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via Zerohedge: Mere hours after former White House strategist Steve Bannon again bashed Beijing’s ‘debt trap diplomacy’ during an interview on CNBC, where he also warned that Beijing has been trying … Read more
GOOGLE Helping Beijing Build ‘Global Digital Dictatorship’… Google’s decision to help China is paving the way for Beijing’s ‘digital dictatorship.’ Ultimately, Washington must make a political decision to criminalize such … Read more
via Zerohedge: When it comes to China, the past decade revealed two things beyond a shadow of a doubt: i) all of the country’s economic data is utterly meaningless as … Read more
via scmp: As part of China’s reform and opening up initiative, the state had generally retreated from the market and economy in the period from 1978 to 2008, But since … Read more
via thedailybeast: Xi Jinping, the Chinese ruler, is in no position to negotiate in good faith with the U.S., in large part due to Communist Party politics. Trump, therefore, has to … Read more
from Zero Hedge With the possibility of a meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart looking increasingly uncertain, a US delegation arrived in Beijing on Monday for another round of … Read more
via thediplomat: On the issue of Huawei, China realizes that the United States has enlisted its allies to collectively encircle the Chinese high-tech company. This sets a precedent for the United … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider China has developed and tested a new aerial bomb, dubbed the country’s answer to the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ built by the United States. Military experts said the … Read more
CHINA DEPLOYS NEW RADARS AND SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: From the News.com.au report: China has installed a new platform in the Paracel Islands of the South China … Read more
TAIPEI — A growing number of voices inside and outside Taiwan are warning that China is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its attempts to influence democracy on the island. This has … Read more
via scmp: Authorities in Guangdong, nation’s manufacturing powerhouse, told all future purchasing managers’ indexes will be produced by National Bureau of Statistics Ruling comes ahead of what is likely to be … Read more
YOUNTVILLE (CBS SF) — It was a strange scene on an Autumn afternoon in Wine Country. People walking up and down Yountville’s main street wearing surgical masks. Across the Bay … Read more
Here's a dystopian vision of the future: A real announcement I recorded on the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train. (I've subtitled it so you can watch in silence.) pic.twitter.com/ZoRWtdcSMy — James O'Malley … Read more
Update: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air Alert for the Bay Area for Thursday and Friday. Read the full story here. End of update. The gray … Read more
www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lenders-p2p-insight/beijing-struggles-to-defuse-anger-over-chinas-p2p-lending-crisis-idUSKBN1KX077 For Wang, the Beijing investor, the pain is acute. He and his family had invested 7 million yuan – their life savings, with which they had planned to use … Read more
Chart: The yuan devaluation is reverberating across Asia: 1. Taiwan dollar 2. Korean won 3. Thai baht h/t @SoberLook