"Thank you for your hospitality, friend Powell" - Decepticon (BumbleBee, 2018) You don't have to be a political genius to see something is incredibly wrong with the China vs rest of the world relationship. I am definitely not some political genius but I know a shit sandwich when I see one. China is accounting for 20% of global GDP growth, it is also the largest lender to the world at large and the largest holder of Gold globally... That's if you don't believe the official fig

It has been one hell of a week. If you have been following the financial narratives, you would have seen the headline Corona Virus. Wuhan has become one of the most well known cities in China, thanks to CNN, Reuters and about every human with a microphone and a pen (not excluding myself here). Wuhan is not famous because of its wild life or beautiful sights, rather it has become infamous for its ground-zero status as the origin of the deadly Corona Virus or SARS hybrid. In th

If you are like me, you are probably scratching your head and wondering; What's China's long game? Why are developing nation's being roped into infrastructure loan deals by China? And why are they accepting these deals? The answer partly lies in the early attitudes to Africa by the United States and European institutions like the IMF and Chinese strategic plans to relieve the United States of its global influence. Historically China has never sort world domination, after all