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‘Pacifist’ Japan Is Building Missile Bases To Counter China And North Korea
‘Pacifist’ Japan Is Building Missile Bases To Counter China And North Korea Yesterday, we published a report about an incident involving South Korea, Japan and China that nearly escalated into a full-blown skirmish, as Japan and South Korea were forced to order intercepts of Chinese military aircraft as a squadron of fighters and bombers flew […]
China’s Natural Gas Consumption Soars
China’s Natural Gas Consumption Soars Chinese natural gas consumption surged through the first 11 months of 2017, up 19 percent year-on-year. China is the third largest consumer of natural gas in the world, behind the U.S. and Russia, and is expected to show the strongest demand growth over the coming decades—propelling it to second place by 2040. […]
Trump’s National Security Speech
Trump’s National Security Speech What do we make of Trump’s national security speech? First of all, it is the military/security complex’s speech, and it is inconsistent with Trump’s intention of normalizing relations with Russia. The military/security complex, using Trump’s position as President, has defined Russia and China as “revisionist powers,” Washington’s rivals who seek to […]
Turkey Has The Most Jailed Journalists Worldwide
Turkey Has The Most Jailed Journalists Worldwide According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a record 262 journalists are being held in prisons around the world. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, nearly three-quarters of them are being held on anti-state charges while at least 21 have been charged with “false news”. The worst three jailers are […]
China’s Growth Story…Don’t Look For a Happy Ending!
China’s Growth Story…Don’t Look For a Happy Ending! Many economists suggest China is on the cusp of significant growth in domestic consumer demand as China shifts from exporter to consumer. These economists postulate that rising domestic demand coupled with continued growth as the global exporter will push both China and the global economy into high gear. China suggests that it will achieve 6.5% […]
Everyone cutting coal use except for most of the world and most of the banks
Everyone cutting coal use except for most of the world and most of the banks The situation with our most hated energy asset Australia’s big four banks are fighting over themselves to turn down the chance to profit from coal loans and tell the world. Months ago, Westpac went on a low-coal diet, declaring like […]
Yuan-Priced Crude Futures Could Arrive Before Christmas
Yuan-Priced Crude Futures Could Arrive Before Christmas After years of setbacks and delays, China may be days away from launching a yuan-priced crude oil futures contract to make its currency more international and challenge the dominance of the petrodollar. Many Chinese investors eagerly anticipate the start of yuan oil futures trading on the Shanghai International […]
“China Should Prepare For Nuclear Conflict”: Beijing Warned To Be Ready As War On Korean Peninsula “Possible At Any Time”
“China Should Prepare For Nuclear Conflict”: Beijing Warned To Be Ready As War On Korean Peninsula “Possible At Any Time” Chinese government advisors and a senior military officer warned Beijing that it must be ready for a war on the Korean peninsula, with the risk of conflict higher than ever before, the SCMP reported on […]
Chinese Navy Begins Live-Fire Drills Off Korean Peninsula
Chinese Navy Begins Live-Fire Drills Off Korean Peninsula Earlier this week, Seoul asked the US to delay joint military exercises with Japan until after the Winter Olympics, ostensibly to avoid provoking North Korea ahead of the 2018 Winter Games. The timing of the request is suspicious – having coincided with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s […]
Global Deflation Alert: Chinese Credit Creation Tumbles To 27 Month Low
Global Deflation Alert: Chinese Credit Creation Tumbles To 27 Month Low At the end of November, we showed a troubling observation for China – and global – macro watchers from Axiom’s Gordon Johnson: for the first time ever, record Chinese credit creation had failed to stimulate the economy, and in fact the exact opposite appeared […]
China–Leading Indicator? Stocks, Credit Policy, Rebalancing and Money Supply
CHINA – LEADING INDICATOR? STOCKS, CREDIT POLICY, REBALANCING AND MONEY SUPPLY Chinese 10yr bond yields have been rising steadily since October 2016. They never reached the low or negative levels of Japan or Germany. 1yr bonds bottomed earlier at 1.76% in June 2015 having tested 1% back in 2009. The pattern and path of Chinese […]
China Regulators Complete Final ‘Drill’ In Preparation For Petro-Yuan Futures Trading
China Regulators Complete Final ‘Drill’ In Preparation For Petro-Yuan Futures Trading Amid all the chatter of Venezuela and Russia potentially creating oil-backed cryptocurrencies, the “huge news” of China’s launch of the Petro-Yuan has fallen off the front page… until now. This week saw the Shanghai Futures Exchange complete its fifth yuan-back oil futures contract trading […]
Chinese Banks Push Back On Shadow Banking Regulations – Expose “Catch-22” For Financial System
Chinese Banks Push Back On Shadow Banking Regulations – Expose “Catch-22” For Financial System In November, we discussed how the post-Party Congress measures to deleverage and crackdown on the worst abuses in China’s credit bubble took an important step forward with the announcement of a new era of regulation for China’s $15 trillion shadow banking […]
Russia Rebukes US For Sowing “Regional Instability” As Military Drills Begin
Russia Rebukes US For Sowing “Regional Instability” As Military Drills Begin The latest round of military drills involving the US, Japan and South Korea began their latest set of tracking drills on Monday, DW reported, citing sources in the South Korean military. The drills – which are meant for “practicing tracking an object and sharing […]
