China’s equity markets have soared over the past two weeks in a way not seen in 16 years after the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) made cheap loans available to buy stocks.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S GOVERNMENT STEPS UP
The Politburo, China’s inner circle of leaders, met last week in a rare September session and pledged to “issue and use” bonded government debt to fuel “the driving role of government investment” to revive the country’s staggering economy.
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JAPAN’S NEW PM WILL SEEK AN ASIAN VERSION OF NATO, DOESN’T LIKE U.S. MILITARY ARRANGEMENT
Shigeru Ishiba, Japan’s former defense minister and next prime minister, hopes to make significant changes to the military alliance structure in the country and aims to create a military alliance akin to NATO.
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WILL BEIJING NEW STIMULUS MEASURES JOLT CHINA’S ECONOMY?
On 24 September, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) announced its most dramatic stimulus since the COVID lockdowns in an attempt to revive China’s torpid economy and restore confidence after months of disappointing economic results.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
By a range of measures, China’s economy continued to lose momentum in August, leading one analyst to call for a “bazooka” stimulus to the economy if the country is to reach its 5-percent growth goal this year.
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CHINA REFUSES TO ENDORSE OUTLINE TO GOVERN AI’S MILITARY USES
In Seoul, South Korea, last week, 60 nations endorsed a “blueprint for action” outlining permitted military uses of AI. China was among 30 countries that refused to support the non-binding outline.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC MALAISE
China’s economy will fail to meet Beijing’s 5-percent growth target this year, according to several investment banks that have now cut their forecasts for the world’s second-largest economy.
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MORE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IMBECILITY: U.S. LAUNCHES SPACE FORCE TO FIGHT CHINA AND RUSSIA
There’s nowhere safe on Earth, and now—because of the moronic imbeciles we call “leaders”—even space could descend into another battleground.
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SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC CRISIS
Alibaba Group Holding, Kuaishou Technology, and other major Chinese consumer companies have failed to meet revenue targets, “upsetting expectations for a market recovery to take hold,” the Financial Times reported.
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AMERICANS WANT THE U.S. TO STAY OUT OF FOREIGN CONFRONTATIONS
While Washington likes to think of the U.S. as the world’s only “indispensable nation,” Americans seem to be turning inward—and want the military to avoid possible confrontations in Ukraine and Taiwan.