Chocolate prices are falling. So why aren’t chocolate prices falling?
by Inside China Business [3-13-2026]. Cocoa prices hit all-time highs in 2024 and 2025. Producers in West Africa sold hundreds of thousands of tons to buyers in China, and poor growing conditions led to record prices for Western chocolate companies. But over the past year, cocoa prices have plunged by 70%, as weather improved. Yet…
Tesla has a China problem with their humanoid robots. Lots of them.
by Inside China Business [3-12-2026]. Tesla is shifting focus in the US market from Electric Vehicles, to the production of humanoid robots. The company is repurposing a plant in Fremont, California to the manufacture of Optimus humanoids, instead of EV’s. Supply chains for humanoids run through China, and Tesla is meeting with hundreds of suppliers…
Robert Barnes, Larry Johnson: What the HELL is going on in the White House with Trump?
by Counter Currents [4-17-2026] Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: Whether we like it or not, the Trump today is not the Trump we voted for. Can JD Vance manage this so it doesn’t blow up the world? – RAD) The more Trump’s show is running, the more his closest allies seem to be walking on eggshells.…
Trump’s Miscalculation: How the Iran Blockade Could Trigger China’s Strategic Retaliation
by New Rules [4-17-2026]. (RAD: This is an excellent examply why it is important to understand the complex global supply chains before deciding to take some military actions that could disrupt critical supplies that are important to American military & manufacturing base. I’ve previously spotted this leverage that China & other have to counter some…
Pepe Escobar: Empire of Piracy blockades Iran and China
by Pepe Escobar [4-16-2026] All hail the almighty return of Pirates of the Caribbean, now upgraded to Pirates of the Persian Gulf. The spectacular collapse of the Islamabad diktats – Barbaria came to dictate, never to negotiate – has been followed by a coercion psy ops on steroids: Jesus! (literally, as he posted it on…
Why the US naval blockade against Iran will fail
by Xavier Villar [4-15-2026]. MADRID – When Washington announced the start of operations to intercept vessels carrying Iranian oil, markets barely moved. That lack of alarm was not a sign of indifference, nor simply the result of traders grown accustomed to crisis; it was, rather, an indication of how thin the gap has become between…
Hungarian Chess that Makes Brussels Cry
by Rebelion en la Granja [4-15-2026]. Viktor Orbán places his trusted “traitor” and the EU falls into the perfect trap: the checkmate that has left Brussels, Soros, and Obama humiliated. In a display of political chess so brilliant it borders on the comical, Viktor Orbán sniffed out long ago that the European Union, George Soros,…
Global airline industry crashing after just one week of war on Iran
by Inside China Business [3-11-2026]. The cost of jet fuel is skyrocketing, and the prices paid to refineries to process crude into fuel is higher than the cost of oil itself. Tens of thousands of flights across the Middle East have been canceled, and air traffic re-routed to avoid Persian Gulf airspace. Air travel to…
Iranian drones are shooting down interceptors, Not the other way around.
by Inside China Business [3-10-2026]. Iranian Shahed drones cost between $20,000 and $50,000 to build and launch at targets. To engage and destroy the drones, American and allied forces in the Persian Gulf use multimillion-dollar interceptor missiles. In an unusual instance, an RAF pilot in an F-35 shot down two Iranian drones over Jordan. But…
China has just announced their GDP “targets” for 2026. Ignore them.
by Inside China Business [3-9-2026]. China’s economy is the world’s largest by PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) and productive GDP measures. National policymakers announced GDP growth for 2026 will be 4.5% – 5.0%, which is twice as fast as economic growth forecasts for the United States, and three times that of Europe. China’s annual GDP targets…
Iran DOWNS $600 Million Drone, Trump’s Hormuz Blockade COLLAPSES; Global Impact | Col. Larry Wilkerson, Danny Haiphong
by Danny Haiphong [4-15-2026] Lawrence Wilkerson(bio). (RAD: Col. Larry Wilkerson has a solid military & geopolitical background & connections to properly analyze what is happening with the Iranian conflict and repurcussions around the world. He claims that Trump desperately wants out of this conflict, yet there are major forces not wanting this to happen, like…
Much more important than it sounds: Large-frame aluminum casting will transform manufacturing
by Inside China Business [3-4-2026]. Large frames, such as those used to build passenger cars, trucks, and buses, are typically made up of several pieces, which are welded or riveted together. The result is a frame that is costly and time-consuming to manufacture, with weak points at the seams and joints. A Chinese company, Hantek,…