China’s Power Problem: Diplomatic Ambition, Jobless Graduates and an AI Boom That May Leave Locals Behind

by | Oct 22, 2026 | News

Prefer to Watch: Click Above There is a difference between looking powerful and making that power pay. China’s latest developments offer a fairly sharp demonstration of the gap. Beijing could host talks bringing together Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump....

China’s Pressure Points: A South China Sea Standoff, the AI Chip Squeeze, and an Offshore Tax Hunt

by | Sep 29, 2026 | News

Prefer to Watch: Click Above China has no shortage of big ambitions. It wants to defend its claims in the South China Sea, build a world-leading AI industry, and keep an indebted public sector running. The awkward part is that each goal now runs into a constraint...

China’s Pressure Points Are Converging: A Military Purge, Youth Job Crisis and an EU Trade Reckoning

by | Sep 23, 2026 | News

Prefer to Watch: Click Above China is facing a rather ugly convergence of pressures: a military leadership being hollowed out by investigations, a generation of graduates discovering that qualifications are not jobs, and a trade relationship with Europe that is...

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 Multipolar Push Meets Debt, Disaster and a European Trade Reckoning

by Tony Fiddis | Sep 3, 2026 | News

Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur6NDdEx-Hs Beijing is once again trying to sell itself as the sane alternative to a Western-led global order supposedly collapsing under the weight of American arrogance, geopolitical blocs and “double...