Such ‘corruption cases’ have been going on in China for decades, though with a little uptick in recent years. As many analyst and investigation show, however, the fate of these officials may have more likely to do with power struggle than corruption.

The purge “isn’t about corruption, it isn’t about leaking secrets, it is about a general that became too powerful”, [an analyst said in January this year after a high-ranked Chinese general was purged].

Observers say that there is indeed corruption, but it is also often a pretext “to make the party a more effective governing machine and a cudgel to remove political enemies,”

For Xi [Jinping], observers argue, corruption has become a catch-all term that encompasses not just graft, from small-time favours to huge bribes, but much more - ideological impurity, a lack of commitment to China’s ambitions and, crucially, disloyalty.

They say it triggers one of his big fears: an out-of-control party would prove disastrous for China, like it did for another major communist power, the erstwhile Soviet Union, whose fall he has often spoken about. The possibility of any such decline on his watch would threaten his power - and his legacy.

The recent purge of two military generals as cited in the linked article, has shown that,

“Official narratives after the purge of [the two Chinese military generals] Zhang and Liu make clear that their dismissals were political in nature and based on a [perceived or real] lack of loyalty to Xi and his goals” …

Xi’s circle of trusted followers is narrowing ever more to exclude the very people he relied on to consolidate his power, … but he expects this to “continue to play out until there are hardly any leaders left that aren’t complete Xi products”.

This account has already been banned in another instance 9 months ago …

It’s still not enough, though. Ukraine’s allies should do more imo.

Another Klarna moment.

What is this?

Yeh said, adding that his job was to ​monitor and warn Chinese vessels away using water cannon, loudspeakers, LED boards and radio ​messages …

The sad thing here is imo that there is a need for such a job to be done (rather than this person’s faith). The Chinese Communist Party’s warmongering in the region show what kind of mindset it has.

@ComradeSharkfucker

the recent European parliament meeting where many chanted “send them back”

Those chanting were the far-right, backed by exactly Russia and China to sow division, spread disinformation, and incited hatred, just FYI.

Cuba just announced it will open up its economy for private investments, this is what this guy who ‘breaks it al down’ forgot to say in this 1 minute rant.

Is there any FDI (foreign direct investment) data for Cuba? Are there any meaningful investments other than from a handful of large commodity firms?

Cuba’s annual exports have been well below 1 billion euros for years.

I am the least person that supports politicians like Meloni, but I don’t support this media ban. It’s essentially a big step to lose anonymity for everyone.

We must regulate social media, not the children (nor the people). If the content on Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok & Co is harmful - which is what the supporters of the social media ban policies say (and I agree that the content is harmful) - we must regulate these platforms. No one needs an ID to access the web.

Nah, this isn’t about a ‘one-China policy’ but rather about money as coal-rich Mongolia aims to boost China trade ties despite dependence risk

Mongolia hopes to boost trade by more than a tenth this ⁠year with China, the biggest destination for its exports of coal and minerals, setting a target that will further boost economic dependence on its giant neighbor.

… China’s demand for Mongolian ‌coal is also likely to grow, [Xu Tianchen, senior analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit] said, after a mining disaster killed 82 people in northern Shanxi, putting pressure on domestic coal supplies.

So it’s the typical turbo-capitalism with Chinese characteristics: money and political coercion.

Nah, this isn’t about a ‘one-China policy’ but rather about money as coal-rich Mongolia aims to boost China trade ties despite dependence risk

Mongolia hopes to boost trade by more than a tenth this ⁠year with China, the biggest destination for its exports of coal and minerals, setting a target that will further boost economic dependence on its giant neighbor.

… China’s demand for Mongolian ‌coal is also likely to grow, [Xu Tianchen, senior analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit] said, after a mining disaster killed 82 people in northern Shanxi, putting pressure on domestic coal supplies.

So it’s the typical turbo-capitalism with Chinese characteristics: money and political coercion.

From the original report:

-Over a third of the world’s largest banks (26 of 65) reduced their fossil financing from the previous year, with some European banks and some Canadian banks driving most of that progress.

-The remaining 39 banks moved in the opposite direction, and some US, Japanese, and Chinese banks were responsible for the largest year-on-year increases.

-On balance, the world’s 65 largest banks committed $906 billion to companies conducting business in fossil fuels in 2025, up $64 billion or 7.6% from 2024.

-Since 2021, global banks have funneled over $4.2 trillion in financing to fossil fuels, including $2.1 trillion to fossil firms in expansion.

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Dealmakers and Dealtakers: Top Bank Financing by Country 2025

The US dominates as a financial center providing bank financing for fossil fuels. This petrostate also jumps off the chart (below) as the nation receiving the most fossil fuel debt from banks. In fact, US fossil fuel corporations received 45.4% of all fossil fuel financing in 2025. Comparing countries’ total bank fossil financing to their fossil fuel company borrowers, the US is an outlier. It is the only Big Six financial center [comprising the U.S., Canada, Japan, EU, China, UK] whose fossil firms receive more bank financing than its banks provide. Japanese banks, on the other hand, provide much more financing than the country’s fossil sector receives. In China, the volume of bank financing to fossil firms is about equal to the amount received by fossil firms. This is at least partly explained by China’s more insular financing model: about 86% of 2025 fossil financing from Chinese banks went to Chinese comp

copying the united states empire playbook?

The last time the United States saw a trade surplus was 1975, and the country has been experiencing an increasing trade deficit since.

“U.S.-China economic relations have become stable and more constructive since May 2025,” HSBC analysts said.

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And now President Xi has said China will strive to do better than the targets in your new national climate plan – or your NDC [Nationally Determined Contribution].

To put that in context: China has set its own NDC (deliberatly?) low. As the scientists at the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) say

Historically, China has calibrated its climate commitments to levels that are largely achievable under existing policies and investment trends, allowing room for over-delivery.

Referring to China’s 2035 NDC targets, the analysis adds,

… despite structural improvement, this target is unlikely to further lower emissions … There is a substantial gap between the NDC targets and the reductions needed to align with 1.5°C …

As the CAT researchers conclude and you can see on their site, China is among the countries most behind when it comes to reach the Paris agreement.

But it’s a good speech by the diplomat at the Chinese university and it fits OP’s ongoing propaganda move.

I don’t know which countries you’d call a proxy in this context, but the BRICS problems arise from within. This has nothing to do with the US or anyone else. This was never a bloc of countries based on mutual trust imo, and with the governments in the major BRICS countries it will never be.

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China … called … to “respect the ​wishes of firms and ​market principles, and avoid the ⁠abuse of administrative coercive measures”.

What a nice statement by a government that has been doing exactly the opposite and coerces literally every ‘ally’ whenever it thinks to gain an advantage.

That’s part of so-called “Chinamaxxing” that started on Tiktok some time ago and has now arrived to other social media platforms, spread by influencers and other propagandists like OP.

As one article by the BBC says,

One of the most influential figures behind the Chinamaxxing meme is Sherry Zhu, a Chinese-American TikTok content creator who regularly shares traditional wellness tips with her “Chinese baddies”.

“Tomorrow you’re turning Chinese,” she tells her 740,000 TikTok followers. “And I know that sounds intimidating, but there is no point in fighting it now.”

“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”

The title is a bit misleading as there are only around 60 democratic states that meet to discuss fossil fuel exit. The majority of governments, including the the world’s biggest polluters, are missing, particularly China and the US.