In 2018, the prescient Brian Berletic wrote Blocking Nord Stream 2, noting how desperate the US was to block Nord Stream 2 satellite drone and incapable it was to go beyond threats and coercion, “I asked ‘how far would the US go?,’ and now we know. Here’s his update since the explosions: Little adds up regarding […]
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Climate talk is popular, climate action less so. Fixing the CO2 goals as climate is difficult and expensive but, as Ginger River Review’s Jinglin Gao and Jiang Jiang explain in their interview series, How China can meet its carbon reduction targets, Beijing is flexible about reaching its goals: “China may experience multiple carbon emission peaks, and there is no need to forcibly
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A few days ago, Elon Musk urged a condominium between Taiwan and the Mainland and, to the astonishment of China-watchers, China’s Foreign Ministry praised him. The world’s oldest, proudest, smartest, most communist foreign ministry publicly praised the world’s richest capitalist. Even more interesting is the timing of this pas de deux Kiev Missiles Strike Taipei Heads
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In light of Thailand’s strategic shift, the recent China-Russia Joint Communiqué highlights significant geopolitical realignments. This ambitious agreement encompasses numerous domains, setting a new direction for international cooperation. Thailand’s active engagement with the mBridge platform and its application to join BRICS signify a bold move towards regional integration and economic independence from the US dollar.
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‘Moving Backward’: In Xi’s China, Some See an Era of Total Control A decade ago, many prominent Chinese hoped that Xi Jinping would usher in openness and reform. Today, some of them believe he has created a totalitarian state. New York Times, October 18, 2022 Censorship: Public vs. Private Some See an Era of Total Control? I
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The Premier Pair of China is depicted in the photograph below: the girl on the left left home at twelve for a career in music. She went on to become China’s most famous female singer. Here we see her during the Sino-Vietnam war, performing for the troops. The young man below left home aged twelve
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