State of Mankind
KYLE BASS: We Are Seeing a Major US-China Financial Decoupling | Focus Talk In recent month, we have seen Chinese Communist Party cracking down on a wide range of Chinese companies and industries from Didi to private tutoring to online gaming. These abrupt actions caused U.S. investors to lose billions of dollars. In this interview, Kyle Bass, the founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, argues that there is no ...
Chinese authorities force vaccines on elderly, sick; Heavy rains continue in central China Chinese officials are forcing people to get vaccinated, even though Beijing says it’s not required. Residents who don’t want to get the shot may face retaliation from officials. A video shows a group of authorities forcing a farmer away from his field to get the vaccine. Heavy rains strike in Henan Province. The downpour led to road collapse there. ...
EXCLUSIVE: Former US Marine Captain Evacuating as Many as Possible as Aug. 31 Deadline Looms Elliot Ackerman has served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and CIA officer. Over the past 10 days he and his cohorts have ‘unofficially’ evacuated around 200 people from Kabul airport. “We gave these people our word, that if they worked with us, we would stand shoulder to shoulder with them.” ...
Stronger than Article 5 of the NATO Agreement, U.S. Will Defend Taiwan for TSMC Chips? Following the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle, questions have arisen over whether the U.S. is willing and able to defend Taiwan should the CCP attempt a military takeover. President Biden has said that the U.S. will stand by Taiwan in the same manner it does with its NATO allies, Japan and South Korea, and with good reason: the majority of the semiconductor ...
‘Could be a major battle’: Copley on Beijing’s stake in Afghanistan | China in Focus In this special episode, we sat down with Gregory Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association. He gave his take on the destabilization in Afghanistan, why the Chinese Communist Party is working with the Taliban, and how that will affect the geopolitical stage. Once the United States leaves Afghanistan, who’s going ...