Giddy up… President Trump has fulfilled another campaign promise to confront China and hold firm. As promised, three decades of Donald Trump’s intense commitment to stop the exfiltration of Amerian wealth is on display today – When you plant your tree in another man’s orchard don’t be surprised when you end up paying for your […]
NO DEAL – CHINA DEPARTS EARLY AS NEGOTIATIONS END…
The Beginning of the End Of SWIFT: Russian Banks Join Chinese Alternative Global Payments System…
With Russia actively dumping US dollars and buying gold at the fastest paced in decades, the writing is on the wall when it comes to what the Kremlin thinks of any possibility for a detente in the painfully strained US-Russian relations. And with Russia now clearly seeking to end monetary ties with a dollar-denominated “west”, […]
Understanding China’s Confucian Edge in the Global AI Race…
The American fugitive Edward Snowden triggered the West’s current (and ongoing) wave of concern over data privacy six years ago, when he revealed details about secret U.S. government programs that collect information on U.S. citizens. Since then, there has been a steady drumbeat of disclosures about how personal information is collected and shared, alarming the […]
The Last Thing We Need Is Two Nuclear Superpowers Untethered to Any Restrictions…
Trump Suspends Arms Treaty to Focus on China, Russia Threats…
The Trump administration is pulling the plug on a decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia, lifting what it sees as unreasonable constraints on competing with a resurgent Russia and a more assertive China. The move announced Friday sets the stage for delicate talks with U.S. allies over potential new American missile deployments. In explaining his […]
Workers’ Paradise? Employees in China Crawl Through Streets After Missing Sales Targets…
The workers were literally forced to crawl on all fours after reportedly failing to reach their annual sales targets in the busy traffic of Tengzhou — a city in Shandong province in the country’s east. The group was filmed being driven on by a male supervisor bearing a flag with the name of the firm, which reportedly disrupted traffic. Onlookers called […]
China Sentences Canadian to Death, Raises Diplomatic Tension…
A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death Monday in a sudden retrial in a drug smuggling case that is likely to escalate tensions between the countries over the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive. The court in northeastern Liaoning province announced that it had given Robert Lloyd Schellenberg the death penalty after […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping Gives Army Its First Order of 2019: Be Ready for Battle…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday ordered the People’s Liberation Army to be ready for battle as the country faces unprecedented risks and challenges. Xi’s speech was made at a meeting of top officials from the Central Military Commission (CMC), which he heads, and broadcast later on national television. “All military units must correctly understand […]
China to Cut Tax on US Vehicles to Ease Trade Tensions…
China will remove the retaliatory duty on automobiles imported from the U.S. for three months in an effort to defuse trade tensions with the world’s biggest economy. The 25% tariff it imposed in a tit-for-tat measure will be scrapped starting Jan. 1, the finance ministry said Friday. Earlier this week, Bloomberg News reported that China […]
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