China’s record $1 trillion trade surplus is more than a geopolitical audit; it is a brutal verdict on a decades-long economic experiment.
China’s first dedicated photonic quantum computing plant in Shenzhen signals Beijing’s resolve to dominate the next foundational technology.
China’s economic ascent was engineered by a single, formidable piston: massive investment in physical assets. Today that engine is spluttering. This marks the painful, precarious end of an era and the start of a challenge to forge a new one.
On the surface, the diplomatic landscape surrounding the war in Ukraine appears to be one of profound disarray. But what if this chaos is not real? What if it is, instead, a carefully stage-managed performance?
Europe’s capitulation to U.S. financial interests is part of a consistent U.S. policy. The difference this time is the looting is global; and driven by desperation, not geostrategic calculation.