The Dollar's Biggest Threat Isn't China — It's the US Bond Market. How a $40 Trillion Debt Trap and the Collapse of Treasury Liquidity Are Quietly Dismantling the Global Reserve Currency.
sylvainsaurel.substack.comu/WebPage_Error404 — 3 days ago
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Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002) directed by Wang Bing
https://letterboxd.com/film/tie-xi-qu-west-of-the-tracks/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389448/
A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.
In a 2012 poll by the British Film Institute, eight critics named it one of the 10 greatest films ever made.
In 2025, the film was showcased in the section 'Decisive Moments in Asian Cinema' at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, as part of the special "Asian Cinema 100", being the signature work of the director Wang Bing.
u/Miao_Yin8964 — 9 days ago
While Donald Trump Distracts the US With Missiles, China Is Buying the World.
Everyone is watching the sky. Almost nobody is following the money.
While Donald Trump distracts the US with missiles and tariffs, China just quietly deployed $126 billion to buy the physical operating system of the 21st century.
Wars reshape maps. Investments rewire reality.
I broke down the $126B green energy heist happening in plain sight.
u/sylsau — 10 days ago
Mao Zedong left behind a legacy of oppression, starvation, and millions upon millions of deaths.
u/Hacomeback — 14 days ago
Wind Turbine Among New Structures in Taiwan’s EEZ
Executive Summary:
In June 2026, China National Offshore Oil Corporation placed a 16MW floating wind turbine in Taiwan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), approximately 50 miles (21.665646, 116.273408) from Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island.
The PRC now has placed over 30 permanent structures across disputed waters in the Indo-Pacific as part of an irregular warfare strategy to normalize its persistent presence and extraterritorial claims.
These permanent structures potentially serve as at-sea platforms for electronic warfare, surface and underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection platforms enhancing the PLA’s end-to-end “kill web” (C5ISRT) capabilities.
u/Miao_Yin8964 — 13 days ago
State Council beefs up framework for exit bans
On Friday July 31, China passed a new regulation concerning exit (and entry) bans. As the State Council’s Press Release states, the regulation is set to take effect on September 15 and “aims to standardize exit and entry administration, protect the lawful rights and interests of exit and entry personnel, and safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests”.
Importantly, the regulation also “refines restrictive measures”, in other words: exit bans.
The new regulation follows an already massive uptick in the use of exit bans since 2023, when Safeguard Defenders’ major report **Trapped! drew attention to the growing use of exit bans.
While the announced objective of greater clarity in the implementation of the key Exit and Entry Administration Law would have been welcome given the widespread (ab-)use of exit bans outside established law, the new regulation leaves much to be desired and further codifies some of the worst aspects of the PRC’s use of exit bans.
Of particular concern are articles 4 and 5, which open the door even further on the PRC’s transnational repression efforts and increase the risks for foreign nationals (see analysis on what’s new below).
u/Miao_Yin8964 — 12 days ago