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Sep 02 2025 
Concept Paper on the Global Governance Initiative
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/wjbxw/202509/t20250901_11699912.html
I. Background
The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Eighty years ago, upon deep reflection on the bitter lessons of the two world wars, the international community decided to establish the United Nations, commencing a brand new practice in global governance. Over the past 80 years, the visions and practice of global… Continue reading
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Sep 01 2025 
Full Speech & transcript: Xi Jinping Calls for Fairer Global Governance at 25th SCO Summit in Tianjin
Before playing the video of President Xi’s speech, here are a few quick comments from Pepe Escobar, who views this summit similar to me. This is major and now, with Xi’s clear (I want to say direction) of a new Global Governance, suitable for a MultiPolar world, much mist is dissipating. The new Global Governance… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2025 
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Aug 28 2025 
Key things to know about SCO Tianjin Summit
Leaders from Asia, Europe and Africa will gather in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 for the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in history, charting the blueprint for the bloc’s next decade of development.
An interesting statistic is that with the Presidents of China, Vietnam, Laos and Cuba… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2025 
Economy How does China’s system really work? Renowned scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the ‘China model’
How do China’s government, political system, and socialist market economy work? How does it see democracy? Prominent Chinese academic Zhang Weiwei explains in this sit-down interview with Ben Norton.
By Ben Norton on GeopoliticalEconomy.com
Transcript
(Highlights)
ZHANG WEIWEI: From a Chinese point of view, we need to have an overall balance between political power, social power, and the power… Continue reading -
Aug 25 2025 
The Truths about the South China Sea: A sticky tamale
China, with a series of reports, is directly attacking the rules-based international order concepts that have entered common parlance without a basis in international law.
The Xinhua Institute, which is a group of think-tanks, has been teasing out the detail of all of this with a series of reports: https://xinhuareview.substack.com/p/report-launch-the-truths-about-the
Today, China went for the jugular with… Continue reading
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Aug 22 2025 
Western ‘hegemonism’ under fire as China readies to host SCO leaders
China has announced that it will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the northern city of Tianjin from August 31 to September 1, while simultaneously condemning global “hegemonism and power politics.”
From PressTV
The announcement was made by China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin on Friday, who emphasized the necessity for world leaders to cooperate on… Continue reading
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Aug 20 2025 
Land, sea, air-based strategic weapons, hypersonic weapons to debut at China’s V-Day military parade
By all accounts, the Chinese military parade planned for the 3rd of September, marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, will be epic.
All the weaponry and equipment on display in the upcoming military parade are domestically produced active-duty main battle… Continue reading
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Aug 16 2025 
State of the Chinese Union 2025
Based on five months recently journeying across the country’s backwoods + 16 years living there.
Speech given to Samui Real, Thailand, 13 August 2025Table of Contents
Short biography
Presentation
1-Introduction
2-Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure
3-Evelyne&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventures
4-The Chinese people continue to evolve
Now my observations…
5-Cleanliness
6-China is greener than the West
7-Infrastructure
8-Housing for hundreds of millions of masses
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Aug 13 2025
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Aug 09 2025 
There is NO AI race between the U.S. and China!
In July 2025, the world got a glimpse of how differently China thinks about artificial intelligence. At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2025) in Shanghai, Premier Li Qiang took the stage to propose a new global platform for AI governance: inclusive, cooperative, and open to the Global South. He didn’t talk about security threats… Continue reading
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Aug 08 2025 
Tibet / Xizang: First part of Andy Boreham’s new documentary
Andy’s documentary will be in seven parts. This is part one. He usually does a sterling job, and I’m looking forward to this. It is high time for a fresh look at the astounding changes.
My "Tibet" documentary is here!This is part one of "Seven Days in Xizang," titled "Place of the Gods,"… Continue reading
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Aug 06 2025 
Situation Room: Who Sides With Whom in a U.S.-China Taiwan War?
Zhou Bo
Senior Colonel (retired). Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Security Studies, Tsinghua University, China—
There has been much speculation as to which third parties might get involved if war broke out between China and the United States in the Taiwan Strait. In June, The Economist published an article on this very question.… Continue reading
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Aug 03 2025 
China News: Here Comes China +
Selected from Here Comes China, Godfree Roberts. This is a free post on his substack.
China’s “Artificial Sun” Shatters Fusion Record With Over 17 Minutes of Plasma – https://scitechdaily.com/chinas-artificial-sun-shatters-fusion-record-with-over-17-minutes-of-plasma/
Brazil triples rare earth exports to China as Washington-Beijing rift ripples through trade – https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318653/brazil-triples-rare-earth-exports-china-washington-beijing-rift-ripples-through-trade
Morgan Stanley Joins Rush for Cheap China Capital With Landmark Bond Deal – https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-07-29/morgan-stanley-joins-rush-for-cheap-china-capital-with-landmark-bond-deal-102346205.html
China… Continue reading
