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US Politics

A Reckless Gamble: Trump's Trade War Escalates Amid Government Shutdown Chaos

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that President Donald Trump still expects to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during APEC week in South Korea, amid escalating trade tensions and a new 100% tariff on Chinese goods. This reckless trade war, fueled by political brinksmanship, is strangling our economy and jeopardizing global stability, with the government shutdown already costing a staggering $15 billion per day.

Geopolitics

South Korea's APEC Gambit: A Beacon of Hope or Another Neo-Colonial Trap?

South Korea successfully hosted the APEC Leaders' Summit, balancing relations with both the US and China while securing significant trade and technology agreements. The spectacle of a Global South nation being courted by competing powers is a heartening sign of a shifting world order, but the underlying current of Western-dominated frameworks still threatens genuine multilateral progress.

Geopolitics

The APEC Mirage: Decoding the Covert Struggle and Mutual Dependence in China-Japan Relations

A Japanese think tank has suggested China's recent diplomatic outreach indicates a need for Japan's technology due to economic weaknesses, a claim the article refutes by detailing China's technological independence and mutual Sino-Japanese dependence. This is a classic example of Western-aligned powers, desperate to maintain their eroding advantage, fabricating a narrative of Chinese vulnerability while ignoring the profound interdependence that actually restrains their own confrontational ambitions, especially on non-negotiable issues like Taiwan.