Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #Putin #Trump #Xijinping #Erdogan #Dictators @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #Putin #Trump #Xijinping #Erdogan #Dictators @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Is the Muskrat working for China? (Is Trump working for Putin?)
The fact we don’t know and can’t know is itself a problem
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-the-muskrat-working-for-china
"There are two huge national #security questions at the heart of the Trump regime.
The first is whether #ElonMusk is working, at least in part, for China’s #XiJinping...
#Musk has been in regular contact with the #Russian president —a close partner of #China...
@briankrebs so we will read about it on X? I guess #XiJinping can’t eat as much #popcorn as there is opportunity recently
The carnival in Germany, especially in Düsseldorf #rosenmontagszug2025 is once again very biting.
#uspol #russia #china #putin #trump #elonmusk #xijinping #FuckElon #fucktrump #fuckputintrump #fuckxijinping
Myanmar Knows Xi’s World Order Is a Con
Beijing makes hollow promises of nonintervention as it meddles with its neighbors.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/27/myanmar-civil-war-china-xi-jinping-bri-intervention/
Morten Morland @mortenmorland @thetimes on #Putin #XiJinping #Modi #RussiaUkraineWar – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
@noelreports Time to send European boots on the ground. France & UK & maybe Italy should send each a division with Baltic States joining, and most likely Poland. It’s the only way to stop the dictators #Trump #Putin #kimjongun #xijinping
#Musk’s actions are in service of both his personal financial interests—and the Chinese government.
His cozy relationships with both #Trump & Chinese President #XiJinping
boost China as it positions itself to replace the US at the forefront of the world stage.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191265/elon-musk-us-china-usaid-tesla
Is Elon Musk Serving Two Masters?
Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the US govt could be a huge boon to China—a country to which Musk has significant financial ties.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191265/elon-musk-us-china-usaid-tesla
"Musk’s actions are more in service of his personal financial interests—and the Chinese #government...
...cozy relationships with both #Trump & Chinese President #XiJinping... boost #China as it positions itself to replace the #US at the forefront of the #world stage."
Modern China is a Battleground - Song
I dislike Xi Jinping's maritime bullying, fear Donald Trump's threats against Panama, and loathe Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
All of these are symptoms of worsening international relations. Let us not forget, however, that this current sickness is in large part a consequence of the US led invasion of Iraq, a war that violated norms against war as in instrument of policy, norms that had acted as an admittedly grossly imperfect yet still functional immune system for the international body politic. I still feel ashamed and angry that the UK's Labour Prime Minister went all in on this war.
What is happening today has deeper roots than the character flaws of some current leaders or an upsurge of populism post 2008. I've no time for talk of "Donald the Dove", but am equally impatient with those who refuse to recognize the role of the George W Bush administration in creating this mess.
Seems like President Xi Jinping is the one saving TikTok for Americans
Xi Jinping says no one can stop China’s reunification with Taiwan as they are one family
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/taiwan-reunification-xi-jinping-military-b2672304.html
@arstechnica If we could egg on the two seed "mumpers" — #musk and #trump — to be the "co-Fuhrers" on the first glorious "manned" flight to #Mars, who should take the other seats? Supposing there are four.
That's a tough one.
#putin and #xijinping would refuse the honour even if offered, so which two creatures taking one-way trip would be most beneficial to our planet?
Supposing they survived the trip, who'd push their way out of the barrel first to claim the territory (marsitory?) and dibs?
Ref: https://snyder.substack.com/p/why-is-musk-trump-the-mump-regime
I was just talking with someone about the major flaw I see in the Putin plan to destabilize the U.S. for Russia’s benefit.
New article I wrote:
https://bit.ly/MiscalculatingAmerica
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese leader Xi Jinping held their first in-person talks Friday, as relations remain tense over a ban on Japanese seafood exports, China's military moves near Japan and the safety of Japanese nationals in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/16/japan/politics/china-japan-xi-ishiba-meeting/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #pla #eastchinasea #fukushimano1 #radioactivewater #trade #defense #xijinping #shigeruishiba
The #economy of #China is doing great!
How do I know?
I don't see anyone saying otherwise
"Top Chinese economist disappears after criticising #XiJinping"
"A leading economist in China has vanished from public view after allegedly criticising Xi Jinping’s handling of the country’s economy on a mobile messaging app."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/top-chinese-economist-disappears-criticising-105644632.html
The argument of staying on the birdsite to keep up dialogue beyond one's bubble is in itself laudable, but the author says little about the counterarguments - the intellectual goals+ethics of academia: independence, self-organisation, respectful speech.
Leaving the birdsite because others are leaving is essentially #XiJinping 's #WholeProcessPeoplesDemocracy [1].
* "the siloed nature of the Mastodon Fediverse" - misuse of the word "silo"
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole-process_people%27s_democracy