We had to wait a few weeks to see how the Beijing communists and Xi Jinping hardliners were positioned for new trade talks; and now things make sense. Initially it seemed at odds with Beijing’s prior position to restart U.S-China trade negotiations with Vice-Premier Liu He. The prior three months of negotiation came to a […]
Now It Makes Sense – Beijing Assigned Hardline Trade Handler to Vice-Premier Liu He…
Nailed It – Navarro Discusses U.S.-China Trade Re-engagement: “Seven Prior Chapters Now Starting Point”…
Excellent news from White House manufacturing policy advisor Peter Navarro as he discusses the re-engagement in U.S. and China trade discussions. Great INFO. You won’t see this interview highlighted by MSM. As we anticipated the prior 150 page agreement negotiated by USTR Robert Lighthizer and Vice-Premier Liu He, previously dismissed by Beijing after three months […]
Hong Kong Protesters Flooded Into Legislature Building, Police Retreat…
In a move that will only further infuriate the hundreds of thousands of angry local protestors, Hong Kong’s defiant chief executive Carrie Lam condemned protesters who occupied and ransacked the city’s legislative chamber on Monday in an escalation of demonstrations against the China-appointed government, prompting police to fire tear gas to clear the area. Speaking […]
Police in Hong Kong Seize Back Control of Parliament Building…
Trump and Xi G20 Meeting Saturday – U.S. Position: “No Concessions” – Sad Panda…
Sometimes we just read and think; sometimes we just read and laugh. This is the latter. China continually looks at President Trump and the U.S. trade position through the wrong prism. Those around Chairman Xi genuinely seem to be incapable of understanding a U.S. President who independently represents long-term U.S. larger interests, and simultaneously leverages […]
Magnanimous Panda Departs Pyongyang After “reinforcing the traditional friendship between China and North Korea”…
The money quote from Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping in the role of magnanimous panda as he departs Chairman Kim: “This visit has achieved complete success in reinforcing the traditional friendship between China and North Korea”…Kim remains hostage, and Xi highlights his captive capabilities in advance of the G20 ‘expanded’ meeting with President Trump in Osaka, […]
There It is – Chairman Xi Jinping Announces Magnanimous Panda: DPRK Hostage Release is “Correct Direction”…
As we noted on Day #1, if we watch how Beijing scripts the messaging we should be able to identify if Chairman Xi Jinping is taking the dragon approach toward his captive Kim Jong Un, or if Xi would instead reshape the geopolitics by announcing his release of Kim as a hostage: The magnanimous panda […]
How an Obscure Taiwan Murder Case Led to Hong Kong’s Mega-Protest…
More than a year ago on the outskirts of Taipei — Taiwan’s capital — a woman’s decomposed body turned up in a grassy thicket near a riverside recreation area popular with tourists. The 21-year-old Hong Kong woman had been visiting Taiwan, according to a Taipei city police report. A male friend, also from Hong Kong, […]