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Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web
Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web The most ambitious project of mass control is the country’s “social credit” system. All Chinese citizens will receive a numerical score reflecting their “trustworthiness.” A”clap for Xi Jingping.” CNBC Screenshot The following is adapted from LikeWar by P. W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking, a book by […]
“The Real Economic Shock Is Yet To Come” – Trade War Deepens Across Asia
“The Real Economic Shock Is Yet To Come” – Trade War Deepens Across Asia The last chance to avoid a full-blown 2019 trade war may come later this month when President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 Buenos Aires summit in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It […]
China’s Senior Leadership Prepares For Economic Collision In Spring 2019
China’s Senior Leadership Prepares For Economic Collision In Spring 2019 China’s senior leadership has just signaled for more stimulus, as its economy and stock market prepares for a possible economic collision in early 2019 from the trade war with the United States. The Communist Party’s Politburo, a group of 25 people who oversee the Communist […]
Iran’s Top Oil Customers Resist U.S. Calls For Zero Imports
Iran’s Top Oil Customers Resist U.S. Calls For Zero Imports Just a few days before U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports return on November 5, the keywords about how much of Iran’s oil will come off the market are ‘lack of clarity’. On the one hand, it’s unclear how much Iranian oil will really be […]
The New Global Tinderbox: It’s Not Your Mother’s Cold War
The New Global Tinderbox: It’s Not Your Mother’s Cold War When it comes to relations between Donald Trump’s America, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and Xi Jinping’s China, observers everywhere are starting to talk about a return to an all-too-familiar past. “Now we have a new Cold War,” commented Russia expert Peter Felgenhauer in Moscow after President Trump […]
DoD Official Urges Taiwan To Buy More Weapons In Fear Of “Cross-Strait Invasion” By China
DoD Official Urges Taiwan To Buy More Weapons In Fear Of “Cross-Strait Invasion” By China A Pentagon official said Monday that Taiwan should increase its military spending to safeguard continued peace and security both across the Taiwan Strait and within the Indo-Pacific, reported Focus Taiwan. David Helvey, U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for […]
Russia And China Are Apparently Both Under The Impression That War With The United States Is Coming…
Russia And China Are Apparently Both Under The Impression That War With The United States Is Coming… Could it be possible that the U.S. is heading for a major war? If you ask most Americans that question, they will look at you like you are crazy. For most people in this country, war with either […]
I Was Asked: “How & When Will the Next Financial Crisis Happen?”
I Was Asked: “How & When Will the Next Financial Crisis Happen?” China has a lot of balls in the air at the moment. FocusEconomics asked me and a bunch of other illustrious luminaries, “How and when will the next financial crisis happen?” First things first. A “financial crisis” is somewhat of a latex-term that […]
A Rules-Based Global Order or Rule-less US Global ‘Order’?
A Rules-Based Global Order or Rule-less US Global ‘Order’? “It has taken the US military/security complex 31 years to get rid of President Reagan’s last nuclear disarmament achievement – the INF Treaty, that President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev achieved in 1987”, writes Reagan’s former Assistant Treasury Secretary: “Behind the scenes, I had some role […]
China Boosts Antarctic Presence With Planned Permanent Airbase, Cites “Strategic Needs”
China Boosts Antarctic Presence With Planned Permanent Airbase, Cites “Strategic Needs” China is set to significantly expand its presence in Antarctica as it takes the crucial step of establishing its first permanent airport and large landing strip close to its small research outpost, Zhongshan station. After nearly a decade of planning construction of the airport is set […]
China Vows More Stimulus With Economy On Verge Of Contraction
China Vows More Stimulus With Economy On Verge Of Contraction Overnight, China revealed the latest confirmation that its economy is slowing more conventional wisdom realizes when the National Bureau of Statistics reported that the manufacturing PMI fell to 50.2 in October – on the verge of a sub-50 contraction – down from 50.8 in September […]
Greyerz – China Just Took Delivery Of A Massive Amount Of Gold From London & New York
Greyerz – China Just Took Delivery Of A Massive Amount Of Gold From London & New York Egon von Greyerz met with a large group of individuals from China that manage money for the elite in China. They went to Switzerland to meet with Egon and this is a small portion of what they discussed: […]
China’s Economic Slump Accelerated In October, Early Indicators Show
China’s Economic Slump Accelerated In October, Early Indicators Show As corporate defaults surge, forcing a desperate PBOC to reverse its deleveraging efforts and threaten more interventions to stave off a more serious retrenchment in growth in the world’s second largest economy, it seems like not a day goes by without another warning sign that China’s […]
China’s President Orders Military To “Prepare For War”
China’s President Orders Military To “Prepare For War” China’s President Xi Jinping ordered the military region responsible for monitoring the South China Sea and Taiwan to “assess the situation it is facing and boost its capabilities so it can handle any emergency” as tensions continue to mount over the future of the South China Sea […]
