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U.S. moves slowly towards planned war on China

THE U.S. IS CAUTIOUSLY MOVING AHEAD with long-held but risky plans for a war on China, exploiting Taiwan to justify a conflict. - Deputy US war minister Elbridge Colby asked Japan last week to define what role it would play in an upcoming conflict, the Financial Times reported. (1) - The request echoes a plan…

July 17, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China-Laos rail’s success defies Western media’s excessive negativity

LAOS, ONE OF THE POOREST countries in Asia, is developing after China built a major railway and other infrastructure, a United Nations official said this week. And the difference between what is actually happening and what the BBC and Reuters predicted would happen is breathtaking, users noted. The BBC predicted the railway would bring financial…

June 5, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Why China has a father or ‘grandpa’ and the US has a commander-in-chief

Professor Wang Pei (汪沛教授), a young scholar at Hong Kong University, has recently published a new extended essay that draws on Jungian archetypes to investigate: “Hero and Father: Contrasting Leadership Styles in the USA-China Rivalry” (available here). AMERICA JUMPS THE RAILS Just over a year ago, at Fridayeveryday, I maintained that, “America bombs while China…

June 4, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

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New docs reveal what really happened in Beijing, 1989

NEWLY UNEARTHED DOCUMENTS today reveal what really happened in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in 1989—how the protests were prepared, how teams caused them to escalate, and how they really came to an end. And they provide the most detailed account yet about one of the biggest hoaxes in modern history—one so successful that the perpetrators, an…

June 1, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Almost everything you read about the South China Seas dispute is wrong

China outrageously claims the WHOLE of the South China Seas with its nine-dash line! It does so, despite LOSING a UN court battle that ruled that the Philippines had sovereignty over the waters! Heard those arguments before? Such myths are printed everywhere, year after year. Now read what really happened. Pierre Herbst reports.…

May 15, 20250Comments ByPierre Herbst

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A hillbilly White House and the wisdom of peasants

In 2016, US Vice President JD Vance published a best-selling memoir entitled “Hillbilly Elegy”. Curiously, he explained on the Fox News network recently that China’s pivotal influence on American consumption was due to the US borrowing “money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture” (YouTube link here). Let's consider the sort…

April 23, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

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China just stopped exporting rare earths. The US is worried

CHINA JUST STOPPED exporting its rare earths to the US—in a bizarre reflection of the US halt on stopping exports of high-end chips to China. On April 4, the Chinese leadership placed export restrictions on two categories of rare earth products. One listed six specific heavy rare earth metals, and the other dealt with the…

April 16, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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The world was shocked by Trump’s tariff attack. But China was ready

CHINA WAS READY. Most nations expressed shock when the United States announced last week that it would impose what it called "reciprocal tariffs" on all trading partners. But China already expected a dramatic escalation of US tariffs—and had taken steps to deal with it. Last month, the Beijing leadership released its annual review, known as…

April 11, 20250Comments ByHerman Hu

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Manila pushes Pentagon narrative, but independent voices speak out

A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL in the Philippines sprang into action after academics revealed the truth about the recent spate of conflicts in the South China Seas. Senior Philippines coast guard Jay Tarriela this week rushed to criticize "Filipino bloggers" of making "baseless" allegations and being part of a "disinformation network". He was angered after several people…

April 9, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Despite unsettled global economy, China sets 5% target

CHINESE PREMIER LI QIANG delivered a dramatic vision of the future, with China moving steadily into whole new worlds of bio-manufacturing, quantum technology, embodied AI, 6G communications and other future industries. But he also admitted that the present period was genuinely challenging for the whole world, with China no exception. Still, the Chinese leader was…

March 13, 20250Comments ByFriday Writers

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U.S. moves slowly towards planned war on China

China-Laos rail’s success defies Western media’s excessive negativity

Why China has a father or ‘grandpa’ and the US has a commander-in-chief

New docs reveal what really happened in Beijing, 1989

Almost everything you read about the South China Seas dispute is wrong

A hillbilly White House and the wisdom of peasants

China just stopped exporting rare earths. The US is worried

The world was shocked by Trump’s tariff attack. But China was ready

Manila pushes Pentagon narrative, but independent voices speak out

Despite unsettled global economy, China sets 5% target

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