#Influence

Thoughts on this story ... The BRI is Beijing’s most powerful tool for reshaping the international order. The Australian government has made it very clear that it will protect Australia's
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1/6) #EUChina: sadly, @JosepBorrellF's speech at #EPlenary (https://bit.ly/3j7zTGn ) makes it clear Europe is still far from understanding - and most of all addressing - the worrying, underlying reasons why Beijing
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I have a message for @BillGates. You fought access to AIDS drugs in Africa, saying we couldn't treat our way out of an epidemic, needed to focus on vaccine development.
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THREAD: Word on the street is that Moscow is escalating their pseudo-scandal active measures campaign (aka “Burisma”/“DemoCorruption”/“UkraineGate”) against @JoeBiden over the next week or so, by dropping their propaganda lies
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Trump rarely speaks to press upon returning to DC. Can't recall when he ever has. But he did tonight in the dark to vigorously deny the Atlantic story. "I would
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In astrology, there’s an asteroid called DNA and it represents ancestors. It speaks about certain abilities that you carry that are passed down through your own lineage. It’s the ancestral
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Anyone else looking at their ever shrinking mental list of male idols and inspirations in their field thinking "oh God oh please be one of the good ones." To all
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Lmao at all the Sanders Zoomers who think #JoeRogan is some holy grail.Ya'll are fucking morons, you know that? Rogan hasn't been relevant since he hosted Fear Factor, and even
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Trump followers are doing the same thing with the Flynn investigation they did with the Russia investigation: pretending—vigorously and loudly—that intelligence authorities should not have been concerned about the activities
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Someone slipped into my DMs and had a bit of go at me for my comments on Bryan AdamsIt wasn’t particular imaginative nor terribly well writtenI’ve had worse & more
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XI Jinping took oath as president 2nd time on 17th March 2018.1) The day was Shanivaar.2) Amaavasya (Tithi ruled by Rahu)Thus, present term Oath of XI happened on "Amaavasya falling
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1/ The ugly politics behind ‘VIKAS’ 2/ ‘Vikas’ is a word that can beat ‘sex’ or ‘porn’ as the topmost Google search, thanks to Modi who singlehandedly made this word
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GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, 1820-1910. Best known as a nurse who helped take the role of nurse from cultural caretaker to medical professional, Florence Nightingale was also a
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Today, I thought to tell you about a person named Phuntsok Wangyal, a Tibetan socialist who despite his dedication to the ideology would be imprisoned by the CCP for much
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Very interesting read. I swear I’ve been reading about how China’s been outpacing the West in Africa since the start of my undergrad, but nothing much ever seems to be
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1/ Happy to have found this monograph - an excellent postcolonial view on depictions of Poland and Ukraine in 19th-century Russian literature. 2/ Twitter Synopsis:The Poles are latinised, Catholicised, fake
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