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On a tech roll. Copier no more? Sputnik InternationalChina Announces Development of 6G Network Less Than Week After 5G Rollout See also Asia Times5G policy ‘biggest strategic disaster in US history’ David P. GoldmanZero HedgeAs US Moves To Ban Huawei 5G, CEO Says Good Riddance Ahead Of Great DecouplingTyler Durden

Russia doesn’t just look West, it looks East – and increasingly so. China’s economy has developed very rapidly over the past two decades, becoming the world’s largest exporter from a low base. Its goods have flooded Russia, eating into the EU’s export share. The changing global environment has helped re-orient Russia’s economic relationships eastwards, especially towards China. Chinese-Russian ties are also developing in the context of China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative. This raises...

Backgrounder.The Vineyard of the SakerRussia, China, and the European Peninsula Godfree Roberts

Huawei’s smartphone shipments surged 66% year-on-year in the third quarter, according to research published Wednesday by research firm Canalys, capturing a record 42% of China’s overall smartphone market.... Sputnik InternationalHuawei Sets Record Share of China’s Smartphone Market Beating Apple

Apparently misleading headline at Nikkei. There is nothing in the article that reflects what the headline asserts. To the contrary, in the last paragraph the article states the opposite. The situation in China apparently heralds an era of ubiquitous facial recognition, when greater tech-supported convenience comes at the cost of privacy. In China, however, the name of the game is "ease to use." There is no particularly strident criticism in the country, at least for now, about the use of...

By the time the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit closed on Thursday afternoon in Sochi, Russia, president Vladimir Putin and his administration had signed dozens of memorandums of understanding (MOU) and other agreements with the African countries that attended. The agreements include military cooperation, agricultural development, biotechnology, and oil and gas. They range from the minor, like Democratic Republic of Congo’s deal to sign data storage software, to more ambitious, like...

Useful but written from written from an idealized Western point of view. For example, the author is either unfamiliar with Aristotle's analysis of friendship or else purposefully truncates it, essentially misrepresenting it. Aristotle distinguished three types of "friendship" — friendship based on pleasure, friendship based on use, and friendship based on "brotherly love" (φιλία philía). Most relationships fall into the first two categories, and true friend — those whose only wish is to...

This is a useful post, but it errs inso far as it implies that reducing the power of the CCP and going to a more liberal model would reduce corruption. This has not been the case in the West, where there is also a symbiotic relationship between politicians and business and finance.  This doesn't change by making what is fundamentally unethical legal, and corruption is also invited by a double standard of justice, lax oversight, and penalties that do not deter but rather are booked as...

China is an old civilization and has been passing through various ups and downs throughout history. Which is very much rational and the natural cycle of human history. There was a time when Romans were at the peak, but today they stand nowhere, British and French colonialized half of the world, but today squeezed to a small state only. Ottoman Empire in Turkey was in control of parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe, but today is a small developing nation. Every peak has to pass through fall, it...

Good article, and I agree that John Bolton's departure is a positive move.  That said, the larger obstacle is US Trade Representative Robert Lightizer. Bolton's focus was on taking down Huawei. Lightizer's focus is taking down change with a view to regime change.  This is ultimately a replay of the successful push to take down the USSR, which the American elite believe was accomplished by economic warfare.  The real objectives are the Chinese Communist Party and communism as a...