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From Macau: A Weather Eye on the Event Horizon

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), November 18, 2011

I’ve been asked me to look around the world’s horizons and to venture a prediction or two as we ...

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The Mess in the Middle East

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), October 27, 2011

When John Duke Anthony asked me to kick off this two-day meeting by talking about recent events and what ...

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China, Latin America, and the United States in the Changing World Order

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), September 19, 2011

I had a feeling that Stape Roy didn’t invite me to speak this morning because I have a degree ...

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The Taiwan Problem and China's Strategy for Resolving It

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), September 14, 2011

China has always said that Taiwan is the central problem obstructing the development of its relations with the United ...

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Southern Asia in the New Strategic Geometry

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), July 14, 2011

I am honored to be back at a Pacific Pension Institute (PPI) roundtable.  And I’m happy to address the topic ...

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A Long March to Cooperation or to Antagonism? The United States and China in the 21st Century

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), May 25, 2011

This is a year of anniversaries. It is the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of China Daily, which we ...

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