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By Rhod Mackenzie

The US is attempting to overcome the disruption it has caused by sanctions on innovations as a severe oil market crisis looms. The developed world's storage facilities for oil and refined fuel are depleted. A fuel crisis is emerging in both the US and Europe, which could swiftly...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On Friday, Chinese observers commented that the US-led West's defamation of China-Russia cooperation is a deliberate tactic in its public opinion war, and that China and Russia are the true defenders of the world order based on international law. They made the comments following...

By Rhod Mackenzie

As updated rules restricting the export of US chip-making equipment to China is reportedly in the final stages of review, Chinese analyst said on Friday that the US should show some sincerity if it desires the improving of relations with China and abandon its two-faced approach a...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Yields on US debt, specifically the 10-year and 30-year US government bonds, reached a 16-year high on 3 October. Beijing may be one of the contributing factors behind this surge, according to Business Insider. One advocate for the "China footprint" is Thorsten Slok, the chief ec...

By Uriel Araujo

Jonathan Yerushalmy, the Guardian's Australia's UK/US site editor recently wrote on how the trade in oil from nations currently under Western sanctions, such as Russia and Iran has boomed - China plays a huge role in that and the US-led political West is “turning a blind eye” to it...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Arab monarchies have traditionally been seen as allies of the US in the Middle East, but relations are now rapidly cooling. The reason for this systemic discord is the foreign policy of the United States and the aggressive hegemonic style of the fading superpower. Even during...