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May 03 2026 
History of the Tokyo Trials
Today is the 80th anniversary of the opening of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trials.
Given that China is livid in general with Japan and their rearming process, I saw a headline in the Global times: “Launch of complete Chinese translation of the Tokyo Trials records powerfully rebuts Japan’s… Continue reading
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May 03 2026 
The New Cold War
The Peoples of Asia Know the Cost of War: Hands off Asia!
Cover photo: Diego Rivera (Mexico), Pesadilla de guerra, sueño de paz (Nightmare of war, dream of peace), 1952.From Okinawa’s farmers to the Philippines’ ‘Magnificent 12’, Asia’s peoples have confronted US militarism before – a tradition more urgent now as the New Cold War arrives… Continue reading
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May 02 2026 
China’s MOFCOM bans new US Sanctions : don’t recognize, enforce or comply
MOFCOM issues a ban, requesting not to recognize, enforce and comply with US sanctions on five Chinese firms
Global Times reports:
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has issued a prohibition order in accordance with relevant measures and assessment results of the related working mechanism with regard to US sanctions imposed on five Chinese companies, requesting not to… Continue reading
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Apr 30 2026 
It’s called Derisking but is the same old trade war
By Amarynth (my friends are in the process of shooting me if I don’t put my name front and center on my columns).
Trump’s imminent State Visit to China scheduled for May 14-15 is becoming high temperature, despite the advertised pause in the trade war.
China moved to block derisking before the Trump-Xi Summit. Beijing introduced… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Four Years On, China’s Global Security Initiative Builds Momentum
chinadiplomacy.org.cn
By Matteo Giovannini
China’s Global Security Initiative has steadily built momentum since its 2022 launch, winning recognition across the Global South as a cooperative alternative to traditional security frameworks.
On April 21, 2022, at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping introduced the Global Security Initiative (GSI), presenting a forward-looking vision to address… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Victor Gao on Iran: The END of Pax-Americana is Here, US Would Exit War with China a LOSER
With Afshin Rattansi on Going Underground
The END of Pax-Americana is Here, US Would Exit War with China a LOSER
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Apr 26 2026 
News on China
News on China, No. 20
About 10 min read.Wang Yi Opens Five-Day Visit to Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar with First China-Cambodia Defence-Diplomatic Dialogue
Co-chaired on 22 April by the foreign and defence ministers of both sides, the newly operational joint strategic dialogue – initially agreed during President Xi Jinping’s April 2025 state visit to Cambodia – held… Continue reading -
Apr 24 2026 
Victor Gao’s brutal warning to Trump : Iran & China Won’t back down from War
With Danny Haiphong
Victor Gao : Trump is damned if he escalates, and damned if he does not escalate.
China condemned the war, China tried to put a stop to the war, China’s position has been consistent, China’s position is clear – no arms supply to any country at war, China’s position is cast in stone. Iran… Continue reading
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Apr 22 2026 
China : Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun’s Regular Press Conference on April 21, 2026
Much about Japan in this one
Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar upon invitation from April 22 to 26. He will attend with Defense Minister Dong Jun the first meeting of China-Cambodia 2+2 strategic dialogue mechanism between foreign and… Continue reading -
Apr 20 2026 
Why Must Americans Fly to China for Cutting-Edge Cancer Care?
A 2-hour experimental biomarker scan in Beijing? Investigational trials that move from idea to patient in 18 months? An American Medical Scientist’s eye-opening trip.
GODFREE ROBERTS
As regular readers know, China is advancing—rapidly and simultaneously—on almost every technological frontier and has already surpassed the United States in Medical Science1, a backwater in America where funding, careers and… Continue reading
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Apr 19 2026 
Xiplomacy: How to read China’s diplomatic surge in 2026?
https://en.chinadiplomacy.org.cn/2026-02/11/content_118327753.shtml
Since the start of 2026, foreign leaders from across Asia, the Americas and Europe have visited China in quick succession.
As the U.S. business magazine Forbes recently noted, Beijing was rolling out the red carpet almost daily for foreign dignitaries seeking a less chaotic economic environment.
This wave of high-level engagements has conveyed a clear message: Amid… Continue reading
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Apr 17 2026 
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun’s Regular Press Conference on April 15, 2026
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/202604/t20260415_11892477.html
CCTV: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s visit to China has drawn much attention. What is China’s comment on the visit? What is your expectation for the development of China-Spain relations going forward?
Guo Jiakun: From April 11 to 15, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez paid an official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese… Continue reading
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Apr 16 2026 
Victor Gao : America cannot afford to dismiss China’: A stark warning to Trump
Victor Gao is to China what Professor Marandi is to Iran. He is Chair professor at Soochow University and Vice president of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG).
This cannot be embedded and kindly find it here:
https://www.lbc.co.uk/videos/2JsSdjuTZfY/
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Apr 14 2026 
Zhang Wei for “This Is China” : It is the moment to “do more” China
First, the U.S. military myth was shattered.
The second is the wavering of economic hegemony.
Third, the bankruptcy of the moral hegemony of the United States.
The fourth is the collapse of the American alliance system.—
张维为
Zhang Weiwei – Member of the National Council of High-end Think Tanks, Dean of the China Research Institute of Fudan… Continue reading
