Category Archives: China

China Prepares in Central Asia to Withstand Any Western Isolation Efforts

Beijing is strengthening land supply chains in case the West tries to disrupt its seaborne commerce.

Michael Hudson: Germany as Collateral Damage in America’s New Cold War

A reminder of how Germany has committed economic suicide rather than say “no” to the US.

Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies

Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?

Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing

The US, UK and Europe fall behind China in a supposed priority area, wind turbines.

Iraq And Iran Will Expedite Development Of Sanctions-Busting Shared Oil Fields

Similar to how US overreach made Russia and China allies, so too have US policies in the Middle East lead Iran and Iraq to team up.

US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia

Plans suffer from design flaws, cost overruns, and a reliance on Russia for multiple stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.

Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car

The US is using complicated and limited-in-practical-effect programs to increase electric car sales rather than allow in cheap Chinese models

The Truth About China’s Economy: Debunking Western Media Myths

The second of a two-part discussion on whither China’s economy, emphasizing where the Western press and pundits are off base.

What Is China’s Future? Economic Decline, or the Next Industrial Revolution?

China has become economically wobbly of late. What does that portend?

From Isolation to Containment: Washington’s Economic War Against Russia Gets a Rebrand

Foreign Affiars recycles a 75-year-old strategy from George Kennan that no longer fits the geopolitical realities of the world in 2024.

Nothing in Nuland’s Life Became Her Like the Leaving of It

More discussion of whether Victoria Nuland jumped or was pushed, and what that might say about US politics and foreign policy.

U.S. Seeks Semiconductor Supremacy with New Funding Initiatives

Is a “CHIPS Act 2.0” coming soon?

U.S. Has Launched 230 Attacks on Houthis Over Red Sea Disruption

The US continues to pretend to be Doing Something to stop Houthi interference with Israel-related shipping in the Red Sea.

The Rich Versus Poor Country Stakes at the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference This Month in Abu Dhabi

The upcoming WTO is likely to see a power struggle between its traditional advanced economy leaders and the so-called Global Majority.

North Ignores ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global South

The risk of rolling financial/economic crises across much of the Global South is high and the pressures seem only to be rising.