‘U.S. Department of war’ is a more honest title—and that is proved by the extraordinary story of a forgotten 1964 letter from China
TLDR SUMMARY: The world knows the importance of the nuclear “no first use” pledge but forgets that only two countries signed it, neither of which are in the west
IN 1964,…

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IF AN ENEMY ATTACKS, the Chinese will defend their nation with the East Wind, a hurricane of power that will destroy his ship.
Then from the waters will rise a Giant Wave. And from the skies will fall a Sudden Thunderbolt.
If any enemies survive to continue their assault, a Cloud Arrow and a fire…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
