Tag: China
Great Depression, Chinese style
China is experiencing an economic decline as significant as the Great Depression of the 1930s in the US, with high unemployment, bank failures, and a collapsing stock market. The difference is an authoritarian government that has absolute control of the … Continue reading Great Depression, Chinese style
People’s War Chinese Style
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong crafted a strategy for war based on the political indoctrination of a population, leading them to a protracted conflict with an incumbent power using guerilla tactics and stretching thin enemy forces until a decisive battle … Continue reading People’s War Chinese Style
Haters are going to hate
Hate is a powerful emotion that propagandists are weaponizing. We’ve seen Hamas’s hatred of Israel and Jewish people consuming the lives of men, women, and children. China refuses to condemn it. China’s economy is faltering, and its goal of surpassing … Continue reading Haters are going to hate
The buck stops short of Xi’s desk
After the Great Recession (aka Global Financial Crisis) caused by America’s sub-prime mortgage meltdown, Xi Jinping prevented political instability arising from high unemployment using a debt-driven and dramatic building campaign. It worked. But now provincial debt and the decline of … Continue reading The buck stops short of Xi’s desk
Nature revokes Xi’s mandate of heaven
IN IMPERIAL CHINA, A RULER’S LEGITIMACY DEPENDED ON AN ABSENCE OF NATURAL OR MANMADE DISASTERS. Typhoon Doksuri brought the most significant flood in 140 years to northern China, devastating the capital city of Beijing. Flooding led to widespread damage to … Continue reading Nature revokes Xi’s mandate of heaven
China’s Cold War Forecast Is Balmy with Occasional Showers
Can Captain America Unite the Avengers?
America’s strategy for countering China depends on regional alliances following our lead on policing conflicts, managing supply chains, military bases and maintaining dollar dominance. But our allies don’t always share our agenda. Our influence is political, not moral. We have … Continue reading Can Captain America Unite the Avengers?
When a Balloon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie
By mounting an operation to retrieve the balloon and its payload intact using military assets and personnel we’ve reinforced our standing as the greatest military power and the greatest intelligence power in the world. Continue reading When a Balloon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie
China Catches a Cold
It was said, “When America Sneezes, the World Catches Cold”. Now, the world is catching another form of coronavirus, and the world is feeling the effects of the Covid spread in China. Japan and the United States will see a … Continue reading China Catches a Cold