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Thai Rice Crop In Crosshairs Of El Nino As Farmers Are Warned About Water Shortages
Thai Rice Crop In Crosshairs Of El Nino As Farmers Are Warned About Water Shortages A disruptive El Nino pattern might impact rice production in Thailand, the world’s second-biggest exporter of the grain that feeds half the world’s population. Bangkok Post reported farmers are being asked by the Office of the National Water Resources “to grow […]
2023: Fourth Turning Meets Mass Formation Psychosis
2023: FOURTH TURNING MEETS MASS FORMATION PSYCHOSIS “Four things need to exist or need to be in place if you want a large-scale mass phenomenon to emerge. The first thing is that there needs to be a lot of socially isolated people, people who experience a lack of social bonds. The second one is that […]
The US Empire Is Accelerating Toward Global Conflict On Two Fronts
The US Empire Is Accelerating Toward Global Conflict On Two Fronts Vladimir Putin has announced that referenda will be held in four regions of the eastern part of Ukraine whose populations will now vote on whether to join the Russian Federation, much like the Crimea referendum of 2014 which resulted in Russia’s annexation of that territory. Putin announced that 300,000 […]
A tale of two civilisations
A tale of two civilisations In recent years, America’s unsuccessful attempts at containing China as a rival hegemon has only served to promote Chinese antipathy against American capitalism. China is now retreating into the comfort of her long-established moral values, best described as a mixture of Confucianism and Marxism, while despising American individualism, its careless […]
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable?
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable? Tensions are rising between the U.S. and China, as the list of ideological, political and economic clashes continues to lengthen. And there is a transparent new reality: China seems in no mood to back down. “The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border,” Secretary of State […]
Kissinger Warns: China-US Must Agree To “Limits” On Making Threats Or Risk War
Kissinger Warns: China-US Must Agree To “Limits” On Making Threats Or Risk War Two major and relatable statements have been issued Wednesday on the question of US ties with Taiwan and China’s growing anger and increasingly bellicose rhetoric in response. First, the notoriously hawkish editor-in-chief of China’s state-owned news tabloid the Global Times issued a threat, saying China should “fully […]
Bill Gates Warns “10 Million Lives” At Risk As Virus Spreads To Africa And Taiwan Reports First Death
Bill Gates Warns “10 Million Lives” At Risk As Virus Spreads To Africa And Taiwan Reports First Death Summary: Taiwan reports 1st coronavirus death Taiwan taxi driver who died from virus carried passengers from mainland, Hong Kong, Macau Singapore reports 3 more cases Indonesia says 6 passengers from Westerdam cruise ship tested negative There are […]
China Demands US Stop “Flexing Muscles” After Its New Carrier Sails Across Taiwan Strait
China Demands US Stop “Flexing Muscles” After Its New Carrier Sails Across Taiwan Strait China has gone on the diplomatic and military offensive Monday as China’s Defense Minister told his US counterpart that Washington must stop “flexing its muscles” in the South China Sea. At the same time Beijing has deployed its new domestically produced aircraft carrier to the […]
Beijing Enraged After US Navy Ship Sails Through Taiwan Strait
Beijing Enraged After US Navy Ship Sails Through Taiwan Strait With the 70th anniversary of the founding of the CPC looming, and Beijing staking out a more aggressive trade stance Friday morning by threatening retaliatory tariffs, the US picked the best – or worst – time to provoke Beijing, when a Navy ship sailed through the […]
Beijing Accuses Washington Of “Undermining Global Stability” In New Defense Report
Beijing Accuses Washington Of “Undermining Global Stability” In New Defense Report For the first time since President Xi began his second term in 2017, China has released a defense white paper that doesn’t elaborate on the country’s military priorities so much as it criticizes Beijing’s chief political adversary – the US – while defending the […]
China Sends A Message: Holds Military Drills Off Taiwan, Will Sanction US Defense Firms
China Sends A Message: Holds Military Drills Off Taiwan, Will Sanction US Defense Firms Following last week’s State Department approval of the sale of $2.2 billion in arms to Taiwan, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that it will follow through on threats first made days ago to impose sanctions on American companies selling arms to Taiwan. Crucially this confirmation came […]
China Demands US “Sever Military Ties” With Taiwan After $2.2bn Arms Proposal
China Demands US “Sever Military Ties” With Taiwan After $2.2bn Arms Proposal As expected on Tuesday China slammed the US State Department’s newly approved potential sale to Taiwan of M1A2T Abrams tanks, Stinger missiles and related equipment at an estimated value of $US2.2 billion. Beijing has long vehemently criticized US-Taiwan defense relations, which it sees as encroaching on its […]
Taiwan Holds Live-Fire Military Exercise Amid Fears Of China Invasion
Taiwan Holds Live-Fire Military Exercise Amid Fears Of China Invasion Taiwan on Thursday conducted live-fire war drills along its west coast amid mounting fears that Chinese President Xi Jinping could use military force to annex the democratic island. Artillery batteries, self-propelled artillery weapons, attack helicopters, and main battle tanks fired at targets off the west coast city of Taichung, while […]
