[22]In 1919 he demonstrated as part of the May Fourth Movement against the Chinese government being so weak
in allowing the Treaty of Versailles, which carved up the world for the winners of World War I, to give the eastern
part of Shandong province to the Japanese rather than give it back to China. Also, when on a study program in
France, he demonstrated against the Chinese government for not sustaining the program. All through his life he
was a revolutionary until he won and became part of the establishment.
[23]https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/chart-week-global-trade-through-us-china-lens
[24]To clarify, while Madame Gu’s first husband passed, she remarried so I’m referring to her second husband.
[25]https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2010/03/19/results-profile-china-poverty-reduction
[26]https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.DDAY?locations=CN
[27]I never asked questions that would put them in the awkward position of having to choose between conveying
confidential information and having to decline my request. I just wanted to see things through their eyes and help,
like a doctor looking at cases with other doctors would discuss what’s happening and what one in these positions
should do about them.
[28]https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/28/1-in-5-companies-say-china-stole-their-ip-within-the-last-year-cnbc.html
[29]Relevant studies include “How China’s Economic Aggression Threatens the Technologies and Intellectual
Property of the United States and the World,” “Section 301 Report into China's Acts, Policies, and Practices
Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation,” “China’s Technology Transfer Strategy:
How Chinese Investments in Emerging Technology Enable a Strategic Competitor to Access the Crown Jewels of
US Innovation,” and “The Report of the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.”
[30]Total returns vs USD are calculated using tradable market returns where available, extended back with data on
interest rates and spot exchange rates. Total returns vs gold are constructed using data for interest rates, spot
exchange rates, and USD gold prices.
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