China has been emphasizing self-reliance since the U.S.-China trade war started, and the urgency of China’s desire for this appears to have grown stronger after witnessing Western countries imposing harsh sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine on Feb. 24. The next day, on Feb. 25, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media People’s Daily published an editorial titled…
CCP Calls for ‘Self-Reliance’ After Seeing Sanctioning and Isolation of Russia
How to Get More Committed to Yourself
While it is easy to show up to appointments we make with other people … I’ve noticed that most people struggle with commitments they make with themselves. If you say you’re going to exercise, meditate, write, journal, work on a project … but then you don’t stick to that commitment … it can feel like…
Self-Reliance and Our Sacred Inner Genius
The need to protect the integrity of our own minds is an idea with a long history. It was examined by American transcendentalist thinkers such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who both denounced the conformity of their age. An essayist, lecturer, poet, and philosopher, Emerson remains one of the most influential writers…
India Pursues Self-Reliance in Defense Production, Spurred by Global Supply Chain Disruptions
NEW DELHI—India is taking steps to become self-reliant in defense production, as a result of disruptions that the pandemic has caused to the global supply chain since last year. Foreign direct investment in defense production has increased to 74 percent from 49 percent, and the government says it will promote “Made in India” in that…
Spurred on by Disruption of Global Supply Chain, India Pursues Self-Reliance in Defense
NEW DELHI—Following the blows dealt to the global supply chain last year by the pandemic, India began taking new steps to become self reliant in defense production. The country increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in defense production from 49 percent to 74 percent and said it will promote “Made in India” in the defense sector…
Self-Reliance: An American Virtue
One chilly afternoon just after Thanksgiving, I stood in the crowded lot of my local auto repair shop in Front Royal, Virginia, watching the mechanic try to remove the metal caps from the pressure valves on my tires. He explained no one should have put such caps on these nozzles because they get stuck, as…
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