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China’s Economy
China’s March export surge beats forecasts, but imports decline signals fragile recovery
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s exports surged past expectations in March, offering rare positive momentum for a slowing economy. Yet a...
Brazil and China have signed an agreement to abandon the dollar
BRASILIA (Realist English). Brazil and China have reportedly struck a deal to ditch the U.S. dollar in favor of their...
China is creating a trading exchange for semiconductors and electronics
SHENZHEN (Realist English). Shenzhen will become an international semiconductor and electronics supply hub with a new trading exchange. This is...
The USA and China continue redistribution of the global semiconductor market
BEIJING (Realist English). This week, the TSMC management announced that investments in the construction of semiconductor plants in the United...
Russia and China have launched a railway bridge across the Amur
VLADIVOSTOK (Realist English). On November 16, traffic opened on the first ever railway bridge to China across the Amur River....
The White House has banned Nvidia and AMD from selling artificial intelligence chips to China — Reuters
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The chip developer Nvidia Corp said that American officials banned the export to China of two of...
Without chips from Taiwan, the global economy will slow down worse than during the pandemic
TAIPEI (Realist English). When it comes to semiconductors, China needs Taiwan more than the other way around, the CNBC article...
Russia and China increased trade by 29%
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese exports to Russia snapped four months of declines and grew robustly in July, while Russian shipments...
China buys Russian coal at steep discounts
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia’s coal shipments to China have been rising even though overall shipments to China have declined, CNBC...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Putin calls for deeper BRICS cooperation and new financial infrastructure at Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin called for stronger integration among BRICS nations and greater independence from...
Elon Musk announces launch of third party after fallout with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Saturday the formation of a new political force — the America...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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