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China

Tianwen 天问 Heavenly Questions

Submitted by soryang on Sat, 01/10/2026 - 9:47pm

I can't recall how this song came to my attention. I think youtube coughed it up because I was looking for and listening to Chinese music videos for something pleasant to the ear, with lyrics I might like. This song seemed to fit with a caution against the use of violence to solve problems. Then I started looking at the drama series itself and became more and more perplexed trying to understand what I was watching and listening to.

Getting China Right...

Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Sat, 07/12/2025 - 12:04pm

.... like your future depended on it.

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Victor Gao offers a staunch defense of China’s development model and foreign policy, positioning it as a pragmatic and stabilizing force in an increasingly multipolar world.

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Victor Gao contrasts China’s infrastructure-focused outreach to under-developed nations with what he sees as the West’s history of neglect or exploitation of such nations. Gao frames China’s engagement in Africa, Latin America, and Asia as a non-colonial, sovereignty-respecting alternative rooted in mutual development. He dismisses criticisms of China — such as claims of resource extraction in Zimbabwe or coercive diplomacy — as either hypocritical or unfounded, emphasizing that “permanent development achievement is the hard truth.”

Other obvious hard truths that US leaders are not facing: Multipolarity is already here. The use of the US dollar in International trade is no longer mandatory. The Swift System that once tracked all foreign trades, became a sanctions-abuse machine for the US. Swift has now been has been replaced with alternative forms of trade settlement that are much less costly.

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