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Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warming
A steel factory in Hebei, China, in 2015Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesA recent surge in the rate of global warming has been largely driven by China’s efforts to reduce air pollution, raising questions about how air pollution regulations are influencing th…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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The deep ocean is one of the world’s largest, most fragile, and most important ecosystems. We need a global moratorium to stop the launch of this destructive new extractive industry.Greenpeace International
#Trump #USpol #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #leak
Secret #Pentagon memo on #China, #HomelandSecurity has #HeritageFoundation fingerprints
An internal guidance memo from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of #Taiwan & shoring up homeland defense. In some instances, the document is nearly a word-for-word facsimile of a report from the conservative think tank behind #Project2025.
#Trump #USpol #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #leak
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How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
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#china #national-security #musk #trump #space-x #espionage
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation,” an expert said.ProPublica
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
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As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation,” an expert said.
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#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... arguing that the deportees will almost certainly face persecution, arbitrary detention, or worse under the Chinese government.
"The deportations come at a time when #Beijing has been actively seeking to deepen its ties with #Bangkok, particularly over the vast cyberscam industry that has infected most of Thailand's neighbors."
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Thailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the West
The recent deportation of more than 40 Uyghur refugees from Thailand has ignited global outrage, and raised questions about Bangkok's geopolitical stance between China and the West.David Hutt (Deutsche Welle)
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... #PaetongtarnShinawatra — economic growth. "Right now, that is more likely with China than that of the #UnitedStates,"..."
"... a #Thai analyst and columnist, told DW. "#Thailand is playing its usual balancing act and, in this case, it is simply prioritizing immediate interests."
The United States and several human rights organizations had spent months warning against such a move,...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... think tank, this case marked an 👉 "inflection point" in #Thailand's geostrategic balancing."👈
"Thailand now is an open pawn in the US-China conflict," he told DW. "👉The big geostrategic danger is that the #Thai elite facing #US sanctions now move ever closer into China's orbit and compromise Thailand's once-famous balancing act."👈
"Instead, it is thinking about the one thing that matters most to #Thai Prime Minister...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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... global audience sees on a daily basis that decades old military (#NATO) and economic allies (#Canada/ #Mecico) are left hanging in the cold from one day to another. The arcane and insane #Mercantilist trade policies with aggressive, crippling #tariffs will lead to less trade with the #US.
Via #DavidHutt @dw_innovation
"For #ThitinanPongsudhirak, a senior fellow at the #InstituteOfSecurityAndInternationalStudies, a...
#GeoPol #China #Thailand #US #HumanRights #Uyghurs
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*"#Thai authorities deported a group of 40 #Uyghur men to #China last month"..."the hell those 40 #Uyghurs will face back in #Xinjiang"*
The last time #Bangkok did this was in 2015.
👉It is possible to see this as a precursor to the #US' waning geopolitical influence, as the disastrous #Trumpean #Foreign, #Economic, and #Security policies of the #AmericaFirst.👈 The...
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Thailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the West
The recent deportation of more than 40 Uyghur refugees from Thailand has ignited global outrage, and raised questions about Bangkok's geopolitical stance between China and the West.David Hutt (Deutsche Welle)
Chinese police officers, accompanied by a humanoid robot and a robot dog, attend the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images
@photography
#China
#police
#robots
#China unveils a powerful deep-sea #cable cutter that could reset the world order
source: scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
For example, cutting cables near strategic chokepoints such as #Guam, which is a linchpin of the US #military’s second island chain, a defence strategy used to contain China, the tool could essentially destabilise global communications during a geopolitical #crisis.
#warfare #cyberwar #terror #war #technology #internet #communication #news
China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order
Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
"#China considering deploying a contingent to #Ukraine"
You can speculate all sorts of agendas here
But you'd be doing that from a traditional view of the world
Which is dead
There's only one signal for you to see here:
#Russia and #USA are untrustworthy, forgettable, and dying
China and #EU, #Europe, are the remaining world powers in the Northern Hemisphere
Deranged cesspits of incoherent zombies lie between them
(Not you #Canada, #SouthKorea, #Japan, you cool)
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China is considering deploying a contingent to Ukraine - media
PRC diplomats offered the EU participation in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. The inclusion of China in the coalition may affect Russia's agreement to the presence of peacekeepers.Anna Murashko (UNN)
Workers harvesting Longjing tea leaves at a tea garden in Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, #China
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#Beijing approves construction of first South #China #Sea #deepwater ‘space station’
source: scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
The #facility – one of the deepest and most technologically complex #underwater installations ever attempted – is scheduled to be operational by around 2030, with room for six scientists on missions that will last as long as a month.
#technology #resources #mining #environment #news #ocean
Beijing approves construction of first South China Sea deepwater ‘space station’
Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)
#economy #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol
White House aides prep new #tariffs on imports worth trillions for April 2, laying the groundwork for an escalation in global economic hostilities that #Trump has called “Liberation Day.”
The admin has already unnerved investors with duties on #Canada, #Mexico & #China, & yet, advisers are readying a move to dwarf all previous tariffs.
#economy #finance #Trumpcession #geopolitics #USpol #idiocracy #kakistocracy
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The #USAGM also terminated funding for #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty, which broadcasts to countries in #EasternEurope, including #Russia & #Ukraine, as well as for #RadioFreeAsia, which broadcasts to #China & #NorthKorea, acc/to letters seen by Reuters.
#FourthEstate #law #FreePress #journalism #VOA #VoiceOfAmerica #USpol #Trump #censorship #propaganda #trumpaganda
The President of Radio Free Asia posted this statement on the RFA website, presumably before the staff were locked out
"The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the information space."
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#uspol #VoiceofAmerica #journalism #PressFreedom #CCP #China
A black-and-white snub-nosed monkey at the Baima Snow Mountain national nature reserve in south-western China. The rare primates have cute and fluffy teddy-like faces, but when they bare their teeth, their alarmingly vampiric fangs are exposed,
Photograph: Xinhua/Alamy Live News
Sailors standing on the deck of a warship during joint military drills between Iran, Russia and China in the Gulf of Oman
Photograph: Iranian Army Office/EPA
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#Iran
#Russia
#China
#warships
Immer das gleiche Muster: Wie lange diskutiert #Europa jetzt über die technologische Abhängigkeit von #USA und #China? Wir sind digital unsouverän, wir haben kein Erkenntnis- sondern ein #Bequemlichkeitsproblem.
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Kommentar: Wir sind digital unsouverän
Die chaotische US-Politik führt Deutschland und Europa die eigene Abhängigkeit vor Augen. Wir müssen endlich handeln, meint iX-Chefredakteur Oliver Diedrich.iX Magazin
#Facebook was 'hand in glove' with #China, BBC told
"A former senior Facebook executive has told the BBC how the social media giant worked "hand in glove" with the Chinese government on potential ways of allowing Beijing to censor and control content in China."
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Facebook ‘worked hand in glove’ with China, claims ex-director
Social media company considered letting Beijing control content for access to its lucrative market, BBC told.Katie Razzall (BBC News)
Sokovia Accords
The Sokovia Accords. Approved by 117 countries, it states that the Avengers shall no longer be a private organization. Instead, they'll operate under the supervision of a United Nations panel, only when and if that panel deems it necessary.Contributors to Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki (Fandom, Inc.)
Report: China backs the peace plan put forth by Egypt and other Arab countries
"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes place again and again simply because the two-state solution is only half-achieved.
"The state of Israel has long been a reality, but the state of Palestine is still far beyond reach.”
~Chinese Foreign Minister Wang
#China #Trump #Palestine #Israel-PalestineConflict .
Updates: Houthis threaten Israel over aid as Gaza hospitals run low on fuel
The Yemeni group says Israel has four days to allow aid into Gaza or they will resume naval attacks.Nils Adler (Al Jazeera)
Stark zu 2.
„Eine weitere Gefahr ist der #Aufmerksamkeitsverlust. Digitale Medien lenken uns ab. Das kann die #Aufmerksamkeit und Produktivität beeinflussen. Gerade durch Plattformen wie #Tiktok sinkt die Aufmerksamkeitsspanne von Menschen rapide.“
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It would be good if the press mentioned that fentanyl deaths are declining "in large part due to concerted efforts to curb trafficking by the Joe Biden administration in cooperation with other countries, namely China and Mexico." And that Canada is responsible for almost none of the US supply.
#media #trump #tariffs #canada #mexico #china #trumprecession cfr.org/article/how-does-fenta…
How Does Fentanyl Reach the United States?
President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in the name of curbing fentanyl flows into the United States.Mariel Ferragamo (Council on Foreign Relations)
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
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...#Houthis
...erstwhile luster.
Today, petty #tRump has already singled out a culprit when things go south (pun intended:) the new #SecretaryOfState, #MarcoRubio.
Sorry, but...🤣
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
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...#Houthis in #Yemen and the resulting in a reduction in ships going through the much shorter Asia route via the #SuezCanal. 3)
Apart from such megalomaniac construction project which would, theoretically, sever the land bridge b/w northern and southern #Panama, it seems to me that there is no real fix that would give the Canal back its...
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The dwindling of the Panama Canal boosts rival trade routes
But they may end up more complementary than competitiveThe Economist
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
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...system has been reduced from 38 to 27, while each vessel is also now required to carry less cargo. " 2)
I would be laughting so hard if #BlackRock had not given these continously diminishing returns enough thought...
What is more, tTrump might also rue his publicly speaking speaking out for #US control of the old canal:
Especially in face of the security issues regarding...
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A new solution proposed for drought-stricken Panama Canal goes around it | Popular Science
Some trade routes will need to detour over land.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
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...be able to sustain the capacity:
"But the canal’s upgrades can’t keep up with climate change’s cascading effects. Lake #Gatún and Lake #Alajuela are replenished with rainwater, and a lingering drought compounded by #ElNiño has resulted in the second-driest year in the Panama Canal’s existence. To compensate, the daily average number of ships allowed to pass through the lock...
#GeoPol #PanamaCanal #BlackRock #CKHutchinson #Panama #USpol #China
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Would #BlackRock have invested in a sinking ship?--Probably not.
True, the Canal is no ship and, quite to the contrary, it is not shipping. However, the carrying capacity has been continuously eroding as #ClimateChange takes a grip of the region 1):
in 2024, #Panama experienced its second driest year on record.
A new "#MultimodalDryCanal project simply might not...
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Severe drought is constraining the Panama Canal
Costs for ships to go through it are spiralling. Consumers will feel the pinchThe Economist
Chinese #government shifts focus from #x86 and Arm #CPUs, gov't promoting #RISC-V chips heavily
source: yahoo.com/news/chinese-governm…
