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Scott Morrison has again attacked China on Saturday (April 30), accusing the Chinese government of interfering in foreign politics. Like the sore loser Hillary Clinton, who had accused Russia of interfering with the 2016 U.S. election, resulting in the stunning victory of Donald Trump, the Morrison administration too is accusing Beijing of trying to influence […]
... written on May 02 2022Vladimir Putin has finally made good on his threat to punish “unfriendly countries” that stubbornly and defiantly refused to pay for Russian natural gas in rubles. The first casualties – Poland and Bulgaria – saw their gas supplies cut on Wednesday (April 27), coincides with a sharp rise in tensions between Western powers and Russia as the war in Ukraine enters its […]
... written on Apr 27 2022President Biden has decided to send yet another round of military weapon package worth a staggering US$800 million to Ukraine. Since Russia’s invasion two months ago, the United States has splashed US$3.4 billion in weapons. In fact, the latest military aid is the eighth installment, and we haven’t talked about similar assistance from the European […]
... written on Apr 24 2022As the United States and its allies continue to pressure India to abandon, or at least maintain its distance from Russia till the Ukraine invasion is over, the Indian government has ignored the Western powers. Instead of condemning Moscow, New Delhi has instead bought more Russian oil largely due to huge discount offered by the […]
... written on Apr 20 2022Months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Pentagon has made public the expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal. The U.S. said the Chinese’s development of strategic nuclear warheads will see the country possess 700 by 2027 and 1,000 by 2030. The report came less than 6 months after the U.S. said in June 2021 that China […]
... written on Apr 15 2022For weeks since the invasion of Ukraine, the Western news media have painted Ukrainian as the winner, while the Russian as the loser. Ukrainian forces were seen as not only fiercely brave, but also invincible and undefeatable. The Russian forces, on the other hand, were being condemned as a coward, inefficient, corrupt, brutal and whatnot. […]
... written on Apr 11 2022Is Ukraine, armed with billions of dollars worth of American weapons, really winning the war against Russia? It depends. If you restrict yourself to reading Western news media, then Ukraine is indeed winning. How can Ukrainians not win when the media keep reporting that thousands of Russian helicopters, aircrafts, drones and whatnot are dropping from […]
... written on Mar 31 2022Russia has a brilliant plan to boost its currency, which experienced a sudden collapse after the U.S. and Europe imposed economic and financial sanctions on Moscow due to Ukraine invasion. The “Ruble” plunged to its record low of 151 to a US dollar on March 7. But even before the latest plan is executed, the […]
... written on Mar 29 2022When a draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands was leaked, it instantly sparked concerns among U.S., Australia and New Zealand about Chinese influence in the region where they have been dominating for decades. The deal would allow the deployment of Chinese “police, armed police, military personnel and other law enforcement and armed forces”. […]
... written on Mar 27 2022Donald Trump had been calling the Covid-19 as “China Virus” or “Chinese Plague” for months during his presidency. In his political rhetoric, he claimed that the virus was “sent by China”. Blaming the Chinese was a simple, yet effective tactic to divert gullible Americans attention from his mishandling of the pandemic. Unfortunately, he still lost […]
... written on Mar 24 2022
