China’s Latest Problems: Xi Rumours, an AI Chip Race, Car Gluts and an Energy Shock

by Tony Fiddis | Sep 17, 2026 | News

China has a remarkable ability to generate two entirely different realities at once. In the official version, the country is steadily advancing towards technological self-reliance, industrial supremacy and geopolitical influence. In the less polished version, Beijing...

China’s Infrastructure Push, AI Chip Hunger and the Economic Pressures Beneath Them

by | Aug 3, 2026 | News

Photo by Toby Yang on Unsplash Table of Contents China wants to complete its core transport network by 2030 The shift from scale to weak links DeepSeek’s alleged chip shopping spree exposes China’s AI bottleneck Huawei may be closing the gap, but not quickly enough...

AI Chip Controls, Consumer Stimulus, Media Friction, and a Shift in Oil Demand

by Tony Fiddis | Jun 2, 2026 | News

The latest round of China news brought four very different stories, but they all point in a similar direction. Pressure is building across technology, the economy, diplomacy, and energy. In each case, policymakers are trying to manage structural problems, not just...

Nvidia’s China Setback, Tesla’s FSD Rollout, EU Trade Friction, and Beijing’s Strategic Moves

by Tony Fiddis | May 21, 2026 | News

See the Tony Fiddis full video analysis on YouTube; click here Several important China developments have converged at once, and taken together, they say a great deal about where policy, technology, and geopolitics are heading. On one side, Nvidia is finding that even...