Xi Jinping is not bringing back ‘Red China’ – it never went away
CHINA - Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently published an article in the magazine Foreign Affairs proclaiming “The Return of Red China” with the byline “Xi Jinping brings back Marxism.” The article goes on to make the argument that Xi’s designation at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China formally brought an end to the era of “reform and opening up” kicked off by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, which is understood by the world as having steered China towards being more liberal, more open, and more capitalist.
In reality, Red China was always Red China, and the Deng Xiaoping era was never truly about abandoning authoritarian rule in order to transition China to democracy. People tend to forget that Deng was the one who in 1989 had the tanks roll in when people revolted.
When all is taken into account, how can it seriously be said that “Red China is back?” It was always ‘Red China’, and it was only Western wishful thinking that assumed otherwise – that the country was on an irreversible course towards liberalization. But that theory died in the 2010s. Xi’s China is hardly radically different. But it is an abrupt wake-up call for all those who had assumed the Western vision and way was China’s destiny.
Poland arguably has Europe’s best army
POLAND - Warsaw has said it will raise its target defense spending from 2.4 percent of gross domestic product to 5 percent. Meanwhile, Germany, which spent about 1.5 percent of GDP on defense last year, is debating whether it can maintain NATO’s 2 percent goal after it exhausts a €100 billion defense investment fund it approved earlier this year.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak pledged in July that his country would have “the most powerful land forces in Europe.” It’s well on its way. Poland already has more tanks and howitzers than Germany and is on course to have a much larger army, with a target of 300,000 troops by 2035, compared with Germany’s current 170,000.
Poland signed a 23 billion złoty (€4.9 billion) deal for 250 Abrams tanks from the US this spring — a quick replacement for the 240 Soviet-era tanks sent to Ukraine. Its air force is equipped with US F-16s and in 2020 Warsaw signed a $4.6 billion deal for 32 F-35 fighters. But the focus of its recent military spend has been Korea, where it has signed a flurry of deals to buy tanks, aircraft and other arms.
WHO Ranks The Deadliest Pathogens, Including The Mysterious 'Disease X'
USA - The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation. The WHO said the aim was to update a list used to guide global research and development (R&D) and investment, especially in vaccines, tests, and treatments.
As part of that process, which started on Friday, the United Nations' health agency is convening over 300 scientists to consider evidence on more than 25 virus families and bacteria. They will also consider the so-called "Disease X" – an unknown pathogen that could cause a serious international epidemic.
Israel pushes US on military action against arch-rival
ISRAEL - Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi has called on the United States to develop new “operational plans” to take on the Iranian military, urging top US defense and intelligence officials to “accelerate” joint efforts to counter the Islamic Republic. Kochavi held a series of meetings with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and CIA Director William Burns. During his sit-down with General Milley, the two officials allegedly discussed “strengthening cooperation between the [US and Israeli] armies against threats in the region, chief among them the Iranian nuclear threat,” according to the IDF.
According to a US readout of Kohavi’s meeting with Sullivan, the sides “emphasized their shared determination to address security challenges,” while the White House reaffirmed its “commitment to ensuring that Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon.”
Israeli officials have claimed for decades that Iran is on the cusp of developing its own atomic bomb, although the Islamic Republic has consistently denied any plans to build nuclear weapons – with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issuing a fatwa (religious decree) against all weapons of mass destruction in 2003. Iran has passed numerous inspections by the UN’s nuclear watchdog under a major deal signed with world powers in 2015.
Strong quake shakes Turkey
TURKEY - A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake has rocked Türkiye’s northwestern Duzce province, injuring several people – including one said to be in serious condition – and knocking out electricity across the region. The quake struck early on Wednesday morning and centered on the town of Golkaya, but was felt some 200 kilometers (125 miles) east in Istanbul, the capital city, according to Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency. The agency said the first quake was followed by at least 35 smaller aftershocks, triggering panic as many people rushed out of buildings in the earthquake-prone region.
America’s Biggest Criminal Drug Dealers Go Free
USA - Two of America’s largest criminal drug dealers recently reached a $10 billion settlement for their role in America’s opioid crisis that has cost tens of thousands of deaths and countless lives destroyed for the past several years. CVS and Walgreens tentatively agreed to pay a combined $10 billion to resolve lawsuits brought by states and local governments alleging the retailers' mishandled prescriptions of opioid painkillers.
US states, cities and counties have filed more than 3,000 lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies, accusing them of downplaying the addiction risk and failing to stop pills from being diverted for illegal use.
As part of this settlement, nobody goes to prison, and these drug dealers get to keep pushing their harmful drugs. They even get to spread out their criminal payments over several years so they don’t suffer any business loss. Pharmaceutical prescription drugs kill far more people than illegal street drugs.
Dark Days Ahead at Disney
USA - The Walt Disney Co is hoping that returning CEO Bob Iger will wave his magic wand like Cinderella’s fairy godmother and make everything better following Bob Chapek’s calamitous tenure. But analysts are predicting the task won’t be so easy, saying Iger will need to slash spending and restore profitability in two years’ time — a feat of sorcery that the Disney veteran may not be able to pull off.
Among the divisions where the biggest cuts are likely to fall are Disney’s streaming services, which lost a stunning $1.5 billion last quarter as the company attempts to take on competing streamers like Netflix and HBO Max.
On Sunday, Disney abruptly fired CEO Bob Chapek in the wake of disastrous corporate earnings and a plummeting stock price. Under Chapek, Disney’s once-revered brand became severely tarnished by ill-advised culture war gambits, including a political fight with Florida Govenor Ron DeSantis (Republican) and a whole-hearted embrace of radical LGBTQ identity politics.
Iger recently told CNN that corporate leaders have a moral obligation to take stands on political and social issues, including the environment, LGBTQ, and immigration. “A lot of these issues are not necessarily political. It’s about right and wrong,” Iger said.
South Korea asks for Russia and China’s help
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea has turned to Russia and China for help in shutting down rival North Korea’s missile testing program, arguing that Pyongyang is threatening peace and stability across Northeast Asia and beyond. Nuclear envoy Kim Gunn held a telephone call on Monday morning with the Russian and Chinese ambassadors to Seoul, Andrey Kulik and Xing Haiming, asking for “active cooperation” in persuading Pyongyang to refrain from “further provocations” and return to dialogue, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Kim argued that North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday violated UN Security Council resolutions and marked yet another dangerous saber-rattling incident from President Kim Jong-un’s regime.
‘World Economic Forum’s Policies Are Dead on Arrival in the state of Florida'
USA - Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, spoke at the G20 summit in Indonesia about a “deep systemic restructuring of our world.” He also said that the world would look different after this transition process. “They are no longer hiding it. It’s The Great Reset,” reported Swedish journalist Peter Imanuelsen on Twitter.
Bryan Griffin, press secretary to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, responded to his message. “Won’t be happening in Florida,” he said, then referenced a statement DeSantis made in late August: “Things like the World Economic Forum: those policies are dead on arrival in the state of Florida.” “I want to have the values, not of Davos imposed on us but of places like Destin and Dunedin where I grew up,” the anti-Globalist governor insisted.
In addition, he pardoned all Covid offenders. Finally, he reversed fines or penalties received by state residents for violating any Covid measures. DeSantis won Florida’s gubernatorial election by a landslide last week. He is also considered a possible presidential candidate.
Scotland’s Government is rolling out a ‘digital ID’ platform
SCOTLAND - There are fears that Scotland will become a nanny state if Nicola Sturgeon’s government rolls out its own digital identity platform next year. According to their website: “Disclosure Scotland helps employers make safer decisions when they’re recruiting people. It also makes sure unsuitable people do not work with vulnerable groups, including children.”
So this is about screening users and denying services if you don’t conform to the government’s rules. Just as in the Covid era, no vaccine no access. The English and Welsh are also planning to run their own platforms, but it’s thought Scotland will be the first.
“Our vision is to introduce a digital identity service for users, that provides a safe and easy way for people to prove that they are eligible for a public service or benefit online.” It’ll soon be mandatory to have a digital identity to get public services.
Male Fertility Plummets 62% Worldwide
USA - The collapse in male fertility rates around the world is accelerating, according to journal Human Reproduction Update. Sperm counts dropped by 62 percent in under 50 years — a decades-long trend that is picking up pace. A low sperm count can contribute to adverse men’s health outcomes, including “testicular cancer, hormonal disruption and genital birth defects, as well as declines in female reproductive health.” Hagai Levine, lead author of the study, called the issue a “crisis,” warning the steep decline could get to an irreversible point.
Earthquake triggers tsunami scare in Pacific
SOLOMON ISLANDS - A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands, with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center saying that hazardous waves are possible for several islands in the region, including Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. The quake struck around 2am GMT on Tuesday, some 56 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of the capital, Honiara. It was followed by a 6.0 aftershock roughly 30 minutes later, as well as several other weaker jolts in the area, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The office of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said there was no major damage in the capital city and did not note any casualties, but added that the quakes have triggered power outages. The islands’ official broadcasting agency, meanwhile, reported that all radio services were down.
What A Choice: A Tyrannical World Government Or A Nuclear War
USA - If you had to choose between living under an extremely oppressive world government or living through a nuclear war, which one would be your choice? Personally, I don’t like either of those two options, but in recent days western leaders have been trying to convince us that we will either have one or the other. According to them, either we can submit to a “global order” that is dominated by the values and the agenda of the western elite or we can accept a multipolar world which will eventually lead to widespread chaos and nuclear war. Needless to say, western politicians are going to try very hard to get us to choose the former.
According to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature Food in August 2022, a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, which together hold more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons, would kill 360 million people directly and more than 5 billion indirectly by starvation during a nuclear winter. In the aftermath of a full-blown nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia, global temperatures would plunge dramatically because of all the soot that is injected into the atmosphere…
Western leaders are trying to convince us that the way to avoid such a fate is to embrace their vision of a “single world order” that is led by them. And the truth is that there are a whole lot of people out there that would be more than willing to give up their freedoms for the security of a one world government.
We don’t want world government. And we don’t want nuclear war either. Unfortunately, we don’t always get what we want. The western elite are really making a mess of things, and we are all going to suffer the consequences of their incredibly reckless decisions.
Emmanuel Macron: “We Need a Single World Order”
THAILAND - The APEC Summit opened on Friday in Thailand, the last of three world summits hosted in the region this month. Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for stability, peace and the development of a “more just world order.” French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Bangkok. This was despite the fact that France is not a member of the APEC nations. Macron is a graduate of the “Young Global Leaders” program of the World Economic Forum. Macron called for a new global order where neither the US nor China side wins.
Emanuel Macron: “Are you on the US or the Chinese side? Because now, progressively, a lot of people would like to see that there are two orders in this world. This is a huge mistake. Even for both the US and China. We need a single global order”. So how does that look? And do any of these leaders actually believe China will concede to anyone at this point? China is in the driver’s seat and they know it.
Klaus Schwab’s obsession with pushing global governance
SWITZERLAND - Last week at the G20 meeting in Indonesia, as US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping wasted their time talking about global warming, a subject the People’s Republic does not take seriously, instead of the origins of COVID or the status of Taiwan, to my utter astonishment, the face and voice of the “Great Reset” appeared. This is the jargon for the readjustment in the world towards so-called stakeholder capitalism that is the ambition of the conveners of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The forum began in 1971 as a conference where a few political leaders and celebrities from different industries and activities gathered and the occasion was paid for by admission fees happily tendered by a selection of prosperous people from different countries who wished to rub shoulders with the prominent featured guests. It was a winning commercial formula and it grew and grew.
Klaus Schwab thought the leaders of the international organizations he featured at Davos — the European Union, the World Bank, the United Nations, World Court, World Trade Organization and all their affiliated agencies — should play an increasingly important role to implement his vision of universal supranationalism.
In 2020, the G7 “agreed in principle to the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to harmonize global tax rules.” Corporations would be “redefined by how much they paid in taxes to governments who could distribute the profits more responsibly.… Virtuous expert classes” will buy off the lower classes with “endless government spending, cheap debt and grievance politics,” while blaming everything on the bourgeoisie. Marxism returns as authoritarianism masquerading as gentle worldly idealism.
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