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<title><![CDATA[Michael Schuman - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22964.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Schuman]]></description><category domain="22964">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Life Has Gotten Surreal in China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/life-has-gotten-surreal-in-china/ar-AA1LeRtD</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Labubu appears to be yet another sign of China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s global success. Figurines of the grinning, pointy-eared elf, marketed by a Chinese company called Pop Mart, are so wildly popular that fans around the world go to great lengths to get their hands on them. Many of them come in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why China Won't Stop the Fentanyl Trade]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-china-won-t-stop-131100797.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Beijing, the opioid that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year is a source of political leverage that it won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t easily give up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beijing Is Ruining TikTok]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/tiktok-should-be-a-global-success-story-beijing-has-made-sure-it-s-not/ar-BB1krtdL</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Zero COVID's Failure Is Xi's Failure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zero-covid-s-failure-is-xi-s-failure/ar-AA157LKY</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever happens with case counts in China now, one person owns them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Zero Tolerance for Xi's COVID Restrictions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/11/china-zero-covid-protests-xi-jinping-shanghai-beijing/672278/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The popular defiance is a direct challenge to the Communist Party leader's authority.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Mistakes Can Be America's Gain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-s-mistakes-can-be-america-s-gain/ar-AA12ftTL</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States does not need to take Xi Jinping's attempt to project power at face value.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Admin Looks East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-looks-east/ar-AA11e3wU</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite the war in Ukraine, the president is fully focused on the challenge of a rising China, says National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's 'Very Dangerous Trajectory']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-s-very-dangerous-trajectory/ar-AAYH866</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While most countries are trying to move past the pandemic and return to normal life, the Chinese government has kept COVID at the heart of its national policy. As China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s major cities slowly emerge from weeks of economy-crushing shutdowns, the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leaders continue to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Xi Jinping's Terrifying New China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/xi-jinping-e2-80-99s-terrifying-new-china/ar-AAQIRdu</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s social media was briefly aflutter this fall about an impressive feat in the popular online fantasy game Honor of Kings. A player had completed a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'pentakill,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or five kills in a row, but something just smelled wrong: The user in question was 60 years old, according...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Washington Is Getting China Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/10/evergrande-china-us/620360/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A crisis at a property company exposes deep, dangerous, and often unrecognized weaknesses in the Chinese economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Angering China Can Now Get You Fired]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/beijing-pressure-hong-kong-companies/596869/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pressure on Hong Kong executives to suppress dissent could go global.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Shows Flaws in China's Zero-Sum Worldview]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/08/hong-kong-flaws-china-world-view/595960/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Beijing's growing power is limited by its narrow decision making and approach to negotiations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Xi Won't Cave to Trump at G-20]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-28/china-s-xi-won-t-cave-to-trump-s-trade-war-demands-at-g-20?srnd=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leader, convinced of the course he has set, has little incentive to appease a wounded and unpopular U.S. president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Paints Xi Into a Corner]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-24/trump-paints-xi-into-a-corner</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. approach to trade negotiation misunderstands modern China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China Should Listen to U.S. Trade Complaints]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-19/china-should-listen-to-u-s-trade-complaints</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Beijing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s economic nationalism is harming a vital relationship.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has China's Rise Topped Out?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-06/china-s-ascent-isn-t-looking-so-inevitable-anymore</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fact is that Chinese companies will face enough trouble transforming into global players -- with the brands, technology, financial savvy and management expertise to battle it out with the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s best -- without bureaucrats intruding. Anbang may or may not be an overleveraged...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Central Bankers to Say &quot;No More&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://business.time.com/2012/08/08/why-its-time-for-central-bankers-to-say-no-more/?iid=biz-main-lede</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In my (too many) years covering the global economy and assorted financial crises, the perpetual hypocrisy exhibited by the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s private bankers continues to amaze me. Confronted by government attempts to better regulate or in any way curtail their often irresponsible tactics to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spain's Death Spiral &amp; the Hypocrisy of the Euro]]></title>
							<link>http://business.time.com/2012/04/05/spains-death-spiral-and-the-hypocrisy-of-the-euro/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Anyone out there who thinks the euro zone debt crisis is over '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and you know who you are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' should take a good look at what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going on in Spain. If Italy represented the biggest threat to the euro in 2011, then Spain will be the big story of 2012. Whatever numbers you look...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why China Will Have an Economic Crisis]]></title>
							<link>http://business.time.com/2012/02/27/why-china-will-have-an-economic-crisis/?iid=biz-main-lede</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The view in most of the world is that China is indestructible. Shrugging off the crises multiplying elsewhere, China seems to surge from strength to strength, its spectacular growth marching on no matter what headwinds may come. It appears inevitable that China will overtake a U.S. mired...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Euro's Last Stand?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2100210,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who has time for pleasantries when the fate of Europe and the global economy is at stake? After Mario Monti, an economist with little experience in the rough world of Italian politics, was sworn in as the country's new Prime Minister on Nov. 16, German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent him a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe's Debt Problems Are Far From Solved]]></title>
							<link>http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/07/27/six-reasons-europe%E2%80%99s-debt-crisis-isn%E2%80%99t-over/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Washington is gripped in an agonizing and potentially lethal  game of chicken over the U.S. debt ceiling, the risk of sovereign  defaults still remains much higher across the pond, in Europe. Sure,  Europe's leaders are probably feeling good about themselves after  finally cobbling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Causing the Rise in Global Food Prices]]></title>
							<link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2083276,00.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thomas Malthus lived in an era much like today's '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' when emerging  technologies made anything seem possible. The 19th century was  approaching, the Industrial Revolution was steaming along, and in  intellectual circles it was popular to believe that expanding scientific  knowledge...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Another Greek Bailout Is a Stupid Idea]]></title>
							<link>http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/06/21/why-another-greek-bailout-is-a-stupid-idea/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schuman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The entire financial world is watching Athens today to see whether or  not the Greek government will survive a no-confidence vote today, and  then, more importantly,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' push a new slate of severe austerity measures  through parliament next week to try to control its escalating debt. The ...]]></description>
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