Geopolitics
What if Trump “succeeds” in his tariff war?
There are many reasons to dislike Donald Trump and be suspicious about where he is taking the US and the...
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DeepSeek’s “Open Source” breakthrough from inside China
DeepSeek and Alibaba’s QN 2.5 have surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o and Meta’s Lama, shifting the AI landscape. This is not just...
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My mental map on China
In this post, I want to outline my personal mental map on China that I use in processing current developments...
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Geopolitics and the global payment system
Right after SIBOS, as the SWIFT Interbank Operations Summit is called, was held in Beijing from 21-24 October, I posted...
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Geopolitics in Sun Yat Sen’s China
In a leisurely trip to the island of Penang, Malaysia, I discovered that Sun Yat Sen, the presumptive "father" of...
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A postcard from China’s Ming dynasty
As I learn more about Chinese history, I draw parallels that I think are being repeated in China today The...
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