OIL GEOPOLITICS: The US and Saudi Arabia are nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees and lay out a possible pathway to diplomatic ties with Israel | #OOTT #SaudiArabia

Alberto Nardelli Jennifer Jacobs Peter Martin

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A typical day in the South China Sea

Third plenum to be held in July 中共中央政治局召开会议 决定召开二十届三中全会 习近平主持会议
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There's this background assumption that technological progress is a constant force of the universe, like gravity. But this doesn't account for the hundreds of years when China had a world-leading explosion of science and technology and industry, and then just... stopped.

'La fi de l'alternativa xinesa' (Tigre de Paper) de Miquel Vila ofereix les claus de la història contemporània de la Xina, tant pel que fa a dinàmiques internes com pel que fa a la seva influència geopolítica mundial. Molt interessant!

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Told you
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Thought it might be a good time to repost this.

SNP suffering from the same dearth of talent and elite malfeasance at the margins as the Tories have in the centre.

Rise and Fall of Counter-Hegemonic Elites in Scottish Politics cataloniaglobal.cat/en/rise-and-fa…

Catalonia Global Institute

Given that England, uniquely in Europe, has no discernible ethnonationalist politics, why are centre-left thinktanks and SW1 liberals so obsessed with “reclaiming Englishness from the radical right”? Me on the phantom of English nationalism: unherd.com/2024/04/will-t…

Endorsement of online games in Hongqi - they are a 'testing ground for cutting-edge digital technologies such as cloud computing, 5G, AR, VR, big data, and artificial intelligence'

The author links this to 'nurturing new productive forces'
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“Building for a transcendent purpose granted him energy and inspiration, and kept him focused on constructing a building that would last for centuries.”

Excellent account of Gaudí’s philosophy and why he should be an inspiration for the future IM—1776

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(La fi de l'alternativa xinesa) escrit per Miquel Vila, pròleg de Manel Ollé.

Miquel Vila
Com funciona el món?
Manel Ollé 💭
Tigre de Paper

Clearly not the smartest people if they think he is gonna resign

NEW: 'We can return to building new apartments, cathedrals, and parks that obey Vitruvius’ three rules of Venustas, Utilitas, and Firmitas, anchored in their culture and place. Gaudì’s approach to architecture shows us the way forward.' — Jon von Vitruvius im1776.com/2024/04/26/gau…

Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has resigned days after his assistant was held in relation to a corruption probe, sources say trib.al/YdU4nh7

Toyota will invest $1.4 billion to start production of EVs at its factory in Indiana in 2026, increasing its capacity in North America. According to a company disclosure, the investment 'brings the addition of up to 340 new, high-quality jobs.' s.nikkei.com/3xU7Sg8

Com ha esdevingut la Xina una potència econòmica de primer ordre? Matí enregistrant una esclaridora conversa amb l’analista Miquel Vila (@TigrePaper) per al BDNmatí. En breu podreu gaudir-la!!!!

L'autor Miquel Vila va presentar online el seu llibre 'La fi de l'alternativa xinesa', una porta d'entrada a la convulsa història contemporània de la Xina.

📺Si us ho vau perdre, aquí teniu el vídeo complet👇

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Toyota is forming a strategic alliance with Chinese internet giant Tencent, cooperating in AI, cloud computing and big data for electric vehicles sold in China. s.nikkei.com/3Uv3fSx

“I’m not saying it’s good but in America you have a lot of AI and no regulation, in Europe you have no AI and a lot of regulation. It’s interesting,”

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For The American Conservative, I wrote a review of Yasheng Huang 黄亚生's excellent book on Chinese meritocracy and its importance in great power competition.

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