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.
Sep 20
It is easy. The hegemon must be stopped. Stop dealing with them in all aspects besides trade. If they step over their rights in terms of trade agreements, stop dealing with them. Don’t use their money. Send all but the most important in terms of trade offices and NGO’s back home – do not tolerate them. Once they get in there, they do not let go.
The UK has again tried to impose and claim their own rights over Hong Kong. Suddenly they have the self-proclaimed right of “supervision” over Hong Kong after its return to China. From this morning’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference:
CCTV: On September 19, the UK government issued a six-monthly report on Hong Kong, which contains criticism on Hong Kong affairs. What’s the foreign ministry’s comment?
Mao Ning: We see in this so-called report the usual irresponsible, non-factual accusations. It is a blatant interference in matters related to Hong Kong, which are China’s internal affairs. This is also against the principles of international law and the basic norms of international relations. China strongly deplores and firmly opposes it.
The success story of Hong Kong is indisputable. Since its return to the motherland, One Country, Two Systems has been a success in Hong Kong, which is widely recognized. Hong Kong has actively integrated itself into China’s development and continues to serve as an important bridge and window between the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world. Hong Kong’s economy continues to thrive, and its status as an international financial, shipping and trade centre remains solid. Constitutional order continues to function well, national security is upheld, the principle of “patriots administering Hong Kong” is implemented, and Hong Kong enjoys bright prospects in advancing its democracy.
The Sino-British Joint Declaration should not be wrongly cited. The essence of the Joint Declaration is to ensure that China resumes the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong. The UK has no sovereignty, jurisdiction or right of “supervision” over Hong Kong after its return to China.
We do not accept irresponsible accusations against the measures for law-based governance in Hong Kong. Hong Kong affairs are China’s internal affairs. The legal basis for the Central government’s governance of Hong Kong is China’s Constitution and the Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR. The National Security Law and the improved electoral system have enabled Hong Kong to enter a new stage in which it has restored order and is set to thrive. The SAR government’s law-based action regarding those suspected of violating the National Security Law is a just move to maintain the rule of law in Hong Kong and what is required to safeguard China’s national sovereignty and security. It is constitutional, legal and beyond reproach.
The UK needs to know that no foreign interference will ever shake the Chinese government’s firm resolve to fully and faithfully implement One Country, Two Systems and no attempt to destabilize Hong Kong will ever succeed.
Sep 20
Nagorno-Karabakh announces ceasefire with Azerbaijan
And from the Russian MoD, it will be done under Russian peacekeeping forces.
An agreement on the total cessation of hostilities was achieved between the Azerbaijani side and representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh through the mediation of the command of the Russian peacekeeping force.
The implementation of these agreements will be carried out in coordination with the command of the Russian peacekeeping force.
Sep 19
Major news from China:Yuan settlements in global trade reach record high of 24%: central bank data
China cuts US Treasury holdings in July to 14-year low amid growing uncertainty of US economy
(sure .. de-dollarization is only a dream)
Sep 19
The high level debates at UNGA 78 have started.Of course we will like groupies follow Lavrov. I’m hoping to hear from the Sahel coup belt, a few LAC presidents and whatever comes from China.
Here is the Daily Schedule: https://gadebate.un.org/en
Sep 19
Plan for Putin – Xi Meeting in China this Autumn
Following a meeting with counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Monday, ‘s FM Wang Yi met with Sec of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on Tuesday to discuss the planned trip in October.
Sep 19
India-Middle East – Europe Economic Corridor is a geopolitical pipe dreamThe gusto with which the United States co-opted the idea of an India – Middle East – Europe Economic Corridor [IMEC] during the recent G20 Summit should not come as a surprise. It brings to mind an astounding natural phenomenon in the northern desert of ..https://t.co/DC5bwzWLbd
— M. K. Bhadrakumar (@BhadraPunchline) September 18, 2023
Sep 19
A real win for Iran.The prisoner exchange between Iran and the US was a win for Iran. Not only was the exchange itself proportionate, but also the US was forced to release all of Iran’s illegally confiscated assets.
In general, de-escalation is a plus. Does team Biden have the will to go further? pic.twitter.com/751498OJR2
— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) September 18, 2023
I don’t think there is political will to go further, but I do think we must watch out for punishment. Will Iran get away with it with no further sanctions and attempts at destabilization, would be my question.
Sep 18
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation(18 September 2023)
Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/9820))
▫️ Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range airborne precision weapons and strike drones against places where the Kiev regime is storing Storm Shadow cruise missiles and depleted uranium ammunition, as well as centres for radio-technical reconnaissance and the training of sabotage groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the targets have been engaged.
Sep 18
Open RebellionThe Western media mostly ignored it, but Global South countries making up 80% of the world population just held the G77+China summit in Cuba.
They made a powerful call to transform the “unfair international economic order”.
I summarized the main points:
Full video linked below pic.twitter.com/6XoE2hTxzS
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 18, 2023
Sep 18
“The Russian Federation, with a population of 2% of the world, controls 15% of the world’s territory and up to 30% of the planet’s main resources. Such a situation cannot continue indefinitely” – Dr. Condoleezza Rice, 66th US Secretary of State.
Considered by some to be an unindicted war criminal and here, helpfully explaining how her government functions. US planning was always to stop the European Union buying Russian gas.
Dr. Rice May, 2014: “You want to change the structure of energy dependence. You want to depend more on the North America energy platform . . . to have pipelines that don’t go through Ukraine and Russia”.
Indeed is the present written in the past.
The subjugation by The West of industrially weaker states in pursuit of Geo-Economic Interests is, in the modern era, wrapped in the dress uniform of spreading democracy, promoting personal rights and that Holy Grail of Western Values, fighting for freedom. Historically pitched as The White Man’s Burden. The narratives are highly contrived, may use superficially convincing alliterative doubles such as the promotion of peace and prosperity or democracy and development and where target states see through this facade for colonial exploitation redux, The West resorts to intimidation of leaders, financial strangulation, trade blockades, small scale violence, assassinations and war. There is no example that can be evinced as convincing evidence that Western Thought Leaders, by their self-definitions, have ever bombed a country into a democracy.
That Western States define their purpose as one of spreading peace, prosperity and personal rights and freedoms throughout the world is a lie, a permanent lie and it is the maintenance of The Permanent Lie that defines those states as Fascist States.Sep 17
I repeat, language, threats, open provocations, massive lies, childish tactics. The West has lost all reason and will use anything to stop what is coming. In the RoW, the multipolar majority, countries are building, creating agreements in all domains of development and dedollarization. Sanctions are now pretty much being ignored as dedollarization takes over and countries find alternative trading mechanisms, not reliant on Western organizations.
The RoW is building. The Group of 77 + China completed their business – no fighting, no threats, provocations etc. Much of the speeches are only in Spanish and we will have to see if good English speeches appear.
Sep 16
We have a small war developing in Argentina. This AOC video is fast going viral. And Tucker Carlson’s visit and interviews are fulfilling the same purpose as they did previously in Brazil, where with Steven Bannon, they very slickly turned the election by romancing the evangelical Christians. 2018; Steve Bannon said he was endorsing Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, hoping he could win Sunday’s vote and contribute to a global populist tide.
The clip has been distributed throughout Argentina and possibly will eventually be well-known soon throughout the Global South.
This video will surely become an integral part of the coming presidential campaign per the October-November elections in Argentina
The Alito-Singer “partnership” is posited and presented as the usual ´normal´ way in which the US Judiciary works. There is a lot of internal politicing that I don’t understand but the AOC clip is clear.
Hay un viejo aforismo que reza… “Hay tres cosas que no se pueden ocultar por mucho tiempo: el sol, la luna y la verdad”.
Y si no me crees mirá y escuchá a la congresista de Estados Unidos, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, en una audiencia del Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara de… pic.twitter.com/pTw8oGIXUO
— Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina) September 15, 2023
Besides the financial finagling, I’ll analyze Tucker’s interview with Javier Milei, who could be Argentina’s next president. It is a study in breaking down socialism with childish knowledge with great narcissism and conceit. Milei is a simp. The first issue that is clear, is that there is no discussion about the duda, the IMF debt which should give you a clue. Milei will not work with Lula, with China, with Russia for starters. The objectives are crystal clear. First, if people like Milei can head off Argentina from BRICS, it would be a wonderful win for empire, and empire is throwing everything at this election.
Sep 16
Poor babies, they’re eating army rations. It’s easy to solve. Just leave.“In Niger, as I speak to you, we have an ambassador &diplomatic members who’re literally taken hostage at French embassy. They’re preventing delivery of food. He’s eating army rations.” Diplomats starving for Macron’s vanity! Impotence of a colonial power!https://t.co/ijYzQmeX7z
— M. K. Bhadrakumar (@BhadraPunchline) September 16, 2023
Sep 16
Can you believe how upside down the real world is?Israeli authorities have stopped dozens of Jewish families of the Lev Tahor ultra-Orthodox sect from fleeing to Iran where they had applied for asylum — Middle East Monitor
Jews in Iran have full freedom to practice their religion, have Kosher stores and a representative in… pic.twitter.com/O6vly4ysvm
— Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) September 15, 2023
Amarynth, good choice of name for the site. From the Guardian today — “The term “global south” is suddenly cropping up at almost every gathering in the west. But it is also increasingly used in the south too.” And the headline; War in Ukraine is revealing a new global order… Read more »
De-dollarization in Russia did not go according to plan. The Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “It is obvious that now one of the main problems is related to the acceleration of inflation. The main factor here is clear — this is the weakening of the ruble, and it is necessary… Read more »
Re Iran and Marandi and the deal… if they give, they take more…after a brief pause. Wait for it… it’s on the way. Fella came and paid cash for new motorcycle, stack of 100’s…rode away waving and gunmen walked in and took the money away… bye! Old con. Also true.… Read more »
Re: “Will Iran get away with it with no further sanctions and attempts at destabilization?” No. The dastardlies are already working hard to burn Iran. Their Armenian poodle Pashinyan in conducting military exercises with the USA and restarting war with Azerbaijan (a) harms relations with Iran, (b) weakens Iran’s northern border, (c)… Read more »
Do you happen to know AHH if Pashinyan was ever grassroots or if he was aligned with Uncle $am all along? There are so many conflicting reports around it is a real puzzle to decipher – especially for me with the language barrier – I don’t think that Telegram link… Read more »
Hi Col, I have the translation of Medvedev in the attached image, and most salient points of this engineered tragedy in the Salon. To answer your question, I don’t know if he was bent from the beginning. I don’t follow politics. Russians never trusted him from the beginning, but were… Read more »
Yesterday, over South Carolina, the US Air Force lost an F-35 stealth aircraft. An emergency situation occurred, the pilot ejected, and the plane flew on. Local authorities cannot figure out where it crashed. Based on the location and flight path of the missing F-35, the search is focused on Lakes… Read more »
Big claim. But if true! Oh Boy! Recalling Belenko and the MiG25… Best! P
Vladimir Zelensky flew from Poland to the USA on a government Airbus A319 to his owner with a report. This time, they won’t let him speak in front of US Congress, he may just have to beg in the corridors.
Poor fellow 😢
Three days after Armageddon arrived in Africa!
motus in fine velocior and noting that if esteemed President is in NYC, he can stay there, thus avoiding any immediate possibility of regrettable injuries to his excellency. Speaking of coups… https://theduran.locals.com/post/4593413/kennedy-s-team-said-that-police-also-took-custody-of-a-second-man-who-arrived-with-aispuro-and-ha So? Where’s the chick in the polka-dot dress… The second pistolero didn’t even get arrested… can we suspect… Read more »
It is now being said to be FAKE NEWS. And this may be a good thing, as Congo-Brazzaville would likely have been a “friendly coup” like Gabon. Maybe the dastardlies did it to shake them loose, as Congo-B was a friend of Russia, and its Prez was in Russia-Africa Summit….… Read more »
the torpedoes seem to be in the water again https://www.zerohedge.com/political/armed-man-posing-federal-agent-arrested-rfk-jr-event-la-after-secret-service-protection A written note provided by an LAPD officer on the scene to a representative of the campaign, and obtained by The Epoch Times, states: “Male imp. fed. agent w/ handgun and ammo exposed … claimed to be employed for event,… Read more »
The Indians are coming out of the closet and dropping their “multipolar” mask by ratcheting up war maneuvers with the USA against China.
At Washington’s behest, India’s military weighing how it would assist the US in waging war on China
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/15/ilij-s15.html
I respectfully disagree. I’ve found the already-alarmist editorial line of the WSWS unreadable in last years. They like to sit on 4 chairs at once! After you unpack it, this clickbait that says nothing new and not known since the June visit of Modi to USA. It is buttresses the… Read more »
A big step to a Union State in the Sahel. While Armageddon’s less gentle comrade General Yunus-Bek was visiting Mali, they signed the defense pact of the three Juntas, called “l’Alliande des Ètats du Sahel (AES).”
“The Defence Minister of Mali, Abdoulaye Diop, explained that this new “alliance will be a combination of military and economic efforts between the three countries” with a priority on the fight against terrorism, particularly in the Liptako-Gourma region where the borders of the three neighbours meet.” This new states’ alliance… Read more »
Kirchner’s Tweet Translated: There is an old aphorism that says… “There are three things cannot hide for long: the sun, the moon and the truth”. And if you don’t believe me watch and listen to the united States congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in a hearing of the Oversight Committee of the… Read more »
A: be polite and generous and offer Options 1, 2, or 3. If they were on Epstein’s Island or have certain famously inflexible weltanshauung, save time and choose for them!