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The Biden administration is lobbying Democratic senators to put the brakes on a bill that would alter US policy toward Taiwan, including by designating it as a major non-NATO ally, according to people familiar with the matter.

The legislation also would provide Taiwan with $4.5 billion in security aid and support its participation in international organizations. It is sponsored by Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, both harsh critics of China, which considers the self-governing island of Taiwan as part of its territory.

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who said OPEC+ is not effective. prices over the bench mark.
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The official selling price (OSP) for September-loading Arab Light to Asia was raised by 50 cents a barrel from August to $9.80 a barrel over Oman/Dubai quotes, state oil producer Saudi Aramco
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said on Thursday, exceeding the previous record of $9.35 per barrel set in May.
Saudi Arabia set its Arab Light OSP to northwest Europe at plus $4.70 a barrel against ICE Brent for September, and to the United States at $6.15 a barrel.
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Jump in help sought for victims of Unification Church after Abe death​


  • Most asked how family members could leave, others were concerned with financial issues – one person had contributed 500 million yen (US$3.73 million)
  • The church has come under renewed scrutiny after investigators said the accused assailant Tetsuya Yamagami was motivated by the former PM’s alleged links
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tokenanalyst said:

Jump in help sought for victims of Unification Church after Abe death​


  • Most asked how family members could leave, others were concerned with financial issues – one person had contributed 500 million yen (US$3.73 million)
  • The church has come under renewed scrutiny after investigators said the accused assailant Tetsuya Yamagami was motivated by the former PM’s alleged links

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Jiang ZeMing made the right decision.
 
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Given China's massive purchasing power for commodities, I'm surprised they haven't started demanding producers from "unfriendly" countries accept Renminbi for purchases of coal/iron ore/bauxite/etc. Heck, they don't even need to demand, just offer a 0.1% premium(relative to local currency) for CNY payments or demand a 0.1% discount for USD ....
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China has huge pile of USD, China has to spend them somewhere. Only when that pile is significantly reduce would China begin to demand RMB payment.
 
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RedMetalSeadramon said:
Jiang ZeMing made the right decision.
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In addition to that, it is a basic decision that every Chinese ruler has made in the past.

Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Tang and Later Zhou all crashed Buddhism when it became too influential and possessing too much properties.

Ming eventually banned Catholics when they refused to acknowledge that the emperor is above the pop.

Ming and Qing crashed Bailian and Tiandihui.

In Chinese political tradition there is no room for any powerful institution/society parallel to the secular government. This is as fundamental as "Democrazy" to the west.
 
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