Premier Zhu, avē atque valē – China Heritage

    The Other China 朱公千古atque in perpetuum   On 12 August 2026, it was reported that Zhu Rongji (朱鎔基, 1938-2026), premier of the Chinese People’s Republic from 1998 to 2003, had passed away. We commemorate his memory with an elegiac couplet 輓聯 wǎn lián, composed by and written in the hand of Liu Chan 劉蟾. Liu,…

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      Trump’s 100% tariff on drones deepens US-China tech decoupling

      The Trump administration is imposing tariffs of as much as 100% on imported drones and their components, escalating efforts to reduce US reliance on foreign suppliers and potentially accelerating a decoupling of drone supply chains with China. The top rate will apply to heavier drones — weighing more than 25 kilograms — or those that…

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      Fig. 1. US CPI and PPI trends, year-on-year.

        The Dollar Is Losing Ground, but Will It Last?

        Weak inflation and labour market figures have led to a fall in the USD index. The strength of the UK economy and the pound is most likely only temporary. The US dollar has reacted differently to the inflation data. While the slowdown in consumer price inflation led to its strengthening, a slower pace of producer…

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          Where Celebrities Stayed for Their Euro Summers

          Euro summers have basically become an unspoken rite of passage amongst A-listers. Almost ritualistically, the season kicks off each May with the who’s who of Hollywood flocking to the South of France for the Cannes Film Festival, followed by yachting from the Monaco Grand Prix along the French Riviera in June. Then, just like clockwork,…

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