Analysis

China & the US

US is losing the battle for world public opinion to China

Gallup carries out an annual international poll on approval of the leadership of major countries. This year’s poll, covering 134 countries, had a striking conclusion - ...
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The US is learning a trade war is truly ‘lose-lose’

The new round of high-level economic and trade consultations between China and the United States started in Beijing on 21 February morning against a background whereby ...
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Why ‘China bashing’ is a disaster for the US people

The 2016 US Presidential election witnessed the greatest destabilisation in US politics since the Great Depression. This instability and dissatisfaction is rooted in an economic ...
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Why a US-China ‘Thucydides Trap’ can be avoided

  Discussion of a supposed China-US ‘Thucydides trap’ is based on a sentence from ancient Greek historian Thucydides on the Athens-Sparta war of classical Greece: ...
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The real sinister relation of the US & ‘jihadism’?

Even before the recent horrific terrorist attacks in Europe, Mali and other places, the purpose of the U.S. "war on terror" as stated in words was ...
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Why the US not China threatens world peace

​A concerted attempt is being made by the US to raise tensions in the region surrounding China - in the South China Sea and elsewhere. ...
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The real reason for the US South China Sea provocation

On July 12, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued a pre-arranged declaration supporting some Philippines claims against China in the South China ...
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The neo-con forces behind Trump’s Twitter attacks on China

Trump's Twitter storm against ChinaOn 30 July Trump unleashed a Twitter storm against China. His 1st tweet was against China on the economy: 'I am very ...
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The US is attempting to impose an international ‘economic dictatorship’

The US issuing almost simultaneously a series of economic ‘demands’ to China, and withdrawing from the nuclear arms agreement with Iran and re-imposing sanctions on ...
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