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Aug 18 2026 
Gaining a correct understanding of China begins with comprehending ‘Chinese characteristics’
Illustration: Tang Tengfei/Global Times
Global Times – OpinionOn August 13, Taiwan’s China Times published a commentary titled “Does The Economist’s Definition of Democracy Mean the West Calls the Shots?” The article pointed out that The Economist’s coverage of Taiwan region’s political landscape reveals a familiar brand of Western arrogance: establishing standards based on the strategic interests… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson. “The Destruction of Modern Nations,” discussion with Robinson Erhardt
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson. “The Destruction of Modern Nations,” : discussion with Robinson Erhardt, August 5, 2026. https://youtu.be/g6SwjEs7bec
This work will take time and best to get a cup of tea and take it slow. The video is available for those who prefer a video presentation, but to my thinking this works needs to be… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Xi Jinping’s trip to the US in September limited
If this is true and I have not seen this from the Chinese readouts, it tells a very big story. No cosy visits at Mar-A-Lago and only a visit to a White House that is a construction site. Remember during Trump’s 1st administration he welcomed Xi Jinping and his wife at Mar-A-Lago and ‘over beautiful… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Mecca Defense Pact: contradictions around Egypt expose rifts in the alliance
Mecca Defense Pact: contradictions around Egypt expose rifts in the alliance
Geopolitics Prime👉 Just one day after the signing of the trilateral defense agreement in Mecca between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that Egypt could become the next participant. Later, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a similar statement in an… Continue reading
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Aug 18 2026 
Thoughts on Xi’s Jiang Zemin Centenary Speech — and Why the West Is Melting Down
An X commentator – StarBoySAR – whose writings about China are incisive.
President Xi Jinping delivered a major speech at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of former President Jiang Zemin.
The address was broadcast on state television and attended by the full Politburo Standing Committee —… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2026 
Narrative laundering: How Netanyahu used Indian post to inflate lies
Indian and Israeli flags displayed side-by-side in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan.15, 2018 (AP)
Al Mayadeen
A fabricated Iran nuclear “admission” originating from Indian nationalist accounts briefly entered Israeli and US political discourse, raising the risk of dangerous wartime escalation before being exposed as false.
A fabricated statement falsely portraying Iran’s senior military leadership as openly committed to… Continue reading -
Aug 17 2026 
Washington’s AI split strategy is already dead on arrival
Global Times – Opinion
A recent Reuters report landed like a stone thrown into calm waters, sending ripples across the global tech community. The US is preparing to tell dozens of countries that they must pick a side in the artificial intelligence (AI) race with China, warning that any nation also participating in Beijing’s competing framework… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2026 
Lavrov : Ukrainian Military is Involved in Terrorist Attacks in Africa
Sputnik
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The information that foreign organizers and sponsors are involving Ukrainian military personnel in terrorist attacks in Africa is alarming, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
“The information that those who organize and finance these operations of illegal armed groups from abroad are also involving Ukrainians is alarming. And not mercenaries, but… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2026 
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation – crime novel – weapons to Narcos
Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation: (https://svr.gov.ru/)
The West is once again staging anti-Russian provocations
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) reports (http://www.svr.gov.ru/smi/2026/08/zapad-vnov-uprazhnyaetsya-v-antirossiyskoy-rezhissure.htm) that, according to information received by the SVR, an intelligence service of one Western country, in coordination with its Ukrainian proxies, intends to stage yet another… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2026 
ESCALATION: Trade War Gets Worse, Iran War Extends to Ukraine | Stas Krapivnik
With Pascal Lottaz – Neutrality Studies
Stanislav Krapivnik returns to assess the reported Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi alliance, its ties to Iran, Yemen, Israel and the Black Sea. He and Pascal Lottaz discuss attacks on shipping and ports, Russia’s war strategy in Ukraine, Western political thinking, and how weather could affect the fighting in the months ahead.
Stanislav has good… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2026 
Taking a look at what people say : Ikkyu Sojun
https://x.com/ConciousLabRat
The Western military is no longer a reliable fighting force. It is a cargo-cult ritual performed by men who still believe expensive choreography can substitute for the ability to kill and endure.
Generals mostly pretend to prepare for the next war in the same way priests recite ancient liturgies. They polish doctrines written for uncontested skies… Continue reading
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Aug 17 2026 
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Aug 23
Prof Marandi : In the days ahead, the military conflict will quite possibly reignite. Any regime that cooperated with Trump and Bessent to starve Iranian civilians will be dealt with brutally.… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2026 
MOATS George Galloway: STINKING SHIP | Day 170 | Abe Lincoln mutiny | Trump denies | Drone wars | Indonesia earthquake
Donald Trump is facing a deepening crisis as the United States remains locked in confrontation with Iran and the consequences of war continue to reverberate across the Middle East.
Tonight on **The Mother of All Talk Shows**, George Galloway asks where America goes from here — and whether Trump’s ship is beginning to sink.
**Journalist… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2026 
Transcript : Michael Hudson and Glen Diessen – When Allies Become Assets
There is a plan. And Michael understands the plan and lays it out.
“It’s very easy to dismiss Trump and say, Trump’s losing the war with Iran. The whole memorandum of understanding, in effect, seemed to be a capitulation to Iran. And you can see that it seems futile for Trump to try to get in… Continue reading
