China

Global interest in the issuance and sale of yuan bonds grows

By Rhod Mackenzie According to Liu Lin, the deputy head of the investment department of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), major issuers are trying to take advantage of the interest rate differential between China and the United States, and are therefore issuing and selling as many yuan bonds as possible, effectively increasing its weight […]

Highlights (10%) from China’s Sep. 26th Statement of Its Ideology

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Full Text: A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions Full Text: A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions https://archive.ph/eNfdC https://web.archive.org/web/20230926142027/https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa… “Full Text: A Global Community of Shared Future: Chi

What Changes There Will Be When China and Russia Become the World’s Two Leading Nations

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) China, the world’s leading nation in human resources, and Russia, the world’s leading nation in natural resources, border one-another, have no border-disputes, have the same ideology (win-win, which contrasts starkly against The West’s, which is win-lose or even — in America’s particular case — possibly lose-lose, which latter is the […]

War of Economic Corridors: the India-Mideast-Europe Ploy

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a massive public diplomacy op launched at the recent G20 summit in New Delhi, complete with a memorandum of understanding signed on 9 September. Players include the US, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the EU, with a special role for the latter’s top three powers Germany, France, and […]

When China’s Safety Concerns Meet US Hegemony in South, East China Seas

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT The South and East China Seas are among China’s major security concerns in its neighborhood. Despite this, the US still hypes up competition with China in these regions to cover up the tendency of its hegemonic expansion. The US Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently published a report which pointed out that the […]

Uncle Sam’s Boot Kicks His Italian Colony Out of China’s New Silk Road Project

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The U.S. regime has always opposed Italy’s participation in China’s international trade-and-infrastructure “New Silk Road” construction project, which was supposed to be boosting EurAsian trade like had happened until “the Silk Road abruptly lost its importance with the rise of the Ottoman Empire in 1453, which almost immediately severed trade […]