This itvw was conducted in the Old City in Kashgar, in a lovely homestay run by a young Uyghur businesswoman. It's about China, BRICS, old and new Silk Roads and even the newspaper business, where I started - and then my old days as the roving correspondent for Asia Times.

⚡️BREAKING An American MQ-9 drone is operating over Afghanistan, in close proximity to Iran Afghan sources claim that the American drone entered from Pakistani airspace

A lowly national traitor - more despicable than any 5th columnist. Ergo, perfect to be Nobelized. https://t.co/Dqys1KCbZF

(Supreme) Ignorance is (Narcissistic) Bliss.

Why guess when you can know?

Circus Ringmaster started the tech/trade war. Xi Dada will finish it. The Chinese are totally convinced they will close their advanced chip gap FASTER than the US + vassals might be able to close their rare earth + reindustrialization gap. TACO just got FAFOed to Kingdom Come.

TomaHAWK? More like TomaPIGEON. Circus Ringmaster may believe that his Tomahawk gambit will “pressure” Putin. Russians were gleefully smashing Tomahawks for breakfast already 7 years ago - in Syria. Russian multi-layered AD systems see slow Tomahawks at best as annoying

It is more than clear by now that POTUS has been badly fed the fake line that Iran’s peaceful nuclear program was on the verge of weaponization this spring. That is simply a BIG LIE and he should have been informed that there is zero proof of that, as confirmed by his own

ARCTIC, ARCTIC BABY Rosatom and the Chinese government have just signed a Northern Sea Route/Arctic Silk Road cooperation deal. Target: to build one of the key, sustainable connectivity corridors of the future. We could see it coming at the Vladivostok forum in early

China's new mega solar power station. I saw some of them in Xinjiang and the Gansu corridor. This one is in Tibet - over 3,000 meters high.

The world's first intelligent zero-carbon port terminal is in China’s Tianjin: 🔹Electric robot transport vehicles powered by China's Beidou Navigation System; 🔹Fully automated bridge cranes loading the ships; 🔹All electricity from green energy... This is the future!

Iran is grateful for President El-Sisi's invitation to attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit. While favoring diplomatic engagement, neither President Pezeshkian nor I can engage with counterparts who have attacked the Iranian People and continue to threaten and sanction us. Having

The real old school deal: the first column after my mesmerizing travels across the Ancient Silk Road starting from Xian, then on the road in Xinjiang shooting a documentary. A version of this column will soon be out in Chinese, on Guancha in Shanghai. Extra pic, links, podcasts

ANCIENT SILK ROAD + XINJIANG. In images. Chris, the ace producer of Judge Nap's podcasts, lovingly put together a B-roll of some of my Journey to the West pics published on my Telegram - @rocknrollgeopolitics. Enjoy.

CHINA CALLS THE EMPIRE’S BLUFF Or…The Mother of All FAFOs. With one single move, Beijing weaponized the ENTIRE Rare Earth supply chain. By applying veto power over the sale of ANY product containing over 0.1% of Chinese rare earth - WHEREVER it is manufactured. Building

Deception. https://t.co/5BC4cal9Ss

Story of Xi Jinping very few people know.📜 When Xi Jinping was 14, he lived through the most tumultuous years of the Cultural Revolution. His father was jailed for "betraying the revolution" then banished to work in a tractor factory. At school, Xi along with 2 other close

Holocaust survivors

🚨🇨🇳🤩Pepe Escobar's Xinjiang: What Western media NEVER shows you @RealPepeEscobar reveals the REAL Xinjiang—where ancient Silk Road heritage meets 21st century development. His ground report completely dismantles Western narratives. Thread 🧵

Two tourist aunties dressed as Uyghur princesses spotted @RealPepeEscobar in Kashgar old town and asked for a group photo

.@RealPepeEscobar stayed an extra day in Kashgar. He has been a big fan of the lemonade drink Baksap we found everywhere in Xinjiang. Someone please get the man a sponsorship so Pepe's face can be on Baksap bottle everywhere in China