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  • Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi at Munich Security Conference


    Transcript
    Making the World a Safer Place
    2023-02-19 09:05

    Keynote Speech by Director Wang Yi

    Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and

    Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs

    At the 59th Munich Security Conference

    Conversation with China

    Munich, 18 February 2023

    Dear Friends,
    Colleagues,

    I am delighted to join you in person at the Munich Security Conference… Continue reading

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  • Raisi in Beijing:

    Iran-China strategic plans go full throttle
    Raisi’s visit to Beijing, the first for an Iranian president in 20 years, represents Tehran’s wholesale ‘Pivot to the East’ and China’s recognition of Iran’s centrality to its BRI plans.

    By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle

    The visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing and his face-to-face meeting… Continue reading

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  • Yanis Varoufakis on Cuba, Mexico and more ..

    Yanis Varoufakis on Cuba, Mexico, rising East-West tensions and the need for a new democracy
    This short interview cannot be embedded, but I encourage you to listen.  Thanks to Col who found this for us.

    https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/yanis-varoufakis-cuba-mexico-julian-assange/101974246

    A question arose during the interview, talking about AMLO’s early morning ‘matutina’ conferences.  The interviewer asked whether the Mexicans actually listen to… Continue reading

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  • Daily Chronicles

    The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. The rough theme for this Daily Chronicles:  Still swimming through a sea of misinformation and psyops and currently a war… Continue reading

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  • Series: Ecuador and multipolarity

    This is part of the ongoing series on Latin American and Caribbean countries adopting a multipolar structure.  Ben Norton, from his newly named site, geopoliticaleconomy.com, interviews economist and politician Andrés Arauz from Ecuador. Ben is very active on Twitter and you should probably have his Tweet Stream in your bookmarks.

    The transcript contains the history, but… Continue reading

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  • FM Sergey Lavrov: Government Hour

    Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during the Government Hour in the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Moscow, February 15, 2023
    Ed Note:  The transcript is now complete.  It is an important address, given the focus on and the updated foreign policy concept.  It is also a preview and preparation for Mr.… Continue reading

  • Syria, before and after earthquake

    Just before the earthquake hit Syria, the Valdai Club released a status report on the heartbreaking humanitarian conditions.

    Moscow is calling for an end to the policy of collective punishment of the Syrians and has urged its partners to start rebuilding the Syrian economy, writes Ivan Bocharov, RIAC Program Coordinator.
    On January 9, 2023, the UN Security Council extended the… Continue reading

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  • Bio-weapon war crimes since 1945

    Jeff Brown and his correspondent opened up the 20,000 more pages of irrefutable evidence that Russia has just released, of US WMD bioweapon war crimes since 1945 and specifically what they found in Ukraine.  On this issue as a whole, we also have Jeffrey Kaye who comprehensively researched the US bio war against Korea and… Continue reading

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  • Duma appeals to world parliaments: US biolabs

    Duma adopts appeal to parliaments of world on US biolabs activities

    The State Duma on Tuesday adopted a draft appeal from the Russian Federal Assembly to the world’s parliaments in connection with US military biological activity outside its territory.

    The document had been submitted by State Duma Deputy Speaker Irina Yarovaya and State Duma International Affairs Committee.… Continue reading

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  • Here Comes China

    Godfree Robert’s Here Comes China newsletter has a feast of numbers and statistics.  On trade, despite all the anti-China rhetoric out of the US, the real situation is as follows:

    And, it turns out that China remains Germany’s main trading partner for seventh year, despite political warnings about excessive dependence. Read full article →

    In terms of debt, well, it… Continue reading