Month: April 2020
It’s Persian Gulf, ‘Not New York Gulf’: Rouhani Warns US Against Moves in Region – Report
It’s Persian Gulf, ‘Not New York Gulf’: Rouhani Warns US Against Moves in Region – Report
*snicker* @ the headline. True!
Senior Chinese Government Official Accuses Trump of ‘Wasting Weeks’ Responding to Virus
No evidence of manipulation of Chinese COVID-19 data: study
No evidence of manipulation of Chinese COVID-19 data: study
This has not been reported in the US, as far as I can tell.
An Initial Analysis of the Coronavirus Lawsuits in the United States against China and the World Health Organization
Japan Then, China Now
Ironically, Trump has summoned the same Robert Lighthizer, veteran of the Japan trade battles of the 1980s, to lead the charge against China. Unfortunately, Lighthizer seems as clueless about the macro argument today as he was back then.
In both episodes, the US was in denial, bordering on delusion. Basking in the warm glow of untested supply-side economics – especially the theory that tax cuts would be self-financing – the Reagan administration failed to appreciate the links between mounting budget and trade deficits. Today, the seductive power of low interest rates, coupled with the latest strain of voodoo economics – Modern Monetary Theory – is equally alluring for the Trump administration and a bipartisan consensus of China bashers in the US Congress.
[2012] China’s Rise, America’s Fall
[2012] China’s Rise, America’s Fall, by Ron Unz – The Unz Review
For the highly critical: the article is from 2012. Things have changed, for the good in China, but not for America! The author also doesn’t mention that Tiananmen Square protests were a failed US Regime change operation nor the Chinese Government’s Anti-Graft campaign.
‘Unforgettable’ Footage of Endless Line of Cars at Food Banks a Stark Illustration of Coronavirus Crisis in US
Feeding South Florida executive vice president Sari Vatske noted in an interview with the Daily Mail that with stay-at-home orders in her state curtailing the available workforce to handle an unprecedented surge in those needing aid, there may be trouble ahead in how to efficiently distribute the food.
China Tech Talk Episode #86: China’s social credit system: Everything you know is wrong with Kendra Schaefer
This topic has come up, recently, so reblogging.
China’s social credit system (SCS) gets a lot of attention outside of China yet it’s still very misunderstood. Many scholars and China watchers have shed light on the topic, but none have done it so concisely and accessibly as Kendra Schaefer and her team at Trivium China. She joins us this week to explain how the SCS is a broad framework for better regulation and enforcement and how it applies to companies, individuals, and government agencies.
— Read on chinatechtalk.simplecast.com/episodes/86-chinas-social-credit-system-everything-you-know-is-wrong-with-kendra-schaefer-anxSw0ns
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
You must be logged in to post a comment.