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China says IMF wrong to question Congo deal

Posted by smeddum on June 6, 2009

China says IMF wrong to question Congo deal
Tue Jun 2, 2009

By Joe Bavier

KINSHASA (Reuters) – The IMF must present new arguments to justify its call for changes to a $9 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal between China and Democratic Republic of Congo, China’s ambassador to the country said on Tuesday.

International Monetary Fund officials worry the contract, a key element of President Joseph Kabila’s post-war economic policy, will plunge the central African nation deeper into debt, and have delayed forgiveness of most of the $10 billion Congo already owes. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tienanmen, 20 ans après:l’échec de la première « révolution colorée »

Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2009

Domenico Losurdo

Voltairenet.org

3rd June, 2009

Il y a 20 ans, Zhao Ziyang tentait de prendre le pouvoir en Chine avec l’appui de la CIA. Ce qui devait être la première « révolution colorée » de l’Histoire échoua. Dans une présentation totalement tronquée, la propagande atlantiste a imposé l’image d’un soulèvement populaire écrasé dans le sang par la cruelle dictature communiste. La presse occidentale en célèbre aujourd’hui l’anniversaire en grande pompe pour mieux dénigrer la Chine populaire, devenue seconde puissance économique du monde. Domenico Losurdo revient sur cette grande manipulation.

 

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Cette photo symbolise les événements de Tienanmen. Pour la presse atlantiste, elle représente un homme défiant les chars de la dictature communiste. Pour les Chinois, elle illustre la maîtrise des forces de l’ordre qui réussirent à empêcher le coup d’État pro-US de Zhao Ziyang en évitant un bain de sang.

 

 

Ces jours-ci la grande presse d’ « information » s’emploie à rappeler le vingtième anniversaire du « massacre » de la place Tienanmen. Les évocations « émues » des événements, les interviews des « dissidents » et les éditoriaux « indignés », les multiples articles qui se succèdent et se préparent visent à recouvrir d’infamie perpétuelle la République Populaire de Chine, et à rendre un hommage solennel à la civilisation supérieure de l’Occident libéral. Mais qu’est-il réellement advenu il y a vingt ans ?

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China Willing to Buy Up to $50 Billion in IMF Bonds

Posted by smeddum on June 5, 2009

JUNE 5, 2009,
China Willing to Buy Up to $50 Billion in IMF Bonds
WSJ

By ANDREW BATSON

BEIJING – China said Friday it is willing to buy as much as $50 billion in bonds issued by the International Monetary Fund, part of a deal made by the world’s major economies earlier this year to boost the resources the global agency has to combat financial crises. Read the rest of this entry »

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China says ‘no thanks’ to G-2

Posted by smeddum on May 28, 2009

May 29, 2009

China says ‘no thanks’ to G-2
Asiatimes
By Jian Junbo

SHANGHAI – At the Sino-European Union (EU) summit in Prague last week, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao rejected the concept of a Group of Two (G-2) comprising China and the United States, saying “it is totally ungrounded and wrong to talk about the dominance of two countries in international affairs”. Read the rest of this entry »

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Webster Tarpley points to Anglo American plans to undermine China’s Allies

Posted by smeddum on May 27, 2009

 

As a follow up to Webster Tarpley’s comments on the so-called ” Bronx bombers”, Jon Stewart using satire  casts doubt on the validity of the story http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=228042&title=bronx-bombers

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The Almighty Renminbi?

Posted by smeddum on May 15, 2009

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Almighty Renminbi?
NewYorkTimes

By NOURIEL ROUBINI
Published: May 13, 2009
THE 19th century was dominated by the British Empire, the 20th century by the United States. We may now be entering the Asian century, dominated by a rising China and its currency. While the dollar’s status as the major reserve currency will not vanish overnight, we can no longer take it for granted. Sooner than we think, the dollar may be challenged by other currencies, most likely the Chinese renminbi. This would have serious costs for America, as our ability to finance our budget and trade deficits cheaply would disappear. Read the rest of this entry »

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‘BRIC countries’ role in global economy can only increase’

Posted by smeddum on May 13, 2009

‘BRIC countries’ role in global economy can only increase’
14 May 2009, Timesofindia

NEW DELHI: As India prepares for the BRIC summit in Russia next month, foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon said on Wednesday that the four countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — together are a factor of stability and growth as the global economy discerns its way through the complexities of the international financial crisis and as the world moves towards flatter distribution of power. Read the rest of this entry »

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Radio: Jim Willie and Rob Kirby on losing faith in the dollar

Posted by smeddum on May 9, 2009

http://www.contraryinvestorscafe.com/broadcast.php?media=233

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China fears bond crisis as it slams quantitative easing

Posted by smeddum on May 7, 2009

China fears bond crisis as it slams quantitative easing
China has given its clearest warning to date that emergency monetary stimulus by Western governments risks setting off worldwide inflation and undermining global bond markets.

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
07 May 2009
Telegraph

“A policy mistake made by some major central bank may bring inflation risks to the whole world,” said the People’s Central Bank in its quarterly report.
“As more and more economies are adopting unconventional monetary policies, such as quantitative easing (QE), major currencies’ devaluation risks may rise,” it said. The bank fears a “big consolidation” in the bond markets, clearly anxious that interest yields will surge as western states try to exit their QE experiment.

Simon Derrick, currency chief at the Bank of New York Mellon, said the report is the latest sign that China is losing patience with the US and aims to diversify part its $1.95 trillion (£1.3 trillion) foreign reserves away from US Treasuries and other dollar securities. Read the rest of this entry »

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China has ‘canceled US credit card’: lawmaker

Posted by smeddum on May 1, 2009

Thursday April 30, 2009

RawStory

China, wary of the troubled US economy, has already “canceled America’s credit card” by cutting down purchases of debt, a US congressman said Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

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China Spearheads Dollar Dethroning

Posted by smeddum on April 27, 2009

 

CHINESE DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY
Jim Willie CB                        April 23, 2009

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Use the above link to subscribe to the paid research reports, which include coverage of several smallcap companies positioned to rise during the ongoing panicky attempt to sustain an unsustainable system burdened by numerous imbalances aggravated by global village forces. An historically unprecedented mess has been created by compromised central bankers and inept economic advisors, whose interference has irreversibly altered and damaged the world financial system, urgently pushed after the removed anchor of money to gold. Analysis features Gold, Crude Oil, USDollar, Treasury bonds, and inter-market dynamics with the US Economy and US Federal Reserve monetary policy.

In a series of maneuvers, Chinese officials have revealed their strategy implementation in a very broad set of steps. Beijing leaders plan to establish the yuan currency as a global reserve currency. The process will be made more complete after issuance of a large volume of Chinese Govt debt securities, soon in coming. The number of policy actions is impressive. While the USGovt is busy stepping backwards with FASB rules enabling false bank accounting, gearing up Treasury programs to direct colossal elite welfare / confiscation to failed banks responsible for the crisis, covering up Wall Street fraud and regulatory lapses and debt rating agency collusion, and ordering pork like the $9 billion high speed train from Disneyland to Las Vegas, the Chinese are making important meaningful critical strides. Within a year, the Chinese will have established the yuan currency as a legitimate alternative to the USDollar for global trade, and later to some extent for global banking. The Chinese Govt has ordered monetary policy changes that have boosted their money supply by 25.5% over the last twelve months, with a giant stimulus program and relaxed bank credit rules. Since new maneuvers are being funded by incremental new surplus funds, they are exhibiting their financial power without upsetting their vast reserves accounts. The lost in the USCongress might talk about ‘Pay-Go’ measures to pay for programs as we go forward, but China does it in actual terms. Read the rest of this entry »

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