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The Financial Straitjacket: Why the West Can’t Match China’s Long Game

December 15, 2025 Ryan Perkins

China’s record $1 trillion trade surplus is more than a geopolitical audit; it is a brutal verdict on a decades-long economic experiment.

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Posted in: Finance, Trade, US-China Relations

China’s Quantum Gambit: A Dual Track Approach to Quantum Supremacy

December 9, 2025 Ryan Perkins

China’s first dedicated photonic quantum computing plant in Shenzhen signals Beijing’s resolve to dominate the next foundational technology.

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Posted in: Quantum Computing, State Investment, Technology, US-China Chip War

China’s Economic Crossroads: End of the Investment-Led Miracle and the Search for a New Path

December 8, 2025 GEI

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.

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Posted in: Finance, Government Policy, Infrastructure Filed under: FAI, Fixed Asset Investment

The Negotiation That Never Was: Unravelling the Theatre of US-Russia Talks

December 3, 2025 Ryan Perkins

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?

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Posted in: Geopolitics Filed under: Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine War, US-Russia talks

The Vassalization of Europe: The Twighlight of Pax Americana

November 20, 2025 Ryan Perkins

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.

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Posted in: politics, Trade, US Empire, US Financial System Filed under: Economic Surrender, EU Vassal, Hegemony

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