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2021-04-23 07:36:30 GMT2021-04-23 15:36:30(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Washington should reconsider its foreign policy and focus more on challenges within the United States than trying to destabilize China and Russia, said a recent opinion piece in the South China Morning Post. "America needs a new path, rethinking its assumptions about itself and foreign policy, before dealing with Beijing and Moscow," said the opinion published Tuesday. In the opinion, au...

+ FOLLOW Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Media Man” (2007), four volumes in the “Giants of Asia” series...

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So what about this coming year ― maybe it will be better, oh yes please? Who knows? Public opinion surveys, which certainly have seen better days, are not so good at prediction: Some people prefer to keep their feelings secret. Social-science studies can be useful, but narrow. Opinion journalists have it rough, having to tender predictions under grueling time pressures. Particularly if you are looking for big truths, probably only the artist with time to think and space to consult with hims...

Post Gary Oldman as secret agent George Smiley in an adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Photo: Focus Features READ FULL ARTICLE + FOLLOW Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International C...