It finally launched! They said it wouldn’t happen but it did. After many delays and much skepticism, the Yuan based oil futures market has launched. Will this be a DEATH BLOW to the PETRODOLLAR? Is this the end for the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “We are looking at all options.” In an interview about the trade sanctions that President Trump is throwing at China and at Corporate America – whose supply chains go through China in search of cheap labor …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svOsCELn2uk To hell with China. China pretty much threatens any country in the world that opposes them. AC
China on Friday announced plans for reciprocal tariffs on 128 U.S. products that include pork, wine, fruit and steel. Beijing will take measures against the U.S. goods in two stages if it cannot reach an agreement with Washington. Commerce Secretary …
by sundance A timely book by Peter Schweizer, “Secret Empires”, explains how Chinese companies purchased U.S. politicians to gain trade advantages. When you understand this process, you better understand why those same politicians today are against the Trump trade policy that …
Always a fun topic. China will continue to gain power and global dominance. But surely they will encounter dips along the way. Right now there has been persistently less growth and it doesn’t seem to be letting up any time …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qno62-iUHT0 President Trump is reportedly planning to unveil by Friday, a package of $60 billion in annual tariffs against China…. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-19/trump-set-unveil-60bn-china-tariffs-friday
via asiancorrespondent: IN a move taken straight out of a Black Mirror episode, China said it will now ban people from flights and trains if they do not have enough “social credit.” People who have committed misdeeds would be put on …
by visualcapitalist View a high resolution version of this graphic View the high resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here. Costing between $4-8 trillion and affecting 65 countries, China’s ambitious One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative is the granddaddy of all megaprojects. By …
China is will encounter just what Japan and Europe are facing today. Demographics. How can you support a Ponzi without enough people to pay into the system? No worries. Their Emperor Mao…I mean Xi…will fix everything. China has one very …
Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, In 2010, Brookings Institute offered a report stating that the global “middle class” was set to explode, almost entirely from the transition of China’s and India’s urban poor populations to the middle class (middle class meaning annual …
China blocks google, facebook and twitter from their side and these 3 organizations complained that china is censoring internet freedom all the while they are enforcing CHINA LEVEL CENSORSHIP. Yes, China Level Censorship is the in thing of the internet …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2-9gmS718 I am surprised that China and Russia don’t dump all the US Bonds they have purchased over the years. Of course the FED would just buy them up and nothing would change. AC
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A whole industry has sprung up on both sides of the Pacific to dodge the rules on both sides of the Pacific. Today, the Federal Reserve, in its function as banking regulator, wagged its finger at Industrial and …
Acadata report shows values fell 2.6% in year through January Sustained weakness in the capital drags down national growth London house prices are falling at the fastest pace since the depths of the recession almost a decade ago, with the …
From the Atlantic: Imagine a society in which you are rated by the government on your trustworthiness. Your “citizen score” follows you wherever you go. A high score allows you access to faster internet service or a fast-tracked visa to Europe. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFDsnXrzolQ A Twitter user’s allegation that a tech advisor at Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Co (GCBD), which operate Apple Inc’s first data center in China, stole his personal messages and tried to extort money from him has raised concerns. http://marygreeley.com/?p=66723
by stockboardasset As we have discussed previously, “hypersonic aircraft and missiles are being developed and tested by the United States, Russia, and China at an accelerating pace. While the race for hypersonic technologies has certainly flourished among global superpowers, who realize that the …
From Birch Gold Group If you leave your sliding glass door open, you might let in a stray cat, raccoon, or bugs without knowing it. Some intruders are worse than others. All can be annoying. But let in a thief, who …
by Dylan Scott, NEE Trump Asks China To Reduce Their Trade Deficit And Stop Intellectual Property Theft This week, the President slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to enhance domestic steel production, to the dismay of liberal economists and journalists who …
by WARREN MOSLER Killing the goose that’s laying the golden eggs: Trump says China has been asked for plan to cut trade imbalance with U.S. Mar 7 (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China has been asked …
The US Navy made history on Monday by putting to sea for the first time ever an aircraft carrier with F-35B jets. And by deploying them in the Pacific, it’s a message China and North Korea are sure to hear …
Elon Musk sides with Trump on trade with China, citing 25% import duty on American cars Elon Musk sides with Trump on trade with China, citing 25% import duty on American cars from CNBC. Elon Musk believes China …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wQ2jZ5A4o Zhihu, China’s answer to Quora, announced Monday that the platform has upgraded its community management rules, comment system, and security system, local media is reporting (in Chinese). The platform will maintain the rights to suspend comment functions and open …
by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning The coming credit crisis in China is no secret. China has $1 trillion or more in bad debts waiting to explode. These bad debts permeate the economy. Some are incurred by Chinese provincial authorities trying to get …
A couple weeks ago I ran across this article which talked about how the US is looking to slowly get out of the middle east and move to confront China & Russia in the Pacific: The Pentagon is considering plans to send …
by stockboardasset China’s government has been relatively vocal in transforming itself into a serious threat against the West — by modernizing its military in anticipation of future wars with Washington. It does not surprise us, when the official Xinhua news agency reports that China …
FYI: Grow prickly pear cactus and sea weed to start. Easy to grow, healthy and cheap. China has a very clear appetite for commodities. They consume such a large quantity of different commodities that they must import at an ever-expanding …