Archive for March 12th, 2025

12/03/2025

‘Quantitative Easing with Chinese Characteristics’: How to Fund an Economic Miracle

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service*

China went from one of the poorest countries in the world to global economic powerhouse in a mere four decades.

Currently featured in the news is DeepSeek, the free, open source A.I. built by innovative Chinese entrepreneurs which just pricked the massive U.S. A.I. bubble.

Even more impressive, however, is the infrastructure China has built, including 26,000 miles of high speed rail, the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world, 100,000 miles of expressway, the world’s first commercial magnetic levitation train, the world’s largest urban metro network, seven of the world’s 10 busiest ports, and solar and wind power generation accounting for over 35% of global renewable energy capacity.

Topping the list is the Belt and Road Initiative, an infrastructure development program involving 140 countries, through which China has invested in ports, railways, highways and energy projects worldwide.

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12/03/2025

‘Haiti Is in Free-Fall, Survival Is at Stake’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Haiti is in freefall. Gangs are tightening their grip on the capital, violence is spreading, and “suffering permeates all social strata” in a nation teetering on the brink, according to the UN human rights office’s designated expert on the country, William O’Neill. 

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Vendors surrounded by garbage sell goods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
© OHCHR/Marion Mondain | Vendors surrounded by garbage sell goods in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
 
After his fourth visit to assess conditions on the ground, Mr. O’Neill briefed journalists at UN Headquarters in New York, describing a nation overwhelmed by pain and despair. “I hate to sound like a broken record,” he said, “but the situation is more dire each time I go”.

Despite the efforts of the Haitian National Police (PNH) and the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission, the threat of the capital falling under full gang control looms larger than ever.

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