It is your responsibility to fight injustice. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 14.01.2025 The Tools of Influence Do not waste energy combating the media, politicians, or academics directly. They are merely instruments through which the true power brokers—those operating behind the scenes—exer ...

A Critical Examination of Influence and Imbalance   Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 12.01.2025 The European Union (EU) is often heralded as a bastion of democracy, transparency, and fair governance. However, beneath this veneer lies a complex and often opaque system of lobbying that has si ...

Exploring modern perspectives beyond historical preconceptions Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 04.01.2025 The Battle of Mount Buzhou (in the Pamir mountain range) Capitalism, Good or Bad? The answer depends entirely on how you define it. Is it the idealized system of free markets and competit ...

Big changes ahead for 2025 Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 22.12.2024 On this drizzly winter evening    On this drizzly winter evening right after the winter solstice and just before Christmas, I present you with a short essay on the end of 2024 and a look ahead to next year. ...

America in Crisis: Navigating Chaos, Despair, and a Fading Dream. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 15.12.2024 The American people This essay focuses on the United States, the country located in North America. However, it is not about the common people of the United States, for whom I hold a d ...

About the striking differences between Chinese and American entrepreneurship. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 15.11.2024 Cao Dewang, Fuyao Group president Back in 2000  Before moving to China, I spent nearly my entire career as a project and program manager at MAGNA, a large multinational autom ...

Exploring modern perspectives beyond historical preconceptions Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 30.07.2024 The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai  23 July 1921 (own picture 03.06.2023) Communism, good or bad ? The answer to that question entirely depends on ...

A Comparative Study of Think Tanks in China and the World. Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 21.07.2024 . Think tanks are crucial in shaping public policy and strategic planning worldwide. This article compares the distinctive roles and challenges of think tanks in China with those in other co ...

The tyranny of the Geniusses. The Rule of the five percent Written by Godfree Roberts. 22.05.2024 … In What if we Lost our Smartest 5%? Matthew Archer suggests that we would struggle to maintain our quality of life without our scientists, mathematicians and engine ...

In untangling the causal factors behind the many crises we face today, the trail of breadcrumbs always leads to the international banking cartel which appears to have the determining influence shaping the system of governance under which our societies operate. ...

By David Wang (王首伟) 12.01.2024 The US alliance strategy and “de-sinization” policy, as well as the EU’s “de-risking” policy, will intensify the dualization of the international system, and even trigger earthquakes and turbulence in the process of structur ...

This year 2023, we have passed the tipping point Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 27.12.2023 It’s over and done In a few days, the historical year 2023 will be over. This past year, significant changes have taken place, shining some light on what we have to expect in the coming time. ...

The centre of gravity of the world is now in China.      Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 18.10.2023 Global economic and political power has shifted to China It’s all over and done. The shift is made, we’re over the tipping point. The “ ...

China has a comprehensive immigration policy.      Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 03.09.2023 . What is illegal immigration ? Every healthy scientific contradictory debate starts with a clear definition. Illegal immigration is defined as ...

China doesn’t need propaganda.      Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 16.08.2023 What is propaganda ? Every healthy scientific contradictory debate starts with a clear definition. So let’s determine the concept of propaganda. The description of propaganda as &#8 ...