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Dec 09 2023 Moscow on the Rocks
Russia will not initiate a diplomatic dialogue. A sense of threat is very real in Russia. Diplomatic channels conveyed this message to the Americans.
by Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
And then, casually, almost as an afterthought while meeting Donbass heroes, Putin announces he will run for President again in next March’s elections. Considering… Continue reading
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Dec 09 2023 Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff
How’s The Chinese Economy Doing?
Is China’s Economy Collapsing? Economic War | Michael Hudson & Richard D. Wolff
Michael Hudson & Richard D. Wolff with Nima Rostami Alkhorshid, December 6, 2023.
Dialogue works (Nima): What’s your opinion on the China’s economy right now? it getting better? It’s getting worse. Is it collapsing? Michael?
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Dec 08 2023 China rejects EU Trade Deficit Complaints
The entitlement and hubris is absolutely off the charts:
"We've got to look at what are the technologies where we are ahead of China, they're capable of doing very bad things and we're going to deny the entire country this class of equipment" pic.twitter.com/sfTkIJdkng
Does she…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 7, 2023
The entitlement and hubris is absolutely off the charts:
“We’ve got to look at what are the technologies where we are ahead of China, they’re capable of doing very bad things and we’re going to deny the entire country this class of equipment” pic.twitter.com/sfTkIJdkngDoes she…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 7, 2023
G7 warns China on South China… Continue reading
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Dec 08 2023 Weekend musings: Reincarnation and Chinese Law
How reincarnation system in Tibetan Buddhism is often misunderstood in the West?
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202312/1303222.shtml
There is no denying that the issue of the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is of great concern to Western political entities. Their logic is that the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of various sects within Tibetan Buddhism, and after the passing of… Continue reading -
Dec 08 2023 Intifada ‘of conscience’ returns as liberation
Just as we are witnessing an internal Palestinian uprising for liberation, the whole world is going through a state of uprising of conscience from the Pacific Ocean to the English Channel.
To understand the nature of this new change in the world, it is useful to go back to history, specifically 36 years ago. Even… Continue reading
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Dec 08 2023 New Rules podcast with foreign policy strategist Dmitry Suslov
Why Russia has no interest in Western ‘peace deals’ on Ukraine.
Russia Headed for Strategic Victory in 2024
The New Rules podcast spoke to foreign policy strategist Dmitry Suslov about why the West and Ukraine failed to defeat Russia in 2023, and the problem with Western “peace proposals.”
#Putin #Russia #UkraineConflict #Zelensky pic.twitter.com/KLWwODXUj2
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Dec 08 2023 If I must die …
“I am an academic. Probably the toughest thing I have at home is an Expo marker. But if the Israelis invade, if they charge at us, open door to door to massacre us, I’m going to use that marker, throw it at the Israeli soldiers … we have nothing to lose,”
Palestinian poet, writer, professor and… Continue reading
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Dec 07 2023 Hamas Official Press Conference
X Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman
The press conference held by the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas this evening, Thursday (12/7/2023), to keep pace with the developments of the ongoing Zionist terrorist aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 62nd day in a row* In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful Ladies and Gentlemen, May… Continue reading
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Dec 07 2023 The historical cycle of rise and fall of civilizations.
Chinese researchers have found a “second answer”.
Frans Vandenbosch 方腾波 02.12.2023
This is a republishing of an article, written by Ms. Jia Yuxuan (Research Associate at Center for China and Globalization – CCG) on 24.11.2023 about Professor Qin Hui’s research in 2015, based on previous research in 2003.Foreword
The two answers in brief:1. More democracy. More and… Continue reading
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Dec 07 2023 Epic China 5: Nathan Rich
Its been a few years since Nathan Rich continued with his Epic China History series. He is back I am glad to say, and this is Epic China 5, a short piece.
Here is the rest and earlier versions of this wonderful historical journey.
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Dec 07 2023 Russia Calling! Investment Forum
I would like to stress once again that the world has entered an era of cardinal change and trials, not just for companies and industries, but for entire countries and regions. Only a strong, stable and, I would like to especially stress and emphasise that, sovereign country will be able to pass through this and… Continue reading
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Dec 07 2023 The Great Schism – Will It Be Quietly Ignored?
We must re-configure our thinking – onto the longer plane – to take account of the intrusion of shifting dimensions in consciousness.
by Alastair Crooke and first posted at Strategic CultureDominique De Villepin, former Prime Minister of France, who famously led France’s opposition to the Iraq war, recently described the term ‘Occidentalism’ (currently the prevalent… Continue reading
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Dec 06 2023 Russian President was hosted by the President of the UAE
Before the consultations began, an official welcoming ceremony for the Russian President was hosted by the President of the UAE at the Qasr Al Watan Palace.
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72918
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade, Russian co-chair of the Russian-Emirati Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office – Presidential Press… Continue reading
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Dec 06 2023 Bethlehem Church Creates Rubble Nativity Scene Symbolizing Gaza Genocide
A church in Bethlehem has created a nativity scene resembling the situation in war-torn Gaza, as Christmas this year approaches amid brutal Israeli onslaught on the besieged enclave.
The nativity scene at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church shows a toy baby wrapped in the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh and placed in debris and rubble.
While the keffiyeh symbolizes… Continue reading