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Nov 27 2025 
Kishore Mabubani: Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi (The 100-Year Strategy) Episode 1
♟️ Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi
In this masterclass on global strategy, Kishore Mahbubani reveals the fundamental misunderstanding driving the world’s most important rivalry.
While America plays Chess—seeking decisive victories, regime change, and checkmate—China plays Wei Qi (Go), pursuing patience, encirclement, and quiet accumulation of power.Through brilliant storytelling and decades of diplomatic insight,… Continue reading
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Nov 27 2025 
That didn’t take long: Trump’s trade deals already blowing up industries and governments in Asia
Kevin from Inside China Business
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Nov 27 2025 
China: MFA Spokesperson
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said yesterday that “having renounced all rights and claims under the Treaty of San Francisco, we are not in a position to recognize Taiwan’s legal status.” MFA Spokesperson responded: Prime Minister Takaichi deliberately chose not to mention the… pic.twitter.com/QyszJBUfOW— CHINA MFA Spokesperson 中国外交部发言人 (@MFA_China) November 27, 2025
Prime Minister Sanae… Continue reading
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Nov 27 2025 
The Spook and Spy Files
Suddenly we have two and more Spooks Speaking, and they were invariably playing all sides.
Full disclosure 😮: I have a bias against spooks. Once a spook, always a spook, is what I think. Even if the spook repents from their spookish ways, the previous employer could call them in at any time for a special… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
BRICS’ multipolar aspirations navigate asymmetries of power
In Brief
The extraordinary virtual summit held on 8 September 2025 highlighted BRICS’ commitment to a multipolar world order while also shedding light on the power asymmetries that exist between members. Considering the diverging strategies that members bring to the bloc, it remains to be seen whether BRICS will be able to convert its aspirations into… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance
From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance
From Paris and Rome to Jakarta, Indonesia, and New York, a curious banner has appeared in protest squares. With hollow cheeks, a broad grin and a straw hat with a red band, the figure is instantly recognizable and… Continue reading -
Nov 26 2025 
Michael Hudson: The 28-Point reality check: What Russia Would Demand If narratives didn’t rule
Lead-in from Michael
This is not a peace proposal at all. It is a bold attempt to shape the terms in which the public views the entire Ukraine coup d’etat in the Maidan in February 2014 putting neo-Nazis in power to wage an ethnic war of extermination against Russian-speaking civilians.
The proposed “Agreement” drawn up first by… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
The Anger in China: Victor Gao – The priority is to isolate Sanae Takaichi. My suggestions for the authorities
“When I heard that, my bloodpressure shot right up”: says the narrator.
Comments by Quan Le:
*Victor Gao* SMART & COLLECTED as usual : Let’s isolate Sanae Takaechi, Japan’s Prime Minister since Shigeru Ishiba resigned on October 21, 2025. Ishiba ruled Japan for approximately a year and clearly demonstrated that he’s a savvy statesman able of handling… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
Honduras: Audio Leaks Spark Scandal Ahead of Presidential Election
The US wants its backyard back!
With just days to go before the Nov. 30 presidential election, Honduras is facing a new political earthquake after the leak of seven additional audio recordings that expose a right-wing conspiracy to reject the election results.
In the recordings, electoral councilor Cossette Lopez, business leaders and representatives of the National and… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
Jian Lian: BRICS De-dollarization Plan
BRICS is reshaping the global financial system—starting with the dollar.
In this deep-dive interview, China’s Top Economist Reveals BRICS’ De-dollarization Plan in detail—from Riyadh’s dollar bond shock to yuan internationalization, the collapse of dollar dominance, and why the Global South is turning away from the petro-dollar system.
Jian Lian, a key figure behind China’s BRICS… Continue reading
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Nov 26 2025 
The War On Humanity — Part 5
“Why would the housing crash affect the entire US population? The entire economy was built on the value of those homes.. It was a period where financial wealth was destroyed for the many and consolidated for the few.”
By Larry Romanoff at Blue Moon of Shanghai.
The Jews’ War On Humanity — Part 5 – The 2008… Continue reading -
Nov 25 2025 
FM Sergey Lavrov’s interview with France-Russia Dialogue Association
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with France-Russia Dialogue Association YouTube-channel recorded on November 21, 2025
[Note: The video follows and is in French. Assessing this interview, it is clear that Russia has no illusions about the interaction with the West.]Question: Our today’s dialogue is important for all of us within the French-speaking community who will watch… Continue reading
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Nov 25 2025 
Prof Jiang: Secret History #21: Livy’s History of Trump
In the year 2100, computer scientists engineer an AI model of the Roman historian Livy. Here is an excerpt from his biography of Donald Trump.
Like Sulla and Caesar, Trump was born into an aristocratic American family in decline. The Trump family dates back to the Mayflower, and had Native American heritage. This meant that the… Continue reading -
Nov 25 2025 
Pepe Escobar: The European matryoshka of irrelevance
The EU/NATO combo cannot but play the role of pathetic yapping chihuahuas. That’s the price you pay for a matrioshka of supreme stupidity.
Strategic Culture
No one ever lost money betting on the politically suicidal instincts of post-Orwellian EU – that acronym for a virtual Europe.
Call them juvenile bipolar psychos or a bunch of yapping chihuahuas: no… Continue reading
