China Is a Market Economy, but Not Capitalist | Eric Xun Li

In America, you can change political parties, but you can't change the policies. In China, you cannot change the party, but you can change policies. China is a vibrant market economy, but it is not a capitalist country. Here's why: there's no way a group of billionaires could control the Politburo, as billionaires control American policy-making. So, in China, you have a market economy, but capital cannot rise above political authority. Capital does not have enshrined rights. 

White Dolphin Island, part of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB), a key section of the 55-kilometer bridge-tunnel
megaproject ($18.8 billion) completed in 2018, connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai, and Macau across China's Pearl River Delta.

US infrastructure would need $33 trillion (baseline) to $42 trillion (desired) of

investment through 2050 for modernization, digital economy, and maintenance.

» Capital cannot rise above political authority. «

Eric Xun Li. 

 

Epstein's BBF and his $12 Trillion "CEO Cabinet" in Beijing, is continuing to work hard

for the ultimate techno-feudal mission entrusted to him by his donors and handlers.

 

MIGA-Don understands that Chinese President Xi Jinping  

expects to see a "deal" between the US and Iran... 

 

...while dimwit Rubio is simply fascinated by

the ceiling of the Great Hall of the People.... 

 

...and Musk, seated next to BYD's CEO,

decides to be the clown of the party.

May 13, 2026.

In America, the interest of capital, and capital itself, has risen above the American nation. The political authority cannot check the power of capital. That's why America is a capitalist country, and China is not. China has been run by one single party, but the political changes that have taken place have been broader and greater than in any other major country in modern history.

 

 

See also:
Eric Xun Li (Li Shimo or 李世默, 2011) - China's political system is more flexible than US democracy.

Michael Hudson (May 14, 2026) - Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?
Meg Rithmire, Margaret M. Pearson and Kellee S. Tsai (2023) - The State and Capitalism in China.

Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (2002) - The American System of Political-Economy.

The US Just Made Gold Its Number One Export | Gerry Nolan

America just made gold its number one export, and it’s pouring straight into China via Switzerland. For the last five months running, US gold shipments have topped everything else the country sells abroad. In March alone, they were 1.7 times larger than oil, twice pharma, and two and a half times aircraft engines.

 

» How exactly does this serve the United States? «

  

Most of it doesn’t even stay in America: it sails through Switzerland’s refineries and lands in Beijing’s vaults. This is highly unusual. The US doesn’t ship its oldest store of value to its biggest rival at record pace under normal conditions. Geopolitical tension, inflation hedging, and quiet signals that gold is becoming a settlement mechanism in US–China trade have flipped the script.

America is quietly surrendering the one asset that still commands respect when the dollar starts to wobble. It’s the visible symptom of a deeper reckoning: Beijing is no longer content to hold endless piles of US Treasuries or accept dollars for its oil and goods. With every sanctioned barrel and every BRICS handshake, China is forcing real settlement in the one currency that can’t be printed into oblivion. The empire ships bullion east while its navy steams around the Gulf, pretending it still runs the world. The numbers don’t lie, and neither does the direction of travel.

» Real money to the competition while the dollar-printing machine keeps spinning. «

 

So, tell how exactly does this serve the United States? It doesn’t. But it sure as hell serves China. The empire is literally melting down its patrimony and handing the real money to the competition while the increasingly worthless dollar-printing machine keeps spinning.

Gerry Nolan, May 5, 2026.

 

See also:

Martin Armstrong (May 3, 2026) - Gold and the Stock Market Will Rise Together. (video)
Ray Dalio (2025) - How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle.

US War Against the World, and the Future International Order | Jiang Xueqin

The US war on Iran has entered a temporary pause, with no major events reported in the days following the Islamabad negotiations. This lull suggests the 'ceasefire' functions as a strategic reset rather than a resolution. 

"O Owner of Time, the time is at hand." 

 

Ceasefire Functions as Strategic Reset and Preparation for Prolonged Global War of Attrition

The US, having been placed on the defensive during the active phase, is using the cease fire to reposition forces, reassess tactics, and prepare for the next phase of operations. Behind-the-scenes movements include the Indonesian Defense Minister's visit to Washington, and the signing of an agreement granting US access to Indonesian airspace. This cooperation advances US influence over the Strait of Malacca, the world's largest maritime chokepoint and the route for roughly 80 percent of China's oil imports. 

» Do you think Scott Bessent wants oil prices to fall? To crash? Maybe down to $20 a barrel? Do you think the energy giants would be happy with that? No, they would be furious because the cost of production in the US is around $30 a barrel. Do you think Bessent hasn’t thought about this? Of course, he has. He likely predicts, just as I do, that oil prices could rise to $150 a barrel. That’s why I said Bessent shouldn’t have made these statements public—they act as a warning signal about a potential US military operation. It suggests that the US might be preparing to take action against Iran and, in doing so, potentially shut down the entire Persian Gulf. « Lu QiYuan, 2024.

Such control would counter Iranian dominance in the Strait of Hormuz and could disrupt East Asian economies if access were restricted. Further reinforcement comes from the deployment of the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, accompanied by approximately 10,000 Marines, raising total US troop strength in the theater to 60,000 and signaling readiness for potential ground operations. Domestically, President Trump has requested a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget for the coming fiscal year, automatic draft registration for young men begins in December, and major US automakers have been directed to initiate war-munitions production. 

»  A worldwide naval confrontation centered on energy and trade access. «

 

These steps indicate preparation for a prolonged war of attrition. Complementing this posture, the announced naval blockade focuses on the Indian Ocean, avoiding direct exposure to Iranian missiles near the Strait of Hormuz while effectively enforcing a global embargo on vessels deemed to support Iran, including Russian 'shadow-fleet tankers' and Chinese shipping. The conflict is thereby expanding into a worldwide naval confrontation centered on energy and trade access.

Three Competing Models for the Future International Order

The unfolding events point toward three distinct and competing models for the future international order: (1) The Technate: Focused on North America; (2) Pax Judaica: Focused on the Levant and Israel; and (3) The Third Rome: Alexander Dugin's model, where Moscow unites the Eurasian continent to create a new era of world peace.

» The US will treat the Western Hemisphere as its own territory. «

The trajectory suggests the end of the current era of relative global stability. A sustained global conflict would compel US re-industrialization to support overseas operations, positioning the US as the central supplier of resources and manufactured goods while other regions confront disruption and scarcity. Trump's long-standing mercantilist stance—evident since the 1980s in calls to seize Iranian assets—underpins this shift from a finance-oriented economy to one rooted in resources and production. Observers note that over 127 vessels are now rerouting toward the Gulf of Mexico, consistent with a deliberate strategy to redirect trade flows. President Trump has consistently advocated monetizing US naval power by imposing tariffs on maritime trade instead of providing unrestricted protection.

Russia is positioned within the expanding naval confrontation through its shadow-fleet tankers, which fall under the scope of the US global blockade. The broader context of energy-access competition places additional pressure on European and Eurasian supply lines, though specific Russian responses remain tied to the ongoing US commitments in the Iran theater.

The Technate of America

The broader US strategy aligns with the Technate of America concept, a 1930s proposal for transforming the US into a self-sufficient continental fortress governed by technocratic principles. This model envisioned a unified territory incorporating Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Colombia, and Venezuela, managed through data-driven decision-making by engineers and scientists rather than traditional democratic or financial systems. 

 

1940 Technate of America Map: From the Arctic to the Amazon — Nazi-scale Lebensraum,
master-race ideology, and still active on the US empire's agenda today. Next stop: Cuba.

  

Recent US actions reflect elements of this vision. Venezuela has been positioned as a primary US proxy in South America, with the Trump administration's National Security Strategy treating the entire Western Hemisphere as US territory—a modern corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. 

» There's an additional strategy: The US could swiftly vassalize Mexico, rapidly industrialize it, and use it to complete a North American internal economic circulation. [...] In fact, the most direct and simplest way for the US to reindustrialize would be to militarily occupy Mexico and use it as a substitute for China in its economic system. « 

Lu QiYuan, 2024.

This framework prioritizes access to Venezuelan oil and the Argentina-Bolivia-Chile Lithium Triangle, critical for advanced technologies. Related initiatives include annexing Greenland, pressure on Canada, special-forces operations against Mexican cartels, and indications of military action against Cuba in the coming month.

» Venezuela remains a major obsession for the US. The US is expected to escalate sanctions and covert actions to oust the Maduro government in order to gain access to the world's largest reserves of hydrocarbons, as well as to gold, bauxite, iron ore, uranium, diamonds, and rare-earth elements [...]. Bolivia, which has the world's largest lithium reserves, will be treated in a similar fashion. Washington think tanks still consider Brazil a "swing state," and controlling Brazil's policies remains central to US efforts to limit and sabotage BRICS in the region. « Pepe Escobar, 2024.

These policies echo the Technate's emphasis on resource security, onshoring manufacturing, and continental self-sufficiency. The nations involved in recent US disputes—Canada, Greenland, Nicaragua, Honduras, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico—correspond precisely to the geographic scope outlined in the original Technate map. Elon Musk has expressed support for aspects of this framework; his grandfather was an early proponent of the movement.

Elite Civil War and Internal Tensions

The current global instability stems from an intensifying internal contest within the US between nationalist and globalist factions. Opposition to Trump's strategy is anticipated from entrenched globalist elements, including the City of London and Wall Street, which continue to influence the European Union, NATO, and segments of the US deep state. These actors may respond with economic sabotage, engineered recessions, and organized anti-war protests directed at the national draft. 

Historian Peter Turchin's analysis of elite overproduction provides context: empires decline when excess elites act as societal parasites, and the US now confronts precisely such dynamics. Emerging technology and artificial-intelligence leaders from Silicon Valley are challenging the traditional financial elite amid unprecedented levels of debt and political polarization. This domestic clash of political factions underscores the risk of extended internal conflict within the US. Comparable nationalist-globalist divides are also evident in China, Russia, Iran, and Europe. 

Reference:
Danny El-Ayoubi (April 16, 2026) - Jiang Xueqin Warns: The End of The World Has Begun. Here's Why. (video)

  

Alongside universities, libraries, museums, mosques, synagogues, churches, hospitals and schools,
more than 100 major Iranian historical and cultural sites were destroyed in recent U$raHell attacks.

 

World War Trump.
[ Jiang Xueqin, April 21, 2026 ]

See also:

 Jiang Xueqin and Alexander Dugin (April 13, 2026) - Eschatology and Geopolitics. (video)

Easter Sunday: Full of I$raHell Massacres in Lebanon | Steve Sweeney

It has been a very bloody Easter Sunday here in Beirut, with a number of massacres reported across the country. IDF strikes on civilians, wiping out whole families, aiming for Christians. Next Sunday is Orthodox Easter; we can expect the same. 

Entire residential areas destroyed by I$raHell airstrikes in Tyre on April 5, 2026.

 

Since the early hours of Sunday morning, fighter jets have been roaring over the Lebanese capital. Several strikes have hit the southern suburbs—an area known as Dahieh—which has borne the brunt of Israeli attacks. Thick plumes of smoke could be seen rising from buildings struck in the air raids. 

 

Maronite Christians reciting the Lord’s Prayer amid rubble on Easter Sunday in 

their town of Alma al-Sha'ab, destroyed by I$raHell bombing on April 5, 2026.

I$raHell wiped out the village of Taybeh, in South Lebanon—a village that stood for over 7,000 years. Not a battlefield. Not a military base. Homes, people—young and old—erased today.

After facing no consequences for genocide and land grabs in Gaza, I$raHell is now seizing more land in southern Lebanon in pursuit of Greater I$raHell: another village in Maaraka was blown up today, people were murdered, and survivors driven out. 

On March 23, 2026, Finance Minister Smotrich publicly announced that I$raHell would begin expanding its borders into Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza as part of the Zionist's genocidal Greater I$raHell Project, adding, "There will be a lot of work for all of us."

Later in the afternoon, a deadly strike hit Jnah, a densely populated residential area where buildings are tightly packed together. The scenes unfolding there have been catastrophic. Emergency services, along with volunteers, are still working at the site, transporting the dead and wounded to the nearby Rafik Hariri University Hospital using makeshift stretchers.

» Next Sunday is Orthodox Easter; we can expect the same. «

Steve Sweeney, Beirut, Lebanon, April 5, 2026.

  

I spoke with someone at the scene who said the area that was struck is home primarily to migrant workers—from Africa, India, and other countries. They described the devastation as unlike anything they had ever witnessed. This civilian building appears to have suffered significant casualties, with some estimates putting the death toll higher than the Lebanese Health Ministry’s preliminary report of four dead and many more wounded.

 

» Trump is a psychopath, and you can only imagine what they have on him—what kind of leverage or dirt they hold. But Iran is not going to back down. When those 10 days are over, if he begins to annihilate Iran’s key infrastructure, then everything in the Persian Gulf region will be annihilated. That will be the end of Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. It will be over. Everything tied to the US presence in West Asia will collapse overnight. Of course, the Iraqis and the Yemenis will act. So if the US goes for all-out war, the Iranians will respond with all-out war, along with the Axis of Resistance. And who will be the biggest losers? Zionism. Trump. Netanyahu. Because the world will see who destroyed it. The world will see everything for what it is. «

Seyed Mohammad Marandi, April 5, 2026.

Earlier that same morning, there was a mass exodus as people fled for their lives after Israeli forces warned they would target the town of Kfar Hatta in the Sidon District, north of the Zahrani River. This area had become a refuge for those who had already fled regions south of the Litani River following evacuation orders. As people tried desperately to escape, roads became gridlocked. At least seven people were reportedly killed in that strike—entire families, in some cases, wiped out. One of the victims is believed to have been an officer in the Lebanese army.

I$raHell is now looking for yet another genocide... Shimon Riklin during a Channel 14 panel with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, openly calls for the extermination of the Iranian people: "It's time for Israel to use a nuclear bomb against Iran. Or why not use a neutron bomb? It's better than nuclear bombs because it doesn't destroy buildings, but it kills people!" March 29, 2026. 

Southern Lebanon has come under heavy bombardment, and another strike was reported near Tyre District earlier in the day. Large plumes of smoke could be seen rising even from offshore.

All of this comes after Hezbollah claimed, in the early hours of Sunday morning, that it carried out a successful strike on an Israeli vessel approximately 68 nautical miles offshore. According to Hezbollah, the ship was preparing to launch attacks against Lebanon.

Using sea-launched cruise missiles, Hezbollah struck I$raHell's largest
 warship on April 5, 2026, as it was preparing more attacks on Lebanon.

 

Meanwhile, fighting continues. Israeli forces have struggled to maintain ground positions, while footage has emerged showing Hezbollah deploying FPV drones to destroy Israeli Merkava tanks—each valued between $3 million and $5 million. Reports from within Israel suggest growing unease, with some soldiers’ families voicing concerns over poor conditions and a lack of resources. Israeli military casualties on the battlefield are also increasing.

April 5, 2026 — People chant outside the US Embassy
in Tokyo: "Down with America! Down with Israel!"

 

An open letter has reportedly been sent to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. At the same time, there appears to be a shift in Israel’s strategic position. Just last week, Defense Minister Katz stated that Israel planned to occupy territory up to the Litani River. However, Israeli media now report that this objective may have been scaled back to establishing a security zone extending six to eight kilometers into Lebanese territory.

On April 5, 2026, IRGC spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari addressed US citizens directly in English:

"The United States President, due to entanglement in the Epstein case, is compelled to pursue in

line with the demands of the Mossad and the terrorist prime minister of the Zionist regime."

 

Members of the Iranian Jewish community inspect what is left of

their synagogue in Tehran after I$raHell bombed it. On Passover... 

 

Easter in besieged Iran: Armenian Christians assemble at the Holy Savior

cathedral in Isfahan to honor the sacrifice of Iranian Christian martyrs.

  

As fighter jets continue to roar overhead and bombardment persists, this remains a violent and tragic Easter Sunday in Lebanon—a war that shows no clear sign of ending.

Steve Sweeney, British journalist and head of RT's office in Beirut, Lebanon, April 5, 2026.

 

'With the Help of God Almighty,' Yemen Intensifies 'Battle of the Sacred Jihad'

Statement of the Yemeni Armed Forces Regarding the Strikes on a Number of Sensitive and Military Targets
in Southern Occupied Palestine With a Salvo of Cruise Missiles and Drones – March 28, 2026

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

The Almighty said: "And Allah will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might." God Almighty has spoken the truth.

» Our second military operation in the Battle of the Sacred Jihad 
has successfully achieved its objectives by the grace of God. «  

In continuation of supporting and backing the resistance fronts in Palestine, the land of sacrifice and redemption; Iraq, the land of glory and opposition; Lebanon, the land of dignity and steadfastness; and Iran, the land of pride, honor, and defiance, and within the framework of confronting the Zionist plan in the region, and in carrying out of what was declared in the statement of the Yemeni Armed Forces dated March 27 of this year:

Ballistic missiles from Iran, cruise missiles and suicide
drones from Yemen target I$raHell. — March 29, 2026.

Our armed forces, with the help of God Almighty and reliance upon Him, realized the second military operation in the Battle of the Sacred Jihad, using a salvo of cruise missiles and drones that targeted a number of vital and military objectives of the Zionist enemy in southern occupied Palestine. This operation coincided with the military operations being delivered by our mujahideen brothers in Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and it successfully achieved its objectives by the grace of God.

Ongoing escalation—and why Yemen's entry
in the war could be a game-changer. 

The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that, in conducting their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties toward the free people of the global Muslim community (al-ummah الأمة) on the fronts of jihad and resistance, and in response to the enemy’s crimes against the sons of the Ummah, its peoples, and its countries, they will continue—by God’s help and reliance upon Him—to implement their military operations in the coming days until the criminal enemy ceases its attacks and aggression.

God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs; the best protector and the best supporter.

Long live Yemen—free, proud, and independent.
Victory to Yemen and to all the free people of the Ummah.

Sana’a, 9 Shawwal 1447 AH

Corresponding to March 28, 2026.

Quoted from:
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, military spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, March 28, 2026.

Boom Boom Tel Aviv—this song was 

promised to I$raHell 3,000 years ago.

See also:

Stanislav Krapivnik (March 27, 2026) - No Energy, No Food: Global System Breakdown Begins.