#CCP #Taliban #terrorism

tldr: #CCP's behaving like a 5-year-old on a playground, and it didn't quite work.
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"We will not allow any country to reap benefits from doing business with China while groundlessly accusing and smearing China and undermining China's core interests based on ideology," said #ZhaoLijian, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry. #Canberra's reply is that #Australia will put its broader national interest above economic interests. What's more, Australian coal and wine have found their way to other markets, and their #ironore just kept being bought by #China simply because China needs them.
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#coal #wine #beef #diplomacy #economy #english #diyms

TLDR: #China is doubling their nukes that can reach the US mainland. // Bernard Lewis: Bilateral arms control NEEDS to be reintroduced. After the tragedy of the cold war, the world does not need another nuclear standoff. The #CubanMissileCrisis should have taught these superpowers that it only takes a push of a button for the world to end, but with China building up their nuclear armory, this cannot end well. Xi’s promise of building a “stronger” China will only bring the world death and misery.
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#ccp #missile #nuclear #nuclearsilos #xijinping #english #diyms