Wow.

That merits a good debate in the Bundestag! I think the Green group should ask for that. Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz must not be allowed to operate counter to European and NATO interests vis-à-vis China without at least having to answer to the German parliament!

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, houses the world's largest collection of stored airplanes at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG).

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Thank you for hosting us! 🇨🇿🇹🇼🇺🇦

Oddly, there has been little debate in Japan on whether assisting Ukraine advances Japan's strategic interests, writes Brahma Chellaney (1/3)

Elbridge Colby Jennifer Kavanagh Kelly Grieco
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-… via Nikkei Asia

If GD passes the Russian-style Foreign Agents law, the govt can expect 'a shift in US policy toward Georgia which could include sanctions on those responsible for undermining Georgia’s democratic development or inhibiting its Euro-Atlantic trajectory.'

shaheen.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

Big The Washington Post article out today features #China 's blockade actions at #Philippines ' 2nd Thomas Shoal outposts: wapo.st/3JBcUAI
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Mama donkey and her baby..🐴😍

'The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has decided that large platforms such as Facebook and Instagram cannot force a “binary” pay or consent choice on users' #privacy #AIEthics techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/con…

Bizarrely low level of effort from Canada.
Is there something wrong with Trudeau, cognitively or in terms of moral fibre?
Canada is a very decently sized economy. It should manage easily ten times the total number below.
The war is now, the stakes are now. Come on.

📍How 🇪🇺 European Parliament parties see 🇨🇳?
📍Will EP's China outlook change?
📍Why is EP important for #EU - #China ?

In brief:
Major EP parties see China as a challenge and have forged a strong consensus. But election result will impact what #derisking will mean in practice.

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Beijing has clearly—and probably correctly—judged that it in fact can have it both ways.

MI5 to vet UK academics for Chinese spy links thetimes.co.uk/article/academ…

Today Jan Lipavský welcomed representatives of Hungarian civil society at our Embassy Embassy of the Czech Republic in Budapest . The Minister made clear that the upholding of the values that the EU was built on remains Czechia’s priority. ✌️

'If Europe wants to avoid being pulled into a general full-scale war once again, it must rearm at speed and scale,' says Andrew A. Michta, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative Director and Senior Fellow, in a new article in POLITICO. Read the full piece here: politi.co/3vW6tVX

The incredible view from gates of the
Hotel Villa Cipressi in Lake Como, Italy

Good to see Ambassador David Pressman in Budapest today. Czechia and the US are at the forefront of support for Ukraine and the latest approved package of support serves as a reminder that the Transatlantic bond remains strong. 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇸

Blinken: 'I had detailed conversations with a number of European leaders about their concerns [regarding China's assistance to Russia], including President Macron of France, German counterparts, British, many others – Italian. And I think all of us are looking to China to take…

German (& other European) defence industries take note: in Finland, an alternative (wood cellulose) has been developed & already tested to replace the Chinese cotton used for propellant powder in gunpowder production.

It works.

地牛 must be suffering from mad cow disease #TaiwanEarthquake #SleepDeprived