China ‘contagion’ talk is last thing financial world needs

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​asia times​​​ by William Pesek ​​​ China’s Zhongzhi Enterprise Group headline-making revelations have investors uttering global markets’ least favorite word: contagion. A liquidity crisis at the →

South Korea’s Path to Nuclear Submarines

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national interest by Yulgok Kim In last April’s Washington Declaration, South Korea and the United States agreed to strengthen extended deterrence by creating the NCG (Nuclear Consultative Group). →

Weakened States Pose Problems for War Scenarios

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national interest by Timothy R. Heath When Yevgeny Prigozhin attempted to overthrow the Russian government with his mercenary company, the Wagner Group, Western observers gleefully described the →

Lai's relying on US for 'Taiwan independence' cold-shouldered; Mainland has enough options to counter secessionist moves

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global times By Yang Sheng in Beijing and Wang Qi in Chengdu The separatist deputy regional leader of Taiwan island Lai Ching-te has been snubbed by the US, as he made a "stopover" in San Francisco →

US Fed's hawkish tone on tightening sparks global concerns as country becomes 'bomb' for global economy

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global times By Wang Cong and Tao Mingyang US politicians, including President Joe Biden, and some mainstream media have recently launched a smearing campaign against China's economy, while touting →

Cargo ship's departure from Odessa deemed 'important step' for shipping off Ukraine

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​brussels times​​​ The ship left the Ukrainian port via a new shipping corridor set up by Kyiv, despite Russian threats, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister announced on Wednesday. “The container ship →

Member states except those under military rule ready for armed intervention in Niger- ECOWAS

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​africa news​​​ Alarmed by a series of military takeovers in the region, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed to activate a "standby force to restore constitutional →

German Military Plane Dumps 200,000 Litres of Jet Fuel into the Atmosphere on Two Failed Attempts to Fly...

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foreign policy by Eugyppius Last Sunday, Germany’s ridiculous Green Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock departed for a week-long tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. The purposes of the trip were, →

Around 13,000 years ago, humans and fire changed LA’s ecosystem forever

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​science news​​​ By Jake Buehler By about 11,700 years ago, most large land mammals outside of Africa had gone extinct. Scientists have long debated whether these extinctions were primarily caused →

Japan stock market miracle more mirage than reality

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asia times by Taiki Murai and Gunther Schnabl The Japanese stock market has experienced an impressive upswing. Since January 2023, the Nikkei 225 index has risen by around 30% – by far outperforming →

Property shakeout Beijing’s tool to fight fiefdoms

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asia times by David P. Goldman Comparing the shakeout of China’s property sector to America’s Great Financial Crisis of 2008 has become a popular meme in the commentariat. Stock markets don’t see it →

Space race 2.0: Russia, India, China and the U.S. are heading for the lunar south pole

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nbc news By Tom Costello and Dareh Gregorian The space race is back on, now with more countries competing. Roughly six decades after the Soviet Union and the U.S. raced each other to get to the moon, →

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