“Every big industrial transition has had a major depression associated with it, or global financial crisis,” Bill Winters told CNBC.
Monthly Archives For February 2024
China’s doom loop: A dramatically smaller (and older) population could create a devastating global slowdown
China has announced that in 2023 its population declined from 1.4118 to 1.4097 billion people. Forecasting by the UN suggests China’s population will dip to 1.313 billion by 2050 and then down to …
Trump’s Inconsistent Stance on China Raises Questions
Donald Trump’s remarks during a recent interview regarding the Chinese President Xi Jinping and his desire for China “to do great” have sparked concerns and confusion. While Trump emphasized his …
Crypto Has an Unrealized Opportunity in Asia
In the crypto world, plenty of time and attention has been focused on the United States and the actions of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This has been especially true since the …
China Opposes ‘Illegal Sanctions’ in Response to EU Proposal
China’s state-owned banks are tightening curbs on funding to Russian clients after the US authorized secondary sanctions on overseas financial firms that aid Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, people …
China’s doom loop: Smaller, older population could spur global slowdown
China’s population declined from 1.4118 to 1.4097 billion people. The U.N. suggests China’s population will dip to 1.313 billion by 2050 and to about 800 million by 2100. This will have global …
Asia’s thermal coal imports slip from record as winter demand eases
Asia’s imports of seaborne thermal coal eased from record highs in January as top buyers China and India saw arrivals ease.
China is experimenting on mutant Covid strains again – should we be worried?
Chinese scientists are once again experimenting on mutant coronavirus strains. Last month, a group of virologists from Beijing cloned and mutated a Covid-like virus found many years ago in a pangolin …
Branded: China netizens liken luxury auspicious red-white Lunar New Year fashion offerings to laundry bags, beef slices, blast pricing
As we enter the Year of the Dragon, the world’s top brands are out to impress their Chinese customers, but doing so is clearly not as easy as they think.
GLOBALink | Shenzhen, vibrant city with bright future: American entrepreneur
“Shenzhen is all about energy. It makes me feel very young and full of energy to create new things,” said an American entrepreneur, who once worked in Silicon Valley, chose south China’s Shenzhen to …
Old Hong Kong has no future? Good, merge it with Shenzhen
The status of the city as an outpost of the imperial West, and as a wedge against mainland China after 1997, has come to an end. Its bright future is to be another Chinese city,…
As U.S. and China Rivalry Heats Up, Each Side’s Asia Allies Ramp Up Military Spending
A s conflicts rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, countries around the world are spending more on their militaries. In 2023, total global defense expenditure reached $2.2 trillion, a 9% increase from …
Deadly Border Clash Exposed China As ‘No. 1 Threat’—India Army General
Beijing’s top leadership was likely behind skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh a few years ago, India’s former army chief said.
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