Category Archives: Foreign Policy

China’s High Speed Rail Network Is A Trillion Dollar Debt Sinkhole

Lefty sorts are always whining that other countries have high speed rail networks and we don’t. Many point to China’s extensive network of high speed rail as what we should be doing. Tiny problem: China’s high speed rail network is … Continue reading →

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Chinese Corporate Scam + Green Subsidy Scam = Mountains of Abandoned New Cars

Here’s another entry for the “China’s economy is smoke and mirrors all the way down” file. Remember the previous story on the mountains of unused bikes for failed Chinese bike-sharing startups? Well, evidently the exact same thing happened with “green” … Continue reading →

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Shanghai Locking Down Again

Just days after the Chinese Communist Party lifted Shanghai’s last Flu Manchu lockdown, they’re locking Shanghai down again. China’s commercial hub of Shanghai will lock down millions of people for mass COVID-19 testing this weekend – just 10 days after … Continue reading →

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New Trend For Young Chinese: Give Up And “Let it Rot”

It’s tough to be a pimp young worker in today’s China. In addition to being repressed by the communist government, they’re unable to afford cars or houses, and many can’t even find jobs. As a result, some have turned to … Continue reading →

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Successful Ukrainian Counterattack in Severodonetsk?

Information coming out of the Russo-Ukrainian War can be hard to verify, especially given how untrustworthy the mainstream media have made themselves. But Ukraine seems to have launched a successful counterattack in the key city of Severodonetsk. Russia is “suffering … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 27, 2022

The economy is contracting (thanks Biden), attacks and counterattacks in eastern Ukraine, regulation madness, and something from the 1875 crime blotter in 2022. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Note: Today’s LinkSwarm will be a bit shorter than usual because: A.) I’m … Continue reading →

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Russo-Ukrainian War Video Tank Update for May 26, 2022

It’s been three months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and there’s more tank news coming out as the main theater has shifted to eastern Ukraine. Here’s a (mostly) video roundup of the news: We hear a lot about Russia has 20,000 … Continue reading →

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China’s Last Year?

Peter Zeihan is back with another provocative video (filmed at the Eisenhower Naval School) that suggests that China faces such massive problems that collapse may be imminent. “I see China with not just a demographic failure, but a failure of … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Launches Successful Counteroffensive

Ukraine appears to have won a decisive victory by driving Russian forces from the second largest city of Kharkiv and is now pushing them all the way back to the Russian border. The Russian military has likely decided to withdraw … Continue reading →

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