It’s good that the United States and China are trying to patch things up before we blow things up. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s recent trip to Beijing is a welcome respite from tensions building between the intimate trade partners/superpowers. Blinken’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping sounded cordial enough and productive. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen followed it up with a trip this week to reassure China that we can do business. Everyone around Taiwan is keeping their bombs at bay. We are talking semiconductor manufacturing, cybersecurity and how to avoid each other in the South China Sea.
Calls to mind Lauren Soth, long-time Editor at the Register and Tribune, whose 1955 editorial "If the Russians Want More Meat. . . ." invited a Soviet visit to Iowa. This not only won him the "Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing" but directly led to Khrushchev's 1959 visit to our state. You can google him.
Time for another Pulitzer? Would be the first to wind "Editorial Writing" twice. Eligible nominators, please gear up.
Art: you are spot on. Let’s work to get Vilsack and Branstad on a plane or a boat to China to talk food. While microchips are important, as well as rare earths, etc., food keeps folks happy and healthy. Happy and healthy folks aren’t generally angry with others nor interested in taking them over. Fair and reasonable trade in food can be a win-win for all, as you noted. It also might provide a foundation for addressing Iowa’s water pollution and other environmental issues. Thank you for an informative and well reasoned piece.
Well done, Mr. Cullen. Apt, and timely.
Calls to mind Lauren Soth, long-time Editor at the Register and Tribune, whose 1955 editorial "If the Russians Want More Meat. . . ." invited a Soviet visit to Iowa. This not only won him the "Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing" but directly led to Khrushchev's 1959 visit to our state. You can google him.
Time for another Pulitzer? Would be the first to wind "Editorial Writing" twice. Eligible nominators, please gear up.
Art: you are spot on. Let’s work to get Vilsack and Branstad on a plane or a boat to China to talk food. While microchips are important, as well as rare earths, etc., food keeps folks happy and healthy. Happy and healthy folks aren’t generally angry with others nor interested in taking them over. Fair and reasonable trade in food can be a win-win for all, as you noted. It also might provide a foundation for addressing Iowa’s water pollution and other environmental issues. Thank you for an informative and well reasoned piece.