China

China’s inroads into Latin America have Japan take notice

China’s growing presence in Latin America and the Carribean (LAC) is having other Asia-Pacific economic powers take notice and, amongst…

6 years ago

1997-2019: a different kind of anniversary…

The 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China was again marked by the usual pro-democracy protests, but this year…

6 years ago

More of Trump’s “Art of the Deal” on display in Osaka

Osaka's G20 summit was the setting of yet another display of Trump's two-steps-backward-one-step-forward "Art of the Deal" tactics... After branding…

6 years ago

China re-organizes its overseas “magic weapon”

From soft to sharp power... 80 years after Mao's original formulation, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's…

6 years ago

Quelles dynamiques pour les Nouvelles Routes de la Soie ?

Table-ronde organisée le 18 juin 2019 à l'Ecole de Guerre Economique, Paris Echanges très stimulants hier soir à l'Ecole de…

6 years ago

Great Power Politics: why China cannot rise peacefully

Been re-listening to a 2012 conference by Prof. John Mearsheimer, of University of Chicago, on why China cannot rise peacefully.…

6 years ago

Why this time was different for Hong Kong

Hong Kong strong... Unlike the 2014 Occupy movement, this time around most interest groups threw their weight behind the demonstrators,…

6 years ago

Huawei Marine in Washington’s crosshairs

Huawei Marine Networks' involvement in setting and upgrading undersea cables is Washington's next target... https://on.wsj.com/2F6n4Jc UPDATE (June 3, 2019): Jiangsu-based…

6 years ago

Trump to slap 5% tariffs on all Mexican goods

And how exactly is Latin America supposed to be willing to remain a vassal of the US empire, with China…

6 years ago

Modi’s “Make in India” wins landslide victory

Montesquieu's notion of "sweet commerce" is getting shot... in the leg. The old globalization paradigm is being shaken to its…

6 years ago