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China’s Renewable Boom Hits The Wall
China’s Renewable Boom Hits The Wall When earlier this year China announced subsidies for 22.79 GW of new solar power capacity, those following the country’s renewable energy story must have started to worry. The capacity subsidized is half the amount approved in 2017, at 53 GW. And chances are that solar and wind additions will continue to […]
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century?
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century? Asian oil production peaked above 8 mb/d for the period between 2008 and 2016 (with spikes in 2010 and 2015). The 2015 peak was mainly caused by peak oil in China. Since then Asia’s decline was almost 800 kb/d or 9%. […]
Marines “Remind China Of America’s Military Edge” During 11-Day Exercise In The Pacific
Marines “Remind China Of America’s Military Edge” During 11-Day Exercise In The Pacific The US is escalating the intensity of its military drills in the waters around mainland China. According to the South China Morning Post, US marines recently held airfield and island-seizure drills in the East and South China seas in order to remind Beijing […]
London Is Only The 6th Most-Surveilled City In The World
London Is Only The 6th Most-Surveilled City In The World According to a study by research website Comparitech, eight out of the ten most surveilled cities in the world are in China, and as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz notes, the country that has been making headlines for its generous use of surveillance technology is featured heavily throughout the […]
The Ugly Truth About The Trade War
The Ugly Truth About The Trade War This past week was an interesting exercise in false expectations and assumptions. Once again, trade war theatrics were used to stall a stock market plunge as insinuations of a possible “deal” were made by Donald Trump, followed by China’s claim that maybe, just maybe, they would not immediately […]
Navy, Marine Corps Begin Arctic War Exercise To Counter Russia and China
Navy, Marine Corps Begin Arctic War Exercise To Counter Russia and China The US Navy and Marine Corps are conducting a month-long war exercise in Alaska against the rising threats of Russia and China in the Arctic region. A massive threat to the US is that Russia and China are trying to establish the Belt and […]
Weekly Commentary: Dudley Sticks His Neck Out
Weekly Commentary: Dudley Sticks His Neck Out What a fascinating environment; each week bringing something extraordinary. Yet there is this dreadful feeling that things are advancing toward some type of cataclysm. “U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China keeps undermining the confidence of businesses and consumers, worsening the economic outlook. This manufactured disaster-in-the-making presents […]
Focus Is Increasingly On How Similar Conditions Are To The Lead Up To WW2: Rabobank
Focus Is Increasingly On How Similar Conditions Are To The Lead Up To WW2: Rabobank Back with a bang As mentioned on Friday, welcome to both La Grande rentrée and weltschmerz: and combining the two, this week we are ‘back with a bang’. That seems appropriate given yesterday marked 80 years since the start of WW2, which one […]
US Slaps New Tariffs On China; One Minute Later China Retaliates
US Slaps New Tariffs On China; One Minute Later China Retaliates The biggest reason for last week’s torrid stock market rally was rekindled “optimism” that the escalating trade war between the US and China may be on the verge of another ceasefire following phone conversations, fake as they may have been, between the US and […]
The end of the dollar as we know it
The end of the dollar as we know it Current uncertainty and worries are clearly reflected in the financial markets. Investors are fleeing into assets that are deemed safe, such as gold, U.S. Treasuries and the dollar. They still flock to the U.S. on a massive scale, whereas a lot of the current insecurity derives […]
The Real “Helicopter Money”: Since 2009, China Has Created $21 Trillion Of New Money, More Than Double The US
The Real “Helicopter Money”: Since 2009, China Has Created $21 Trillion Of New Money, More Than Double The US Back in the days of the Fed’s QE, much of thinking analyst world (the non-thinking segment would merely accept everything that the Fed did without question, after all their livelihood depended on it), was focused on […]
Hong King Kong
Hong King Kong Of course the notion of addressing Hong Kong has been in my mind for a while, but it’s a bit of a moving target: things change all the time, and seemingly on the fly. However, with today’s fresh developments, it seems silly to wait any longer. Hong Kong Civic party lawmaker Dennis Kwok yesterday […]
Martial Law Considered in Hong Kong to Crush Pro-Democracy Protests
Martial Law Considered in Hong Kong to Crush Pro-Democracy Protests Could lead to “total destruction” of Hong Kong’s capitalist system. Authorities in Hong Kong are considering whether to impose draconian martial law powers in a bid to crush pro-democracy protests. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng […]
Peter Schiff Compares Trade War to “Battle at Little Bighorn”
Peter Schiff Compares Trade War to “Battle at Little Bighorn” Political commentators are increasingly critical of U.S. trade policy, particularly tariffs and the trade war with China. Radio host Peter Schiff went so far as to compare U.S. trade policies to General Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn. Meanwhile, some economic red flags seem to support […]
