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Full text: Covid-19 Prevention, Control and Origins Tracing: China’s Actions and Stance

Global Times China’s State Council Information Office on Wednesday issued a white paper titled “Covid-19 Prevention, Control and Origins Tracing: China’s Actions and Stance.” Apart from preface and conclusion, the document contains three chapters: “Contributing Chinese Wisdom to the Study of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2,” “China’s Contribution to the Global Fight Against Covid-19,” and “The […]

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Erratic Trump: Substantial China Tariff Cuts. Or not?

Updated: Stocks fall as Bessent states no deal on China Tariff Cuts Dow trims gain, S&P 500 and Nasdaq retreat from session highs as traders digest Bessent comments on tariffs and Powell; Tesla shares bounce U.S. stocks were off the session’s highs after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters there was no unilateral offer from […]

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China pivots from the US to Canada for more oil amid trade war

Forex Live If Canada is able to play its cards right, there are enormous and highly economic long-life oil assets that can be exploited. It would require pipelines to the west coast but there is an increasing national acceptance for those kinds of projects due to antagonism from the United States. The report highlights how […]

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US Defense Secretary Hegseth Announces NMESIS Anti-Ship Missile Deployment in Philippines to Counter China.

As the peace train rolls on Army Recognition- On March 28, 2025, during his official visit to Manila, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the deployment of advanced military assets to the Philippines, including the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), an anti-ship missile system, and unmanned surface vessels. This strategic move underscores the […]

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Saudi/US/Ukraine Meeting; Minerals Deal, Intelligence gathering etc

Going to do a grab bag of news; Trump say’s they’ve just about lifted the restrictions on intelligence sharing- Whatever that actually means? Interesting too is that the US is claiming the minerals deal will be signed today, in Saudi Arabia. If so, that will confirm a number of my suspicions about Trumps “sincerity” for […]

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Trump’s China Hawks Are Also Uyghur Advocates

Convenient for the pivot to China- Foreign Policy U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of two outspoken critics of China’s (alleged) crackdown on Uyghurs to serve in top foreign-policy roles in the next administration has been welcomed by Uyghur advocates. Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of state, and Rep. Mike Waltz, his […]

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Russia, China foreign ministers discuss relations with U.S., Ukraine- To Meet in Moscow

As you read the two links below, keep in mind “The Diplomat” article and my observation from yesterday The Diplomat article is speculative based on some very limited observations, but, the purpose for the article could be to create the narrative of a divide between Russia and China that can be exploited by the US, […]

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Narrative creation: Foretelling the future of America’s divide to conquer strategy?

As of this time, I’ve got 2 lines of thought about what may be going on with Russia/US negotiations: 1-The US will try the carrot with Russia, at this time, in hopes of separating it from China. As China has been enemy # 1 for a long time.2- The easing of tensions between Russia and […]

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Russia, US, Ukraine: Staking out positions. Aid cut and the Art of a Good Deal

Below are links to 3 interesting articles- Read’em and share some thoughts. The first and third pieces are extensive, so, you’ll have to get the full story from the included links And away we go! The Guam Daily Post Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position Amid expectations in Moscow […]

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Brazil’s Lula NOT attending this years BRICS summit as BRICS balancing act gets harder

I’ve voiced my concerns about Lula on previous occasions here- Due to some questionable goings on under his leadership– some people showed their anger and intolerance towards my opinion with open hostility. Maduro cancelling the Lula meeting is really interesting. What might these actions suggest to us? I’d boldly state that Maduro smells a rat […]