Those are usually referred to as "wu mao" (50 cents), low end "tools" who are paid the aforementioned wage for spreading CCP propaganda. All the Wechat accounts went silent only this one somehow "escaped" the censors. And then gets "reposted" on the ...

A Mysterious Account in China Seems to Have an Inside Track on Trade Talks

fxsport, I understand all you are saying and I agree. I just find it funny that in the hypothetical case of China engaging in a punitive selling of US Treasures, it will be the much hated Fed that will have to save the day...again. Of course it is ...

China Has Backtracked On Legal Issues Throughout Text Of Proposed US Trade Agreement,...

That's right when "you" is just a little insignificant you, not when you are the town boss. Not when you own the bank that gives the pizza owner a business loan. Not when your gang controls the roads on which the pizza delivery trucks go. Not when ...

China Has Backtracked On Legal Issues Throughout Text Of Proposed US Trade Agreement,...

Such a lovely macho fantasy, quite cute indeed. The conclusion is not wrong, it is just a pity our cowboy hero Trump won't be the one to tell China to shove it.... because.... the authority to print money is by The Constitution a prerogative of ...

China Has Backtracked On Legal Issues Throughout Text Of Proposed US Trade Agreement,...

PRC buys US debt because it is instantly convertible to US dollars but bears interest. Not much in these troubled times, but better than none which is what cash brings. And PRC used to have about 4 trillion, now down to about 3 trillion USD foreign ...

Cramer Remix: China needs us more than we need China

I think you did, and continue to do. According to EU rules every EU member state citizen that is a long term resident of another EU member state has the right to vote either in the elections of their country of citizenship OR in the elections of the ...

Britain's two main parties get Brexit bashing in local election

There is a little detail you missed. The EU elections, unlike your Referendum and local elections, are open to all EU citizens. How do you think all those "foreigners" you Brexiteers loathe so much will vote? For Brexit Party, or against?

Britain's two main parties get Brexit bashing in local election

Another call that shall fall on deaf moderator ears, again.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son got caught up in the bitcoin frenzy and reportedly lost $130 million

...and continue to consolidate after. Despite the strong beat, it was probably the most boring data release in history. Next story.

Markets consolidate ahead of key US Q1 GDP

aquavox, not much of what is put in the "news" section is actually news as in an account of a real world event that is happening or has just happened. even less so market moving news. a lot of it is political commentary, which is absolutely not ...

France's 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

Yes, you are violating "the code of conduct", but relax, no one cares. the moderators least of all.

France's 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

religion started when the first con man met the first fool, 'tis said. the rest is history.... the french people will ultimately pay, but at least now they own the real estate. i suppose it should count as progress.

France's 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

Shreck: In modern Western Europe Christianity and statehood are both de facto and de jure separated. This is a purely Western European idea, and France itself was a major driving force behind it. The flow of power is the other way around: the state ...

France's 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

Yep, agreed 100%. If it were up to me, I'd end all state support for organized religion, and will tax them all. But it is not. The fact is, Notre-Dame is owned by The French people, not the Church. I'd not be surprised in the end the French people ...

France's 3 richest families lead $700 million fundraising effort for Notre Dame

In my roughly decade and a half in East and South East Asia, I have much more consistently positive experience with health care in Taiwan, HK, Singapore or Japan. Whatever problems may plague the western medical care systems, China is just the wrong ...

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

And I remember one time in one of these holes I was being drawn blood out of my arm with a thick, non-single use needle (which made me feel very unsafe) while a bunch of Chinese girls watched the show, giggling. "Ni yao kan ma?" I asked. "Yi bai ...

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

Oh, mr. bones is back... Great. I wish him to become PM!

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

Hutch, I definitely think you should try it. Every westerner should get a few years "experience" in an internal province hole like Zhengzhou, Hefei, Jinan, etc. It will be an excellent way to teach you to appreciate little things the average ...

Brexit: EU's Donald Tusk 'suggests 12-month flexible delay'

I think the Americans would open their wallets to buy the building, tear it down and build a fancy condo or mall to recoup their "investment" many times over. A question of values, I suppose.

French billionaire pledges 100 million euros to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

EU doesn't single them out: "The European Union's competition watchdog released the 11-page list of US imports it could target on Wednesday, which include agricultural produce from dried fruit to ketchup, fish, tobacco, handbags and suitcases. The ...

EU mulls $20bn tariffs on US goods over Boeing subsidy row