America saves Israel and Gaza by vetoing UN ceasefire resolutions and sending more weapons to support Israel's bombardment of Gaza?

Over 2,000 children killed in Gaza over the last three weeks. Is this part of Israel's "war against terror"?

According to Carbon Brief, China's CO2 emissions are likely to decline next year, 6 years ahead of the scheduled deadline of 2030.

China, the world's largest carbon emitter, may already see its CO2 emissions decline, a watershed moment for humanity. telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…

Hong Kong is getting very negative press for the recent so-called "patriots only" election. But you can't begin to understand our community unless you know TWO FACTS that provide essential context. Unfortunately, they are being actively hidden.

Celebrating deaths and killings? That's insane johnmenadue.com/israeli-female…

"There is absolutely no doubt that this whole dispute (in South China Sea) is entirely about the Americans trying to make life difficult for the Chinese." globaltimes.cn/page/202404/13…

"Americans are the ones pushing the Philippine government to go out there and find a quarrel and eventually maybe start a war... But I do not think that America will die for us." globaltimes.cn/page/202404/13…

Western progressives are mired in cognitive dissonance over long-trumpeted climate commitments when the solution presented to them is low-cost, made-in-China solar panels. asiatimes.com/2024/04/the-my… via Asia Times

By continuing to be content with its allotted role as a tolerated guest in the Anglo-Saxon club, Japan under Kishida may be boldly pursuing a militarist path, but in doing so it is only demonstrating that it is fearful of standing on its own two feet. chinadaily.com.cn/a/202404/17/WS…

For Western countries, China's vast exports of toys and nailclippers are never a problem. But when China sells high-tech things like new-energy vehicles, they cried it is a "threat to the world".

Western commentators who trot out scare words like “excess capacity,” and “China trade shock 2.0” have gotten things exactly backwards. A glut in renewables and green products is precisely what the climate doctor ordered. Project Syndicate?referral=e097a7 prosyn.org/7Vc7Pm1

Philippine political commentator: "If China is so aggressive and stops us from delivering supplies to the ship (stranded on Ren'ai Reef), how did the marines survived for 24 years without food, water and medicine?"

Nigel Farage: "I have made clear on multiple occasions, if you poke the Russian bear with a stick, don’t be surprised if he responds. And if you have neither the means nor the political will to face him down, poking a bear is not good foreign policy." telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/2…

In Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, a man marks the sewer manhole in heavy rain to ensure the safety of passing vehicles and pedestrians.

近两年看过的最好的纪录片。 “真正的转变不是找到了真理，而是不再寻找终极真理；不是找到了答案，而是不再需要一个单一的答案。” [柴静对话圣战分子完整版 】陌生人 ｜Stranger: Talking to Jihadists | 3 hours Complete Edi... youtu.be/s4Rznb378pI?si… via YouTube

Kishore Mahbubani: China is a loser in the Ukraine-Russia war.

In the absence of imminent threat to Russian territory, the “special military operation” was a monumental folly from Russian point of view. But the Western mainstream media’s contention that it was entirely unprovoked ignores trends in recent decades.johnmenadue.com/ukraine-russia…

Yanis Varoufakis: Why the US launched a new cold war against China? It has nothing to do with Taiwan, or with democracy. It is b/c China is threatening the US' global financial monopoly.

By undermining the 1971 decision of the General Assembly, Taiwan is taking a stealthy path to independence without an outright declaration. sc.mp/gjos2?utm_sour… via @scmpnews