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Jul 23 2026 
Chinese Idiom: “Playing the lute for a cow” (对牛弹琴; duì niú dán qín)
Meaning: To explain something to someone who is unwilling or unable to understand.
A renowned musician decided to play the lute for a grazing cow, hoping to delight it with exquisite music. His performance was so beautiful that he himself became…
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Jul 23 2026 
Nuri Vittachi on Falun Gong and Epoch Times
DONALD TRUMP WAS SENT BY GOD to destroy the Chinese government, a religious cult came to believe.
Believers’ role was to try to facilitate the process by quickly becoming a major player in international media – and they succeeded. Falun…
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Jul 23 2026 
Note by Brian Berletic on cockroach student protests in India
https://t.me/brianlovethailand/5060
India is a member of BRICS, a close ally of Russia, and has been increasingly working closer together with China despite the sometimes real tension but mostly superficial rhetoric both in the West and within India’s own information space.
No nation…
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Jul 23 2026 
Key statements by Lavrov following his participation in ASEAN events:
https://t.me/EastCalling/34001
▪️ Russia is ready for any developments in the context of the European Union’s militarization, but has no intention of attacking anyone;
▪️ The Russian Federation believes that its American counterparts have not yet rejected the proposals from Anchorage;
▪️ There have…
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Jul 22 2026 
Michael Hudson: The U.S. Plan to Revive Geo-economic Dominance
With Glenn Diesen
To what extent is the US able to control the economic consequences of the current wars? How big is the destruction? What can go wrong? How can the US succeed? Putting the pieces together of the economic war,…
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Jul 22 2026 
Elijah Magnier: Saudi Tankers Turn Back as Yemen’s Red Sea Blockade Tightens
with Nima Alkorshid – Dialogue Works
Recommended.
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Jul 22 2026 
Enemies at the Gate
– Tariq Marzbaan and Nora Hoppe – Al Mayadeen English
Since the publication of our essay “Iran: Guardian at the Gate of Sovereign Nations” by Al Mayadeen English on 7 February 2026, events have surpassed even the darkest predictions. On 28…
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Jul 21 2026 
China urges Philippines to stop provocations in SCS amid ASEAN meetings
Out of humanitarian considerations, the Chinese side permitted the transfer of injured personnel from the Philippines’ illegally grounded warship at Ren’ai Jiao, on July 21, 2026. A CCG officer monitored the full process of transfer. Photo: Courtesy of the CCG
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Jul 21 2026 
The People Resisting Peru’s Illegal Goldrush
A ‘tolba’, a rustic, sluice-like contraption layered with pieces of carpet to capture gold deposits from water sediment. Taken during a government raid to destroy illegal gold mining operations in La Pampa, Peru. RODRIGO ABD/AP PHOTO/ALAMY
New InternationalistPrecious metal mafias are…
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Jul 21 2026 
Neo-Colonial Coverage of Venezuela Earthquakes Adds Insult to Injury
Latest: Venezuela: US Court Rules Against Maduro, State Officials, Awards Damages to Former Prisoners
A US federal judge has issued a default ruling against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and several current and former state officials, awarding US$314 million in damages to…
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Jul 21 2026 
Seyed M. Marandi: Iran’s Biggest Strike Yet – Major Blow to U.S. Bases as Yemen Imposes BLOCKADE
With Nima Alkorshid – Dialogue Works
Prof Marandi gives a definitive answer on the ‘cease fire’ negotiations floating around now as well as the possibility of Iran leaving the NPT and the option of nuclear weapoons or not. It is a…
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Jul 21 2026 
ASEAN Foreign Minister’s statement on the evolving situation in the Middle East
ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ STATEMENT ON THE EVOLVING SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
21 JULY 20261. We expressed serious concern over the rapidly evolving situation in the Middle East, particularly the renewed hostilities involving the United States of America and the Islamic…
