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The 'krauts', the 'frogs', and the 'schnitzels': "What about us?"
If one believes in how technology makes the world smaller by distributing the access of information that was once controlled by a few to the masses, then soft power is about the bottom up distribution of global influences that now includes: "social medial journalism, influencers, grass root NGOs/non-profits, peer reviews, real time access to global information", etc..etc... These are all concepts/movements championed by the US, the West, and gaining in global popularity.
China is going in the opposite direction with centralized control. It's soft power attempts have been orthodox, rigid and party controlled.
In this context, "People - to - People connections actually mean Chinese Government - to People - Connections" because the state can control all affairs, both private and public. Unless this changes (unlikely), then soft power for China will always rely on "hard results such as economic growth, Belt and Road constructions, Scientific might," etc..
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Liberal rules based order moment
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Michael Hudson made a very important speech in China a few days ago. According to his speech, one of the most important historical lessons is that once a creditor/rentier oligarchy that refuses to forgive debts emerges in an empire, then the empire is destined to collapse. This is true from the Roman Empire to the British Empire. His concluding remarks:
Hudson mentioned the following article in his speech, which is also worth reading:
There is a China-Cambodia-Laos coalition? Good to know!
Hudson mentioned the following article in his speech, which is also worth reading:
There is a China-Cambodia-Laos coalition? Good to know!
French and US has to spend alot of money to keep there Nuclear plants afloat once they get older. Germany completely thrown the towel. These are the countries who had taken full advantage of Globalization and immigration. They have large Aviation industry.
once China built its domestic Aviation industry on same scale and majority of nuclear reactors become older like 30+ than true cost will become visible. These western countries did not faced anything remotely like Ukraine in 1990s. This Ukraine conflict will accelerate
de-globalization and every one will have to settle for less and better be highly reliable.
Cotton shortage, price increases, and inflation, What could possibly go wrong
To help stabilise China’s cotton market just weeks after a crippling US ban on Xinjiang products went into effect, Beijing intends buy up to half a million tonnes of Xinjiang cotton for its state reserves – ending a 15-month drought of such purchases.
The first of what looks to be multiple rounds of purchases is set to begin on Wednesday, and it comes as Beijing seeks to support China’s cotton industry, which has been increasingly shunned by downstream manufacturers who are wary of running afoul of a on products from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The total purchase will entail between 300,000 and 500,000 tonnes of Xinjiang cotton, which will come from mills in the region, according to a statement by the China National Cotton Reserves Corporation (CNCRC) on Friday.
To help stabilise China’s cotton market just weeks after a crippling US ban on Xinjiang products went into effect, Beijing intends buy up to half a million tonnes of Xinjiang cotton for its state reserves – ending a 15-month drought of such purchases.
The first of what looks to be multiple rounds of purchases is set to begin on Wednesday, and it comes as Beijing seeks to support China’s cotton industry, which has been increasingly shunned by downstream manufacturers who are wary of running afoul of a on products from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The total purchase will entail between 300,000 and 500,000 tonnes of Xinjiang cotton, which will come from mills in the region, according to a statement by the China National Cotton Reserves Corporation (CNCRC) on Friday.
Really? Their cancel culture, suppression of Russian info and other opinions that did not follow their narrative. Blocking Trump and right wing people.
Id say people are waking up to the fact that these social media companies have a biases and narratives.
If western narrative is so successful then why are they not winning the Russian Ukrainian war narrative around the world?
They are more successful than Chinese social media but it's not insurmountable.