All day Saturday, South Korea braced for a possible new missile test by North Korea as the provocative northern neighbor marked its founding anniversary, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test rattled global financial markets and further escalated tensions in the region. Throughout the week, South Korean officials warned the North could launch Read More…
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Moscow And Beijing Join Forces To Bypass US Dollar In Global Markets, Shift To Gold Trade
The Russian central bank opened its first overseas office in Beijing on March 14, marking a step forward in forging a Beijing-Moscow alliance to bypass the US dollar in the global monetary system, and to phase-in a gold-backed standard of trade. According to the South China Morning Post the new office was part of agreements Read More…
RED ALERT: Beijing’s Smog Emergency
At 7 AM on December 7th an industrious city over 20 million people, was brought to a grinding halt. For the first time ever, China’s capitol city, Beijing, was under “Red Alert” due to dangerously high levels of air pollution. The people had a mere 13 hours to prepare for this massive shutdown, and it Read More…