02Apr
China expands its Belt and Road Initiative to Panama
“The Hundred-Year Marathon” author Michael Pillsbury on China’s new Silk Road project. Watch the latest
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28Mar
Lost in translation? How verbal mishaps and lack of Chinese-language document threaten US-China trade deal
Misunderstandings and China’s concerns about being bullied have created distance, says Michael Pillsbury, an outside
28Mar
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S TRADE WAR DEMANDS COULD BE FALTERING BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T BEEN TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE, EXPERT SAYS
As President Donald Trump’s trade war with China drags on, and stock markets remain on
27Mar
Andrew Marshall, Pentagon’s gnomic ‘Yoda’ of long-range planning, dies at 97
“He had an uncanny ability to pick out only the most significant questions, then to drill down deeply,” Michael Pillsbury, a colleague of 45 years, said in an interview. “He developed an iconoclastic, contrarian image.”
26Mar
Andrew Marshall, Pentagon’s Threat Expert, Dies at 97
“His gift was the framing of the question, the discovery of the critical question,” said Michael Pillsbury, a China expert who advised and worked with Mr. Marshall throughout his career. “He would always pick the least studied and most strategically significant subjects.”
24Mar
Opinion | The world has been deceived by China for too long
Writes US defence analyst and China expert Michael Pillsbury in his book The Hundred-Year Marathon: “In a classic example of…turning the energy and momentum of others to your advantage, China would borrow the techniques from the West to develop (its financial sector and industry)—all with the active tutoring from institutions such as the World Bank and private firms such as Goldman Sachs.
