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The resilience of the Chinese economy

6 min read ELDA MOLINA DÍAZ and EDUARDO REGALADO 0 comments

ELDA MOLINA DÍAZ AND EDUARDO REGALADO
The Chinese economy has shown a great capacity for resilience and development potential by more than meeting its growth objective, despite the complex challenges it has had to face internally and externally. The growth of new sectors linked to technological development has been compensating for the drop in the contribution of the real estate and other traditional sectors.

China is not free from internal and external economic challenges, but the country's economic fundamentals are solid, giving its government ample policy space to address its current economic slowdown, while its industrial development has positioned it well to the future.

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Gestures of complicity between Spain and China with a European perspective

5 min read XULIO RIOS 0 comments

XULIO RIOS
The recent visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, to Spain has left important messages. The first, the outstretched hand, the willingness to continue promoting bilateral cooperation at all levels. For Beijing, Spain continues to be a “good and reliable partner.” The absence of conflict is a notable characteristic of Spanish-Chinese relations.

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China, a brief and concise compilation

9 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
The news from China appears skipped in the news, but perhaps it is through an adequate compilation that we can get an idea of what is happening in that country. Or rather, what is happening in the world due to what is happening in China.

The Chinese economy grew 5,2% in 2023. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2 percent from the previous year. But that year the nominal increase available per capita national residents was 6.3 percent compared to the previous year, which represents 6.1 if we subtract the rise in the CPI.

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Climate chaos: the world warms as Europe faces a new Ice Age

6 min read JULIAN CRIBB 0 comments

JULIAN CRIBB
The hottest month of January ever recorded in the history of humanity has passed, without governments around the world and the international media having given so much as a wink.

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Palestinians, close to deportation, far from the state

3 min read EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON 0 comments

EUGENIO GARCIA GASCON
The first step for Jewish repopulation is to completely or partially empty the Strip of the Palestinian population, something that the army is already doing following the instructions of political leaders. The military has pushed more than half of the population towards the border with Egypt, and there are currently close to a million and a half people there waiting for what is decided to be done with them.

At the moment, Egypt does not open the border, but if necessary, if the Israeli army continues to push, deportation could be inevitable. It may not affect the entire population of Gaza, but it will affect a good part of it.

Asia U.S. USA/Europe Principal9

A ray of hope

13 min read CRAIG MURRAY

CRAIG MURRAY
That the ICJ has not affirmed Israel's right to self-defense is perhaps the most important point of this provisional resolution. He is the dog that didn't bark. The argument that all Western leaders have been using has been rejected by the court. The ICJ did not repeat that an occupying power has no right to self-defense. It was not necessary. He simply ignored Israel's misleading claim.

Africa America Asia U.S. USA/Europe Latin America Principal7

While they tell you that in Davos they are going to fix the world

7 min read PASCUAL SERRANO 0 comments

PASCUAL SERRANO
The Oxfam organization has just published a report on inequality in the world, “Inequality SA”, which has the subtitle “A huge concentration of corporate and monopolistic power is exacerbating inequality in the global economy.” A work that brings a lot of light in these days when the media is dedicated to reporting on the World Economic Forum or Davos Forum.

Africa Asia U.S. USA/Europe Principal6

eloquent genocides

19 min read RAFAEL POCH-DE-FELIU 0 comments

RAFAEL POCH-DE-FELIU
Historically, annihilating purposes are denied and hidden by their protagonists. The Young Turks, or the Nazis, for example, left hardly any declarative and printed evidence of their intentions against Armenians and Jews. Discretion prevailed.

The current Taiwanese vice president, Lai Ching-te, celebrates his victory in the presidential elections.

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Elections: More PDP in Taiwan, more tension in the Strait?

3 min read XULIO RIOS 0 comments

XULIO RIOS
What can be expected from Lai Ching-te as president is an intensification of the projections recorded in the last two terms of the PDP with Tsai Ing-wen at the helm. That is, a firm commitment to political rapprochement with the United States, also economically, defensively and strategically. Lai's Taiwan reaffirms its validity and importance as a pivotal point for the US in Asia.

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At the International Court of Justice in The Hague

26 min read CRAIG MURRAY 0 comments

CRAIG MURRAY
The people who really didn't want to be there were the judges, because in fact it is the judges and the Court itself that are being judged. The fact of genocide is incontrovertible and has been clearly stated. But several of the judges are desperate to find a way to please the United States and Israel and avoid rebutting the current Zionist narrative, the adoption of which is necessary to keep the elite's feet comfortably under the table.

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ICJ could order Israel to immediately suspend its military operation against Gaza

13 min read MARJORIE COHN 3 comments

MARJORIE COHN
The interim measures requested by South Africa include ordering Israel to “immediately suspend its military operations in and against Gaza” and to cease and desist from killing and causing serious physical or mental harm to Palestinians, from inflicting living conditions on them designed to destroy them totally or partially, and to impose measures to prevent Palestinian births. These measures can be issued quickly.

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Taiwan: three formulas and two options against the status quo

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XULIO RIOS
The Taiwanese presidential and legislative elections are about to fall: January 13. Its interest comes from the double dilemma that must be elucidated. On the one hand, whether or not the policies of the sovereigntist Minjindang or PDP (Democratic Progressive Party) continue; on the other hand, whether the gap in cross-strait relations can deepen even further or, on the contrary, take a less disturbing direction.

Taiwan has held seven presidential elections since the first direct elections in 1996, during which the nationalist KMT (Kuomintang) and the PDP took turns as ruling party for two consecutive terms. The challenge for the PDP is to break this trend. According to surveys, more than 60 percent of the population demands change, but the PDP has serious options for continuity, despite the wear and tear, due to the division of the opposition.