Category Archives: China

China Anti-Espionage Laws Threaten Pharma Supply Chains and Multinational Manufacture in China

New anti-espionage laws in China could make an increasingly tenuous situation for Western drug buyers even worse.

Will the American Oligarchy Accept Limits or Choose World War Three?

Putin has said Ukraine conflict is existential threat to Russia, but there are signs the Western capitalist class is dealing with their own existential crises. Will their greed get us all killed?

Yellen and Biden Administration Incompetence: Bullying and Entitlement, Rather Than Making a Case, Here Regarding China Overproduction

Yellen made a complete hash of the question of Chinese overcapacity, a real problem unlikely to sort itself out nicely.

Real Energy Transition Costs Could Spell Danger for EU

The EU is belatedly confronting the costs of their much-touted energy transition. Pols and voters are balking at the bill.

No Exit: Western Imperialism, Capitalism, and Industrialization

Is industrialization the original sin of both capitalist and Communist/socialist economic systems?

BRICS Enlargement – a “Non-Event” or a Stage Victory Against the West?

What does BRICS want to be when it grows up?

China’s Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFVs): Ponzi Finance on Steroids

How China’s local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) became China’s most complex economic challenge.

“On a Relative Scale, There’s a Strong Case that Financialization Is Worse in the PRC than the US”

On a relative basis, China is more financialized than the US which is not a pretty picture.

Yellen Trip to China: Biden Administration Presumption and Cluelessness on Display

The US is at it again with China, despite acting like it wants to repair fractured relations.

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.