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KYli

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That fund only manages $136 million, which is absolutely tiny as hedge funds go. For comparison, Bridgewater, the biggest hedge fund in the world, manages $140 billion. The owner of Bridgewater, Ray Dalio, is also well known to be very positive on China, sometimes even
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They do have more hedge funds that were betting against China a few years ago. Soros and a few big names also are involved. However, they lose a lot of money betting against yuan that most of them have given up or at least significantly reduce their bets. It is just most MSM didn't report much about it.
 

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Remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War casketed in S.Korea​

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EditorChen Zhuo Time2022-09-15 14:46:30

INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were casketed in South Korea on Thursday to be sent back to their homeland.


The ceremony to lay the 88 remains in coffins was held in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul.


The Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, officials with the Chinese embassy in South Korea, officials with the South Korean defense ministry as well as personnel responsible for the excavation and identification of the remains attended the ceremony.


A flower basket was laid at a temporary settlement for the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs.


All members of the Chinese delegation bowed three times to the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs and presented flowers before the South Korean side placed the remains in coffins.


This year's repatriation ceremony, the ninth of its kind, is scheduled to be held at the Incheon International Airport on Friday.


China and South Korea have successfully carried out the handover of the remains of 825 Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs in South Korea for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021, following humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendship and practical cooperation.

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Meanwhile in Nice:

Ukrainians got into a fight in Nice, mistaking each other for Russians, the local prosecutor's office reports the incident. Two Ukrainian women are in hospital, one Ukrainian soldier is in custody.

The beaten women claimed that the attacker was Russian and that he hit them because they were listening to a song in Ukrainian with anti-Russian slogans. The suspect is a former Ukrainian soldier who explained to the police that he mistook the two women for Russians.

The man arrested after the attack on two Ukrainian refugees, Sunday evening in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, admitted the facts while minimizing them during his police custodyaccording to a press release from the public prosecutor.

Also of Ukrainian origin, he will be tried by the Nice Criminal Court on November 17. He was released and placed under judicial supervision.

He is a Ukrainian soldier from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the reasons for his presence on the Côte d’Azur while the country is in the midst of war are unknown. During his hearing, he would have explained that he took the two Ukrainian refugees… for Russians.

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Remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in Korean War casketed in S.Korea​

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EditorChen Zhuo Time2022-09-15 14:46:30

INCHEON, South Korea, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The remains of 88 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War were casketed in South Korea on Thursday to be sent back to their homeland.


The ceremony to lay the 88 remains in coffins was held in Incheon, west of the capital Seoul.


The Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister of Veterans Affairs Chang Zhengguo, officials with the Chinese embassy in South Korea, officials with the South Korean defense ministry as well as personnel responsible for the excavation and identification of the remains attended the ceremony.


A flower basket was laid at a temporary settlement for the remains of the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs.


All members of the Chinese delegation bowed three times to the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs and presented flowers before the South Korean side placed the remains in coffins.


This year's repatriation ceremony, the ninth of its kind, is scheduled to be held at the Incheon International Airport on Friday.


China and South Korea have successfully carried out the handover of the remains of 825 Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs in South Korea for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021, following humanitarian principles and in the spirit of friendship and practical cooperation.

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Overbom

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Based on diplomatic norms, with him saying something like this, here is my conclusion: There is no diplomatic rift or anything like that, its simple actually, Central Asia is getting closer to China and Russia is losing its influence over that region
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Vladimir Putin acknowledges Chinese ‘concerns’ on Ukraine​

Russian leader’s comments are first public admission of differences between Beijing and Moscow
Russian president Vladimir Putin has Chinese “concerns” about the war in Ukraine at his first in-person meeting with President Xi Jinping since the invasion.
Putin’s comments in a meeting with Xi in Uzbekistan on Thursday were the first public admission of differences between Beijing and Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
“We highly value the balanced position of our Chinese friends when it comes to the Ukraine crisis,” Putin told Xi, according to a video shared by the Russian state Zvezda news channel. “We understand your questions and concerns about this. During today’s meeting, we will of course explain our position.”
 
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