective leadership and promotes leading conservative women.

A lively Q&A session followed the speech. It can be viewed here.

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Immigration, U.S. Politics

Donald Trump does “The Snake”

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Washington Examiner, February 26, 2018

Shortly before President Trump’s appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference last Friday, his administration announced a new set of severe sanctions on North Korea.

When Trump got on the stage at CPAC, he talked about a wide range of issues, including his hair, CPAC’s perception of him as insufficiently conservative during the presidential election of 2016, his administration’s accomplishments (regulatory reform, tax cuts, and confirming Justice Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court), the recent massacre in Parkland, Fla., and the need to defend Americans from violent criminals and reform the immigration system.

But about an hour into the president’s speech, he still had not said anything about the sanctions on North Korea.

Then President Trump did “The Snake.”

Just like at a concert, the rock star was doing this by request. As the president recounted, “When I walked in today….I had five people outside say, ‘Could you do “The Snake”?'”

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China, Conservatism, International Affairs, U.S. Politics

Ying Ma Talks to Fox News About the Russia Investigation and China’s Strategic Challenge

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Tucker Carlson Tonight, February 23, 2018

Ying Ma appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to discuss China’s long-term strategic challenge to the United States, and how America has taken its eyes off weighty issues like China while being distracted by the Russia investigation into President Donald Trump.

To view the interview, please click HERE.

election 2016, International Affairs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Politics

What the media gets wrong about the Russia collusion probe into Trump

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Washington Examiner, January 9, 2018

Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Arizona, on March 19, 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

Right before the New Year, the New York Times breathlessly reported that the drunken revelations of a former Trump campaign foreign policy aide to an Australian diplomat in May 2016 prompted the FBI to open an investigation into the campaign’s Russia ties.

The Times story has already been exposed as full of holes and contradictions. It is the latest indication that the mainstream media routinely hypes any bad news, real or imagined, for President Trump in the Russia probe.

Just as disturbing, those who disseminate and explain the news continue to lack a basic understanding of the context and nature of Trump’s unconventional political campaign and often assume that the chaos, lack of organization, and opportunism that existed is synonymous with nefariousness, conspiracy, or broader illegality.

As the country awaits the final verdict of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, other common misperceptions deserve closer examination.

To read the entire column, please click HERE.

International Affairs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Politics

Trump’s foreign policy: ‘America First’ and not value-neutral

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Washington Examiner, December 27, 2017

Last week, President Trump presented his national security strategy to the country, and outlined a crucial distinction from his two predecessors.

“We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone,” Trump declared, “but we will champion [American] values without apology.”

While Trump is not interested in former President George W. Bush’s interventionism in the Middle East or promises of ending tyranny in the 21st century, he also rejects former President Barack Obama’s endless apologies to foreign audiences and penchant for “leading from behind.”

To many foreign policy commentators, the president’s foreign policy outlook indicates a total lack of interest in human rights. For Trump, “America First” means “America will lead again,” and that leadership is not value-neutral.

Against conventional wisdom, the Trump administration has revealed in its first year a willingness to advocate on behalf of human dignity, even if in a different fashion from previous administrations.

[Read the entire article HERE.]

Asia, China, International Affairs, U.S. Politics

China’s Rising Influence: Restraint, Humility, and the ‘Ungrateful Fool’

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Washington Examiner, December 4, 2017

In the humidity of late summer, I walked into the master practitioner’s office in Hong Kong.

He was a distinguished doctor of Chinese medicine, who counted movie stars such as Jackie Chan, Mark Wahlberg, and others as former patients. He was also a well-respected martial arts master, whose lineage intertwined with that of the legendary Bruce Lee.

I was visiting from Washington, D.C., and was seeking martial arts instruction and medical treatment.

Back home, blaring news headlines provided daily reminders of China’s growing political and economic power, while talking heads and policy types regularly pontificated about a future in which China might displace U.S. global leadership.

Rising global influence was now China’s new bragging right. In the office of the master practitioner, however, a quieter commodity prevailed — traditional Chinese culture.

Click HERE to read the entire article.

U.S. Politics

Ying Ma Talks to CNN about Trump and Latest Controversies

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CNN, November 22, 2017

Ying Ma appeared on CNN’s At This Hour with Kate Bolduan to discuss President Trump, his feud with the father of a UCLA basketball player who was detained in China for shoplifting, and other issues.

To view part of the discussion, please view player below or click HERE.