Tag: President
-
![Investor Alert: here’s what a regular Chinese communist thinks about the trade war]()
Investor Alert: here’s what a regular Chinese communist thinks about the trade war
I recently met an electrical engineer in Chengdu China I’ll call “Mr. Kin”. He’s 53 years old, works for a private utility company. He’s been a member of the Communist Party of China since he was 18 years old. Mr. Kin is not rich, but he’s not poverty-stricken either. His daughter is studying psychology at…
-
Are CNN’s Chinese reporters playing dumb?
“China’s economic slowdown keeps getting worse,” wrote CNN reporter Laura He on September 16, 2019, “That could give the country incentive to repair its trading relationship with the United States.” Indeed, it could. It could also give China incentive to ban ping-pong or mandate the eating of cheeseburgers on Tuesdays. If China is “slowing down”,…
-
![Thirsty British tea drinkers trigger massive riots on Hong Kong streets]()
Thirsty British tea drinkers trigger massive riots on Hong Kong streets
This week, there was sustained rioting on the streets of downtown Hong Kong (HK), as agitated locals protested a controversial bill allowing China to extradite suspected criminals from Hong Kong to mainland China. 5,200 HK riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters – injuring 85 people – with two in serious…
