Warwick Powell | 鲍韶山
@baoshaoshan
Adjunct Professor | Author | China | DLT | Value Flows | Blockchains | Global Political Economy | Digital Economy | Geopolitics | all the usual disclaimers
Washington will be thinking of ways of stripping them bare. Take the tech. Take the skills & knowhow. Leave the weapons.
From job cuts to suspending plans, Taiwan firms brace for Trump’s tariff storm scmp.com/news/china/pol…
Here it comes, just as I thought—this Bebe R is no diplomat, he's a top-tier salesman! And what’s he selling? Why, nothing less than the sovereignty of the Philippines! Absolutely mind-blowing, right??! Nakakaloka!
OVERCAPACITY.
The United States of Arms (Exports From 1964 to 2017)
And this is one of the reasons why the buyside in trade negotiations has little meaningful leverage. The sell side can readily replace foreign IOUs with domestic liquidity; and better than that, the sell side has the materials, capacity & the goods. You can keep your paper.
"Why restrictions on capital flows should be considered" Interesting development. (It is crucial to understand that foreign money is usually not needed inside a domestic economy.) on.ft.com/4lIt3G5
This simply describes financialisation, but with a normative gloss (“capital discipline vs indiscipline”). U.S. capital discipline is lack of real long term discipline; the hollowing out of real industry is America getting used to capital indiscipline.
One big thing about competing with China on industrial policy is that it has long accustomed itself to capital indiscipline. The U.S. cares too much about capital discipline. And that's a problem because many of the sectors that China currently dominates aren't exactly great…
Wall Street and crypto have created a monster: a $700 trillion to $1 quadrillion "derivatives market" composed of a "bets-on-bets Ponzi scheme," driven by an insatiable appetite for risk, leverage, and bonuses....... asianarratives.substack.com/p/the-ouroboro…
A compilation of Howard Lutnick promising you hundreds of deals coming “in two weeks”.
Any “fans” out there? Happy to join @AndyBxxx to talk about “OnlyFans” status in China and public reactions from outside of China.
Did China just ban OnlyFans? Well, not exactly... 😉
Today's video features Professor Warwick Powell @baoshaoshan
"Putin we're going to kick your ass....by attacking other countries instead..." You can't make this up.
“Putin, your time is coming. Trump is going to kick your ass,” — Senator Lindsey Graham “Here’s what I’d say to China, India, and Brazil" "If you keep buying cheap Russian oil… we are going to tariff the heII out of you and we’re going to crush your economy"
Cantor Fitzerland, the company being ran by Howard Lutnick’s 2 sons, is now buying rights to tariff refunds from small companies that cannot afford to wait a year for either the courts or Trump himself to overrule these tariffs. Poor people selling their hard earned money for…
Criticism of Albanese China visit 'opposition for opposition's sake': Tu... youtu.be/3v6iWaXjdto?si… via @YouTube
U.S. adds tariffs, China drops them: What it means for Africa youtu.be/HjdcRKX30_U?si… via @YouTube
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🇵🇸It's been exactly 25 years since this photo was taken. A reminder for those who think the war or genocide started on October 7.
Bulletproof Glass Market Size, Share & Growth Report 2032: “The U.S. bulletproof glass market size was USD 2.61 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 5.86 billion by 2032 and grow at a CAGR of 10.64% over the forecast period of 2025-2032.” snsinsider.com/reports/bullet…
When U.S. dollar stablecoins, issued with U.S. Treasury bonds as reserve, are used to buy more bonds, which are then sequestered to enable another round of stablecoin issuance, and so on and on, we begin to see the apotheosis of abstracted decadence …
Strong move. Now how about the 中华民国全图和行政地区图🤣 and for good measure tell the folk in Taipei to change the 中华民国宪法的领土范围… 政治演艺能力太高了，佩服佩服…
US House passes bill barring Pentagon maps from showing Taiwan as part of China taiwannews.com.tw/news/6160390
Every time Trump tweets about something inane (often contradicting himself), there’s a fair chance there are real problems elsewhere.
As I said elsewhere, Trump pressuring Vietnam over trade will fail to isolate VN from China. "The ground forces of CN and VN will conduct a joint training exercise in Guangxi in mid-to-late July...This marks first joint army training between CN and VN." chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/20/WS…