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Tensions Grow as China, Russia and Iran Lead the Way Towards a New Multipolar World Order
Tensions Grow as China, Russia and Iran Lead the Way Towards a New Multipolar World Order Military and economic tensions are increasing due to the ramped up warlike stance of the US establishment. The impossibility of halting the shifting world order in favour of prolonging the unipolar moment has left the US deep state reaching for […]
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing
China Vows Not To Negotiate Under Threat, As Trump Teases “Major Broadside” Against Beijing Investors had managed to cling on to optimism that the ‘trade skirmish’ between the US and China would reach a swift conclusion – and that the US would ultimately be better off, as China would be forced to curtail practices like […]
Global Stocks Slide As Trade War Enters New Phase; Oil Surges
Global Stocks Slide As Trade War Enters New Phase; Oil Surges U.S. stock futures followed European and Asian shares lower in thin volume after China called off planned trade talks with the U.S. and the Trump administration imposed another $200 billion in “Phase II” China tariffs just after midnight; oil jumped 2.4% as OPEC+ members […]
US Imposes Sanctions on China for Buying Russian Weapons: Waging War on All Fronts
US Imposes Sanctions on China for Buying Russian Weapons: Waging War on All Fronts On Sept. 20 the US imposed punitive measures against China’s military under the 2017 Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), in retaliation for its purchases of Russian military equipment. The move is meant to “punish” Moscow for what American officials […]
Can US-China trade war rivalry reverse the worst economic trends in both countries?
Can US-China trade war rivalry reverse the worst economic trends in both countries? The door for compromise and restoring a functional relationship between the United States and China appears to have closed. The 10 per cent tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods, rising to 25 per cent from January 1, is the final straw. […]
China Summons US Ambassador Over Sanctions Scandal
China Summons US Ambassador Over Sanctions Scandal China’s foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador on Saturday to lodge an official protest over the sanctions imposed by the United States against a Chinese military organization for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles, state media reported. The announcement came just hours after a Chinese defense ministry spokesman […]
Unipolar Moments Never Last More Than a Moment
Unipolar Moments Never Last More Than a Moment American leaders, politicians, policymakers and pundits are fond of talking about the “Unipolar Moment” and “Hyper Power” position that they imagine the United States enjoys in the world. Totally lacking from this fantasy are any inconvenient historical facts. The US Unipolar Moment (insofar as it existed at […]
China Threatens US With “Consequences” If It Does Not “Immediately” Revoke Sanctions Over Russian Weapons Deal
China Threatens US With “Consequences” If It Does Not “Immediately” Revoke Sanctions Over Russian Weapons Deal Just hours after Beijing called off trade talks with the US in the biggest escalation of the trade feud between the two nations, the war of words between China and the US ratcheted up on Saturday, when Beijing lashed […]
Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China
Illustration: Soohee Cho/The Intercept GOOGLE SUPPRESSES MEMO REVEALING PLANS TO CLOSELY TRACK SEARCH USERS IN CHINA GOOGLE BOSSES HAVE forced employees to delete a confidential memo circulating inside the company that revealed explosive details about a plan to launch a censored search engine in China, The Intercept has learned. The memo, authored by a Google […]
Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G
Trump’s Hand-Picked Winners and Losers: China vs Canada, NAFTA Threats, and P&G As a single country, China is the US’s largest trading partner but Canada is the largest export partner. As Trump struggles to get a NAFTA deal going on account of Canada, the above chart puts things into perspective. Canada is the US’s largest […]
A Path To War? China Cancels US Trade Talks As ‘Skirmish’ Escalates
A Path To War? China Cancels US Trade Talks As ‘Skirmish’ Escalates Following a surge in Chinese, European, and much of the US equity markets this week amid hopes that the so-called ‘trade skirmish’ was less ‘war-like’ than expected, China just dropped an early Saturday morning (local time) tape bomb that is sure to resurrect […]
The Dollar Shortage & China’s Bond Selling Are About To Corner the Fed
The Dollar Shortage & China’s Bond Selling Are About To Corner the Fed Earlier this week – news went by relatively unnoticed by the ‘mainstream’ financial media (CNCB and such) that Beijing’s started selling their U.S. debt holdings. Putting it another way – they’re dumping U.S. bonds. . . “China’s ownership of U.S. bonds, bills and notes slipped to […]
Leaked Memo Reveals Details Of Google’s “Censored Search Engine” For Communist China
Leaked Memo Reveals Details Of Google’s “Censored Search Engine” For Communist China It’s now confirmed that Google’s long suspected assistance to the Communist government of China to censor and monitor its citizens’ online activity runs deeper and is more proactive that initially thought. The Intercept published a bombshell report based on internal Google whistle-blower testimony […]
A Path to War?
A Path to War? The following is taken from the 1930s US Great Depression chapter of A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises (which is available for free download HERE). I’m passing it along because I think that the 1935-40 period is most analogous to the current period and that it is worth reflecting on what happened then […]
