
“For me this is pretty jaw-dropping stuff – the Chinese told Hank Paulson that the Russians were suggesting a joint pact with China to drive down the price of the debt of Fannie and Freddie, and maximize the turmoil on Wall Street – presumably with a view to maximizing the cost of the rescue for Washington and further damaging its financial health. Paulson says this guerrilla skirmish in markets by the Russians and Chinese didn’t happen. But this kind of intelligence from China on Russian desire and willingness to embarrass the US in a financial sense may help to explain – in a small way – why President Obama shows little desire to understand Crimea as seen by Mr Putin.”
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