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Dell CEO Michael Dell warned in July last year that the U.S. and China face a “mutual assured destruction” if trade relations collapse, adding that “no one will win” a trade war. But judging by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s latest antics, losing face is not an option. In denial, the U.S. president even said […]
... written on Jan 03 2019Kim Jong-un told South Korea’s Moon Jae-in in a New Year’s letter that he wants to meet with Moon “frequently” next year and vowed to work on “denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula together. Similarly, the North Korea dictator also reportedly has sent a “conciliatory message” to Donald Trump, believed to be sweet talks on denuclearization. […]
... written on Dec 31 2018Donald Trump is perhaps the best U.S. president Americans have ever voted for who wanted to “Make America Great Again”. One of his projects is to fix the U.S. trade deficit with China. Americans have every reason to be angry with the Chinese. They have stolen U.S. technology and secrets, even robbed millions of American […]
... written on Dec 15 2018Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, says a popular Western proverb. But as trade war between the United States and China escalates, the business world was shocked at the arrest of Huawei’s CFO (chief financial officer), Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver, Canada, while she was transferring flights in the country. […]
... written on Dec 13 2018When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Beijing in October to mark the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two countries, it appeared that Japan and China have put aside territorial disputes in the East China Sea as part of a new effort to improve ties. But all those efforts are about to […]
... written on Dec 12 2018We raised our suspicions two years ago in 2016 when Saudi Arabia bragged about their massive military exercise – Northern Thunder – which involved 350,000 troops from 20 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Oman, Jordan, Pakistan, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia, Morocco, Comoros, Mauritius, Egypt, Maldives and Malaysia. Saudi news […]
... written on Dec 06 2018Long before the trade war exploded between China and the United States, both superpowers have already engaged in military conflicts, thanks to tensions in the South China Sea. The current trade war only makes the military tensions in the region worse. As usual, the military superpower U.S. repeatedly sends its destroyers to poke the Chinese. […]
... written on Oct 03 2018President Trump, after being provoked and threatened, had sent aircraft carriers to North Korea and started trade war with China. Did PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) really think they were so special and powerful that Trump’s no-nonsense approach to politics and commerce would surrender to their empty threats? Last month, the Palestinian lost US$230 million in […]
... written on Sep 11 2018China has threatened to slap 25% tariffs on US$16 billion worth of U.S. goods. It is the latest retaliation against the U.S. finalized list of US$16 billion worth in Chinese goods that will be hit with 25% tariffs – supposedly to take effect on Aug 23. China will pretty much match what Trump administration does […]
... written on Aug 09 2018Beijing’s unusual silence over Donald Trump’s latest US$505 billion trade war threat has been mind-boggling. Has President Trump pressed the right button and was right when he declared that trade wars were good and easy to win? It appears so, judging by the lack of retaliation from the Chinese after Trump’s massive US$505 billion tariffs […]
... written on Jul 23 2018
