The prosecution of telecommunications giant Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou on charges of violating U.S. sanctions policies with Iran has been very politicized from the outset and a bellwether in the decline of U.S.-Sino relations in an era of renewed cold war.
HSBC is the 800-pound Gorilla in the Canadian Courtroom that No One is Talking About
Category: Hong Kong
[audiobook] 16/20: The Governance of China Vol. 3 by Xi Jinping
[audiobook] 16/20: The Governance of China Vol. 3 by Xi Jinping (YouTube)
16a: Promote Development in Hong Kong and Macao as Part of China’s Overall Development
16b: Strive for China’s National Rejuvenation and Peaceful Reunification
16c: Speech on the 20th Anniversary of Macao’s Return to China and the Inauguration of the Fifth-Term Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Source: C Ozmun
Deputy Secretary of State Meets With China’s New Ambassador to US
Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles
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US troops ‘will temporarily deploy’ to Afghanistan to help evacuate diplomats
ICYMI: The Pentagon has quietly established two new Afghanistan-linked offices, including its Defense Security Cooperation Management Office-Afghanistan, and the Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Headquarters, both based in Qatar. (Tip of the hat to Dr. Jonathan Schroden, who directs CNA’s Countering Threats and Challenges Program.)
– Defense One
The US isn’t going to leave Afghanistan alone:
China emerges as reliable partner for Afghan development
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Is China Transforming the World?
Is China Transforming the World?
From speeches by president Xi Jinping, including the one he gave at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2017, journalists only wanted to retain his support of globalization—that is, his praise of free trade without obstacles—and a denunciation of protectionism. It is clear that the Chinese president was saying that “economic globalization has provided a powerful driving force for world growth, by facilitating the movement of capital and goods, the advancement of science, technology and human civilization, as well as exchanges between peoples.”1. What a sweet song in the ears of the neoliberals! Nevertheless, we should not hide the setbacks and problems, also underlined in this same speech: “Globalization is a double-edged sword.… The contradiction between capital and labor is accentuated.… The gaps between the rich and the poor, between the North and the South, are constantly widening.… The richest [elements] represent 1 percent of the world’s population, but have more wealth than the remaining 99 percent.”2
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Lockdowns Damage Children’s Eyesight: Too Much Screen Time, Too Little Outdoors Time
Lockdowns Damage Children’s Eyesight: Too Much Screen Time, Too Little Outdoors Time
Animal studies have suggested that outdoor light helps protect against myopia by sparking “an increase in dopamine release in the retina, which inhibits elongation of the eyeball,” Yam said.
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