Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson analyze how the United States is waging an economic war against China.

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In the United Nations Human Rights Council, the West voted against the rest of the world, supporting illegal sanctions and opposing debt relief for developing countries.
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In this insightful discussion with many informative charts, Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, & Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford debunk Western media myths about China's economy.

They address consumption, exports, “Japanification”, and the new growth strategy:
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The US government’s plan to either ban TikTok or force owner ByteDance to sell it to a (US) company is part of Washington’s economic war on China, and an attempt to protect Big Tech monopolies from competition.
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The US has sent Israel more than 100 arms shipments since October 7, to help brutally bomb Gaza.

Meanwhile, polls show that most North Americans oppose these weapons sales.
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What is actually happening in China’s economy?

Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Beijing-based scholar Mick Dunford to discuss China's rapid economic development and transition toward a new industrial revolution.

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Washington approved the dangerous sale of the Link 16 communications system to Taiwan.

This is the final link of what the US military calls a “transnational coalition kill chain” against China, and signals a commitment to kinetic war.
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The US has used its veto power four times to block a UN Security Council resolution calling for peace in Gaza.

The Biden admin sends weapons to Israel, helping it violate an ICJ ruling that says it must stop killing Palestinians.
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Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discussed the rhetoric and reality of Bidenomics, explaining how rich investors have benefited under US President Biden while working people have struggled from growing hunger and debt:
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin condemned the anti-China talking points that close Trump ally Tucker Carlson spewed in his interview in Moscow as mere 'boogeyman stories'.

The Russian leader also mocked the ex Fox News host for applying to join the CIA.
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The director of the CIA published an article demonizing China as the “bigge[st] long-term threat” to the US. He boasted that the spy agency doubled its budget for anti-China ops.

He also said the Ukraine war helps the US economically and geopolitically.
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Several reports show how the US government has used the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to spy on and try to destabilize left-wing governments in Latin America.

DEA meddling schemes have targeted Venezuela’s Maduro, Bolivia’s Evo, and Mexico’s AMLO.
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The 5 richest people on Earth in 2023 were Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, and Warren Buffett. Their combined wealth skyrocketed from $340 billion in 2020 to $869 billion in 2023.

Meanwhile, 5 billion people collectively got poorer.
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China’s state-led economic development model and industrial policy transformed it into what a European think tank calls “the world’s sole manufacturing superpower”.

China makes up 35% of global gross production – more than the 9 next largest combined.
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The historic decision by the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel may be violating the genocide convention is a victory for the Palestinian people, and Global South as a whole, after centuries of Western colonialism.
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The US military is attacking Yemen, Iraq, and Syria, while Israel bombs Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. Both are threatening Iran.

Is a large regional war coming?
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The world’s richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the top five billionaires has doubled since 2020, while 60% of humanity got poorer.
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Israel's genocidal war has made Gaza one of the most heavily bombed areas in human history.
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In this report, we analyze the most important geopolitical and economic issues of 2023, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, US-China tensions, BRICS expansion, growing de-dollarization, inflation, crypto fraud, bank crashes, and EU de-industrialization
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Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss the massive explosion of debt in the US and around the world, and how neoliberal economic policies lead to large bubbles based on speculation and asset-price inflation.
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