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Jan 23 2024 China rallies G77 for Bretton Woods & WTO overhaul
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Guozhong wins support for speech calling for overhaul of global systems in the G77 + China Summit
Jevans Nyabiage for the South China Morning Post
China rallies G77 countries for major reform of WTO and Bretton Woods at Kampala summit
China is rallying the Group of 77 developing countries to push for reform of the… Continue reading
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Jan 18 2024 The World’s New Political Architecture
Western Cold War win? Israel’s collapse, Iran’s rise, China’s dominance & Russia’s conquest prove otherwise
Cold War II includes 4 blocs, not only 2with thanks to Ramin Mazaheri via Ramin’s Substack
The Cold War was always only “cold” for the two main combatants – the USSR and the USA. For everyone else it was as hot as… 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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Dec 21 2023 Letter to the Taiwan Peace Movement
Author Micheal Wong : English version in Peace and Planet News, a project of members of Veterans For Peace: https://peaceandplanetnews.org/letter-to-the-taiwan-peace-movement/
Chinese version, in the Storm news in Taiwan: https://www.storm.mg/article/4950730?mode=whole
To my fellow lovers of peace in Taiwan, Greetings from the United States, and my best wishes to you for peace and prosperity. I know that you are… Continue reading
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Dec 10 2023 Always Ready
US is getting more and more provocative in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Straits. So, the PLA released a bilingual video “always ready” as a warning to the crusaders.
The objective is:
能战方能止战 only those with the capability to fight could stop a fight.
This is to ensure that the crusaders not to underestimate China ability… Continue reading
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Nov 27 2023 What Are The Saudis Really Preparing For?
By Tom Luongo via ZeroHedge
Call the roller of big cigars
and bid him whip in kitchen cups concupiscent curds…
… the only emperor is the emperor of ice cream
— Wallace Stevens
It was announced the other day that Saudi Arabia and China are opening a $7 billion local currency swap line.It prompted the highest-trafficked tweet of mine ever.
Mark Wauck… Continue reading
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Nov 24 2023 The Eviction Notice Comes in Four Languages
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
Orthodox Christianity, moderate Islam and several strands of Taoism/Confucianism may become the three main civilizations of a cleansed Mankind.
The Eviction Notice is being written. And it will come in four languages. Russian. Farsi. Mandarin. And last but not least, English.
A much-cherished pleasure of professional writing is to always… Continue reading
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Nov 22 2023 Will Russia-China Strategic Patience Extinguish the Fire in West Asia?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnik
Once upon a time, by the Don river, in the southern steppes of what today is still known as “Ukraine”, the Great King of Persia, the mighty Darius, leading the most powerful army ever assembled on earth, received a puzzling message from a foe he was pursuing: the nomad… Continue reading
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Nov 07 2023 Russia’s public pivot to Palestine
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
As the west’s support for Israel’s Gaza war becomes indefensible, Moscow aligns itself with the global majority in defense of Palestine.
The complex, nuanced issue of Russia’s geopolitical neutrality in the Israel-Palestine tragedy was finally clarified last week, in no uncertain terms.
Exhibit A is Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing… Continue reading
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News on China from Tings Chak, Donsheng news + commentary.
Despite the footsie playing between China and the US in the last few weeks and coming, this is the commentary nevertheless – This time from Danny Haiphong:
China 🇨🇳 Update:
Given that our eyes are on Palestine 🇵🇸 and rightfully so, I wanted to give my assessment on where things are with China-US relations. The United States… Continue reading
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Oct 23 2023 News on China
No. 168 | 21.10.2023
Listen to the song of the “New Silk Road” (一带一路), composed to celebrate the 3rd Belt and Road Forum.
Geopolitics
China condemns “heinous attack” on Gaza hospital that raised Palestinian death toll to almost 3,500
At the UN Security Council meeting, China’s ambassador, Zhang Jun, also denounced the “indiscriminate use of force”, while Chinese Foreign… Continue reading -
Oct 20 2023 Russia, China Map Out New Economic Order in Beijing
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnik
History – complete with poetic justice overtones – presented us this week with the ultimate, glaring contrast between the geopolitics of the past, enacted in an incendiary corner of southwest Asia, and the geopolitics of the future, enacted in East Asia’s Beijing, one of the capitals of emerging multipolarity.
Let’s… Continue reading
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Oct 19 2023 Beijing – 3rd Belt and Road Forum – Projecting a “Human Kind of Community with a Shared Future”
China’s President Xi Jinping, in his Opening Statement to the 3rd Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, said that “China is doing well only when the world is doing well, and if China is doing well, the world is doing even better.” He projected A Human kind of community with a shared future.
Continuing with his opening remarks,… Continue reading
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Oct 19 2023 Multipolarity: China, Russia, Israel, India, and the difficult birth of a new world
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar
transcript
RADHIKA DESAI: Hello and welcome to the 17th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the show that examines the fast-changing political and geopolitical economy of our time. I’m Radhika Desai.
MICHAEL HUDSON: And I’m Michael Hudson.
RADHIKA DESAI: And today, once again, we are joined by the roving reporter… Continue reading