Proof of vaccination or of recovery from the infection is increasingly being demanded, not just for international travel but also within many countries. The rising demand for a covid passport threatens our liberty going forward because COVID is certainly no more lethal than the flu and appears to hit the same age group. With every […]

  QUESTION: Why is there a shortage in everything? Bicycles, sold out. Bicycle parts sold out. Cars delivered late, sold out. Laptops, delivery postponed, sold out. Graphic cards sold out. Intel delivery problems. Talking to carpenters – wood is getting expensive or scarce. Hardly any mention anywhere in the media, no explanation if mentioned. Reminds […]

ASIA: according to a new ranking, which predicts the Chinese economy will grow faster than India’s over the next decade. The data shows that China was able to increase its ranking despite US tariffs by exporting to other regions. India’s benchmark stock index—the NSE Nifty 50—crossed 16,000 for the first time Tuesday as investors bet […]

ASIA: The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee began its bi-monthly deliberations today amid expectations of keeping repo and reverse repo rates unchanged on the back of the fear of the third COVID-19 wave. The monetary policy outcome will be announced on Friday, August 6, 2021. Analysts expect MPC to retain the policy interest […]

ASIA: China’s government issued new procurement guidelines in May that require up to 100% local content on hundreds of items, including x-ray machines and magnetic resonance imaging equipment, erecting fresh barriers for foreign suppliers, Reuters reported. Document 551 was issued on May 14 by the Chinese Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and […]

ASIA: A report published by US-based Peterson Institute for International Economics said that China’s purchases of U.S. goods are still falling short of trade agreement levels, even as overall Chinese imports from the U.S. have surged. In January 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic and under former U.S. President Donald Trump, China agreed to buy at […]

Some readers in Australia are reporting that the government is now trying to block access to our site. You can usually circumvent that with a VPN. I find it very interesting that we are NOT blocked in China or Russia, but in Australia? This is only an indication of the Decline and Fall of the […]

  The rising discontent in Australia is shocking the world. As I have said, other nations invaded Iraq for abusing their citizens. Who will come to the rescue of Australians? The Australian police are violating international human rights, and the display of their brutality, some say, is reaching that of what they accuse China of […]

ASIA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut its economic growth forecast for China this year because of the patchy recovery from new coronavirus variants, as Beijing focuses on reducing debt and public investment. The Washington-based organization trimmed China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate to 8.1 per cent, down from April’s projection of […]

ASIA: Intel Corp said on Monday its factories will start building Qualcomm Inc chips and laid out a roadmap to expand its new foundry business to catch rivals such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd by 2025. Intel said on Monday it expects to regain its lead by 2025 and described […]