John Ross
@JohnRoss43
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Winner of China's highest awards for foreign writers on China & for foreign experts in China. Senior Fellow Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China.
Beijing/London
Joined July 2008
Damaging Economic Confusion in the West on Consumption in China In the Western media numerous articles appear calling for China to increase the percentage of consumption in GDP in order to make China’s economic structure more like a Western model. This is called “boosting
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Apocalyptic scenes across Asia. Vietnam and Bangladesh are shutting down as the fuel crisis bites. In Manila, protesters burn the American flag, explicitly blaming Washington's imperialist war on Iran for doubling food prices and starving the developing world.
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We all agree that Iran & Co have very precise missiles, yes? So why do we not hear of them hitting hospitals and schools every day? Even "by accident" ? Ask yourself why this is the case, and what this says about their military doctrine, their values, and their mindset.
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Nominal GDP is a terrible way to measure a state like Russia, and it's one of the reasons poorly informed Western pundits keep misreading the country. On PPP, it’s the world's 4th largest economy (over $7 trillion) and bigger than Germany or Japan, with full-spectrum industrial
'great powers, including China, Russia, and the United States'. Russia is not close to being a great power - it's economy is smaller than Italy's. What differentiates it from middle powers like Italy is its willingness to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of its people in imperial
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The number of obvious lies in this from Rubio suggests he’s feeling actual pressure. He claims here Cuba wants oil for free and the U.S. isn’t blocking it. Not true. Cuba buys oil. Mexico and Russia can use this clip to justify selling oil to Cuba.
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THE DESTRUCTION OF GUINEA BY FRANCE For all those Africans who support France or are Western apologists, please read this. In 1958, Guinea was the only country that voted "No" on the referendum to join the CFA Franc, the currency imposed and controlled by France that all
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BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially posts its lowest close in 232 days, erasing another -$1 trillion of market cap today. This brings total S&P 500 losses since the Iran War began to -$4.8 trillion.
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Centcom said it was a fire incident in the laundry section. But Trump today accidentally acknowledged that it was an Iranian missile and drone attack from 17 different angles. Truth is very tough to hide
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Trump is saying here that the USS Gerald Ford, the largest US aircraft carrier, was hit by the Iranians. Previously the claim was that it was a ‘laundry room fire’.
Centcom said it was a fire incident in the laundry section. But Trump today accidentally acknowledged that it was an Iranian missile and drone attack from 17 different angles. Truth is very tough to hide
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An enslaved African is hung alive by the ribs to a gallows above skulls of beheaded slaves on posts, Dutch Suriname, 1773. An incision was made in the victim's ribs, and a hook was placed in the hole. In this case, the victim stayed alive for three days until he was clubbed to
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The US blockade of Cuba is killing and harming people in many countries. The blockade is killing Cuban people who can't get the health care they need, due to the extreme energy shortages imposed by the US. The blockade is removing vital health care from people in many countries
The United States has spend decades trying to discredit Cuba's world-renowned medical missions and solidarity. Now, it is coercing countries to kick out Cuban doctors.
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Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23 She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24 Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method" It took 90 years before her original research papers were found (1/2) #FBA
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“He didn’t think he would be kissing my ass, he really didn’t…and now he has to be nice to me….he better be nice to me, he’s gotta be..” - Trump about MBS Trump lays out the actual relationship between USA and the Arab countries in the region. https://t.co/L9OzaJcuAF
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This is the latest group of paedophiles jailed in the UK, in Somerset. What do you notice different about these people? Yes. You guessed it. The case was not given 24/7 coverage by the media.
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They didn’t just k!ll him. They cut up & dissolved his body in acid. His k!llers kept his tooth as a trophy and his family only got it 61yrs later. A tooth. Thats all they have left of him. Belgium does not get enough hate imo.
On this day in 1961 the 1st. democratically elected leader of the Congo, African hero Patrice Lumumba, was murdered in a CIA backed coup.
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68% of Britons believe the US has had a mostly or entirely negative impact on the rest of the world in recent years, up from 57% in January Entirely positive: 2% (-1 from 12 Jan) Mostly positive: 8% (-2) Mixed: 18% (-6) Mostly negative: 35% (+1) Entirely negative: 33% (+10)
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The sheer arrogance of the American empire exposed. Trump openly mocks the future King of Saudi Arabia on stage, boasting that Arab leaders must kiss his "ass" and obey his orders. This is exactly why the world is turning against Washington.
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Trump’s top two goals in the war: (1) No Iranian nuclear weapon. (2) The Strait of Hormuz is open for business. Just a friendly reminder that we already had both before the war.
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🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING — Trump Admits Socialism Works "I have to say, I respect China, because it’s incredible that with a system that, in theory, shouldn’t work—you know, we go to school, we go to the best business schools, we do well in those schools, and we read about free
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Gavin Newsom endorsing Trump's starvation strategy when it comes to Cuba, in rather shockingly unequivocal terms.
California governor and likely 2028 Democratic presidential candidate Gavin Newsom is in full lockstep with Trump’s fuel blockade and strangulation of Cuba, saying that the president’s policies “created the conditions” in favor of the U.S. and that he “absolutely” supports
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BREAKING: The S&P 500 has now erased -$4.5 trillion in market cap since the Iran War began on February 28th.
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