The Chinese surveillance balloon that traversed the United States earlier this year before it was shot down did not collect intelligence while flying over the country, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Steps taken by Washington to stop the high altitude device from potential information gathering as it crossed the US in early February played a role in that outcome, according to Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. #News#USA#China#Biden#Xi
China hit back on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a "dictator", saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation, in an unexpected spat immediately following efforts by both sides to lower tensions.
Great policy change in #India regarding the cancelation of new coal plants and good for solving the #ClimateCrisis.
Now, international pressure must be brought to bear on #Xi's #China, who despite having major problems with #AirPollution in cities like #Beijing is the global "leader" in building new..."
... An #aircraft#carrier would need to be moved into position openly, in contrast.
Now, of course, an aircraft carrier has a lot more #firepower (unless #nuclear#missiles are used) than a small #submarine. However, if I were Kim, I'd deal more easily with the visible than with the invisible enemy, larger provocation or not.
Let's hope I am wrong, though, and that #Xi in particular will not use the sub as a pretext to increase the heat on #Taiwan, which is what...,
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6) #Cyberwarfare in #China and abroad: #Xi has successfully taken control of the internet in China (#GreatFirewallOfChina) and can now even control the narrative in all media. Furthermore, the strategic investment in #Twitter gives it clout in the still prominent #SocialMedia platform.
(see my older threads).
And there are other issues, like China profiting from the #EnergyWars, the successor to its #RoadAndBelt initiative, etc., but this is simply...
(1/22)
"Under President #Xi#Jinping, #China seems determined to achieve hegemony in #Asia, which explains its stealth border aggression against #India in April 2020 that has resulted in continuing military standoffs along the #Himalayan border... #Biden’s preoccupation with #Russia...bleeding it on the #Ukrainian battlefields, limits his...strategic space 2 deal w/ the threat from a globally expansionist China. The #US...is in no position to...take on Russia + China..."
"The world’s richest people emit huge and unsustainable amounts of #carbon and, unlike ordinary people, 50% to 70% of their emissions result from their investments. New analysis of the ...
A brief first analysis of President #Xi Jinping long and insightful article titled "Forging Ahead to Open a New Chapter of China-Russia Friendship, Cooperation and Common Development"
[I see this as a threat for other countries:]
"...comprehensive strategic partner of coordination. We are both major countries in the world and permanent members of the #UNSecurityCouncil. ...
Our two sides have had close coordination on the international stage and...
Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower? (foreignpolicy.com)
Four inconvenient truths make this scenario unlikely.
Russia launches lab to study Xi Jinping ideology (www.politico.eu)
The center aims at understanding the ideas of the Chinese president and strengthening relations between the two countries.
China lashes back as Biden labels Xi a 'dictator' (www.reuters.com)
China hit back on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden referred to President Xi Jinping as a "dictator", saying the remarks were absurd and a provocation, in an unexpected spat immediately following efforts by both sides to lower tensions.