Currency, conspiracy theories and foreign policy-making – China Business

chinatrade.foreignpolicyblogs.com — Black helicopters, U.N. conspiracies and shadowy cabals of all-powerful financiers - this is the stuff that fixates in the feverish imagination of a certain segment of the American populace. In one of those wonders of globalization (and ideological indoctrination), those same shadowy cabals do double duty as the object of much Chinese paranoia. This is manifest in the tremendous sales of the book series “Currency Wars,” which indulges such delusions and gives them a veneer of academic respectability.

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ndmagxian 1 year 24 weeks ago

Welcome back Heiney! Es muy bien to see you back in town!

Heiney 1 year 24 weeks ago

Thanks for the welcome. I got back on Tuesday night, but was having computer issues I had to get taken care of. All is back to normal now.

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