The US House Select Committee on China meeting earlier this year. The members of the Committee all have one trait in common: none is an expert on China.
The US House Select Committee on China meeting earlier this year. The members of the Committee all have one trait in common: none is an expert on China.
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I confess that I am a bad American. Yes, I pay little attention to Congress. Why? Because it seems to me little more than a storefront operation for the powers that count in America: Big Pharma, the military industry, Wall Street, and so on. They make policy. Congress just announces it. Nor do I much read the Constitution, a document in tatters that has little obvious connection to American life. (more…)