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  • All Eyes On Beijing's Annual Reshuffle Of Military Chiefs Amid Signs Of Xi Jin Ping's Waning Power

    06/23/2025 9:15:46 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 16 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 06/23/2025 | Alex Wu
    As infighting within the top echelons of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intensifies, many China watchers are wondering if Chinese leader Xi Jinping is still in power and really in control, especially of the military.According to long-standing CCP practice, a group of generals are promoted before Army Day on Aug. 1 every year. Since many generals were reported to have been taken down or investigated in an alleged military purge over the last year, whether Xi will promote any generals or announce new appointments before Aug. 1 has attracted attention as an indication of whether he’s still in control of...
  • Iran holds world hostage: Iranian government poised to SHUT Strait of Hormuz closing off 20 per cent of global oil and gas

    06/22/2025 8:59:23 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 57 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | June 22, 2025 | Katherine Lawton
    Iranian parliament has approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in a move which could see the world thrown into disaster. The decision to close the Strait, through which around 20 per cent of global oil and gas demand flows, is not yet final. Iran's Supreme National Security Council must still make the final call on the matter, Iran's Press TV said today. But lawmaker and Revolutionary Guards Commander Esmail Kosari told the Young Journalist Club that doing so is on the agenda and 'will be done whenever necessary'. Last weekend, Kowsari told local media that closing the Strait...
  • Trump is giving a lesson in how to actually use our power without resorting to war

    06/21/2025 6:03:47 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 11 replies
    Tiger Rant Politics ^ | June 20, 2025 | Captain Rumbeard
    It's amazing to watch and see him use the same tactics over and over and the retards on the left predictably losing their minds over and over as if on cue. The man is the maestro before a symphony of media. Playing them like it's Wagner. And since very few other world leaders are even comprehending what he's doing, he's rolling them in tariff negotiations. Big wins. Little wins. Incremental wins. Wins. It's Hamiltonian ideas painted by a pugilist. The man is inspired. He's right. And history will remember him more highly than most.
  • Putin and Xi condemn Israel over its Iran strikes in phone call, Kremlin says

    06/19/2025 4:35:37 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    Straits Times ^ | 6/19/2025 | Reuters
    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call on June 19 during which both leaders condemned Israel for its strikes on Iran and agreed de-escalation was needed, the Kremlin said. Both men “strongly condemn Israel’s actions, which violate the UN Charter and other norms of international law”, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters. “Both Moscow and Beijing fundamentally believe that there is no military solution to the current situation and issues related to Iran’s nuclear programme. “This solution must be achieved exclusively through political and diplomatic means,” said Mr Ushakov. Russia has warned of catastrophe...
  • Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula AQAP calls on American Muslims to assassinate Trump, Vance, Hegseth, Rubio and Elon Musk.

    06/10/2025 7:22:42 PM PDT · by Racketeer · 16 replies
    X ^ | June 10, 2025 | Laura Loomer
    .... and there are 4.5 million Muslims in America alone ...
  • Democrats are now openly calling for violence because ICE is deporting criminal illegal aliens.

    06/10/2025 1:32:04 PM PDT · by Racketeer · 35 replies
    X ^ | June 9, 2025 | LibsofTikTok
    "We're gonna run right over them" "Fight like hell" "Are you ready to fight?" They’re gonna plan riots all across the country. Bonus: A California history teacher has a plan .... https://x.com/SKDoubleDub33/status/1932091423030985056 "Listen to the language he uses. He refers to the people being deported as indigenous to this land and calls it “ancestral land”. This is a revolution. His organization, Union del Barrio, is a Marxist Revolutionary group that also advocates for Palestine." Courtesy of SKDoubleDub
  • Xi's Younger Brother Missing, Father's Memorial Renamed -- Is the Xi Family in Danger? [19:02]

    06/03/2025 9:38:20 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 42 replies
    YouTube ^ | June 2, 2025 | Behind The Great Firewall
    Xi's Younger Brother Missing, Father's Memorial Renamed -- Is the Xi Family in Danger? | 19:02 Behind the Great Firewall | 2.79K subscribers | 31,883 views | June 2, 2025
  • North Dakota funding companies propping up China’s military

    04/18/2022 5:17:15 PM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 14 replies
    https://www.kxnet.com ^ | 4.18.2022 | josh meny
    On Thursday, CIA Chief William Burns gave his first public speech as director at the Georgia Institute of Technology addressing the dual threat of China and Russia. Burns said Chinese President Xi Jinping is “a silent partner” in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “aggression” in Ukraine, warning that China poses the “greatest challenge” and “most profound test” that the agency has ever faced. KX News has covered the State Investment Board’s efforts to entirely divest from Russia, but what about Russia’s “silent partner,” China? The SIB has 69 investments in China that span a wide range of industries throughout the country....
  • Russia's Putin and China's Xi continue Moscow talks at tea ceremony

    05/08/2025 2:54:14 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 4 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 5/8/2025 | Associated Press Videos
    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat for one-on-one talks over tea on Thursday as they continued meetings in Moscow. The Kremlin released a video of Putin serving the drink to Xi after wider talks with their delegations.
  • BFFs Putin and Xi blast Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile shield

    05/08/2025 1:12:43 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 18 replies
    Politico EU ^ | 5/8/2025 | LOLA BOOM
    Russia and China warned on Wednesday that Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Iron Dome for America” missile defense system would destabilize global security and turn outer space into a new arena for armed confrontation. “The recently announced large-scale ‘Golden (Iron) Dome for America’ program is deeply destabilizing,” the two sides said in a joint statement during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow. The U.S. plan “explicitly provides for a significant strengthening of the arsenal for conducting combat operations in space,” it added. -snip- Moscow and Beijing claimed nuclear states must “reject Cold War mentality” and avoid seeking military...
  • Xi stands with Putin against ‘international bullying’ amid Trump trade war

    05/08/2025 9:35:00 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 22 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/8/2025 | Caitlin McFall
    Putin and Xi say they 'intend' to play a role in US-Iran nuclear negotiations. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for formal talks on Thursday for the first time since President Donald Trump exacerbated the U.S.-China trade war last month. In a statement at the top of the meeting, Xi pledged to stand by his anti-Western ally against "power politics" and "bullying on the international stage." "Eighty years ago, the peoples of China and Russia made tremendous sacrifices to secure a great victory, contributing an indelible chapter to the cause of world peace and human progress,"...
  • Xi and Putin call Trump’s Golden Dome ‘deeply destabilizing’

    05/08/2025 8:46:33 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 16 replies
    Washington Examiner MSN News ^ | 5/8/2025 | Mike Brest
    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping called President Donald Trump's plan for a "Golden Dome" air defense system "deeply destabilizing," after in-person talks between the two leaders. Trump's vision for the Golden Dome is that the military will create a multi-layered defense shield that would be able to protect the continental United States to deter and even intercept any aerial attack against the homeland. "The recently announced large-scale program 'Golden (Iron) Dome for America' is also deeply destabilizing in nature," a joint statement from Xi and Putin said.
  • 'Friends of steel': Xi and Putin pledge to stand together against US

    05/08/2025 7:46:41 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 16 replies
    Reuters MSN News ^ | 5/8/2025 | Dmitry Antonov
    Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be "friends of steel", as they pledged to raise cooperation to a new level and "decisively" counter the influence of the United States. At talks in the Kremlin, the two leaders cast themselves as defenders of a new world order no longer dominated by the U.S. In a lengthy joint statement, they said they would deepen relations in all areas, including military ties, and "strengthen coordination in order to decisively counter Washington's course of 'dual containment' of Russia and China". -snip- Xi, whose country is currently...
  • China’s Xi vows to stand with friend Putin against ‘hegemonic bullying’

    05/08/2025 5:33:39 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 4 replies
    Al Jazeera ^ | 5/8/2025 | Staff
    Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that his country will stand with Moscow against “unilateralism and hegemonic bullying” during a visit to the country to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. -snip- “In the face of the international counter-current of unilateralism and hegemonic bullying behaviour, China will work with Russia to shoulder the special responsibilities of major world powers,” Xi told Putin. -snip- Xi said that China and Russia would jointly defend the “correct view” of the history of WWII, protect the “authority and status” of the United Nations, and defend the...
  • Chinese President Xi arrives in Moscow following massive Ukraine drone strike

    05/07/2025 5:27:15 PM PDT · by McGruff · 15 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | May 7, 2025 | Vaughn Cockayne
    Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a lengthy diplomatic visit in the aftermath of a massive drone attack on the Russian capital. Mr. Xi traveled to Russia for a four-day visit that will include signing numerous cooperation agreements and attending a Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The visit is part of the “no limits” partnership between Russia and China, which Mr. Xi hopes to deepen with the trip. Mr. Xi is also expected to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine with Russian...
  • Rubio rising

    05/04/2025 7:46:45 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 58 replies
    Politico ^ | May 3, 2025 | Nahal Toosi, Felicia Schwartz and Robbie Gramer
    With four hats, including national security adviser, the former Trump rival is defying predictions he’d be a weak player. Marco Rubio is doing big things under President Donald Trump — way more than nearly anyone expected. The secretary of State was once thought of as one of the weakest players in the Trump orbit, a man who wouldn’t last long in the Cabinet because he faced many internal rivals and had major policy differences with Trump and the MAGA base. But Rubio has deftly earned the president’s trust, enough so that Trump this week gave him another powerful job as...
  • Russia says China’s Xi to arrive in Moscow on May 7 ahead of Victory Day events

    05/04/2025 6:41:10 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 26 replies
    Anadolu ^ | 5/4/2025 | Burc Eruygur
    Russia said on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in the country’s capital Moscow on an official visit, as it is set to host ceremonial events marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in World War II next week. A statement by the Kremlin said that Xi will pay an official visit to Moscow between May 7-10, at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, where he will take part in Victory Day events in the country’s capital.
  • Kremlin calls Ukrainian response to Putin's ceasefire offer ambiguous, calls for clarity

    05/03/2025 8:29:07 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 8 replies
    Reuters ^ | 5/3/2025 | Dmitry Antonov in Moscow
    The Kremlin said on Saturday it wanted a definitive response from Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer of a three-day ceasefire next week, criticising the reaction so far as ambiguous and historically wrong. Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War Two. The Kremlin said the 72-hour ceasefire would run on May 8, May 9 - when Putin will host international leaders on Moscow's Red Square, including Chinese President Xi Jinping - and May 10. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...
  • Japan says US Treasury holdings could be ‘card’ in trade talks

    05/03/2025 9:28:08 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 35 replies
    Financial Times ^ | May 3, 2025 | Leo Lewis
    Finance minister Katsunobu Kato hints that country’s more than $1tn in Treasuries gives it leverage in negotiations Japan’s finance minister has publicly identified the country’s more than $1tn holdings of US Treasuries as a “card” in its trade negotiations with the Trump administration, in a rare baring of teeth by America’s closest ally in Asia. Speaking during a television interview on Friday, Katsunobu Kato was asked whether Japan would use its traditional stance as a non-seller of Treasuries as a tool in trade talks with Washington. “It does exist as a card,” said Kato, adding that “whether or not we...
  • INSANE: Zelensky Hints Ukraine May Attack Victory Day Parade in Moscow That Will Include 20 Heads of State

    05/01/2025 2:28:29 PM PDT · by little jeremiah · 78 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May. 1, 2025 | Paul Sperry
    Will Zelensky attack ther Victory Day parade and escalate the war to the maximum? On the one hand, we all know ‘talk is cheap’, so it may be that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is just posturing when he hints that his forces may well attack the May 9th Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Russia – an event that will gather thousands of people, including as many as 20 heads of state. This would amount to an especially damning escalation since Putin declared a 3-day truce from May 8-10 – a proposal that Kiev sneered at, but hasn’t publicly rejected. However,...