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Nov 15 2022 Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in.
I have a favor to ask for – some patience. We have a wonderful commenting system, but over these…
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China’s Communism vs Western Definition
I have following Shanghai Panda’s tweet stream for a long time. From time to time, there is valuable educational material. For example, this massive initial tweet tells in fine detail how Chinese governance actually works.
On twitter, as a Chinese, the…
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State Policy: Russian Spiritual and Moral Values
Mr Putin signed this decree. I am just wondering if anyone knows of similar documents elsewhere in the world. I know there are many Chinese type documents like this, but anywhere else?
On approving the Fundamentals of State Policy to Preserve…
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A short follow-up: Beijing and Berlin
If I read this correctly, the recent visit from Olaf Scholz and his business entourage has only angered China.
Following is formal commentary from the Chinese Foreign Ministry on what was a proposed buy of a German chip manufacturing company.
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Brazil
Bear in mind that even with Lula’s victory, he is not yet President. He will take over from 1 January 2023.
We had some discussion and I would like to post it here. First a piece by Colin Maxwell on his…
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Nov 11 2022 Daily Chronicles
Snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in. And Oh Boy, is it rolling in everywhere.
Lots happening everywhere but nothing really earth-shattering or earth-shaking. Just a steady messy move to…
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China’s Zero-Covid Policy Changes
It was expected that this will change, but nobody knew how or the extent of the changes. Although China remains a Zero-Covid administration, a bunch of rules and regulations were relaxed and it seems that they recognize that different…
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Nov 10 2022 Democracy, The Most Dangerous Religion
By Larry Romanoff and posted with the author’s permission
Democracy, The Most Dangerous Religion — Part 8 – China’s Democracy Experiments
I have written earlier that the multi-party electoral system (“democracy”) is the only form of government designed to be controlled by…
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Maintenance Test Post
This is a temporary test post to enable testing of the new comment system.
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Norton & Desai: Geopolitical Economy
Ben Norton and Radhika Desai. What will actually happen if countries start to default on their IMF loans?
Radhika Desai is an expert and has coined the phrase Geopolitical Economy. I’ve listened to some of her interviews as she…
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Lavrov & Jaishankar: Presser
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Moscow, November 8, 2022
Ladies and gentlemen,We held meaningful and practical talks with Minister…
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Michael Hudson: The Destiny of Civilization
Michael Hudson gets better and better in simplifying all things financial for us.
Quote: You don’t need brains to be a financier. All you need is greed.