We are, and so are the Japanese. But for all the wrong reasons. Today's New York Times tells a story of how China's economy will soon overtake Japan's -- and by implication ours. It ends with a peal of doom: "China," says a Japanese think tanker, "is about to...

Actually, Iran's rise is really bad news for China. China's economy can't grow without oil. And most of China's oil is imported. Its top oil source is Saudi Arabia. Its second is Iran. The only way the oil can get to China by sea is through the Persian Gulf into...

You'd think the Peanut Corporation of America was headquartered in China. They discovered salmonella twelve times over the past two years at a Georgia plant, yet they chose to ship out contaminated peanut butter regardless. Sounds a lot like the Chinese dairy company Sanlu that knowingly sold melamine-laced milk powder....

America is in dire peril when it comes to our food and drug supply. We're connected in one long chain with China, yet neither of us can effectively police quality. In the U.S., the FDA's mission is still reactive. With food, it lurches from outbreak to outbreak but hasn't the...

Today's Washington Post tried to snuff the one bright spot in the economy -- U.S. exports to China. This couldn't be farther from the truth.

Some U.S. exports have slowed, sure. Especially raw materials that we send to China for fabrication into the products that we then import again. So...

Edible body pens and chocolate lotion imported from China were found by British regulators to be contaminated by melamine and removed from the shelves. The moral? Think Global, Shag Local?

Well, that won't make you safer. This Milk Crisis is far from over. The problems that give rise to China's...

We blame bad regs for China's melamine myopia. This isn't the problem. China lags centuries behind the West when it comes to corporate governance.

With Wall Street in full melt down, it's easy to forget that most American companies are governed pretty well -- meaning, they, by and large, don't...

Why do the Chinese think the world loves them when they don't? Blame the Internet firewall. Or so a misguided Op-Ed in the Washington Post this morning would have us believe.

At issue is a recent Pew Global Attitudes Survey. According to the poll, the Chinese are the most...

If real human rights reform in China is what you want, then castigating the Chinese on the world stage isn't too productive. Mainly because it impedes the very real and dramatic progress that is actually being made on the ground.

China wages reform through test balloons. With the economy, it...

Two city buses exploded Monday morning in southwest China during the rush hour. The authorities think they can tamp down on such violent protest during the Olympics, but they've got another thing coming.

Even with a staggering 100,000 police officers deployed on the streets to keep order for the Games...

"China has an even dumber energy policy than we do," said the U.S. Ambassador to both China and Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, at a recent talk in D.C. But the Olympics are changing that for the better. The Games will have a lasting impact on how China consumes energy.

My last two postings were based on a premise which had folks asking me what part of my duodenum I extracted it from.

The gist -- that American industry and labor have a significant competitive edge over China that we tend to overlook. And that we have this edge...

As the Chinese recover from the aftermath of the devastating earthquake, it's worth remembering that they can't rebuild Sichuan province alone. They need America's help.

In the months to come, China's central and provincial governments will spend billions to remake hospitals, communication and power networks, roads and infrastructure, dams and...

What could be reassuring about killer Chinese toothpaste, toys and tires? Hard to believe, but there's a silver lining. The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.

Sure, greed factors into why...