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May 15, 2026AWESOME MEETING!!! Xi Jinping & Trump heralds NEW POSITIONING between USA & ChinaThe meeting went better than anyone expected. Xi Jinping and Donald Trump walked out of Beijing with smiles, handshakes, and language that signals a genuine strategic recalibration from China. This is not just diplomatic theater. Something…
May 13, 2026Trump-Xi Pre-Meeting Analysis: Xi Jinping hands are tied – Trump lands in Beijing with the upperhand
May 8, 2026The AI Space Race: Why SpaceX is Bailing Out Anthropic
Jun 1, 2025China is in dire straits, mirroring Japan’s decline into stagnation; but so are all of us…
May 18, 2025🇨🇳🇵🇰🇮🇳 Recent Developments in China-Pakistan Relations and India-Bangladesh Trade Dynamics
May 17, 2025🇮🇳🇵🇰 Recent geopolitical developments between India and Pakistan have brought significant military and diplomatic actions to the forefront. – 17 May 2025
May 16, 2025US-CHINA TRADE TRUCE AND GLOBAL TENSIONS
May 16, 2025Indonesia in the Spotlight: A Surge of Strategic Developments Across Sectors
May 13, 2025Threat of total cut in trade between China and USA lowers after China’s softened stance…
May 13, 2025U.S.-China Trade Deal (May 12, 2025) – Key PointsU.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, left, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent take part in a press conference after two days of closed-door discussions on trade between the United States and China, in Geneva,…
April 30, 2025Russia is strangling China-Europe railway freight and Chinese automotive importsOn October 15, 2024, Russia issued the Directive No. 1374, which expanded the list of banned transit goods banned from transit through Russia, focusing on dual-use items—products like electronics, machinery, and certain textiles (e.g., camouflage clothing)…
April 23, 2025USA-India hails significant progress in Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA)
April 19, 2025USTR Section 301 Action’s New Maritime Fee Structure against China
April 16, 2025[ Trade War SITREP: 13-16 April 2025 ] CHINA SIGNS 40 AGREEMENTS W VIETNAM; Trump to help car industry; decoupling continues…
April 13, 2025USA remove tariffs on a series of computing and semi-conductor related products
April 10, 2025China seeks united front with like minded partners to fight USA in the Trade War
April 10, 2025Trump raising China tariff to 125%; 75 countries that called Trump to negotiate, get 90 days tariff reprieve at 10%
April 10, 2025China increase retaliatory tariff to 84% from 34%
April 8, 2025China totally playing into Trump’s hands.
April 8, 2025China invasion of Taiwan: RISK IS NOW INCREASED TO 50%! – DPA Projections
January 7, 2025Mysterious China Vessel cuts Taiwan’s undersea cable; lurking suspiciously for a month off Taiwan…
January 2, 2025Moldova Turns to Romania and Ukraine for Energy as Russia Halts Gas Supplies
November 20, 2024Austria’s Bold Stance on Russian Gas: A New Chapter in Energy Politics
April 19, 2024Debt and Monetary Dynamics of Developed vs Developing Nations: Lessons of Singapore and Reflections on Economic Strategies for Kenya and other Developing NationsBy Joey Ian
September 21, 2023POLAND WILL NO LONGER ARM UKRAINE, after Ukraine complains to WTO over grain ban in PolandBy DPA NewsDesk
April 28, 2022Russia’s Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over non-payment in rubles
April 3, 2022Crisis in Sri Lanka: state of emergency imposed by government
February 27, 2022Belarus to vote on constitutional changes to host nuclear weapons and effectively make Lukashenka a dictator – Russia pushed to the brink
February 24, 2022Biden reimposed sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline after lifting it 9 months prior
January 26, 2022Are small and medium states ready to stop terrorists with cryptocurrency?By Asif Muztaba Hassan
January 20, 2022[ Engadget ] Crypto.com loses $34 million in hack that affected 483 accounts
January 10, 2022Venezuela finally got out of the hyperinflationary cycle into extremely high monthly inflation
January 6, 2022Jokowi battles Indonesian Coal Producers
December 29, 2021IMF’s global financial system cyberattack wargame a signal of what is to come?
November 30, 2021Singapore increases gold reserves by 20%, first increase in holding in decades
November 26, 2021[ The Irrawaddy ] Myanmar Military’s Joint Venture Brewery to be Dissolved After Product Boycott
November 14, 2021Erdogan Becoming a Liability for TurkeyBy Manish Rai
November 5, 2021[ Taiwan News ] 32 countries to remove China from preferential tariff treatment on Dec. 1
November 5, 2021[ CNA ] Tougher competition but Singapore will take it in stride: PM Lee on G20’s corporate tax deal
October 21, 2021Former US President Trump launching new Social Media Network: TRUTH Social