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China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps
China Unveils How It Will Retaliate To US Tariffs, USDJPY Snaps While it will hardly come as a surprise considering that trade wars always evolve in an escalating tit-for-tat manner, the WSJ reports that just hours ahead of Trump’s announcement of as much as $60 billion in tariffs targeting Beijing, China is preparing to hit […]
Big Brother Arrives: China Bans People With “Bad Social Credit” From Planes, Trains
Big Brother Arrives: China Bans People With “Bad Social Credit” From Planes, Trains Two years ago, we reported that various cities throughout China are currently piloting a “social-credit system” that will assign a “personal citizen score” to every single person based on behavior such as spending habits, turnstile violations and filial piety. Hangzhou’s local government […]
Emperor Xi Delivers Stark Warning To Trump: Hands Off Taiwan
Emperor Xi Delivers Stark Warning To Trump: Hands Off Taiwan President Donald Trump may have kicked the hornet’s nest by signing on Friday the “Taiwanese Travel Act”, encouraging official visits to Taiwan by officials at all levels with an emphasis on “national security officials.” The signing angered the newly crowned Chinese President Emperor Xi Jinping, […]
The Strategy of Tension Towards Russia and the Push to Nuclear War
The Strategy of Tension Towards Russia and the Push to Nuclear War The United States has devised on ongoing strategy of tension towards Russia. It has initiated economic sanctions against Moscow, concocted a narrative about ‘Russian aggression’ for public consumption and has by various means attempted to undermine and weaken the energy-dependent Russian eeconomy. It has moreover instigated a coup on […]
Trade Wars
TRADE WARS An overt trade war has commenced. President Trump has fired the starting gun, setting in motion an election promise, part of his Make America Great Again undertaking. It is a blow squarely aimed against China, costing China some trade perhaps, but basically a loser’s last roll of the dice. The back story appears […]
China Now Produces More Oil Abroad Than At Home
China Now Produces More Oil Abroad Than At Home China is among the most import-dependent large oil consumers, but imports, it seems, are not its only problem when it comes to oil. Apparently, production from assets the Chinese state oil companies own abroad now exceeds domestic production, increasing the country’s dependency on foreign oil. That […]
Huge Chinese Demand Fuels The Next U.S. Gas Boom
Huge Chinese Demand Fuels The Next U.S. Gas Boom China’s push for cleaner air and fuel is driving an unprecedented demand for natural gas, and the United States is well-positioned to seize this opportunity and export even more of its growing gas production to the thirsty nation. U.S. companies have plans for even more liquefied […]
China Accuses US Of Fabricating Trade Data, Warns “Trade War Would Be A Disaster”
China Accuses US Of Fabricating Trade Data, Warns “Trade War Would Be A Disaster” While Canada and Mexico and soon other US “allies” have so far been spared the brunt of the Trump import tariffs on aluminum and steel imports as a result of “indefinite” exemptions for the duration of Nafta negotiations, China – the […]
It’s Official: China Repeals Term Limits, Allowing Xi To Stay In Power Forever
It’s Official: China Repeals Term Limits, Allowing Xi To Stay In Power Forever As expected (and predicted, and propagandized), China’s National People’s Congress overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment to eliminate presidential term limits, paving the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power after his second term ends in 2023. The vote was as […]
Japanese Bubble Bursting Playbook
JAPANESE BUBBLE BURSTING PLAYBOOK Every now and then I stumble across a new source of information that I can’t wait to share with my readers. Today is one of those days. If you have even the tiniest shred of interest in commodities, then head over to the Goerhring & Rozencwajg website immediately. It’s just terrific […]
Top General Issues Urgent Warning Over US-China Collision Course in Africa
Top General Issues Urgent Warning Over US-China Collision Course in Africa (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) Djibouti — China is the rising world power. This much is clear, but nowhere is that reality felt more than behind closed doors in Washington, D.C. The global hegemony of the United States is being challenged, and the contest is perfectly encapsulated in what’s happening now in the small […]
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change?
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change? In some cases, the hint that a country might be removing presidential term limits provides Washington sufficient cause to support a coup, but in other cases Washington celebrates presidents-for-life, observes Ted Snider. Donald Trump caused some concern last week when he appeared to praise […]
China Reports Outbreak Of Highly Contagious Bird Flu
China Reports Outbreak Of Highly Contagious Bird Flu A dangerous strain of bird flu that has been circulating in 2013 could be on the verge of snowballing into a global pandemic. The Paris-based Organization for Animal Health said Wednesday that a farm in Shaanxi province has reported an outbreak of a highly dangerous pathogen, while […]
How China’s Social Credit Score Will Shape the “Perfect” Citizen
How China’s Social Credit Score Will Shape the “Perfect” Citizen If you have too much debt and bad credit, it may be tough to get credit cards and loans. The idea is that people less likely to pay pack lenders get less credit. Well imagine if there was a social credit system. But it was the government that used it to decide […]
Trade Wars Set To Go Nuclear: US Considering Broad Curbs On Chinese Imports
Trade Wars Set To Go Nuclear: US Considering Broad Curbs On Chinese Imports First thing this morning, when the market was surging and inexplicably rejoicing in the certainty that Trump would back down on tariffs, a nagging feeling that this was all wrong prompted us to ask “What If Trump Does Not Back Down“, and […]
