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More like cognitive dissonance - as the one who presided over the very chaotic and ugly withdrawal from Afghanistan, Biden knows that they could not even defeat a bunch of goat herders. Yet he insists to pay lip service to Taiwan.Strategic Schizophrenia would be a more accurate and appropriate description.
China also leads the world with IPO on its domestic market. China doesn't really need a lot of investments from the U.S. and the West anymore.China now holds the 3rd largest stock exchange by market capitalization (Shanghai), and 3 of the top 10 (Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong). This is despite the fact that mainland stock exchanges are not entirely open to foreign investors and often affected by capital controls.
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China IPO Market Trounces the World With Record $58 Billion Boom
- Proceeds raised since start of the year reach a record high
- This contrasts with slump in deals in traditional IPO venues
Yup, Germans will be using grass and tree branches for cooking in spring.So German sized of Gazprom branch is an attempt to steal gas destinated for India. India now needed to pay a record amount for gas. And German would only pay a small fine. Guess German is really desperate.
Patrushev is in Beijing now.