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Mar 18 2023 
Lineaments of Multipolar World Rising: Africa and Russia harmonize (Part 5)
By AHH
Please read in order: Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4
CIVILIZATIONAL
“Swift as the wind.
Quiet as the forest.
Conquer like the fire.
Steady as the mountain.”
— Sun TzuThe promising portends of 2022 gave way to an exhilarating and quickfire start to 2023. Along with the Global Security Initiative (GSI) concept paper, China released… Continue reading
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Mar 18 2023 
Rostislav Ishchenko: A view on China
Rostislav Ishchenko is a popular and respected columnist in Russia. This article has been machine translated from https://cont.ws/@ishchenko
It represents a Russian view of China, that departs from the professional and formal view of the Russian State. It also departs strongly from the information and views that we receive from the Valdai club. I find… Continue reading
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Mar 11 2023 
Five days with Wang Yi: winners and losers + update
After five days of tough discussions with super negotiator Wang Yi, Iran and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia buries the battle-ax, resume relations and place their signatures where it matters.
This is not a complete and comprehensive agreement, but comprehensive enough as a start. What we see in the press is mainly the part where… Continue reading
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Mar 06 2023 
Valdai Club: Sanctions on Russia
Sanctions on the Anniversary of the Special Operation in Ukraine
Ed Note: We may as well accept that this will be the trajectory for China as well.
The further escalation of sanctions against Russia is inevitable. This means that for Russia, the most important task remains the development of means of settlement with foreign countries, which would… Continue reading
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Feb 23 2023 
Russia and China: What’s next after Wang Ji’s visit
First a small photo essay of the visit:
A real Bro handshake!
Now let me ask, do these people look happy, and comfortable in one another’s company and when have you seen Wang Ji smile in formal photographs?
In the Wang Yi and Nikolai Patrushev talks the core information is of course not stated. But what is stated… Continue reading
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China: Global Security Initiative
Ed Note: At the very same hour of President Putin’s address to his Parliament, China issued their promised Paper on Global Security
The Global Security Initiative Concept Paper
2023-02-21 11:12I.Background
The issue of security bears on the well-being of people of all countries, the lofty cause of world peace and development, and the future of humanity.
Today, our world, our… Continue reading
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CGTN exclusive: Pres. Raisi: China and Iran
Ancient civilizations, ancient silk roads.
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From China to Israel
The Foreign Affairs office of China has been closed for the past week for the Chinese New Year. They did speak out though, as Israel is doing its normal things, just worse than ever. Israeli apartheid forces killed 9 people in one hour in Jenin on 1/26, including a 61-yr old woman in her home.… Continue reading
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Dec 23 2022 
Can China help Brazil restart its global soft power?
Bolsonaro reduced Brazil to resources-exporter status; now Lula should follow Argentina’s lead into Belt and Road
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Asia Times
Ten days of full immersion in Brazil are not for the faint-hearted. Even restricted to the top two megalopolises, Sao Paulo and Rio, watching live the impact of interlocking economic, political, social… Continue reading
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Rebuttal to “China is Capitalist”
From Jeff J Brown and just excellent and in-depth material. You will probably need a cup of tea or two:
Rebuttal to “China is Capitalist: The Religiosity of ‘The Myth of Chinese Capitalism’, by Ron Leighton. Dr T P Wilkinson interviews Jeff J. Brown.Pictured above: Far left is Deng Xiaoping; to his left is Zhou Enlai… Continue reading
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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 most frequently asked question for me is, why don’t you oppose the CPC? Why don’t… Continue reading
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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.
November 9th … AFP: According to reports, Germany wants to block the sale of a chip factory… Continue reading -
In the Great Hall of the People …
Scandal? Health?, Re-education camp for grandpa?, emergency with his wife?; we don’t know. But never mind the reason, the following five years will be owned by Xi Jingping and team.
This was extremely embarassing – high drama in China, to say the least: former President Hu Jintao was removed from the Great Hall of the People,… Continue reading -
Aug 29 2022 
Here Comes China
Just yesterday, two old US warships sailed through the Taiwan Straits. These ships, 35 and 37 years old, were apparently on routine transit. I cannot imagine what could be routine about sailing two warships through the Taiwan Straits, but China said as long as they behaved themselves, follow the rules of innocent passage, keep low… Continue reading
