Category Archives: China

The War Nerd: Taiwan — The Thucydides Trapper Who Cried Woof

Parsing the war of words (and some deeds) between the US and China, particularly over Taiwan.

Michael Hudson Asks Our Readers: If Democracy Winds Up Creating Financial Dominance, What Do We Call China?

Michael Hudson seeks reader input on what to call modern governments not run by traditional nobles or financial interests.

Why India is Banking on Health Diplomacy to Grow African Footprint

India has stepped up its foreign policy re-engagement with African countries and has focused on health diplomacy.

China and US: Stumbling into War?

China and the US are doing an awful lot of chest-poking, and if anything, it’s getting worse under Biden. Could this sparring lead to war?

Coal Is In Terminal Decline, But China’s Consumption Is Climbing

Sadly, King Coal will be with us for a very long time.

Russia and China Are Sending Biden a Message: Don’t Judge Us or Try to Change us. Those Days Are Over

The initial Biden foreign policy backfires are leading to even more cooperation betwen China and Russia.

Medea Benjamin: 10 Things Wrong With Biden’s Foreign Policy

Medea Benjamin explains why the Biden administration seems firmly entrenched behind Trump’s walls of hostility.

Covid Baby Bust Has Governments Rattled

A falloff in baby production has capitalists very worried.

How the NATO Alliance Is Fighting Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine With Subsidies From State Budgets and the Gates Foundation, Hidden by bhe Financial Times

The Financial Times runs dodgy numbers to claim that Russia is vaccine price gouging to poor countries, when that’s Big Pharma’s gig.

Pfizer’s Sordid Vaccine Sales Practices in Latin America Could Be a Big Boon for China and Russia

Vaccine politics could end up nudging countries in the region even deeper into China’s orbit. As vaccines fail to materialise, doctors turn to cheap, widely available drugs such as Ivermectin.

The Chip Shortage: Brought to You By American Neoliberalism

While the chip shortage will sort itself out in the next six months, the US can’t remedy its dependence on foreigners for critical supplies.

Intellectual Property Cause of Covid Death, Genocide

Refusal to temporarily suspend several WTO intellectual property provisions to accelerate broad progress against the pandemic is genocide.

Goldman Is Evil But McKinsey Is Worse

Why the McKinsey veneer is looking tattier and tattier with every passing day, and why that’s not likely to change.

TikTok Got A US Reprieve, But Elsewhere, It’s War

Tik-Tok is getting its wings clippped. But how far will containment efforts go?

Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism vs. Industrial Capitalism – The Rentier Resurgence and Takeover

Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into the rise and rise of the rentier under financial capitalism.