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Roses Are Red
"When you give roses to others, the fragrance lingers on your hand."
So said Xi Jinping on Wednesday, when China convened 130 countries to discuss and otherwise celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road initiative, Xi's pet global infrastructure project.
It was the biggest gathering China's hosted since the pandemic, and it came on a day when Beijing unveiled crucial economic data.
The Chinese economy expanded 4.9% YoY in Q3 and 1.3% from the previous quarter, the NBS said. Those fi
That China, Russia, and Iran are all allied (or “axis”?) together despite absolutely fundamentally different core beliefs and economies tells me “The West” (plus the non-West Japan, South Korea, Australia, etc) are all doing a pretty good job.
Sadly the naive do not understand how fallible we all are, some more fallible than others… such that Orban, La Pen (father and daughter), and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named are “upright leaders” who can win elections because they’re appealing (ignore the where the money comes from, nothing to see here!).