If war breaks out, the Chinese would try ‘to broadcast disinformation, encouraging troops to desert or surrender,’ analysts note. Now Beijing has a tool to help spread the word. The Chinese military has a new warplane with an unusual purpose: to beam propaganda and disinformation into hostile territory. In that way, the new, four-engine Y-8GX7…
Following the recent escalation by China when it announced it is ready to impose an Air Defense Identification Zone to target US spy flights above the South China Sea and “thwart US provocations”, China has decided to return the favor and as Reuters reports a Chinese observation ship shadowed the U.S. aircraft carrier John C….
“It would change the outlook on Treasuries quite a bit if you started to price in a fairly large liquidation of their reserves…” Submitted by Tyler Durden: On Tuesday evening, we asked what would happen if emerging markets joined China in dumping US Treasurys. For months we’ve documented the PBoC’s liquidation of its vast stack…
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) If there’s one thing to take away from this years Bilderberg meeting it is that the elite is scared to death of the precariat. That’s a term coined by the British economist Guy Standing, referring to a class of people who feel less confident about society in general, either because…
No one ever lost money betting on the Pentagon refraining from exceptionalist rhetoric. Once again the current Pentagon supremo, certified neocon Ash Carter, did not disappoint at the Shangri-La Dialogue – the annual, must-go regional security forum in Singapore attended by top defense ministers, scholars and business executives from across Asia. Context is key. The…
The stakes could not be higher. Not only the future of the BRICS, but the future of a new multipolar world is in the balance. And it all hinges on what happens in Brazil in the next few months. Let’s start with the Kafkaesque internal turmoil. The coup against President Dilma Rousseff remains an unrivalled media theatre/political…
