The revelations of the NSA tapping into everything has long-term serious implications. This outrageous snooping will cost the United States dearly for it will lose its technology edge over the world economy. As that declines, so will the US economy and that is how the shift to China will unfold. Computer technology became an area […]

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I recently read that China issued gold and silver coins. I cannot find any such listing in any catalogue. Is this another story made up by goldbugs claiming money is only gold? Who really printed the first paper money, China or Sweden? Thanks so much DG ANSWER: China always issued fiat bronze […]

  Behind the fall of Communism are some very interesting trends that are not understood very well in the West. The stark difference between Russia and China was the attitude toward the people. In Russia, Stalin was paranoid about what was in people’s minds. In China, it was the tall poppy syndrome – as long […]

Real bad news enough for Microsoft is emerging over this entire spying of the NSA. A state-backed news report broadcast on China’s CCTV that has now branded the operating system as a threat to China’s cybersecurity, and suggesting it is being used to spy on Chinese citizens. The NSA is destroying America’s reputation and its […]

A reader in China has contributed this observation: COMMENT:  Hi Martin,   Just a personal observation for you. Turns out governments think the same.   Prices in real estate has been dropping here in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang, China. A combination of factors have caused a lower confidence in the real estate market in the city. […]

QUESTION: My question is this: Russia and China making bilateral trade not using USD, China doing so with other countries etc. the buzz now is USD falling from grace. Yet is seems to me that as long as currencies out there are relating in any way with USD, and oil is priced in USD then […]

The latest tracking of gold being consumed in China and India has revealed a declining demand. Mainland China’s demand for gold fell 18% in the first quarter of the year as investors bought fewer bars and coins, offsetting record demand for jewelry, according to the latest trend report from the World Gold Council based in London. The […]

China has outright forbid the use of Windows 8 on all government computers. The back-doors are way too dangerous. China is now following Germany. Hello Microsoft! Can you Hear Me Now? That is via Verizon of course so you should get this twice – one directly and the other from the NSA’s tap on Verizon.

There is growing evidence that  the Chinese property market will crack after 2015.75 when public confidence drops sharply worldwide. The first signs of deterioration are evident today. China has been the envy of developed nations with real GDP growth averaging almost 10% for the last quarter century, only dipping below 5% briefly with the Japanese […]

China has announced on Wednesday that it would conduct joint naval drills with Russia in the East China Sea off Shanghai in late May. I have stated bluntly, Obama’s Administration has been the worst we have seen certainly in my lifetime. He has torn apart the world and is more concerned about using US power […]