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This website aims at improving the Sino-U.S. relations and promoting peace between the mainland and Taiwan. It is published at a critical juncture in Chinese and American history when both countries can celebrate a fruitful mutual engagement, yet face some uncertainties for their long-term interactions. It is run by the China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc., which was founded in Northern California in September 2006 by Dr. Sheng-Wei Wang, a scholar, writer and media figure. The site will host monthly web publications by invited experts on major China-U.S. issues and related Taiwan topics. Forums and book publications are planned as the website further expands in the future.

New Articles
05/01/2026 New war and peace
By Richard Cullen
The United States remains the world抯 adamantly dominant military power. America抯 massive nuclear, sea, air and personnel assets, some 800 worldwide military bases and annual martial spending (of around US$1 trillion) exceeding that of the next ten countries combined confirm why this is so
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05/01/2026 China Just Built The Future While The World Is Fighting Wars
By Core Insights
China isn't catching up with the world anymore. It's leaving the world behind. From a robot army already shipping by the thousands, to a spacecraft locked onto the Moon, China has just unveiled a wave of technologies so advanced, so real, and so shocking that scientists, engineers, and governments across the globe are scrambling to respond.
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05/01/2026 Ray Dalio sees a pattern that shows China killing America’s economy. This 2,000-year chart explains why
By Nick Lichtenberg
For roughly 1,800 years, the world’s largest economy sat somewhere along the Yangtze River. A new chart from the Bank of America Institute — spanning 2,000 years of global GDP data — shows that America’s moment at the top wasn’t destiny. It was an accident of history. And it’s ending.
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News/Events

In this publication, we offer 1) “Ray Dalio sees a pattern that shows China killing America’s economy. This 2,000-year chart explains why” by Nick Lichtenberg; 2) “China Just Built The Future While The World Is Fighting Wars” by Core Insights; and 3) “New war and peace” by Richard Cullen.

In the Music Section, we have beautiful Chinese folk songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8mFxDlLLOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKflGwVW7pY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYr4PqsdOIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8sopwG9Jyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q7FLK9VFlo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzZ09_-_jA

Enjoy!

回台灣真好玩

作者：李恩廷（二班學生）指導老師：金慶松

去年二月我們全家一起回臺灣，我們去了很多地方。最讓我印象深刻的是「台北101」，它是台灣最高以及世界上第十一高的建築物！我第一次看見這麼高的大樓，高得看不到頂，真的很驚喜又興奮，我還跟它拍了合照。媽媽說：「台北101裡有一個叫做『阻尼器』的大金球，在強風或地震時，它會隨著晃動以保護整個建築物的穩定性。」真是太神奇了！

媽媽還說：「人們也可以搭超快速電梯上去，從5樓到89樓只要37秒，登高望遠，可以看到台北市各個角度的風景，從上往下看，地上的房子和車子都會變得像小盒子一樣。」聽起來很有趣！

這回我們沒有上去，因為台北101附近就有許多好玩又好吃的地方，希望下次有機會登上台北101，去看看那大金球、還有小房子和小車子。

加州大自然之旅

作者：劉子瑞（二班學生）指導老師：金慶松

去年的聖誕節，我和家人去加州旅行，我學到了好多課本上沒教過的事！

在聖地亞哥野生動物園，我看到了好多動物，例如「四不像」，真是什麼都不像啊！導覽老師還告訴我一個小秘密：「買巧克力要選有『小樹蛙』標誌的牌子，這代表森林沒有被砍掉。」原來，買對零食就是保護大自然呢！

在約書亞樹國家公園，有好多奇形怪狀的植物，最特別的是「泰迪熊仙人掌」，它看起來毛茸茸的，很舒服的樣子，其實很刺人。晚上，天上的星星多得數不清，我只用肉眼就看見了木星，真的太神奇了！

最後，我們沿著海岸公路開車回家。西邊藍藍的海水配上紅紅的夕陽，讓這趟旅行畫下完美的句點。

大自然是人類最珍貴的寶物。從現在開始，我要愛護動物、不亂丟垃圾，當一個保護地球的小超人。

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