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The Pentagon Is Endangering Our Economic Ties With China

The Pentagon Is Endangering Our Economic Ties With China

May 9, 2016 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

When China refused to allow the USS John C. Stennis to dock in Hong Kong 10 days ago, it got only modest mention in the news reports. Keeping the nuclear-powered supercarrier and its strike group out of a port where…

China May Not Place Its Big Bets on America

China May Not Place Its Big Bets on America

May 17, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Right now we should begin to worry about one of the following: 1. A flood of Chinese money is coming and Americans will react rather badly, as they did when big Japanese investments arrived in the U.S. 20 years ago. 2. A…

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January 11, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Have you received your invitation to invest in Facebook, the not-yet-listed social-networking phenom that has burst onto Wall Street with the excitement of a dot.com company a dozen years ago? I haven’t got mine, either. They must be in the…

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