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Jun 02 2023 
Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Cape Town, South Africa
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1873948/
1. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations met on 1 June 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. They exchanged views on major global and regional trends and issues. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the framework of…
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Jun 02 2023 
Comparisons: Scott Ritter (after his Russian trip) and a fellow called Edward
Cast your minds back and I was certainly in the front row of this choir. Just after the SMO started, Scott Ritter told big stories about the million man NATO force that would swoop in and take Russia to the…
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Jun 02 2023 
The Sultan 2.0 will heavily tilt east
It’s not that Erdogan has a scheme to head east at the west’s expense. It’s just that the world’s grandest infrastructure, development, and geopolitical projects are all in the east today.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The collective…
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Jun 02 2023 
Half the world’s ship cargo now uses China’s BRI
An amazing 149 of the world’s roughly 200 countries have now signed up for the BRI, the biggest trade sharing project in human history. It’s an extraordinary achievement in just a single decade. But the ultimate aim is even more…
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Jun 02 2023 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Cape Town
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1873673/
Madam Chair, colleagues,
It’s good to be back on the hospitable soil of the Republic of South Africa. I would like to thank Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor and all our friends from the Republic of South Africa for the excellent organisation…
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Jun 01 2023 
Anti-China propaganda: Reading the funny papers and ending with the C919
There are a few Chinese channels that keep track of the funniest propaganda against China. Here is a selection.
I ‘pruned’ this one for languageThe hilarity reached a new high when the US started saying that the C919 used parts from…
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Jun 01 2023 
The End of (Western Triumphalist) History
With thanks to Batiushka, the writer
Part One: The Non-Russian World
Introduction: Providing an Alternative
The technological and ideological transformations of the last thirty years have turned the Russian Federation back into the world’s breadbasket and more or less its main source of…
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Jun 01 2023 
South American Presidents: Summit in Brasilia (Imagine the sound of a balloon going poooofff)
When I first reported on this, the conclusion was “We hope Lula can bring focus to this discussion. It remains to be seen if this is a summit for a summit’s sake, or a talk shop. It truly is a…
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Jun 01 2023 
The Chinese Concept: A Shared Future for Mankind
From Here Comes China Newsletter by Godfree Roberts
The concept of a community of shared future for mankind embodies five elements:
insist on dialogue and consultation to build a world of lasting peace
insist on co-construction and shared benefits to build… -
May 31 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world (and a joke or two) for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top.
(Featured…
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May 30 2023 
South American Presidents: Summit in Brasilia
We picked this up under the previous CELAC summit. Though this is not a CELAC summit it would be the first time that most of these leaders are together again after the previous CELAC summit. Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro…
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May 30 2023 
A few early Russian comments after the terrorist drone attack on the city of Moscow
Usually, we find in the various channels and communication streams, bloggers and commentators quite some anger and emotional reactions after something like this. When the drone attack on the Kremlin happened, people were very emotional. This time, very little emotional…
