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China’s central bank vows to enhance yuan amid looming risks from strong US dollar

China’s central bank has pledged to advance the cross-border use of the yuan and develop the offshore yuan market, as…

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Macroscope | Trump’s ‘big stick diplomacy’ won’t go far in today’s world system

“Speak softly and carry a big stick”, a phrase attributed to former US president Theodore Roosevelt, is often cited as…

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Macroscope | Trump’s trade tantrums risk throwing match into global powder keg

What will the world look like in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s latest trade war? At best, it…

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Explainer | Why does China enjoy preferential trade status with US, and could it lose it?

In its annual report to Congress in November, the American government’s US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said the legislature…

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Exclusive | Kissinger acolyte Robert Hormats on how China, US can narrow their ‘trust gap’

Robert Hormats began his career at the US National Security Council in 1969, where he served as senior adviser to…

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China hits record panda bond issuance in 2024, with analysts bullish for 2025

The issuance of “panda bonds” – yuan-denominated debt securities from overseas institutions operating in China – hit a record high…

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Opinion | How Global South can resist US hegemony and its isolationism

US foreign policy is torn between president-elect Donald Trump’s transactional nationalism and the establishment’s fixation with global primacy. To achieve…

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Macroscope | Central banks forsaking gold for bitcoin would be height of folly

Gold is a marvellously flexible precious metal, commodity or form of money adaptable to different cultures, currencies and ideologies. These…

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Outside In | World must stand firm against blizzard of Trump tariff threats

What was initially described as the “amusing distraction” of Donald Trump is perhaps better called chaff – blizzards of metal,…

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Macroscope | Trade protectionist measures by the US and others put world on path to war

US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats are making headlines, but they are among the least of the problems facing the…

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