Links — 26 March 2021

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Bill Totten's Weblog (China acted, the West dithered)A Tale of Two LockdownsGodfree Roberts, publisher of HereComesChina newsletterBracing Views (budgetary priorities)Is China Winning? It’s Our Own FaultW. J. AstoreTASSRussia, China oppose Washington’s imposition of its view of democracy — Kremlin‘Lies’: Diplomat blasts NATO chief’s remark Russia refuses dialogue with allianceCaitlinJohnstone.comThe Entire World Should Be Laughing At America For Pretending To Care About Muslims In ChinaCaitlin JohnstoneRTDemocracy has seen 500,000 US Covid deaths: China hits back as Biden says Xi Jinping ‘doesn’t have a democratic bone in his body’Sputnik InternationalRussian Foreign Ministry Says Biden's Press Conference Was 'Staged'US B-1 Bombers Accomplished First Ever Landing in Arctic Circle, Air

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