by Michael Mandaville | Sep 12, 2021 | Trends, Trends-Economic
“Demographics is Destiny” but perhaps quite true in today’s world. It is widely attributed to the father of sociology, August Comte. Ask yourself these questions (before looking at the table!) What are the world’s most populous nations? ...
by michael.m | Mar 10, 2018 | Headlines, Ideas, Stealing Thunder Series, Writing
An old buddy saw chess everywhere in life. A pawn, wisely moved, may kill a King. Small stories become world-changing events. A pawn is in play between Japan, China and America over the unpopulated resource rich Senkaku Islands. Called the Daiyou Islands in China, the...
by michael.m | Feb 26, 2017 | Fiction I've Worked On, Michael's Articles, Stealing Thunder Series
China is asserting itself on the world stage but with a 21st Century strategy. Striving to resurrect its former glory as a power after a century of foreign domination, World War and Mao’s murderous Cultural Revolution, China’s socialist dictators realize that their...
by michael.m | Feb 26, 2017 | Fiction I've Worked On, Michael's Articles, Stealing Thunder Series
The Communist People’s Republic of China is confronting its neighbors and the United States in the Pacific. But how strong is their muscle in the fight? And, to paraphrase John McClane from “Die Hard”, what can we do to throw a ‘monkey in the works’? First, China is...
