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zbb said:

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Just need to fix a couple of typos and it would be perfect

1. Replace "Xi Jinping" by "Western political elites"
2. Replace "China" by "The West"

Spoiler: Here's the fixed version

As Western political elites crave territory abroad, their real problems are at home.

The West's economic heyday is behind it. Optimism is turning to pessimism. People are losing faith that their quality of life will improve. The social contract is fractured.

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It's only the west itself that keeps spreading ridiculous theories like China wants to occupy Russia lol

In truth, China has so much territory and people to administer that the last thing they want is extra territory, if said territories already give them what they want.

KampfAlwin said:

What do you guys think? Hint at reopening?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590992007593603072

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The first steps in that direction, yes. I would not expect any significant moves until the spring though and before large-scale vaccination campaign.

FairAndUnbiased said:

that map is wrong, it is not PC to show Kiev as anything but the brightest blue possible.

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Kyiv is just so far above every other city that the map authors decided to 'color' it outside the visible spectrum.

UK officially in recession:

But don't worry, recession is totally normal and doesn't affect anyone:

Kishida in the mud, no announced meeting with him

China confirms Xi Jinping will meet US President Joe Biden and French leader Emmanuel Macron next week​

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• Beijing said the Chinese leader will meet his counterparts from Senegal and Argentina, but made no mention of Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida
• The confirmation comes a day after Washington said Xi and Biden would meet at the G20 summit in Bali with the aim of ‘deepening understanding’

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Overbom said:

Kishida in the mud, no announced meeting with him

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When a neighbour dog poops on your backyard, you don't talk with the dog itself, you go to its owner. Xi will directly speak with Kishida's owner, so why waste the limited time on him.

Biscuits said:

In truth, China has so much territory and people to administer that the last thing they want is extra territory, if said territories already give them what they want.

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To be fair, I wouldn't say no to Japanese territory.

KYli said:

More jobs for Americans, Less jobs for Koreans.

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KYli said:

It has nothing to do with human rights.

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Ayy yo these slave labor are getting Ph.D making technology export Americans cannot make.

I don't use crypto but it seems this FTX is a pretty big scam.

Transition deal to enable nation to exit faster from coal / Finance deal set to be worth $15 billion to $20 billion

Meanwhile, across the atlantic