The Nickel Choke Point The Sino-Indonesian partnership has engineered a market dominance that dwarfs historical precedents. Market Control Comparison Current Nickel Axis Indonesia + China Processing 75% Control OPEC Oil (1973) At height of the crisis 55% Control “OPEC set the precedent, but NickelPEC perfected the monopoly.” The “Crocodile & Dragon” Strategy Indonesia did not […]
How the Indian Air Force managed to embarrass France, the US & itself in six months.
Disaster in Dubai How the IAF managed to embarrass France, the US, and itself in six months. Fig 1. Smoke rises from the runway at the Dubai Airshow (Nov 2025). If the Indian Air Force (IAF) was hoping the Dubai Airshow would be a reset button, they just hit self-destruct instead. Yesterday’s fatal crash of […]
China’s South-North $62 Billion Water Transfer Megaproject
💧 China’s South-North $62 Billion Water Transfer Megaproject 南水北调中线工程 • Central Route Infrastructure Network The South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China is the largest of its kind ever undertaken. This project involves drawing water from southern rivers and supplying it to the dry north. Total Length 1,267 km Central Route Water Capacity 13B m³ Annual […]
Gone Are the Days When You Could Just Walk In & Buy a 25 kg Drum of Rare Earths (or Gallium, Germanium, Graphite, Tungsten etc) from China
Gone Are the Days of Buying a 25 kg Drum of Rare Earths from China Nowadays every kilogram is now tracked by at least eight state agencies from mine to container seal. Ministry / Bureau What they do to your drum Real-world tools & tricks Ministry of Commerce – Bureau of Industry, Security, Import & […]
As Russia Falls to 31st in Global AI Rankings, Chinese “AI Tech Talent” Floods In for Marriage
From Sputnik to 31st Place: Russia’s AI Collapse and the Chinese “Specialist” Bridegroom Wave Vladivostok, 20 November 2025 — The nation that led the World into Space by launching Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin now ranks 31st in the 2025 Global AI Index, behind India, the UAE, and Singapore. Sanctions have blocked advanced chips, collapsed venture […]
China’s next leg up: the Yen-Carry trade that functions as the Plumbing of the Western Financial System
🏮 China’s Next Lever vs Japan: The Bankers’ Delight Yen Carry Trade Beijing has already cancelled flights, visas and scallop orders to punish Japan for raising Taiwan. The next lever is quieter, systemic embedded inside the balance sheets of the entire Western financial stack. For twenty years: borrow yen at 0%, short it, buy higher-yielding […]
👉 In Australia’s courts, China doves are undefeated across all major cases against China hawks, repeatedly repelling hawkish China narratives.
👉 In Australia’s courts, China doves are undefeated across all major cases against China hawks repeatedly repelling hawkish China narratives. The pattern is now unmistakable: cases framed around claims of Chinese influence or “foreign agents” collapse when tested under defamation law’s evidentiary requirements. Chau Chak Wing v ABC/Fairfax (2021) – Comprehensive DOVE WIN ✓ ✔ […]
The West’s Spycraft Blind Spot. The Newtonian Bond vs. the Go Master
The Newtonian Bond vs. the Go Master Ever since Isaac Newton assumed the post of Master of the Royal Mint in 1696–1699 and deployed scientific methods to dismantle coining gangs, the West has codified espionage as a linear pursuit: track, trace, verify, capture. The romantic archetype of James Bond receiving his briefing, then executing a […]
BREAKING: Rumors swirl that Tencent Finalizes Ubisoft Buyout: “Go Woke, Go Broke” Officially Canon
BREAKING: Rumors swirl that Tencent Finalizes Ubisoft Buyout “Go Woke, Go Broke” Officially Canon PARIS/SHENZHEN – In a move that has sent progressive game journalists into emergency therapy sessions, Tencent is rumored to have snapped up the entirety of Ubisoft for the price of a mid-tier Shanghai apartment complex. Insiders confirm the first mandate from […]
The Liberal Party’s Doom Loop
The Liberal Party’s Doom Loop Freedom • Enterprise • Individual Initiative A party systematically alienating everyone under 40, trapped between housing policies that create permanent renters and climate policies that deny reality. -20pts Home Ownership Drop (35-39) $136.9B Renewable Investment at Risk 25 Years Of Systematic Alienation The Moderate Trap Sold home ownership while implementing […]
Australia’s Intelligence & Security Community. There’s more to Canberra than Parliament House, Museums & Embassies
Australian Intelligence & Security Community This single 5×5 km patch of Canberra holds one of the planet’s thickest clumps of spooks, not because Australia itself needs so many eyes, but because the West uses the city as a forward listening post for the Asia-Pacific clock. Total Agencies 11 Total Staff 32,165 HQ Location Canberra Coordinator […]
龙游石窟 Longyou Caves – China’s Greatest Archaeological Mystery
龙游石窟 Longyou Caves – China’s Greatest Archaeological Mystery 🏛️ The Discovery In 1992, four local farmers in Longyou County, Zhejiang Province, made an extraordinary decision that would rewrite archaeological history. They drained five seemingly bottomless ponds that had existed for as long as anyone could remember. What they found beneath the murky waters defied all […]
