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May 13 2025 
Tariff Trump – what a fold
The analysts have had time to read the short joint statement after the US / China Tariff talks and are beginning to see what a failure the Tariff War on China was and still is. It is such a failure that it is not even spectacular, but somewhat boring and nobody wins in a trade… Continue reading
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May 12 2025 
China / US Tariff Talks (Update)
Major Chinese English media:
Chinese vice premier: Substantive progress has been made, important consensus reached
Chinese vice premier: talks with US side candid, in-depth and constructive
China, US agree to establish economic, trade consultation mechanism, conduct further consultations on issues of mutual concern, says Chinese vice premier
China, US will on Monday issue joint statement reached during talks,… Continue reading
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May 11 2025 
Bessent Forced Into Major China Reversal As U.S. Debt Auction Signals Dire Buyer Walkout
Sean Foo – Washington’s Tariff War is backfiring in real time.
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May 10 2025 
History of Chinese Inventions–The Present and the Future–Recent Chinese State of the Art Innovations
24 Oct 2019 – China as a nation has the longest and by far the vastest record of inventions in the history of the world. It is now reliably estimated that more than 60% of all the knowledge existing in the world today originated in China, a fact swept under the carpet by the West.
This… Continue reading
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May 09 2025 
Xi-Putin’s Small Group Talks and a specific relevant action
Overview: This is two posts from Quan Le and he asks that they be considered an epistemological diptych.
I sent you yesterday a post on the timeless universal heavenly principles and general guidelines having been enunciated at the occasion of the Opening Remarks at the Xi-Putin Small Group Talks (Moscow May 8, 2025).
*Post 1
OPENING REMARKS of… Continue reading
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May 09 2025 
India-Pakistan Air Clash as A Simulation of China US Military Rivalry
The ongoing India-Pakistan air clash is dethroning U.S. military dominance in the eyes of a watching world
Hu Xijin – Former Editor-in-Chief of Global Times at China Academy
We are witnessing a historic turning point unfolding in the skies over Kashmir—one that could reshape global perceptions of great-power military capabilities.
On May 7, the Pakistani military announced that… Continue reading
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May 06 2025 
Top Hong Kong Analyst : Why China Has Upper Hand in Trade War
Cyrus Janssen: Today I sit down with Louis-Vincent Gave — top China analyst and founder of Gavekal Research — to unpack why Beijing now holds the upper hand in the U.S.-China trade war. With over 30 years of experience living and investing in Hong Kong, Louis offers rare insight into the shifting power dynamics,… Continue reading
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May 06 2025 
When life is too fast
Can you think of a time in your life when you really needed one of these?
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May 05 2025 
China does it again! Scientists decode ‘climate code’
Scientists decode ‘climate code’ of Early Cretaceous greenhouse world hidden in 140-million-year-old oyster fossils
By Global Times
By studying 140-million-year-old oyster fossils, a joint team of Chinese and international scientists has uncovered clues about Earth’s climate during the Early Cretaceous period, challenging the singular narrative of steady warming trend and offering new insights into future global… Continue reading
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May 03 2025 
China Threatens U.S. and Rallies Global South to Defy Tariffs
Paul assesses recent statements by Xi’s right hand man, which Washington will regard as threatening and how he told the Global South to stand up and protect its interests against US tariffs.
Mr Wang Yi’s two addresses to the BRICS Ministerial:
The Session for Ministers of Foreign Affairs / International Relations from BRICS Members and Partner Countries… Continue reading
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May 02 2025 
China – on the manufacturing street
A few days ago Trump felt sorry for China.
‘I was saddened to hear it… they are getting absolutely HAMMERED in China’ – Trump says his tariffs mean factories there closing, economy doing ‘very poorly”I don’t want that to happen to China’ he adds.
The little Telegram clip that I saw, is here: https://t.me/rtnews/93575
I put this to… Continue reading
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May 02 2025 
100 Days of Change, the United States Has Changed the World, and We Have Fallen Into the “Rabbit Hole” Chinese writer Yan Mo
With thanks to Karl Sanchez karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Chinese writer Yan Mo
Pepe Escobar initially pointed to this great essay whose content is clear from the title. Eventually, Trump’s behavior is compared to some of China’s past Emperors whose actual doings aren’t critical to know as the context provides enough information. And yes, as with Lewis… Continue reading
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May 01 2025 
Pepe with Judge Napolitano
Thanks to Tariffs, China Ditching US Tech. Napolitano interviews geopolitician Pepe Escobar, April 30th, 2025.
“… in this wilderness of narrative mirrors, Trump should be perceived as all characters combined: the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty (“When I use a word, it means what I choose to mean, no more and no less”), the Mad Hatter, the… Continue reading
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Apr 30 2025 
China publishes its stance on Covid-19 Origins Tracing
The complete White paper from The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China April 2025 was published in full by Global Times, Xinhua and other outlets.
The White paper debunks ‘lab leak’ theory, calls for origins-tracing in the US
Full text: Covid-19 Prevention, Control and Origins Tracing: China’s Actions and Stance
Contents
Preface
I. Contributing Chinese Wisdom… Continue reading
