Labels will be the death of us. They strip away humanity. They cloud judgment. They are weaponized in a zero-sum quest for dominance. They are devilishly effective and dangerous. Because of this, label warfare must be vanquished. America epitomizes this truth. The United States of America is fast becoming an oxymoron. We just celebrated a tense, politicized 250th anniversary. Society has suffered a collapse in civics. In this environment, Liberal, Conservative, Capitalist, So

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 27 I recently returned from almost a month in China, primarily spent in Henan...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 24 “Another scientist/engineer of Chinese descent, long in America, has...

(image by www.royalmint.com ) The Lunar New Year is today, January 29, 2025. It is the Year of the Snake. This begins Spring Festival...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 8 Today’s Issue continues the conversation of Chinese and American cultures...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 7 If we want to understand the relationship between China and America,...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 6 Longzihu Park in Zhengzhou (photo by Nie Donghan,...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 5 America celebrates several Heritage Months each year. This fifth month of...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 4 I recently wrote about U.S.-China connections in Gilded Age America. Today I...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 2 America and China have been directly linked for almost two-and-one-half...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 3, Issue 1 The Chinese (aka Lunar) New Year arrives this weekend on February 10, 2024....

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 28 This third and final installment of Asia in the Hudson River Valley brings...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and Americal, Vol. 2, Issue 27 Today’s Encounters with Asia in the Hudson River Valley (Part 2) visits a...

Mabel Choate spent one month in Beijing in 1935. She brought home porcelains, lacquers, stone sculptures, snuff bottles, paintings, and...

I was recently back in Dutchess County, New York, to attend my college reunion. A weekend of old and new. I retraced my steps to the...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 23 Torrance, California is a short drive south of Los Angeles. As you cruise...

Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 18 The American government, and by extension much of the American populace and...

This Special Issue welcomes the Lunar New Year 2023! My home of Cape Cod held a New Year’s celebration yesterday. It was a packed house...