Coronavirus: China’s attempts to contain the outbreak has given it new levels of state...
By Dionysios Stivas and Nicholas Ross Smith
China’s response to the recent coronavirus outbreak has been heavily scrutinised in terms of whether it has been effective or not. But...
Trump’s Feeble Phase 1 China-US Trade Deal
By Dr. Jack Rasmus
With the announcement today, January 16, 2020 of the signing of the US-China Phase 1 ‘mini’ trade deal, and the US...
Hong Kong – Pure Western Insanity
By Peter Koenig
The impunity with which the US aggresses Hong Kong is insane. Equally or more insane is western media coverage of what is...
New US-Sino Trade Truce: Tougher Talks, More Economic Damage
By Dan Steinbock
During the G20 summit, China and US agreed to re-start the trade talks. As the US trade war is slowing China’s growth,...
Trump and the Taiwan Gambit
By Peter Koenig
Taiwan has become a new “eastern pivot” for Donald Trump. Against all international laws and UN charters, he is approaching Taiwan, as...
China and Trump: A New Mega-narrative
By Zha Daojiong
Is the relationship between the United States and China destined to start off on a negative footing under President Trump? Such questioning...
China – and Macron’s U-Turn
By Peter Koenig
Less than a week ago, President Macron was lambasting Italy for signing agreements with China in the context of their New Silk Road,...
From ASEAN Economic Development to Militarization
By Dan Steinbock
In Africa, the Trump administration is setting a precedent by replacing economic development with militarization. In Asia, it seeks to couple...
Global Economic Outlook after Trump-Xi Timeout
By Dan Steinbock
As many hoped, the highly anticipated Trump-Xi meeting in the Buenos Aires G20 Summit resulted in a truce. The devil is in...
Fascism on the March
By Peter Koenig
Latin America is re-converting into Washington’s backyard and as a sideline is returning to fascist rule, similar but worse than the sixties seventies...
