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China Officially Launches The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
The Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) officially launched on Monday following a signing ceremony of the bank’s articles of association that took place in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted 300 delegates from the bank’s fifty-seven founding-member countries where they would later determine the total share capital, each member’s voting share of capital, the governance structure, decision-making mechanism, and operational … Continue reading
China Cuts Interest Rates To Record Low As Stock Market On Cusp Of Bear Market
China’s Central Bank has cut interest rates to a record low and has lowered the reserve-requirement ratios (RRR) for some lenders as Beijing seeks to revive the country’s sluggish economy which is poised for the slowest economic growth in twenty-five years. The interest rate cut by China’s Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), is the fourth cut … Continue reading
Hegemony Games: U.S. Vs China – OpEd
By Jack A. Smith he·gem·o·ny (həˈjemənē,ˈhejəˌmōnē): leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others. The most important political relationship in today’s world is between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Whichever way the relationship goes will have a major impact on global developments for many decades. … Continue reading
Cold Won Ton War: The South China Sea Word War
By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times As Cold War 2.0 between the U.S. and Russia remains far from being defused, the last thing the world needs is a reincarnation of Bushist hawk Donald “known unknowns” Rumsfeld. Instead, the — predictable — “known known” we get is Pentagon supremo Ash Carter. Neocon Ash threw quite a show … Continue reading
India’s Modi Turns The Tables On China
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in office for just a year, approaches China with new confidence. During a visit to China, the prime minister was candid about India’s strategic distrust and its determination to build new ties with other powers including the United States, Japan and Australia. Border disputes are a major obstacle for the … Continue reading
China: Silk Roads And Open Seas
By Pepe Escobar Beijing’s disclosure earlier this week of its latest military white paper, outlining a new doctrine moving beyond offshore defense to “open seas” defense, predictably rattled every exceptionalist’s skull and bone. Almost simultaneously, in Guangzhou, the annual Stockholm China Forum, hosted by the German Marshall Fund and the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, was … Continue reading
China To Allocate $900 Billion In Belt And Road Initiative
“China announces plans to boost the Belt and Road trade by creating economic corridors and investing nearly $900 billion in countries along the route,” China Daily reports. China plans to connect Asia and Europe with funding from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund. Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said the country is considering six economic … Continue reading
China’s New Roads To Russia
By F. William Engdahl I know of no comparable global Great Project to equal what is now unfolding, bit-by-bit, as China reveals more about her Silk Road Economic Belt high-speed railway infrastructure network. And it’s now clear that the road will be filled with entire new cities, industrial zones, construction, improving standards of living for hundreds … Continue reading
Collapsing Global Economy, Imploding Financial System: China Has Only One Option
By Bill Holter The title is of course a little misleading because China has many options, none of which except one in my opinion will actually work. Options to what exactly you ask? Options to a collapsing global economy and an imploding financial system which will surely affect China as much as anywhere else, but with … Continue reading
China Invites Private Investors To Help Fund Over 1,000 Projects Worth $318 Billion
China’s economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), on Monday said it is seeking private funding for over 1.97 trillion yuan ($317.75 billion) worth of public projects, according to a statement posted on their official website. China’s NDRC unveiled a list of 1,043 public-private partnership (PPP) projects on its website that it is inviting private investors to help … Continue reading
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