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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
