Most of the world suffers from a combination of recession and inflation. This is true despite unsophisticated readings of so-called growth statistics (really spending stats) showing sometimes negative and sometimes meager upside numbers. To my mind, this is the case certainly for the US and China, which are now and have been for much of the […]
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![China's President Xi Jinping, second left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, making bliny [Russian pancakes] as they visit the Far East Street exhibition on the sidelines of the 2018 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept 11, 2018. Photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office handout / Anadolu Agency](https://i0.wp.com/asiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Putin-pancakes.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
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Tripolar world: China ascendant?
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