China

A Trillion Dollar Plan to Rebuild the World Makes China the New Global Leader

By Patrick Smith

While most of the world wonders nervously what’s next from the Trump White House, the confident China President Xi Jinping is shifting his bid for global leadership into a full-court press.
China Fires Up a Massive Floating Solar Farm

By Irina Slav, Oilprice.com

Images of the Beijing smog and millions of people wearing masks to be able to breathe are among the more dramatic depictions of air pollution caused by excessive industrialization. Now that China is...
Why China, Not OPEC, Will Make or Break the Price of Oil This Year

By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

The OPEC deal will lead to an ongoing tightening of the crude oil market, putting a floor beneath crude prices in the $50s per barrel in the second half of 2017, according to Helima Croft of RBC...
Are China’s Hidden Liabilities Behind Moody’s Ratings Downgrade?

By Patrick Smith

Concerns about China’s “massive debt burden” and slowing economy are causing new concerns after Moody’s Investor Services sounded a full-blown alarm this week downgrading China’s credit rating on...
Why China May Be Headed for a Massive Bank Bailout

By John Ruwitch and Yawen Chen, Reuters

Moody's Investors Service downgraded China's credit ratings on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 30 years, saying it expects the financial strength of the economy will erode in coming years as...

As the US Pulls Back, China Boosts Global Trade on a New Silk Road

By Ben Blanchard and Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping and 29 other heads of state on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to build an open economy and ensure free and inclusive trade, under the ambitious Belt and Road...
Trump Projects Confidence As China Meeting Looms

By Rob Garver

Less than a week before he sits down with the president of China for what will be his most complex and challenging foreign negotiation since taking office, President Trump gave an interview to The...
Why China Is a Big Part of Tesla’s Future

By Evelyn Cheng

Elon Musk's Tesla is a growing player in China, where the global fight to develop electric, self-driving cars is raging hot. Hong-Kong traded Tencent, a company best known for its WeChat messaging...
Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy

By Patrick Smith

Tillerson’s tour is an opening round in an extended process. But early signals indicate that Washington risks serious damage to important relationships across the Pacific—notably with China and South...
Trump to Finally Crack Down on China's Hacks, Theft and Lies at US Expense

By Liz Peek

Long coddled by establishment Foggy Bottom types and by U.S. corporations salivating over China’s burgeoning markets, Beijing has met little resistance as it has cyber attacked U.S. corporate and...

The Cold War Heats Up Between the U.S. and N. Korea

By Patrick Smith

When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced last Friday he would deploy 14 new missile interceptors on the West Coast to thwart a potential nuclear attack from North Korea, the U.S. was squarely...
Blimey! Britain Sells French Wine to Pay Bills

By Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters

Britain's government is selling vintage French wine at around 5,000 pounds a bottle ($7,500) in a bid to make its wine cellar self-funding as part of a national austerity drive and clamp-down on...
How a Resurgent Japan Puts Washington on the Spot

By Patrick Smith

“Japan is back.” That was the message Shinzo Abe , the new Japanese prime minister, delivered to President Barack Obama at the White House a few days ago. Obama, in turn, made nice, praising the US–...
Chinese Attacks Reveal an Undeclared Global Cyber War

By David Francis

The vast extent of China’s cyber operations against the United States reveals an unknown raging cyber war.
How a Fake Currency War Panicked Global Economies

By Patrick Smith

When Shinzo Abe was elected Japan’s prime minister in December, he immediate announced a $118 billion economic stimulus plan -- despite a national debt equal to 200 percent of GDP, the world’s...

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