China’s Iran Missile Reports, Currency Politics and the Tech War That Is Spreading Everywhere
There is a tendency in international politics to treat each fresh flashpoint as its own neatly contained crisis: Iran is a Middle Eastern problem, Chinese exports are an economics problem, humanoid robots are a Silicon Valley problem, and chip controls are a...
Unemployment Warning, EU Trade Friction, Rare Earth Pressure and Taiwan Risks
China is facing pressure across several fronts at once. A prominent economist has raised doubts about the true scale of unemployment. Trade tensions with Europe are hardening as China’s surplus reaches new highs. The US-China trade truce is showing renewed strain over...
China-Russia Military Leaks, Big Bank Dominance, Space Launch Progress, and Child Custody Disputes
The latest set of developments out of China spans four very different fronts, but together they say something important about the country’s direction. On one side, leaked documents are raising fresh questions about how far Beijing’s partnership with Moscow really...