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Nov 15 2022 
Russia, India, China, Iran: the Quad that really matters
By Pepe Escobar, posted with permission and first posted at PressTV.ir
Southeast Asia is right at the center of international relations for a whole week viz a viz three consecutive summits: Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Phnom Penh, the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Bali, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)… Continue reading
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Nov 15 2022 
Lula: Travels to COP27
This is good for Lula. It is good that before he is even inaugurated, he gets to arrange bilateral meetings and that he gets to discuss planetary issues.
On Monday, Brazil’s President-elect Lula da Silva traveled to Egypt to take part in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27).
“Brazil, which was diplomatically isolated during the… Continue reading
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Nov 15 2022 
Bolivia: In the Building Conflict stage again
We featured a short history of Bolivia here and will not repeat the historical angles for this piece.
Bolivia is again in the crosshairs, where conflict is being deliberately provoked. The cadres being used for this, are fascist groups who play football hooligans, and gang members who are enticed to help enact violence. They are vandalizing… Continue reading
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Nov 15 2022 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in.
I have a favor to ask for – some patience. We have a wonderful commenting system, but over these past few months have had one problem with it. Apparently unsolvable. Now, the developers are… Continue reading
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China’s Communism vs Western Definition
I have following Shanghai Panda’s tweet stream for a long time. From time to time, there is valuable educational material. For example, this massive initial tweet tells in fine detail how Chinese governance actually works.
On twitter, as a Chinese, the most frequently asked question for me is, why don’t you oppose the CPC? Why don’t… Continue reading
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State Policy: Russian Spiritual and Moral Values
Mr Putin signed this decree. I am just wondering if anyone knows of similar documents elsewhere in the world. I know there are many Chinese type documents like this, but anywhere else?
On approving the Fundamentals of State Policy to Preserve and Strengthen Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values
Russian MFANovember 12, 2022Executive Order of the President… Continue reading
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A short follow-up: Beijing and Berlin
If I read this correctly, the recent visit from Olaf Scholz and his business entourage has only angered China.
Following is formal commentary from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on what was a proposed buy of a German chip manufacturing company.
November 9th … AFP: According to reports, Germany wants to block the sale of a chip factory… Continue reading -
Brazil
Bear in mind that even with Lula’s victory, he is not yet President. He will take over from 1 January 2023.
We had some discussion and I would like to post it here. First a piece by Colin Maxwell on his fairly new Substack and then an attempt to answer from the Valdai Club. Finally my… Continue reading
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Nov 11 2022 
Daily Chronicles
Snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. And Oh Boy, is it rolling in everywhere.
Lots happening everywhere but nothing really earth-shattering or earth-shaking. Just a steady messy move to multi-polarity and an insistent attempt to remain the king of the castle by the west. … Continue reading
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China’s Zero-Covid Policy Changes
It was expected that this will change, but nobody knew how or the extent of the changes. Although China remains a Zero-Covid administration, a bunch of rules and regulations were relaxed and it seems that they recognize that different areas, different prefectures, need different management during a lock-down. A good part of the message… Continue reading
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Nov 10 2022 
Democracy, The Most Dangerous Religion
By Larry Romanoff and posted with the author’s permission
Democracy, The Most Dangerous Religion — Part 8 – China’s Democracy Experiments
I have written earlier that the multi-party electoral system (“democracy”) is the only form of government designed to be controlled by outsiders, naturally leaving it open to corruption and fraud. The Chinese, listening to the Americans,… Continue reading
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Maintenance Test Post
This is a temporary test post to enable testing of the new comment system.
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Norton & Desai: Geopolitical Economy
Ben Norton and Radhika Desai. What will actually happen if countries start to default on their IMF loans?
Radhika Desai is an expert and has coined the phrase Geopolitical Economy. I’ve listened to some of her interviews as she got on an airplane and went to the latest SCO meeting. She will probably… Continue reading
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Lavrov & Jaishankar: Presser
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Moscow, November 8, 2022
Ladies and gentlemen,We held meaningful and practical talks with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in a traditional friendly and sincere atmosphere. Our… Continue reading
