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I am finding USA a puzzle because of distance and too many lens angles through which I must try to see
dunno, just guessing, that there might be a few elephants in the living room of house of USA that impels demonstrations and counter-demonstrations, and I cannot fathom the end-game, because elephants might just settle down, forcing residents to retreat to own respective rooms waiting for the elephants to either wander away or intrude into the bedrooms
in the meantime, strangely, instead of addressing the issues of elephants, politicians of the uni-party prefer to point fingers to happenings and non-happenings, and imaginary happenings far far away
from perch of a kibitzer, one can be understood for mistaking the politicians are not busy doing the best for the best of the people they rule over after election balloting are all done for the locals, and foreign flags decorate the streets, and foreign place names resonated within legislative venues
I know I am interpreting events wrong, but it is not as if am not fed data
edition.cnn.com Matt Pottinger advocating regime-change for China by the US, on the one hand
The Interlocking Of Strategic ParadigmsFormer MI6 spy writes that "Positioning scarce air defense ‘to save Israel’ therefore, exposes Ukraine (and slow...
it is almost as if there are at least two camps in the USA, normally working in concert and now at cross purposes, one wish to win in Ukraine and hold matters together in the middle east, and another to go and set up a win in Asia and hold matters together in the middle east, with neither group realising that Ukraine is already lost, and Asia shall be lost, with middle east matters unavoidably spilling all over the place
Today I heard that China was, and that China wasn't behind the street demonstrations across the USA, both by US officials. Call me very confused. Perhaps some folks are trying to take a go against China and others wish to double down against Russia.
Failed against Russia, try China. What an idea. Brilliant. More brilliant than setting Mexico up as a failed state. Yeah, am being sarcastic for once.
In the meantime China shall continue to grow at 5.5+% per annum growth for a long time, because now that China has both the industry (65-70% of global capacity), the capital, and the brains, and no longer making socks along the coast, and improving neighbouring nations of SE Asia less Philippines, 5.5% is easier now and more so than ever before. The usual main stream economists missing the factors of efficiency improvement and value-add accretion in their projections for MSM publications
Am still waiting for China industry migration to ... drum roll ... vietnam ... to make a dent to China
Perhaps China industry migration to Mexico might make a difference, and if not, then eventually to Michigan?
The narrative is easy to do even if not correct. I remain agnostic and pay attention to 2026 / 2032, and a new number, 2042, when true demographic crisis happen in much iff the CW cset.georgetown.edu
The Global Distribution of STEM Graduates: Which Countries Lead the Way?
Russia and China are "seriously considering" building a nuclear power plant on the lunar surface by 2035, according to the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos.
Rail route connects China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
The first China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia express freight train recently departed from Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan province, marking a significant milestone in regional trade connectivity.
