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Why do American’s want to die so young?

  American politicians relentlessly claim that theirs is the 'greatest country' and the 'American way' is the best way. But if so it poses a ...
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US savagery against North Korea – two outstanding articles by a distinguished US historian

  Two articles by the distinguished US historian Bruce Cumings have been published in the Guardian newspaper in London and the London Review of Books, ...
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Charlottesville – the rise of US fascism & the destabilisation of US politics

  The violent movement by US fascists, seen in the death and violence in Charlottesville, is immediately due to the encouragement to them given by ...
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Latest inaccurate forecast on China – by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

  The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has forecast a dramatic slowdown in China's economy: 'Growth will slow to 4.8% a year on average in 2018-19.' ...
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The Bomb Didn’t Beat Japan – The Soviet Union Did. Important analysis in US Foreign Policy magazine

  The leading US magazine Foreign Policy ​published an important article showing conclusively that it was the entry of the Soviet Union into the Pacific War that ...
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China’s foreign exchange reserves rise for 6th successive month to $3,081 billion

  China's foreign exchange reserves, already the world's largest, rose to $3,081 billion in July from $3,057 billion in June of 2017.  This exceeds the expected rise to $3,070 billion. ...
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China successfully uses capital controls to rebuild foreign exchange reserves & block any threat to economic stability

  On 7 August the Financial Times carried an accurate front page headline 'Beijing hails success in battle against capital flight'. The article noted: 'Data released ...
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Why the US’s 1994 deal with North Korea failed – and what Trump can learn from it

  A very interesting and important article by Maria Ryan, Lecturer in American History at the University of Nottingham, has been published by The Conversation ...
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The East is turning green!

  The Financial Times today carries an excellent article 'The East is Turning Green' by Helen Wong, chief executive, Greater China, at HSBC. Unfortunately it is ...
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