"How were you able to develop these magnificent qualities?"

"I don't know. It just happened" - Putin in China.

He is trying to present himself as the great leader of today, but all that comes out is mediocrity and a superiority complex.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #China

🇷🇺🇨🇳 #Russia and #China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister said.

https://apnews.com/article/joseph-wu-taiwan-interview-russia-china-492fbd5e896ae3231de5f3fbf3c93012

Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other's ‘expansionism’

Russia and China helped each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The As…

^{SIMINA MISTREANU (AP News)}

Putin zu Besuch in Peking: Militärische Hilfe, ganz zivil

Ohne chinesische „Dual Use“-Güter würde Putins Kriegsmaschinerie nicht so funktionieren. Auch um diesen Handel dürfte es beim Besuch in China gehen.#China #XiJinping #Russland #WladimirPutin #KrieginderUkraine #Europa #Politik #Schwerpunkt
Putin zu Besuch in Peking: Militärische Hilfe, ganz zivil

@bauhausmensch
#Ernährung #Klima
(3/n)

...durch #Veganismus schönreden:

"👉Mit 29 Prozent machte die pflanzliche Produktion fast ein Drittel der im Nahrungsmittelbereich anfallenden THG-Emissionen aus.👈 Nach dem #Reisanbau gehörte besonders der Weizen- und Maisanbau zu den größten Faktoren – wobei der Weizenanbau die meiste Ackerfläche der 171 betrachteten Kulturen benötigt."

"In #China, der #Mongolei sowie Süd- und Südostasien waren dagegen die 👉#THG-Emissionen...

PUTIN GOES TO CHINA

'Vlad the Impaler' travels to China this week.

Does Putin eat Chinese 🤔
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #China

Via Bill Pascrell,:

“Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of President Xi, you couldn't find it. There's nobody like that. The look, the brain, the whole thing” —donald trump 4/11/2023

Reporter: #Trump says #China has been eating our lunch. What’s your response?

#Biden: He’s been feeding them a long time

#China #US #TradePolicy

I agree, in principle, but since the principle "change through trade" has not worked out regarding China--at least since President #Xi has been at the helm--and the start of the #EnergyWars, #NationalSecurity aspects should, as in China, have predominance. As #Elmo's #Tesla has shown, modern #EV|s are also 3D surveillance vehicles.
If there is a #NationalSecurity (not #DataPrivacy) for #TikTok to be made, a very rare bipartisan law, def. 4 EVs, 2

#goodnews #Science #health #medicine #Diabetes #seniors #China

59-year-old Man Who Had Type 2 Diabetes for 25 Years is Cured by Stem Cells

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/59-year-old-man-who-had-type-2-diabetes-for-25-years-is-cured-by-stem-cells/

59-year-old Man Who Had Type 2 Diabetes for 25 Years is Cured by Stem Cells

After receiving the manufactured stem cells in 2021, he was weened off of external insulin over 11 weeks, with the disease largely gone.

^{Andy Corbley (Good News Network)}

TIL about ‘Operation #YellowBird ‘ that took place in #China after the 1989 #StudentProtests and subsequent massacre at #TiananmenSquare in #Beijing.

The surviving students had to be smuggled out of the country, and are still being pursued around the world 🌎 by the #Chinese #CommunistParty.
👀 👉 https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgy7xypwj8o.amp

China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s

Yan Xiong escaped from China in 1992, but he and other dissidents are still being targeted by Beijing.

^{Gordon Corera (BBC News)}

Russia will not stop with Ukraine

An autocratic regime like Russia can prioritize expansion of defense industries over economic well-being to sustain their military actions in Ukraine

The time that is being spent by Russia inside Ukraine is also time that we have to get our industrial base to where it needs to be

Russia now is increasingly reliant on importing both equipment & technology, notably from #china

https://kyivindependent.com/us-general-russia-will-not-stop-with-ukraine-unless-theyre-stopped-in-ukraine/

#RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine

US General: 'Russia will not stop with Ukraine unless they're stopped in Ukraine'

An autocratic regime like Russia can readily prioritize the expansion of its defense industries over economic well-being to sustain their military actions in Ukraine, along with help from Iran and North Korea, said Lt Gen. Steven L. Basham, U.S.

^{Olena Goncharova (The Kyiv Independent)}

Too much criticism of #Biden's #EV #tariffs ignoring basic facts about #China & #BYD

A reminder about why #Chinese #electric vehicles are so cheap - more than mere "innovation"

- non-existent labor protections, & no real labor unions in Chinese factories = cheap workforce (unlike unionized Detroit)

- minimal lacking sourcing standards for raw materials = widespread supply chain #humanrights & #environmental abuses

- massive subsidies & domestic market protectionism

https://leadthecharge.org/scorecards-summary/

Leaderboard Summary - Lead the Charge

^{Nanda van der Meer (leadthecharge.org)}

Total Trust: Surveillance State - https://www.videoneat.com/documentaries/26101/total-trust-surveillance-state/

Crazy documentary. It looks like a dystopian SF movie. I have no idea why people still watch movies when reality is many times more than any movie. More scary, funny, complex, interesting, mindblowing.

China is perhaps how the future will look like for people on this planet. Total control.

#capitalism #surveillance #china #privacy

"Fun" fact about #Hungary:

While most Western countries are concerned with extrajudicial security personnel from #China going after Chinese dissidents and other interference via secret police stations, Hungary just went and signed a deal with China: "lol, police from a totalitarian country officially patrolling our streets? sure thing"

Now #Xi is visiting #Orban

And these "police" are tearing down #Tibet flags

And #EU flags

Hungarians WTF? Your government is a joke

https://dailynewshungary.com/chinese-volunteer-gendarmes-flags/

What's happening in Budapest? Chinese volunteer gendarmes won't let any flags be displayed except the Chinese – VIDEO

What do you think about this bizarre situation? #china #chinese #flag #tibet

^{Daily News Hungary}

What I don't understand about the #TikTok problem is what makes TikTok worse than #Instagram, #Facebook, #Google or #Twitter?

Either you ban algorithmic timelines or you ban government spying. But if you only ban TikTok, the #propaganda will still reach us via the other networks ...

TikTok ban in the United States: https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/explaining-why-officials-want-to-ban-tiktok-in-the-united-states/article_2f1c3092-0baa-11ef-8c02-df0aeedefee3.html

#news #censorship #politics #China #USA #algorithm #software #socialNetwork #internet #problem #law #surveillance #economy

Explaining why officials want to ban TikTok in the United States

The bill states that TikTok has nine months to divest itself from China and that TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, sells the platform to another company. If a sale is agreed to,

^{WPSD Local 6}

BREAKING NEWS 🚨

There has been a significant data BREACH by the Chinese involving the personal details of serving military personnel of UK - BBC
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #China #UK #BreakingNews #Breaking

Great, another source of emissions that has been underestimated.

The US obviously tops the charts, but other notable mentions are China, Australia and Norway.

https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2024/04/big-data-reveals-true-climate-impact-of-worldwide-air-travel/

Direct link to study: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3a7d

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #climate #aviation #USA #China #Australia #Norway

Climate emissions from air travel 50 per cent higher than reported

A new study that looked at almost 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel internationally.

^{Nancy Bazilchuk (Norwegian SciTech News)}

#US intelligence officials assess that #Russia and #China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of #Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries fight in coordination.

“We see China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in relation to Taiwan and recognizing that this is a place where China definitely wants Russia to be working with them,"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/us-spies-see-china-russia-militaries-working-closer-on-taiwan

#Ukraine

US Intelligence Officials See China, Russia Militaries Working Closer on Taiwan

US intelligence officials assess that Russia and China are working more closely together on military issues, including a potential invasion of Taiwan, prompting new planning across the government to counter a potential scenario in which the countries…

^{Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg)}

It’s all funny until…

#china #usa #facebook #twitter #instagram #tiktok

Interview with Cosette Wu, a Taiwanese-American student at Harvard and co-director of the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP. The Coalition is made up of Tibetan, Taiwanese, Uyghur and Hong Kong students working in solidarity toward their collective liberation

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202404260024

#Taiwan #Tibet #Hongkong #Uyghur #China #activism

A discussion with Cosette Wu, the woman behind the Harvard speech disruption - Focus Taiwan

"You robbed Hong Kongers of the most fundamental freedom and devastated their democracy. Now in my country Taiwan, you sought to do the same.

^{Focus Taiwan - CNA English News}

@harmonicarichard

I agree with all you've said.
However, #TikTok indoctrinates, too.
The #CCP is world-class in controlling the narrative on the internet, which OFC they do in the #PRC with the same app. #TikTok is pushing rightwing propaganda, just like the #DeadBirdSite: https://mashable.com/article/tiktok-recommendations-far-right-wing , https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-5110-9_8.

And OFC, they control everything on it regarding #China. I'm positive that a #Short reporting on the plight of the #Uighurs would not be online for > 1 hour.

@VeroniqueB99

TikTok's algorithm sends users down a far-right extremist rabbit hole

Far-right content is still thriving on TikTok.

^{Matt Binder (Mashable)}

Blinken tells CNN the US has seen evidence of #China attempting to influence upcoming US elections

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/26/politics/blinken-china-interview-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app

@fgbjr @porkroll

#GettingToYes #DisputeResolution

(2/3)

...government, will NOT fulfill your assumptions.

Also, given the massive election interference of other countries, in particular #Russia and #China, but also #India (e.g. in #Canada,), some of the participants will be a kind of agent-provocateurs. They explicitly do NOT want a de-escalation and a reasonable solution. They want to further fuel the fire and polarize Western societies in this #HybridWar.

So, the books methods are...

ES
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NICHT
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FASSEN!

🤮

Die #WehrloseDemokratie ergibt sich freiwillig.

Nur die dümmsten Kälber suchen ihren Schlächter selber. 🙈 🙊 🙉

#Steigbügelhalter #ÖRR #Maischberger #ZDF #Miosga #AfD #Russland #China #Spionage #Krah #Bystron #Rechtsextremismus #Vaterlandsverräter #Chrupalla #Demokratie

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/erst-in-der-ard-nun-im-zdf-maybrit-illner-ladt-tino-chrupalla-zum-gesprach-11566889.html

Erst in der ARD, nun im ZDF: Maybrit Illner lädt Tino Chrupalla zum Gespräch

Unter dem Titel „Russland, China, Spionage – vertritt die AfD deutsche Interessen?“ diskutiert die ZDF-Talkerin am Donnerstag mit dem AfD-Bundessprecher.

^{Kurt Sagatz (Der Tagesspiegel)}

The U.S. House delays on the foreign aid package to #Ukraine and #Taiwan, now passed by the Senate, helped Russia by among things giving Putin time to move forward with plans to purchase ballistic missiles from Iran.

And it sent the wrong geopolitical message to #China, too, according to an international relations scholar:

https://theconversation.com/senate-approves-nearly-61b-of-ukraine-foreign-aid-heres-why-it-helps-the-us-to-keep-funding-ukraine-228344
#UkraineRussiaWar #USPolitics #BreakingNews #News

Senate approves nearly $61B of Ukraine foreign aid − here’s why it helps the US to keep funding Ukraine

President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the total $95 billion foreign aid package that covers Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.

^{The Conversation}

Spionierte Mitarbeiter von AfD-Politiker Krah für China?

Die Polizei hat nach ARD-Informationen einen Mann in Dresden wegen Spionageverdachts festgenommen. Dabei handelt es sich um einen Mitarbeiter des AfD-Spitzenkandidaten für die Europawahl, Krah. Der Mann soll für China spioniert haben.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/spionage-china-afd-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Spionage #China #AfD

Spionierte Mitarbeiter von AfD-Politiker Krah für China?

^{Andrea Becker (RBB), Michael Götschenberg (ARD-Hauptstadtstudio), Georg Heil (RBB) und Holger Schmidt (SWR) (tagesschau.de)}

NPR: A U.S. Navy sailor was found guilty of "attempted espionage, failure to obey a lawful order and attempted violation of a lawful general order" at a general court martial. He shared "classified and national defense information" with a foreign agent between November 2022 and February 2023, including days before his arrest by Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The sailor was assigned to Japan-based destroyer USS Higgins (DDG-76) and previously served on the USS Curtis Wilbur as a fire controlman (in charge of operation and maintenance of missile systems, gun fire control systems and computer systems). While the foreign government isn't identified, it is assumed to be China. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1246108780/navy-classified-information-sailor-convicted-espionage

#espionage #USN #nationalsecurity #China

The turmoil in the Middle East has led to many speculations about the extent to which Russia and Iran are coordinating their actions. So I decided to make a video about the relationship between #Russia, #China, and #Iran.

This time I am linking to a post on my new Ghost site. Some people have requested that I post transcripts of my videos, which seemed like a good idea. So if you prefer to "read" my videos instead of watching them, you can sign up for the newsletter.
https://www.logicofwar.com/is-there-an-alliance-between-russia-china-and-iran/

Is there an alliance between Russia, China, and Iran?

I just published this video about the relationship between Russia, China, and Iran. The topic came up again this week, when many people started speculating that maybe Russia was behind the Iranian air strikes on Israel.

^{Anders Puck Nielsen (Logic of War)}

"Russia's one path to victory in Ukraine leads through minds and mouths in Washington, DC. Russian and Chinese propaganda therefore celebrates the inability of Congress to pass aid for Ukraine, and praises those who hinder the passage of such a bill. But the specific propaganda memes that China spreads (and some American leaders repeat) about the war are of Russian origin."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Russia #Ukraine #China #disinformation
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/political-warfare-and-congress

Political Warfare and Congress

My Testimony from 17 April

^{Timothy Snyder (Thinking about...)}