HK is little more than the boot leggers back door in and out of Communist China. An avenue to raise offshore finance against highly dubious quality collateral, to circumvent exchange controls by crea… (View Post)

China has been fighting a Cold War against Western democracies for a couple of decades. But our politicians have been too [callow/stupid/corrupt] to notice and our industrialists have cared for nothi… (View Post)

What if we don’t get an effective vaccine and it turns out immune response from infection fades after months? There’s still a lot of complacency that this is all a dream that will abruptly end. It mi… (View Post)

Personally I think the hospitality VAT cut and Eat-In scheme are imaginative and clever. It's inexpensive and time limited but gives a huge kick to an overly fearful population to re-engage with… (View Post)

On topic, an intriguing facet of all this. Since becoming Chancellor, Sunak has quickly established himself as one of the most popular politicians in the country. But Javid told us he resigned as Cha… (View Post)