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A Thousand Words (and then some) on the Potential for Changing International...
Photo by SLT This post is actually about an image (and its implications) that I had intended to write about a while back. It was inspired by a comment on my post about Pompeo’s belligerent behavior...
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Rethinking Chinese Investment
WaPo’s Henry Olsen contends “It’s time for global businesses to admit it: China isn’t a good investment.” That’s a rather bold stance for a “columnist focusing on politics, populism, and American...
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Your Headline of the Week
Source: White House photographer Via WaPo: In a few days, more people in Trump’s orbit tested positive for coronavirus than in all of Taiwan. More than a dozen White House officials have recently...
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Burma Military Coup Ousts Suu Kyi
AP (“Military takes control of Myanmar; Suu Kyi reported detained“): Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one year, while reports said many...
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The Pandemic in India
The ongoing surge of Covid-19 cases in India is truly tragic, especially when one considers that current conditions would suggest it is quite likely that these numbers are under-reporting cases and...
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The Ivies=NK?
Via Fox News: North Korean defector says ‘even North Korea was not this nuts’ after attending Ivy League school. As American educational institutions continue to be called into question, a North...
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President Ghani Flees as Taliban Reach Kabul
The AP reports, Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul. Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing...
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US and UK Intelligence Leaders Warn of Increasing Chinese Threat
Reuters (“Heads of MI5, FBI give joint warning of growing threat from China“): The heads of MI5 and FBI warned of the growing long-term threat posed by China to UK and U.S. interests, in their first...
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Shinzo Abe Murdered
WaPo (“Shinzo Abe, former Japanese leader, is assassinated by gunman“): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a towering political figure at home and abroad, died after being shot at a campaign...
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China’s Worrisome Behavior
As noted yesterday, the Biden Administration has followed its two predecessors in increasingly focusing on “strategic competition” with a rising China as the centerpiece of its national security...
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Taiwan President Resigns After Opposition Wins Local Elections
Two conflicting reports from Western media: Reuters (“Taiwan opposition wins big in local vote as president’s China threat bet fails“): Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) stomped home...
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Mass Protests Across China
AP (“China’s Xi faces threat from public anger over ‘zero COVID’“): Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger...
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South Koreans Getting New Birthdays
NPR (“South Koreans are getting a year younger, parliament rules“): South Koreans will soon become a year or two younger, following an official change to the country’s age-counting system. On...
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A Dumb Abuse of Power
CC0 Public Domain license from pxhere. Via the BBC: India official drains entire dam to retrieve phone. It took three days to pump millions of litres of water out of the dam, after Rajesh Vishwas...
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US-Japan Unifying Command Structure
Reuters (“US eyes change to military command in Japan as China threat looms, sources say“): U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree next month to tighter military...
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