Patrick Buchanan: Is a Cold War II with China Inevitable?… To Prevent Chinese Takeover, Ukraine Seizes Aircraft Maker… Redirecting U.S. Defense to the Indo-Pacific

Is a Cold War II with China Inevitable? Today, the four premier leaders of The Quad — the U.S., Australia, India and Japan — conduct their first summit, by teleconference. The Quad, or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is an informal strategy …

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S&P futures up on fake Chinese data

https://twitter.com/Hipster_Trader/status/1118336736525017088 Off the chart 👇🏻 Retail sales rose 8.7% 📈📈YoY from (exps 8.4% YoY); FAI rose📈 6.3% from 6.1% ; IP rose 📈📈8.5% from 5.9% (exp 5.6%) Q1 GDP rose📈 6.4% YoY (exps 6.3% from 6.4% in Q4) So retail …

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The Reality of the Chinese Social Credit System

“…its main goal is to improve governance and market order in a country still beset by rampant fraud and counterfeiting.” Almost sounds like something we could use to keep the demokkkrat party in line… https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d3259444f33457a6333566d54/index.html   The Chinese government is …

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COMMUNIST chinese national’s son recruited as HARVARD Fencer bought coach’s home at $400K OVER LIST!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6890713/Chinese-national-son-recruited-Harvard-fencer-bought-coachs-home-400k-list.html College scandal hits Harvard as it is revealed Chinese national whose son was recruited as a fencer bought coach’s home at $400k over listing, donated $100K to his charity and flew 15 NCAA athletes to Asia Jie ‘Jack’ Zhao …

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Last month, Chinese-owned Tencent invested heavily in Reddit. Now, they’re shadow-banning VPN users. This is a scary chapter in Reddit’s war on freedom.

by mrpeenut24_work https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b2zd0u/cant_login_10year_account_suspended_and_password/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b35ovl/2_accounts_banned_without_reason_cant_login_to/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b369x5/how_do_do_you_find_out_why_your_account_was/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b347l8/cant_access_account_changed_password_doesnt_have/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b3450c/cant_log_in_cant_change_password_terminated_and/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b34kpz/my_8_year_account_just_got_permanently_suspended/ edit: Some new links: https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b37hbf/my_account_is_banned_without_any_reason/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b3aotp/account_creates_years_ago_was_suspended_yesterday/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b363ex/account_suspended/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b33wn7/can_you_appeal_a_ban/ https://np.reddit.com/r/help/comments/b331j7/what_did_reddit_find_suspicious/

Accounting “forensics” show that Chinese GDP growth from 2008-2016 is 1.7pp lower and investment and savings rate in 2016 is 7pp than what was officially reported.

via brookings: DOWNLOAD Download the conference draft » ABSTRACT China’s national accounts are based on data collected by local governments. However, since local governments are rewarded for meeting growth and investment targets, they have an incentive to skew local statistics. China’s …

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Worrisome news on Europe’s and Chinese economy

Via #Bloomberg, additional worrisome news on #Europe's #economy: "Industrial production … is falling at the fastest pace since the financial crisis, and deteriorating demand is evident as the region finds itself squeezed between international and domestic drags." #markets pic.twitter.com/lwQYDkpxtP — …

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