If you’ve read Ben MacIntyre’s “The Spy and the Traitor”, you’ll know that Russia, then the Soviet...
China
“Global stock markets fall sharply amid fears over inflation and China slowdown”
Diesel at my local filling station now costs over £7.50 a gallon (kids etc.). Not my problem these...
‘Clever these Chinese’, my grandfather used to say.
Both they and many others in that part of the world, have been buying stuff in all points west for...
“Soaring factory prices in China add to global inflation fears”
Here’s the real inflation stranger-danger. Didn’t it all seem great, when companies were halving...
China builds two hospitals in just over a week
If they can build a hospital in a week, why is it taking 30 years to finish HS2? In China, of...
“British Steel saved by £1.2bn rescue deal with China’s Jingye”
It amazes me that we see it as some kind of victory when China takes over yet another part of our...
“Chinese companies continue to drive growth in the UK”
I was chatting to friend who’s worked in the electricity industry whole career, first in what now...
“Huawei’s use of Android restricted by Google”
So now we’re getting to the bottom of this Huawei-anoia (not sure if that’s a thing, but it should...
“World’s Most Hated Stocks Won’t Be Saved by Brexit Delay”
So what’s going to happen, Philip, I’m asked most days? Well, limiting it to investments, at the...
“Chinese tycoons shift $17bn to family trusts amid tax raid”
Ironically, one of the world’s few remaining communist states is home to some of the world’s...
“China slowdown sends markets plunging”
The gloomy business headlines this week are about China and the end of the economic world it's...
“Prosecutors Expose Trump Hush Money Payments, Russian Contacts”
The local UKIP Col. Blimp who was campaigning for Brexit a couple of years ago was keen to raise...
“China hits back after US imposes tariffs worth $34bn”
You may have noticed that while the Brexiteers want us to ‘Reconnect with the Rest of the World’,...
“Brexit: Theresa May to fight EU transition residency plan”
The new ‘outward-looking Britain’ has to negotiate trade deals with China, India and ‘our...