Miscellaneous News

[NiuBiDaRen]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586442559131652096

Triple whammy of poorly designed former red light district built to service US troops, lack of crowd control and over eagerness to celebrate a western hedonistic holiday festival.

Was at Itaewon in 2018 to celebrate Halloween (yes sorry, my friends invited me and I was hungry for fun), and there was already a crowd crush back then from the subway Itaewon Station. Hard to enjoy yourself when it's so crowded, and I'm not a Halloween costume kind of guy. Had to be way worse in 2022 when everything was opening up and everyone wanted to let loose.

Nowadays many hipster Korean youths prefer to go to Euljiro, which is a hipster hotspot since going to Itaewon or Sinchon/Hongdae all the time can get tired.

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Euljiro is an avenue in Seoul named after Eulji Mundeok, the general who saved Korea from the invading Sui Dynasty Chinese

Wow. Life was good before the pandemic. Fuck.

 

[FriedButter]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1585976113242996736

Is this confirmed?

Yes. An article posted a few days ago.

Saudi FM is also saying they are finalizing the touches for an summit between China and Arab states as well.

Xi Jinping Likely to Visit Saudi Arabia: Foreign Minister​

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Saudi Arabia, the oil-rich kingdom's foreign minister said, days after the leader of the world's most populous nation secured a third term in office.

Prince Faisal bin Farhan hailed the "historical and solid relationship" between the major oil exporter and Beijing after talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

"Our meeting today comes at an important time, as it precedes the expected visit of the Chinese president to the kingdom," Prince Faisal said in a video statement broadcast on Saudi television.

Saudi Arabia is also "finalising arrangements" for summit talks between China and Arab countries, he added.

Xi, who extended his decade in power last week, has only left China once since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when he visited Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in September.

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[ougoah]

Speaking of Saudi Arabia, has Biden and the USA responded to MBS's response to US attempt at leash tightening and maneuvering their way out of total economic collapse brought upon by the still ignored energy resource shortage?

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[Sinnavuuty]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586776523889004545

 

[baykalov]

Interesting that articles like this are coming out in the mainstream, portraying Zelensky as ungrateful.

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[sheogorath]

Totally shocking and unexpected, said no one who wasn't a complete moron

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586702609590755334

Interesting that articles like this are coming out in the mainstream, portraying Zelensky as ungrateful.

Surprised Biden was lucid enough to get mad in the first place.

 

[daifo]

Here we go again. China better be pumping out those icbm...

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[ACuriousPLAFan]

As if the impacts and effects from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war across the world aren't severe enough, now the DC hawks are looking to open another front against Iran.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1587110185461600256

Perhaps now is time to work towards uniting and cooperating the objectives and power of OPEC+ with Russia and China through BRICS+ and SCO.

 

[NiuBiDaRen]

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It also signaled weakness vis-à-vis Xi, who just self-confidently presided over his coronation as leader for life.

BASF CEO Martin Brudermüller is one of the most pro-Beijing CEOs calling for an end to “China-bashing.” The Chinese government rewarded him with an exemption from the strict zero-COVID rules. In September, Brudermüller was able to travel to China without having to quarantine to inaugurate BASF’s new $9.9 billion investment in Zhangjiang, with Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng in attendance.

Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume recently defended the company’s plant in Urumqi at the heart of China’s Xinjiang province, saying, “This is about taking our values out into the world. Also to China in the Uyghur region.”

French President Emmanuel Macron, who would like to have a larger slice of the China cake for French companies, made public that the German chancellery had refused the offer for Macron and Scholz to go together to meet Xi.

Pity that we couldn't have Macron and Scholz go together to visit Emperor Xi. It would have been fun to see Macron and Scholz fighting for business deals, which would have been good for China.

 

[AssassinsMace]

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Bad corporate and financial executives for acting on reality and not the propaganda of Western politicians... bad!