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May 09 2025 
India-Pakistan Air Clash as A Simulation of China US Military Rivalry
The ongoing India-Pakistan air clash is dethroning U.S. military dominance in the eyes of a watching world
Hu Xijin – Former Editor-in-Chief of Global Times at China Academy
We are witnessing a historic turning point unfolding in the skies over Kashmir—one that could reshape global perceptions of great-power military capabilities.
On May 7, the Pakistani military announced that… Continue reading
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May 06 2025 
Top Hong Kong Analyst : Why China Has Upper Hand in Trade War
Cyrus Janssen: Today I sit down with Louis-Vincent Gave — top China analyst and founder of Gavekal Research — to unpack why Beijing now holds the upper hand in the U.S.-China trade war. With over 30 years of experience living and investing in Hong Kong, Louis offers rare insight into the shifting power dynamics,… Continue reading
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May 06 2025 
When life is too fast
Can you think of a time in your life when you really needed one of these?
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May 05 2025 
China does it again! Scientists decode ‘climate code’
Scientists decode ‘climate code’ of Early Cretaceous greenhouse world hidden in 140-million-year-old oyster fossils
By Global Times
By studying 140-million-year-old oyster fossils, a joint team of Chinese and international scientists has uncovered clues about Earth’s climate during the Early Cretaceous period, challenging the singular narrative of steady warming trend and offering new insights into future global… Continue reading
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May 03 2025 
China Threatens U.S. and Rallies Global South to Defy Tariffs
Paul assesses recent statements by Xi’s right hand man, which Washington will regard as threatening and how he told the Global South to stand up and protect its interests against US tariffs.
Mr Wang Yi’s two addresses to the BRICS Ministerial:
The Session for Ministers of Foreign Affairs / International Relations from BRICS Members and Partner Countries… Continue reading
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May 02 2025 
China – on the manufacturing street
A few days ago Trump felt sorry for China.
‘I was saddened to hear it… they are getting absolutely HAMMERED in China’ – Trump says his tariffs mean factories there closing, economy doing ‘very poorly”I don’t want that to happen to China’ he adds.
The little Telegram clip that I saw, is here: https://t.me/rtnews/93575
I put this to… Continue reading
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May 02 2025 
100 Days of Change, the United States Has Changed the World, and We Have Fallen Into the “Rabbit Hole” Chinese writer Yan Mo
With thanks to Karl Sanchez karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium
Chinese writer Yan Mo
Pepe Escobar initially pointed to this great essay whose content is clear from the title. Eventually, Trump’s behavior is compared to some of China’s past Emperors whose actual doings aren’t critical to know as the context provides enough information. And yes, as with Lewis… Continue reading
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May 01 2025 
Pepe with Judge Napolitano
Thanks to Tariffs, China Ditching US Tech. Napolitano interviews geopolitician Pepe Escobar, April 30th, 2025.
“… in this wilderness of narrative mirrors, Trump should be perceived as all characters combined: the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty (“When I use a word, it means what I choose to mean, no more and no less”), the Mad Hatter, the… Continue reading
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Apr 30 2025 
China publishes its stance on Covid-19 Origins Tracing
The complete White paper from The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China April 2025 was published in full by Global Times, Xinhua and other outlets.
The White paper debunks ‘lab leak’ theory, calls for origins-tracing in the US
Full text: Covid-19 Prevention, Control and Origins Tracing: China’s Actions and Stance
Contents
Preface
I. Contributing Chinese Wisdom… Continue reading
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Apr 29 2025 
Part 3: founding the Communist Party of China: Mao Stays Behind
Now free to read from Godfree Roberts substack
The third excerpt from Mao Tse-Tung and I Were Beggars, by Siao Yu. Previously: Part 1: Mao’s Struggle for Learning, Farm boy buys freedom. Part 2: He Hu-tzu’s House.
While Tsai Hoshen, Hsiung Kuang-ch’u and others worked with me to organize the student-workers’ preparatory classes, Mao Tse-tung was helping,… Continue reading
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Apr 29 2025 
China Steps Up Its Game in the Global AI Race
Huawei chips are already the real deal for every Chinese company which is following the new Beijing-defined direction to reduce any reliance on American technology
By Pepe Escobar at Sputnik.
Late next month, Huawei will be testing its new powerful AI processor, the Ascend 910 D, even as by early May the previous 910C will start to… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 
China, Hong Kong and The Art of Blinking
Captain Chaos definitely does not have the cards – which as even South Pacific penguins know, are all made in China.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
SHANGHAI and HONG KONG – So, predictably, Captain Chaos did blink first. As much as he – and his sprawling media circus – could not possibly admit it.
It all… Continue reading
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Apr 25 2025 
Glen Diesen & Sean Foo: China Won the Economic War
Sean Foo is a financial analyst and a China expert who discusses how China won the economic war.
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Apr 25 2025 
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; technical improvements, new life science experiments
from Global Times
Here is a one minute clip of the launch:
https://t.me/TheIslanderNews/39849
China is doing real honest work in space.
China successfully launches Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship; mission features technical improvements and new life science experiments
The Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, atop the Long March-2F carrier rocket on 5:17… Continue reading
