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Taiwan – the inside story
The US, as Smoothie says so many times, is made up of advertising or promotion. So Taiwan is supposed to denote the scary bugbear that tells US Americans that they have something real on China. Of course it is just a word and the value of the word is made up and sold… Continue reading
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Apr 28 2024 
Overcapacity, the new anti-China narrative
Spring Morning
“I wake up with the sun up high
Birds chirp everywhere in the sky
Last night a rainstorm passed by
Flowers must have fallen down.”By Dongsheng (Eastern Voices) News on China.
This week we would like to recommend to you a Chinese song from 1967 called Bravely March On, Arab People! (奋勇前进，阿拉伯人民) in support of the pan-Arab movement.
If you don’t… Continue reading
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Apr 09 2024 
Our Uncles Lavrov and Wang Yi palaver in Beijing
Just a couple of adults in a room in Beijing..
with appreciation to Dr. Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium.
Today Lavrov finished two days of intensive talks with the Russian delegation’s counterparts in Beijing, intensive because there’s so much to cover in such a short time. Further work will be done by Deputy Ministers between now and… Continue reading
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Mar 12 2024 
Confident China Lays out the Refined Roadmap
As Project Ukraine goes down the drain of history, Project Taiwan will go on overdrive. Forever Wars never die. Bring it on. The Dragon is ready.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture.
This is the Year of the Wooden Dragon, according to China’s classic wuxing (“five elements”) culture. The dragon, one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac,… Continue reading
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Mar 04 2024 
… and it’s 3 for 3
CHINA OPEN THREAD
In the last days, the US has taken fateful steps toward conflict with China. It deliberately crossed one of China’s red-lines, officially stationing “permanent troops” on its province of Taiwan, even though they had been permanent since transfer by the United States Seventh Fleet of the losing fascists to this island in 1949.… Continue reading
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Mar 03 2024 
Can China arrest the drive to Armageddon?
China resumes shuttle diplomacy as Ukraine war drums get louder… in this foreboding backdrop, what is it that Li Hui can hope to achieve?
By Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at the Indian Punchline.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announcement on Wednesday that Beijing’s Special Representative on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui will set out from home on March 2 on… Continue reading
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Jan 29 2024 
China ignores US entreaties of mediation
Lavrov: “They believe that for 500 years they have ruled the world as they wish, living at the expense of others, and they think this should continue…”
by Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at Indian Punchline
There is an old proverb that when misfortunes come, they come in battalions. Coming on top of reports of American soldiers going down like nine-pins… Continue reading
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Jan 25 2024 
Carl Zha: How to Safely Travel the Red Sea
Joining us today is @CarlZha , a Chinese-born political commentator and the host of the “Silk And Steel Podcast.” We’ll be delving into Zelensky getting shut down by China at Davos, the Taiwan Elections, and exploring safe methods for traversing the Red Sea.
He discusses at length:
The backstory of the Al-CIAda outfit from Xinjiang, China,… Continue reading
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Jan 13 2024 
2024: the Year of the Dragon
It’s possible to advance that the Year of the Dragon will be a year where Sovereignty reigns. China, Russia and Iran will take the fight towards a more equal and just system to the next level…
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
As we enter incandescent 2024, four major trends will define the progress… Continue reading
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Jan 11 2024 
Chinese dual-loop trading system
Arnaud Bertrand
I find this explanation of the Chinese system by Prof Keyu Jin (in a recent lecture at Harvard’s Fairbank center) absolutely fascinating. Keyu Jin is a professor of economics at LSE (London School of Economics) and serves on the board of companies like Credit Suisse. She’s also the daughter of Jin Liqun, former Vice… Continue reading
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Jan 08 2024 
Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0
An American appeals to Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0
On January 13, the people of Taiwan, officially designated the Republic of China (ROC), will elect a new president and unicameral legislature known as the Legislative Yuan. The election hinges on the question of Taiwan’s policy toward the mainland, the People’s Republic of China… Continue reading
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Jan 07 2024 
Here Comes China – At technical breakthrough speed
I chose mainly technical issues from Godfree Roberts newsletter for this time, and as usual, it is astonishing.
A quick reference to corn and wheat US-China corn imports fell 83% in August YoY, while corn imports from Brazil went from zero last August to 580,000 metric tons in August 2023. Imports of Brazilian corn are expected… Continue reading
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Dec 31 2023 
President Xi Jinping’s 2024 New Year message
https://english.news.cn/20231231/4e0fc2697d994cd2b4dcb5dca525a611/c.html
BEIJING, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — On New Year’s Eve, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his 2024 New Year message via China Media Group and the Internet. The following is the full text of the message:
Greetings to you all! As energy rises after the Winter Solstice, we are about to bid farewell to the old year… Continue reading
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Dec 28 2023 
The Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs was Held in Beijing: Xi Jinping Delivered an Important Address at the Conference
It was noted at the conference that great transformation is accelerating across the world. Changes of the world, of our times, and of historical significance are unfolding like never before, and the world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation. Yet the overall direction of human development and progress will not change, the overall… Continue reading
