#China

Sitting at a restaurant in Shaoguan, the American mother tried hard not to vomit while her traveling companion translated what the man they were eating with had just explained: her
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This happened a couple of days ago:“There is now strong evidence that the coronavirus was leaked from a Chinese biological weapons research laboratory”Deputy National Security Advisor & Former Officer, US
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"PRC Assertiveness in the South China Sea: Measuring Continuity and Change, 1970–2015" - new article @Journal_IS https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/isec_a_00400 read on below for a summary thread Why has China alar
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I promised a short thread on increasing freight costs and its impact on the poorest in our community. So, here goes. Any followers who work in trade should wade in
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In this thread, I'll explain the 4 categories of offences under the new national security law, just gazetted into law in Hong Kong: secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign
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Please watch this video in its entirety, paying attention to the english captions. Tucker featured clips from this and it just shows how much is at stake in this election.
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My ideal COVID pandemic:China: Folks, there’s a virus, we’re going to be trustworthy and transparent, and we’ll need all the help we can get.World: Shit, virus sucks. Can we stop
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The problem I have with progressive foreign policy is that it's so naive and assumes all actors are rational and good-will gestures will be reciprocated. That's a dangerous assumption in
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1/ @WHO published current COVID testing guidance on March 19.https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/331501/WHO-COVID-19-laboratory-2020.5-eng.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yOnly two sources in WHO's guidance discuss PCR Cycle T
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Time for another short thread. I frequently rail about a couple of things: a) Galaxy Brains don't actually know the nuts and bolts of what they are talking about b)
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The basic framework for competing with Beijing and retaining US global leadership: blood, steel, and silicon.I've been fleshing out this framework for a while now.Let me explain what each leg
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A tip for Google Earth & GEOINT enthusiasts.Ever wonder from which direction a satellite took it's photos without actually pouring thru data to find out? There's a quick way that
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This perspective is one of the reasons why I want to do this podcast. SciFi is for *anyone* to speculate about how all aspects of their cultures, traditions and practices
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With that in mind, we cannot heroize Deng. He lead an enormous growth in corruption, labour abuse and privatization. His efforts to sabotage the party and the idea cannot be
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Can't talk about neocolonialism in Africa without bringing up Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group (FGS), which uses paramilitary security forces to "make it safe" for the continued flow of Chinese
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1/ Lots of good analysis out there on why the EU-China CAI is a bad decision in the context of Xinjiang, transatlantic partnerships, etc. But I also think that even
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