They're either too scared or Trump is just controlled opposition.
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Too obvious is why. I doubt Trump is controlled opposition, judging by the Herculean efforts the "Deep State" is putting in to trying to stop him. Look at all the borrowing to fuel unsustainable economic growth. I think this is done solely to prevent a recession before November 2024.
Propaganda.
We had stories about Huawei doing this or that for years on end, and still do.
Looks like ByteDance has joined that club.
Look at the date, that’s a current era piece from foreign affairs, not some article from the 90s. The belief that only white westerners specifically Zionist westerners have the genetic ability to innovate is a religious dogma that cannot brook the intrusion of reality.
How a superpower became a supapowa
Regarding the dialogue in Foreign Affairs between the democrat China Hawks and the republican China Hawks, it is clear that no matter who wins the white house, that the PLA must be prepared for a decades long greyzone warfare, potentially leading to a hot war.
One thing they are both supportive of, is increased military spending as if the USG hasn't already been spending and planning for war with China since 2011's 'Pivot to Asia'. As someone pointed out earlier, it's not that they don't want to militarise industrially Cold War era style, it's that the USG is functionally incapable of militarising industrially Cold War era style. Part of it is technical andindustrial know how being lost but i believe it is primarily because of the death of the petrodollar as the reserve currency.
Why else would the USG have to enlist Australia and its taxpayers for $400bln AUD to build nuclear submarines which no australian defence force member will be commanding? Because they are for the US Navy and the USG via AUKUS made Australian taxpayers pay for american military-industrial products/submarines. They wouldn't need to do that if they weren't battling inflation and staring down the barrel at recession and stagflation, the US should be able to just print the money so why dont they? Why bother sending Yellen to China to ask for Chinese investment into Treasuries? Because the entire world is shunning US debt in light of theft of Russian reserves and the USG either must print more QE money to fund those purchases or kill inflation but it can't do both.
You can already see the effects of the folly of US Elites stealing Russian assets:
Good, Indians can now pay for Russian and Chinese goods with gold, rather than rupees.
One thing they are both supportive of, is increased military spending as if the USG hasn't already been spending and planning for war with China since 2011's 'Pivot to Asia'. As someone pointed out earlier, it's not that they don't want to militarise industrially Cold War era style, it's that the USG is functionally incapable of militarising industrially Cold War era style. Part of it is technical andindustrial know how being lost but i believe it is primarily because of the death of the petrodollar as the reserve currency.
Why else would the USG have to enlist Australia and its taxpayers for $400bln AUD to build nuclear submarines which no australian defence force member will be commanding? Because they are for the US Navy and the USG via AUKUS made Australian taxpayers pay for american military-industrial products/submarines. They wouldn't need to do that if they weren't battling inflation and staring down the barrel at recession and stagflation, the US should be able to just print the money so why dont they? Why bother sending Yellen to China to ask for Chinese investment into Treasuries? Because the entire world is shunning US debt in light of theft of Russian reserves and the USG either must print more QE money to fund those purchases or kill inflation but it can't do both.
You can already see the effects of the folly of US Elites stealing Russian assets:
Good, Indians can now pay for Russian and Chinese goods with gold, rather than rupees.
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Joint Statement of China and Arab Countries on the Question of Palestine
On May 30, 2024, the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum was held in Beijing, and the two sides held in-depth discussions on the question of Palestine.
The two sides agreed that the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly, including Security Council resolution 2728, must be fully and effectively implemented, and that joint efforts should be made to promote a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible and to promote an early, comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the question of Palestine. The two sides reached consensus on the following:
First, the two sides condemn Israel's continued aggression against the Palestinian people. There have been 125,000 Palestinian civilians killed and injured in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children. The Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip has been forced to suffer a deadly famine and blockade that has cut off all livelihoods, and the systematic destruction of residential areas, hospitals, schools, mosques, churches and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, as well as the detention and ill-treatment of thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
The two sides condemn the aggression against the city of Rafah, as well as the bombing of refugee camps and the control of the Rafah crossing.
The two sides reject the plans, intentions and acts of forcible transfer of the Palestinian people outside their national borders, which will bury the chances for peace in the Middle East region and lead to the widening and worsening of the conflict in the region.
Fourthly, the two sides demand that the Security Council adopt a binding resolution on the realization of an immediate, comprehensive and sustained ceasefire, the cessation of the forcible transfer of the Palestinian people, the guarantee of the delivery of relief supplies throughout the territory of Gaza, the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and the return of life in the Gaza Strip to the right track. The two sides condemn the use of the veto by the United States to prevent Palestine from becoming a full member of the United Nations.
V. The two sides support the orders for provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice on January 26, March 28, and May 24, 2024, in the case of South Africa against Israel for violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and believe that Israel should comply with the relevant provisions of the law, in particular international humanitarian law. The parties emphasized that Israel, as the occupying Power, bears responsibility for the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Sixthly, the Arab side emphasizes the need to implement the resolution of the Joint Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyadh on 11 November 2023, which includes the breaking of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, so that humanitarian relief supplies provided by the Arab and Islamic countries, as well as by the international community, can immediately enter the whole of the territory of Gaza from the north to the south by sea, by land and by air. China expresses its understanding.
VII. The two sides emphasize that peace, security and stability cannot be achieved in the region without an end to the occupation of the territory of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the occupied Lebanese territories. Call on the international community to take irreversible initiatives to promote the establishment of an independent Palestinian State and the realization of a political settlement on the basis of international law and relevant international resolutions, including Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 497 (1981), 1515 (2003), and 2334 (2016), as well as the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative in its entirety and in all its points, to enable the Palestinian people to fulfill their legitimate and inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination of their destiny, the right to establish an independent State of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of the Palestinian refugees to return and to compensation, as stipulated in the UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (1948). Support for full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations. The two sides reaffirm that the “two-state solution” is the only realistic way to resolve the question of Palestine.
The parties call for the convening of a larger, more authoritative and more effective international peace conference as soon as possible in order to launch an authoritative peace process on the basis of recognized international principles. The said process should be carried out within a defined time frame and under international guarantees until the end of the Israeli occupation of the 1967 Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the remaining occupied Lebanese territories.
Joint Statement of China and Arab Countries on the Question of Palestine
On May 30, 2024, the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum was held in Beijing, and the two sides held in-depth discussions on the question of Palestine.
The two sides agreed that the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly, including Security Council resolution 2728, must be fully and effectively implemented, and that joint efforts should be made to promote a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible and to promote an early, comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the question of Palestine. The two sides reached consensus on the following:
First, the two sides condemn Israel's continued aggression against the Palestinian people. There have been 125,000 Palestinian civilians killed and injured in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children. The Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip has been forced to suffer a deadly famine and blockade that has cut off all livelihoods, and the systematic destruction of residential areas, hospitals, schools, mosques, churches and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, as well as the detention and ill-treatment of thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
The two sides condemn the aggression against the city of Rafah, as well as the bombing of refugee camps and the control of the Rafah crossing.
The two sides reject the plans, intentions and acts of forcible transfer of the Palestinian people outside their national borders, which will bury the chances for peace in the Middle East region and lead to the widening and worsening of the conflict in the region.
Fourthly, the two sides demand that the Security Council adopt a binding resolution on the realization of an immediate, comprehensive and sustained ceasefire, the cessation of the forcible transfer of the Palestinian people, the guarantee of the delivery of relief supplies throughout the territory of Gaza, the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and the return of life in the Gaza Strip to the right track. The two sides condemn the use of the veto by the United States to prevent Palestine from becoming a full member of the United Nations.
V. The two sides support the orders for provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice on January 26, March 28, and May 24, 2024, in the case of South Africa against Israel for violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and believe that Israel should comply with the relevant provisions of the law, in particular international humanitarian law. The parties emphasized that Israel, as the occupying Power, bears responsibility for the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Sixthly, the Arab side emphasizes the need to implement the resolution of the Joint Extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit held in Riyadh on 11 November 2023, which includes the breaking of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, so that humanitarian relief supplies provided by the Arab and Islamic countries, as well as by the international community, can immediately enter the whole of the territory of Gaza from the north to the south by sea, by land and by air. China expresses its understanding.
VII. The two sides emphasize that peace, security and stability cannot be achieved in the region without an end to the occupation of the territory of the State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the occupied Lebanese territories. Call on the international community to take irreversible initiatives to promote the establishment of an independent Palestinian State and the realization of a political settlement on the basis of international law and relevant international resolutions, including Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 497 (1981), 1515 (2003), and 2334 (2016), as well as the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative in its entirety and in all its points, to enable the Palestinian people to fulfill their legitimate and inalienable rights, including the right to self-determination of their destiny, the right to establish an independent State of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of the Palestinian refugees to return and to compensation, as stipulated in the UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (1948). Support for full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations. The two sides reaffirm that the “two-state solution” is the only realistic way to resolve the question of Palestine.
The parties call for the convening of a larger, more authoritative and more effective international peace conference as soon as possible in order to launch an authoritative peace process on the basis of recognized international principles. The said process should be carried out within a defined time frame and under international guarantees until the end of the Israeli occupation of the 1967 Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and the remaining occupied Lebanese territories.
IX. The parties support the Palestinian Government in carrying out its duties in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem on the basis of recognized international principles. The Gaza Strip is an integral part of the State of Palestine. The parties emphasize their support for the Palestinian Government's relief efforts in Gaza. The Parties reaffirm that the Palestine Liberation Organization is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and call upon all Palestinian factions to unite under the PLO flag and to assume their respective responsibilities in a national partnership under the leadership of the PLO.
The Parties welcome the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 of May 10, 2024 The resolution recognizes the eligibility of the State of Palestine for full membership in the United Nations and requests the Security Council to reconsider its support for Palestine's membership in the United Nations and to grant additional rights and benefits to the State of Palestine.
The parties called for support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to save it from closure. They welcomed the resumption of funding to the Agency by some States and called on States that had frozen funding to resume support for the Agency. They welcome the results of the independent investigation into the work of the Agency, recognize its neutrality and professionalism, and consider it indispensable and irreplaceable.
The two sides welcomed the recent recognition of the State of Palestine by a number of countries and emphasized that, given that it is a legitimate right of the Palestinian people and an enabler of peace, security and stability in the international region, they called on those countries that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to do so as soon as possible.
The Arab side appreciates China's long-standing position in support of the question of Palestine and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in both bilateral and multilateral forums, and the ideas put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the settlement of the question of Palestine, as well as a series of initiatives and ideas put forward by China on the question of Palestine; it appreciates the fairness and justice that China upholds with regard to the question of Palestine, and the tireless efforts it has made to promote the peace process; and it appreciates China's support for the peace process and its efforts to promote the peace process. They appreciate China's upholding justice and righteousness on the question of Palestine and its unremitting efforts to promote the peace process; and they appreciate China's support for the improvement of people's livelihoods and economic development, its provision of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian side and its commitment to promoting the State of Palestine's accession to the United Nations.
The two sides emphasize the nullity of Israel's unilateral initiatives aimed at changing the status quo in Jerusalem, and support the Hashemite family's protection of Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem and its role in preserving the Arab, Islamic and Christian attributes of the city of Jerusalem, as well as maintaining the existing historical and legal status of Jerusalem and its holy sites. The two sides emphasized their adherence to the existing historical and legal status of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The two sides condemned the continued advancement of the targeted settlement program by the Government of Israel aimed at altering the existing historical and legal status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Syrian occupied Golan Heights.
The parties supported the efforts of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, in his capacity as Chair of the Jerusalem Committee. The two sides emphasized the important role played by the President of the Jerusalem Committee and the efforts of the Jerusalem Fortune House institution under the Committee.
The parties support Egypt in taking all measures to deal with the effects of the violations committed against the Gaza Strip and rely on the Egyptian side's efforts to bring relief supplies to the Gaza Strip immediately, continuously and in sufficient quantities. The two sides expressed their support for the measures taken by the Egyptian side to safeguard its national security, which is also a fundamental component of Arab national security.
The parties support the joint efforts of Egypt and Qatar to promote a durable ceasefire and to put life in the Gaza Strip back on track. The two sides support the role played by Egypt and Algeria to achieve reconciliation between the Palestinian factions.
The two sides appreciated the role played by Algeria and the United Arab Emirates as non-permanent members of the Security Council on issues related to the Palestinian question, including their efforts to promote the adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolutions related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to promote the admission of the State of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.
The two sides appreciated the call by the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar for immediate action to help all Palestinian orphans who have lost their parents and families as a result of the Gaza violations. They called on all countries and the international community to work together to provide the necessary medical and psychological support to orphans and amputee children within the framework of the relevant efforts of the League of Arab States.
XXI. The two sides appreciate Algeria's efforts to support the Palestinian question at the political and material levels, and the positive efforts of President Tebbon, in particular his promotion of the convening of the 13 October 2022 conference on intra-Palestinian reconciliation among Palestinian factions and the adoption of the Algiers Declaration, which constitutes a positive step on the road to Palestinian national unity.
The Parties welcome the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of resolution A/RES/ES-10/23 of May 10, 2024 The resolution recognizes the eligibility of the State of Palestine for full membership in the United Nations and requests the Security Council to reconsider its support for Palestine's membership in the United Nations and to grant additional rights and benefits to the State of Palestine.
The parties called for support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to save it from closure. They welcomed the resumption of funding to the Agency by some States and called on States that had frozen funding to resume support for the Agency. They welcome the results of the independent investigation into the work of the Agency, recognize its neutrality and professionalism, and consider it indispensable and irreplaceable.
The two sides welcomed the recent recognition of the State of Palestine by a number of countries and emphasized that, given that it is a legitimate right of the Palestinian people and an enabler of peace, security and stability in the international region, they called on those countries that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to do so as soon as possible.
The Arab side appreciates China's long-standing position in support of the question of Palestine and the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in both bilateral and multilateral forums, and the ideas put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping on the settlement of the question of Palestine, as well as a series of initiatives and ideas put forward by China on the question of Palestine; it appreciates the fairness and justice that China upholds with regard to the question of Palestine, and the tireless efforts it has made to promote the peace process; and it appreciates China's support for the peace process and its efforts to promote the peace process. They appreciate China's upholding justice and righteousness on the question of Palestine and its unremitting efforts to promote the peace process; and they appreciate China's support for the improvement of people's livelihoods and economic development, its provision of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian side and its commitment to promoting the State of Palestine's accession to the United Nations.
The two sides emphasize the nullity of Israel's unilateral initiatives aimed at changing the status quo in Jerusalem, and support the Hashemite family's protection of Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem and its role in preserving the Arab, Islamic and Christian attributes of the city of Jerusalem, as well as maintaining the existing historical and legal status of Jerusalem and its holy sites. The two sides emphasized their adherence to the existing historical and legal status of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The two sides condemned the continued advancement of the targeted settlement program by the Government of Israel aimed at altering the existing historical and legal status of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Syrian occupied Golan Heights.
The parties supported the efforts of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, in his capacity as Chair of the Jerusalem Committee. The two sides emphasized the important role played by the President of the Jerusalem Committee and the efforts of the Jerusalem Fortune House institution under the Committee.
The parties support Egypt in taking all measures to deal with the effects of the violations committed against the Gaza Strip and rely on the Egyptian side's efforts to bring relief supplies to the Gaza Strip immediately, continuously and in sufficient quantities. The two sides expressed their support for the measures taken by the Egyptian side to safeguard its national security, which is also a fundamental component of Arab national security.
The parties support the joint efforts of Egypt and Qatar to promote a durable ceasefire and to put life in the Gaza Strip back on track. The two sides support the role played by Egypt and Algeria to achieve reconciliation between the Palestinian factions.
The two sides appreciated the role played by Algeria and the United Arab Emirates as non-permanent members of the Security Council on issues related to the Palestinian question, including their efforts to promote the adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolutions related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to promote the admission of the State of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations.
The two sides appreciated the call by the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar for immediate action to help all Palestinian orphans who have lost their parents and families as a result of the Gaza violations. They called on all countries and the international community to work together to provide the necessary medical and psychological support to orphans and amputee children within the framework of the relevant efforts of the League of Arab States.
XXI. The two sides appreciate Algeria's efforts to support the Palestinian question at the political and material levels, and the positive efforts of President Tebbon, in particular his promotion of the convening of the 13 October 2022 conference on intra-Palestinian reconciliation among Palestinian factions and the adoption of the Algiers Declaration, which constitutes a positive step on the road to Palestinian national unity.