Dozens have been killed/injured after a car ran over several schoolchildren in the city of Huludao in China. WARNING – VIDEO ABOUT THE INCIDENT 葫芦岛建昌二小门前，男子开车撞向多名小学生！ pic.twitter.com/SovtBrldgo — 楠源卍奇说 (@HMN_33) November 22, 2018 BEIJING: HIGHLIGHTS Car rammed children crossing street in …
China’s former chief trade negotiator has hit out at Beijing over its approach to the US trade war, saying it’s not thinking “deeply enough” about it. “If we have people who always talk about politics engaging in negotiations, we will …
For all this talk of RU and China dumping UST like their holdings are going to zero1. Russia isn't even in the top 30 (what they hold is negligible) 2. China UST holdings still outweigh the rest of the planet …
From the New York Times: Imagine you have to make a bet. There are two 18-year-olds, one in China, the other in the United States, both poor and short on prospects. You have to pick the one with the better chance …
Venezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the “carnet de la patria,” or “fatherland card,” manufactured by Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. The ID transmits data about cardholders to government computer servers, and is increasingly linked to …
Do you think that China and Japan will buy more U.S. debt in the next few years? Or will they continue this slow and steady sell off? The U.S. has been relying on a very simple system of issuing debt …
(Bloomberg) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traded sharp barbs with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in back-to-back speeches at a regional summit, showing that neither country appears to be giving ground in an escalating trade war. Xi received applause Saturday …
This month, the United States imposed on Iran its most draconian round of sanctions yet. These measures made clear something the global community has long known: When it comes to international finance, Washington sets the rules for others to follow. …
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever/china-confirms-african-swine-fever-in-top-pig-region-sichuan-idUSKCN1NL06M BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agricultural ministry confirmed on Friday the first outbreak of deadly African swine fever in the southwest province of Sichuan, the country’s top pig-producing region, raising the likelihood of a major impact to pork supplies in …
Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio on the bond bubble, China and trade from CNBC. “The trade war, I think, can be worked out,” says Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates. The two nations’ polar opposite methods of governing is the …
by WARREN MOSLER Continuing to be negative year over year: Highlights Rising interest rates continue to dampen mortgage activity, with purchase applications for home mortgages falling a seasonally adjusted 2.3 percent in the November 9 week to the lowest level …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Other governments are keenly interested in following China’s lead. I’ve been pondering the excellent 1964 history of the Southern Song Dynasty’s capital of Hangzhou, Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 by Jacques Gernet, …
Market uncertainty tied to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war has spurred more transactions than ever before between the American dollar the Chinese yuan in recent months. Much of that volume comes as businesses and investors with exposure to the Chinese …
China’s financial condition weakened in October, pointing to a further deceleration in the world’s second-biggest economy amid the trade war with the United States. While Beijing has been pressing the country’s banks to boost lending to the “real economy”, newly …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Outlook has deteriorated even more for the Eurozone than for Germany.” While the trade disputes between the US and China loom large for Germany’s export-dependent economy, the developing malaise is broader. The German stock index DAX has dropped …
Sean Higgins for the Washington Examiner reports, Chinese exports rose over the past month even as the Trump administration’s punitive tariffs kick in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekU6RAgGIlw Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/po…
Alasdair MacLeod, Head of Research at GoldMoney, interviewed by Elijah Johnson of Silver Doctors The coming credit crisis will hurt China’s economy the worst, MacLeod says. He proposes that China should issue a perpetual bond. The coupon on that bond would be payable in …
Policy-makers are urgently trying to stem China’s economic slowdown amid an escalating trade war, record corporate defaults and a plunging stock market. China Banks Fall on Concern Loan Targets Are a Step Too Far China’s biggest banks dragged down the …
The world’s biggest ever publics works project is happening right now in China. It is estimated that there are 50 million empty homes in China right now which would make it the largest by far. In fact, you can give …
Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old bronze pot that contains an alcoholic liquid believed to be wine. The discovery occurred on November 6 in China’s Henan province, west of Shanghai. Shi Jiazhen, who is head of the Institute of Cultural …
Economic Security as National Security: A Discussion with Dr. Peter Navarro The intersection of the economy and national security is at the forefront of policymakers’ minds with the public release of the industrial base review last month that found an …
China has been front-loading exports to the US ahead of a looming rise in tariffs in January. Chinese stocks tumbled today on trade war fears and worries about a slowing Chinese economy. Experts are pessimistic about the outcome of a …
Do you have any concern about deposits in the bank? Are they safe? A report from the Epoch Times has suggested that a bank run in China has taken place. This isn’t the first time this has happened in China …
via NaytaData: Source: World Bank and IMF Tools: R and QGIS In 1980 there were only two countries in Africa with a lower GPD per capita than China: Guinea-Bissau and Uganda. Nowadays it’s a whole different story: only Equatorial Guinea had a higher GDP …
In a New York Times interview, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said when the company follow’s Europe’s “right to be forgotten” laws, “we are censoring search results because we’re complying with the law.” Google faced internal and public backlash earlier this …
by Thinker Once again, you can’t fault the Chinese for playing the game of “RISK” and buying instead of fighting to get what they want. Thanks to the U.S. troops and wars, they opened the doors for most nations to …
China has started ranking citizens with a creepy ‘social credit’ system – here are some of the things that will happen to you, if you rank low or have a low score. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLBseRQ3GY THIS is what happens when TOTALITARIAN ideals …
by CoolFig https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/02/west-must-respond-chinas-rise-strategy-not-ignorance-complacency/ The paper is called: “Ballistic Josephson junctions and vertical tunnelling transistors based on graphene heterostructures.” It doesn’t exactly sound like a blockbuster. No one except a handful of physicists should care, right? Wrong. In fact, there is …
Service sector growth slowed sharply in October, confirming the US trade war is hitting the Chinese economy hard, and sooner than most expected The Chinese service sector continued to grow in October, but at a much slower pace than in …
Chinese-style ‘digital authoritarianism’ grows globally: study Governments worldwide are stepping up use of online tools, in many cases inspired by China’s model, to suppress dissent and tighten their grip on power, a human rights watchdog study found Thursday. The annual …