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"Fiercely defending"...
"The EU should take this direct threat to Bosnia and Herzegovina very serious, considering the Russian aggression towards Ukraine. I expect an official condemnation by @JosepBorrellF, fiercely defending the sovereignty of BiH."
"The EU should take this direct threat to Bosnia and Herzegovina very serious, considering the Russian aggression towards Ukraine. I expect an official condemnation by @JosepBorrellF, fiercely defending the sovereignty of BiH."
He's a controversial Fudan international relation professor who is seen as one of the most outspoken public critic of west in Chinese media. His correct prediction of Trump winning 2016 election propelled him into the limelight. His claim of being banned from US by FBI made him appear politically reliable and loyal for Chinese netizens. This sets him apart from other Chinese researchers who are usually hampered with persistent rumors of their family members' western ties. As a result, he has gained a great deal of popularity and achieved a large following on Chinese social media. I actually at one time subscribed to his weibo account. But, I found some of his views were too radical and he has a tendency to publicly humiliate weibo posters who disagree with him.
Since members here tend to show health skepticism about media, journalism and other experts, I think it's prudent to bring attention to his wrong prediction on Ukraine as it speaks to his credibility. Granted, nobody is expected to make accurate predictions of the future. Still the whole Russian invasion was very well telegraphed and was in line with Putin's often expressed position against NATO's eastward expansion. IMO, Shen got overconfident and could have been more circumspect.
Paul Krugman is making a fool of himself. It is purely disgusted that he has sunk so low. I guess how American dismay performance in covid has shaken him of his belief in American exceptionalism.
But China is definitely not over Covid. Hong Kong, which for a long time seemed virtually unscathed, is experiencing , a catastrophe reminiscent of early 2020 in New York — back when there were no vaccines and we didn’t know much about how to limit transmission. Major Chinese cities like , a crucial world , are back under lockdown. And it’s not at all clear when or how China’s new health crisis will end.
First, as much of the world was turning to mRNA vaccines — a new approach adapted to Covid with miraculous speed — China insisted on using its own vaccines, which rely on older technology and have proved , especially against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Not only did China insist on using inferior but home-developed vaccines, it tried to discourage adoption of Western vaccines by spreading and conspiracy theories.
Majority of Hong Kongers were vaccinated with mRNA vaccines, you moron.
Second, among China’s elderly — the most vulnerable group — have lagged. This may in part be because disinformation about mRNA technology has not only discouraged people from taking the most effective vaccines, but it has bled into distrust of vaccines in general. It may also reflect broader distrust of the government; China’s leaders lie to their people all the time, so why believe them when they say you should take your shots?
China elderly 60 or above vaccination rate is 81%. Total vaccination rate of mainland Chinese is 88%. It is nothing to sniff at. It is much higher than the US and many European countries. In comparison, due to the misinformation from Hong Kong cockroach and Newspaper Hong Kong vaccination rate is just 70% before the outbreak. Its elderly people over 60 vaccination rate was 40% and people over 80 was 15%. So mainland Chinese didn't distrust their government.
The thing is, all of these failures, like Putin’s failures in Ukraine, ultimately stem from the inherent weakness of autocratic government.
On vaccines, China succumbed to the kind of blinkered nationalism all too common in authoritarian regimes. Would you have wanted to be a health official telling Xi Jinping that his vaunted vaccines were seriously inferior to Western alternatives, especially after Xi’s minions had gone to considerable lengths to claim the opposite?
On zero Covid, would you want to be an economic official telling Xi that the cost of draconian lockdowns, a policy of which China was so proud, was becoming unsupportable?
And as I said, a government that lies all the time has trouble getting the public to listen even when it’s telling the truth.
Tell that to the one millions dead Americans.
But China is definitely not over Covid. Hong Kong, which for a long time seemed virtually unscathed, is experiencing , a catastrophe reminiscent of early 2020 in New York — back when there were no vaccines and we didn’t know much about how to limit transmission. Major Chinese cities like , a crucial world , are back under lockdown. And it’s not at all clear when or how China’s new health crisis will end.
First, as much of the world was turning to mRNA vaccines — a new approach adapted to Covid with miraculous speed — China insisted on using its own vaccines, which rely on older technology and have proved , especially against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Not only did China insist on using inferior but home-developed vaccines, it tried to discourage adoption of Western vaccines by spreading and conspiracy theories.
Majority of Hong Kongers were vaccinated with mRNA vaccines, you moron.
Second, among China’s elderly — the most vulnerable group — have lagged. This may in part be because disinformation about mRNA technology has not only discouraged people from taking the most effective vaccines, but it has bled into distrust of vaccines in general. It may also reflect broader distrust of the government; China’s leaders lie to their people all the time, so why believe them when they say you should take your shots?
China elderly 60 or above vaccination rate is 81%. Total vaccination rate of mainland Chinese is 88%. It is nothing to sniff at. It is much higher than the US and many European countries. In comparison, due to the misinformation from Hong Kong cockroach and Newspaper Hong Kong vaccination rate is just 70% before the outbreak. Its elderly people over 60 vaccination rate was 40% and people over 80 was 15%. So mainland Chinese didn't distrust their government.
The thing is, all of these failures, like Putin’s failures in Ukraine, ultimately stem from the inherent weakness of autocratic government.
On vaccines, China succumbed to the kind of blinkered nationalism all too common in authoritarian regimes. Would you have wanted to be a health official telling Xi Jinping that his vaunted vaccines were seriously inferior to Western alternatives, especially after Xi’s minions had gone to considerable lengths to claim the opposite?
On zero Covid, would you want to be an economic official telling Xi that the cost of draconian lockdowns, a policy of which China was so proud, was becoming unsupportable?
And as I said, a government that lies all the time has trouble getting the public to listen even when it’s telling the truth.
Tell that to the one millions dead Americans.
I visit Queenstown which is the main holiday resort town in NZ about three times a month and the bar I drink at will not sell me a "Black Russian" I can only get the drink by requesting Vodka and Kahlua splash of coke with ice.
Blinken says he 'personally' agrees with Biden calling Putin 'WAR CRIMINAL', which angers Kremlin
After Biden, now Blinken... basically a relationship break-up between Putin administration and Biden administration... don't think the two can liaise in any normal way even after the war is over.
After Biden, now Blinken... basically a relationship break-up between Putin administration and Biden administration... don't think the two can liaise in any normal way even after the war is over.
Someone (or more) managed to phone into and got connected to the UK Secretary of Defence and the UK Secretary of Home while posing as the “Ukrainian PM”. 2 high ranking members of the UK government. Top Notch Security
It'll probably be that Russian prankster. He's gotten a few famous people to say stupid stuff, including Nikki Haley.
Edit: Here's the prank:
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