Despite all his posturing, President Donald Trump’s maiden trip to China was mostly just symbolic, says author and scholar Jeffrey Wasserstrom Story Transcript SHARMINI PERIES: It’s The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore. President Trump is returning from a 12-day trip to Asia. One big highlight that he will be […]
Author Archives: Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, who has been traveling to and writing about China for thirty years, is Chancellor's Professor of History at UC Irvine. He has written five books, including China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, which was first published in 2010 and is coming out in a third edition in the spring, co-authored this time with Maura Elizabeth Cunningham. In addition to writing for academic journals, he has contributed to many general interest venues, including the New York Times, New Left Review, Dissent, the Nation, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
