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Overbom

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Its member states now include Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, three of which share borders with China’s Xinjiang region, a focal point of Beijing’s geopolitical outlook. Observer members include Hungary and Turkmenistan.
“[It] is trying to imitate the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Arab League, and to form a so-called league of Turkic states,” Yuan wrote. “This means a new force is rising in the heartland of world geopolitics, adding to the European Union, the Eurasian Economic Union and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.”
 

Xizor

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Myanmar Military burns alive 30 including Women and Children

Burmese army carried out a series of mass killings in July, killing at least 40 civilians. The bodies were left to pieces in the deserted countryside. Soon afterwards, on Christmas Eve, there was another massacre. More than 30 women and children were arsonized and killed by the Burmese army. According to Reuters, a massacre occurred in Kayah in eastern Myanmar on the 25th. The local Karen Human Rights Group pointed out that the burnt corpses of the victims killed by the Myanmar military were found near Mo So in the town of Hpruso, including the elderly, women and children. The number is more than 30 people.

Nearby villagers said that late at night on the 24th, they noticed fires in the distance outside the village and bursts of gunfire. When they went to check the next morning, a large number of charred corpses were found in a vehicle burned into scrap iron. Some of the corpses had their hands tied behind their backs. , Burned alive.

Official Myanmar media pointed out that the Myanmar military confirmed that armed terrorists in seven vehicles accelerated through the checkpoint when the military stopped the investigation and were shot and killed. Karenni Human Rights Group said they found charred bodies of internally displaced persons killed by the Myanmar military, including elderly, women and children, near Mo So village in Hpruso township on Saturday.

The Karenni Defence Force was one of the largest militias opposed to the military government that launched the coup on February 1. He said the dead were not their members, but civilians seeking refuge in the conflict.

“We were shocked to see all the bodies of varying sizes, including children, women and the elderly,” a group commander who asked not to be named told Reuters. A villager who asked not to be named for security reasons said that he knew about the fire on Friday night, but was unable to go to the scene because of the ongoing shooting.

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crash8pilot

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Xinjiang is seen as a "hardship post" in the CPC, Chen Quanguo will be rewarded with an "easier" post after the work he's done in the province as well as all the flack he's caught from western sanctions. Age is on Chen's side (he will be 67), meaning he is still eligible for one more term on the Politburo. Xinjiang has also historically served as a proving ground post in the CPC, so it makes sense to promote Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui there to see if he has the goods to be promoted to a greater post.

In the 20th Party Congress, Chen could be promoted to the center of the party. He's worked in the Organization Department at the provincial and municipality level, so heading up the Central Organization Department could be a possibility. His work cleaning up domestic terrorism in the autonomous regions would also make him an ideal candidate to head up the Political and Legal Affairs Commission or the National Supervisory Commission. Alternatively, Chen could move to the State Council as Vice Premier with portfolios focusing on poverty alleviation and common prosperity, whist overseeing state ministries such as Human Resources and Social Security, Ethnic Affairs, and Agriculture. What I'm getting at is that I highly doubt the CPC is caving to foreign pressure and kicking Chen to the curb, not when he's seemingly ear marked for further promotion next year.

Considering Chen's last posts were in rural Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hebei, he would benefit from developing experiences and insights in other areas of policy making before the 20th Party Congress commences at the end of next year. It would makes sense to move Chen away from Xinjiang to another post for the next year to groom him for a post (regardless if he tracks towards the State Council or one of the Party's functional departments/offices) that would see him managing a wider portfolio.
 

NiuBiDaRen

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Reposted from someone on PDF

Modern China had two great teachers to make it what it is today.

The USSR taught China how to form a state. It taught China how to use revolutionary ideals to reform a country and how to form a powerful modern state capable of defending its independence. From 1949 to 1978, China was a student in the Soviet school.

The US taught China how to become rich. The US taught China the ways of capitalism, modern finance, business management and corporate practices. This is where modern China gets her enormous vibrancy. From 1979 to 2012, China was a student in the American school.

It is only because China took the best out of each of the most powerful superpowers in the past century that it has enormous strength and energy today.
 

9dashline

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I like how CNBC makes living in homeless camp residents working for Amazon make it sound so romantic a lifestyle
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Real inflation this year was at least 15% while US true GDP in 2021 actually shrank....

The average US salary increase was 4% this year, whilsts the US minimum wage still at $7.25 an hour same its been since 2009

True unemployment right now is still at 25% despite all the talk about "labor shortage" and all the while the Feds have printed like there is no tomorrow in the last two years...

Even Amazon's $15/hr today is still way less than the purchasing power of $7.25 back in 2009...

Tent cities are the future, just wait until dollar gets significantly eroded on the international scene as its bound to happen, no wonder Ray Dalio predicted 35% chance of US civil war within this decade

 

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