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On Sunday, President Donald Trump excitedly shared with fellow Americans details of the U.S. military operation that led to the death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a nearly 50-minute live press conference. In comparison, former President Barack Obama used up only 9-minute of press time when he announced an operation that killed Osama […]
... written on Oct 30 2019Middle East is about to plunge into a new crisis again, thanks partly to the United States. It seems that whenever the U.S. enters the region, a war will start. And now that the U.S. wants to quit, it also creates a new war. On Sunday, President Donald Trump reportedly had directed U.S. troops in […]
... written on Oct 15 2019Stock market plunged more than 300 points after it shows that the existing US-China trade war has become worse. In the run-up to high-level trade talks in Washington this week, relations have deteriorated between the world’s two-largest economies. Unlike in the past, it appears both Beijing and Washington were serious about going for each other’s throats. […]
... written on Oct 09 2019Today is 2019, not 1989 where Mahathir Mohamad ruled with an iron fist (for 22 years from 1981 to 2003). During his first stint as the Malaysian leader, Mahathir administration controlled the mainstream news media. The Internet was yet to exist, let alone social media. So newspapers and television were used to spread his then-Barisan […]
... written on Sep 30 2019Oil prices jumped more than 10% after a coordinated drone attack hit the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Saturday (Sept 14). The attack sent Brent crude, the international benchmark for crude prices, skyrocketing 15% to US$69.02 a barrel on Monday – the biggest jump in about 30 years. Brent crude futures actually […]
... written on Sep 17 2019The war between China and the U.S. consists of 2 battlefronts – the trade war and the tech war. The trade war is Trump’s attempt to put an end to intellectual property (IP) thefts and forced technology transfers, not to mention to eliminate the barriers to American companies competing in China, all of which the […]
... written on Sep 13 2019Donald Trump has finally admitted that his trade war with China is hurting the stock market, so much so that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) would be a whopping 10,000 points higher had he not picked a fight with the Chinese. He said – “If I wanted to do nothing with China, my stock […]
... written on Sep 06 2019By now, the US-China trade war has entered a stage where it’s almost impossible for either one to surrender. The belief is such that the dispute will continue until at least the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Donald Trump is betting that his get-tough-on-China platform will rally American voters and help him get re-elected for the […]
... written on Sep 03 2019Investors are looking for an endgame to the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies – China and United States. But there has been no endgame since the dispute started since March 2018. Instead, it appears the endgame has just begun. And a global recession – even depression – looks inevitable. On Friday, Dow […]
... written on Aug 25 2019China has made good on its promise to retaliate against President Donald Trump’s latest 10% tariff on US$300 billion worth of Chinese goods. On Friday (August 23), the Chinese State Council announced it decided to slap tariffs ranging from 5% to 10% on US$75 billion U.S. goods in two batches – effective on Sept. 1 […]
... written on Aug 24 2019
