German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing last week may be the opening move in an effort to replace the US with China as a key ally and trade partner.Continue Reading

China’s President Xi Jinping was elected to a third term as Secretary General of the Chinese Communist Party Sunday, making him the only party leader besides Mao Zedong to serve more than two terms.Continue Reading

The Chinese Party Congress takes place this week in Beijing. It’s likely President Xi Jinping will be elected to an unprecedented third term, giving him more power to push a Marxist-Leninist agenda at home and around the world.

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CHINA IS an imminent threat to our way of life. That may sound like a return to a 1950s way of thinking, but it’s true.Continue Reading

A German bakery was shocked when its bill for natural gas, normally about $5,800 a month, jumped to about $87,500 a month for the last quarter. The ongoing proxy war between NATO and Russia is leading to a cold, dark, and hungry winter for Europe.Continue Reading

The Federal Reserve Bank plans to launch a new settlement system called FedNow by next summer. While it’s not blockchain-based, like cryptocurrency, it would route credit and debit card transactions through the Fed—meaning instant government records of card purchases.Continue Reading