By Jeff J. Brown Above: this political cartoon from The Economist was published when pro-reunification Ma Ying-Jiou was Taiwan’s President, through 2015, but the fundamental dynamics have not changed since pro-separatist Tsai Ing-Wen took his place: Baba Beijing and the People’s Republic of China hold all the cards. Note: When finished reading, listening to and/or…
By Jeff J. Brown Above: hats off to www.visualcapitalist.com for such a fascinating and informative map. This is what Western empire is up against. China’s GDP in purchasing power parities (PPPs) surpassed the United States in 2014, as the world’s biggest economy, and it’s just getting started, I mean restarted, back to the 5,000 years…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: another day in empire, another trophy shot of all the dark-skinned natives slaughtered. Picture above are US soldiers, proudly showing off the hundreds of Filipinos massacred in Bud Dajo, on March…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: the speech that changed the world forever, Mao Zedong’s proclamation of liberation, on October 1st, 1949. Bordering countries, such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Korea, Vietnam, Laos and nearby Cambodia have suffered the…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: Deng honored on a billboard after his death. It says, “Uphold the Party’s Fundamental Principles – Don’t Waver for a Hundred Years”. He was a committed communist and ardent supporter of…
NOW IN 22 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. CLICK ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER “TRANSLATE” TAB TO FIND YOURS! By Jeff J. Brown Pictured above: China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) in session, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Thousands of dollars are needed every year to pay for expensive anti-hacking systems,…
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