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Apr 25 2025 China, Hong Kong and The Art of Blinking
Captain Chaos definitely does not have the cards – which as even South Pacific penguins know, are all made in China.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG – So, predictably, Captain Chaos did blink first. As much as he – and his sprawling media circus – could not possibly admit it.
It all… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 Argentina: IMF Loans and chainsaws
We recently had a short discussion on Argentina in the Hearty Salon. I mentioned casually that I am not sure how much of Argentina actually still belongs to Argentina, given their IMF loans. It is generally known that Argentina has the most enormous IMF loans in the world.
Here is an update with Ben Norton… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 Glen Diesen & Sean Foo: China Won the Economic War
Sean Foo is a financial analyst and a China expert who discusses how China won the economic war.
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Apr 25 2025 Medvedev on the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Dmitry A. Medvedev: Security Council of the Russian Federation
Abstract
A strive for justice and a desire to bring the powerful to liability for crimes against public good and humanity is the idea that has always united people. Yet not all embodiments of this idea are worth existing, the ICC being the case. Legal… Continue reading -
Apr 25 2025 China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; technical improvements, new life science experiments
from Global Times
Here is a one minute clip of the launch:
https://t.me/TheIslanderNews/39849
China is doing real honest work in space.
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; mission features technical improvements and new life science experiments
The Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, atop the Long March-2F carrier rocket on 5:17… Continue reading