Minus China's big market, American manufacturers and farmers can forget about growth and expansion

No matter how big the sector is and how dominating, without a big market it is doomed. Just look at the USA soya bean sector, floundering without the Chinese market. Being big is even more dangerous as migrating to other crops is not easy and a big gamble.

And the same goes for the USA's semiconductor alliance, trying to corner the global market for chips. Again, without the Chinese market, those are going to be lame horses running a race against China's own self-developed semiconductor sector. China has the market, the manufacturing hub to absorb all the outputs and the capacity to export much cheaper chips than what those who invested in Arizona are able to offer, with all the expensive factors at play.

High end chips are basically for military adoption and high-end mobile phones and computers. Consumer electronics and EVs all still depend on matured chips which China is able to make itself in abundance.

China will not collapse because of the lack of high-end chips. Making them in the case of China is just a matter of time. And the time gap is narrowing faster than anticipated.


Anonymous

American rogue regime still threatening everyone

The irony is that many doggies still trust the rogue regime, perhaps the result of veiled coercion under the 'You are either with US or against US' mantra. That is a grave threat for any small country, but not Russia or China or even Iran.

Now Trump is talking about a 'very serious economic sanction'' against Russia if it does not make peace in Ukraine to help him garner the Nobel Peace Prize. What is he boasting about? What happened to his 24-hour peace deal boast? Aren't all the sanctions and attempted secondary sanctions against Russia and cutting Russia from SWIFT and seizing Russian assets not economic war already? Trump is running out of runways to come up with more constructive threats against Russia and just using three-year-old recycled threats that is not going to rattle Putin. All the very serious economic sanctions have been used to death or dying of old age, and Russia is still alive and standing.

After raising tariffs to 50% against India, Trump is threatening to raise tariffs to 200% against China for not giving the USA magnets, perhaps also that China is buying Russian oil as well and not inviting him for a visit. Xi is not peeing in his pants or running around to find backers like what Modi is doing. Xi is waiting to celebrate Victory Day on September 3rd with big show of strength. Xi does not care two hoots whether the tariffs are raised to 2,000%. Life in China goes on and the 'peasants' are happy and contented. Fancy that!

Trump probably is still unaware that China has serious intent to decouple from the USA for good already, with everything built in place to do that. The man-child is throwing tantrums for not having his way in Ukraine. The Europeans are jubilant that the war in Ukraine is going to continue. However, the price to be paid by the Europeans in NATO are going to crush many of them. The Germans and Brits are already in deep economic trouble yet trying to be heroes in the eyes of Zelenskyy, urging him on. The UK wants to get rid of 600,000 migrants if the Reform Party takes power. Will those rats that jumped ship from Hong Kong during the chaos and swam to the UK now be shitting in their pants? Good punishment awaits them with some planning to return to Hong Kong. Far hope indeed.


Anonymous

Tariff War - Business as usual in China

The products that China can sell in USA are still the same in profitability, the same in cost of production, the same wages paid to workers (or even no wages needed with factories totally automated), the same raw materials that China has already cornered and in control. USA importers or consumers are factually paying for the tariffs, but their leaders are still imagining they are not eating those tariffs, even though Chinese manufacturers are not paying them. Can somebody ask the USA pretenders who pays those tariffs?

Meanwhile, the peasants in China still carry on with enjoying their life of sufficiency, cheap in paying for everything, plenty of savings left that will not be used to help in the buying of Treasuries for sure. Why lend money to rich pretenders to buy Chinese goods and yet getting demonized?

But the show must go on. Some social media sites still talking about the collapse of China coming soon, as if twenty years of harping is not enough. Some social media sites still talking about Evergrande with its massive debts that will collapse the Chinese economy, like the property crash in the USA's housing market in 2008. A few hundred million is just a drop in the bucket in relation to the Chinese GDP, and China is not going to collapse. Moreover, China has already taken steps to prevent a meltdown in the real estate sector long ago, which is why so much state investment fund is now available in subsidizing other growth sectors like semiconductors and renewable energy. China is not throwing good money after bad to rescue the real estate sector, a step many foreign investors are hoping but which did not happen. Lots of foreign investors lost their pants in the real estate sector betting on a bailout by the Chinese Government. Never bet against China, nor mess with China's economy. Scott Bessant found that out as fund manager for George Soros trying to bring down the Hong Kong financial system years ago and suffered heavy losses.


Anonymous

Mickey Mouse Philippines drawing red line against China

 Mickey Mouse Philippines is audacious enough to draw red line against China. After dumping its piece of wreck in China's island to contaminate the water in the area, refusing to move, conducting increasing provocative actions against China, it is warning China not to tow away the wreck, calling it a red line. 

China has been very kind and generous to this Mickey Mouse for more than 20 years, tolerating the presence of the wreck which the Mickey Mouse originally promised to tow away. The tension has risen to a point of no return. Mickey Mouse Philippines did not think hosting American medium range missiles in island within striking range of China and presenting a threat to Chinese ships in the area would have no consequences. This is a red line that the Mickey Mouse has crossed blatantly, threatening China's security.

China has now deployed several warships and coast guards, including militia ships around Ren Ai Jiao reef. A towing ship has also arrived to prepare to tow the wreck from the Chinese island. What will the Mickey Mouse do when China starts to tow the wreck away? Start a war with China?

The American forces, including 4,000 paratroopers, are all over Pinoy islands and with medium range missiles ready to hit China. The Americans are ready to attack China and seize Chinese islands. As usual, they presume that China is sleeping, not doing anything, and would not hit back, and the 4,000 marines are mighty enough to fight a war with China.

China would say bring it on. China has had enough of the mischievous behaviour of the Mickey Mouse and has decided to end all the provocative antics, even taking on the Americans.  A potential regional war is about to flare up in the South China Sea. Let's see how many American boys and girls are ready to die for the Mickey Mouse. 

China is so scared of Mickey Mouse.

CIA Runs The World's Largest Drug And Narcotic Trade : PART 3

 

CIA Runs The World's Largest Drug And Narcotic Trade And Trafficking PART 3

CIA Runs The World's Largest Drug And Narcotic Trade And Trafficking   PART   3

From 1950s to 1970s during USA involvement in Indochina, CIA controlled drug trafficking in the region and flew opium and heroin throughout Indochina. A heroin laboratory was built by CIA in northern Loas. From Loas CIA control 70% of the world's illicit opium and heroin trade . CIA was also the major supplier of raw materials to America's booming heroin market.

CIA also ran drug rings in Australia. From 1973 to 1980s CIA used its own bank the Nugan Hand Bank to finance its drug trafficking , money laundering and international arms dealings. The officers of the bank include a network of US generals, admirals,CIA men and CIA director, William Colby. The bank had branches in Saudi Arabia, Europe, South East Asia , South America and US.

In 1980s in Central America , CIA alliied with drug mafias and the Contras in running covert operations in trafficking cocaine. The then US president ,Ronald Reagan tolerated CIA involvement in drug trafficking because CIA and its drug partners were supporting the Contras to overthrow the leftist Sardinista government in Nicaragua.

In Costa Rica and Honduras there were many CIA supported networks involved in drug trafficking. A CIA operative John Hull had cocaine farms in Costa Rica, When John Hull was indicted by the Costa Rica government he was secretly flown out by CIA to Miami via Haiti with a DEA hired plane.

CIA also operated drug trafficking in Guatemala and worked closely with the drug cartels there . CIA backed transport companies provided planes to the contras for carrying cocaine to Florida, Texas, Louisiana and other locations including several US military bases. The planes were designated as "Contra Craft" in which shipments were not to be inspected . These traffickers were protected by CIA and DEA and other authorities officers.

In Haiti from the mid 1980s to 1990s CIA worked hand in glove with key Haiti military and political leaders in power to traffic drugs. In 1986 they organised a new Haitian organisation , the National Intelligence Service purportedly to fight the cocaine trade but actually having its officers engaged in the trafficking .

CIA had created America's biggest heroin and cocaine problem. The problem is deeply entrenched  and the heroin plague is of America's own making.

Under the guise of national security, patriotism and protecting democracy normal boundaries of ethics and morality have been consistently transcended by CIA in its ideological war of defeating communism and it has always resorted to any means it considered necessary and allied itself with any person or group to achieve its ends.

The USA government has willingly made drug networks an essential ally in the covert expansion of American influence abroad. US diplomats and CIA agents have actively engaged in the production and transport of narcotics worldwide . The CIA's enormous role in the global drugs trade provides one of the murkier narratives of the Agency's dark history. The trail of corruption often leads to the highest levels of successive Washington administration right up to the front doors of many US presidents viz Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama.

CIA covert narcotic operations result in the heroin and cocaine supply to America's addict population increase by leaps and bounds especially from late 1940s to late 1970s.The trafficking in heroin and cocaine hit hard the inner city ghettos in US victimizing American citizens as badly as foreigners.

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Friday, 29th August, 2025

Firest publisded on Wednesday,  16th November,2016