A remarkable evening at the White House. 🇺🇸✨
@realDonaldTrump and @MELANIATRUMP welcome an extraordinary gathering of leaders shaping the future — with @elonmusk among the distinguished guests. 🤝🏛️
A night where leadership, innovation and vision meet. ✨ #StateDinner
At the state dinner at the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wife Peng Liyuan wore a floor-skimming shift gown with a regal Mandarin collar.
In something rarely if ever seen on a first lady at a state dinner, Melania Trump wore pants. https://t.co/aeDWABMAwE
Distinguished Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs on Trump's 35-person cabinet:
“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We're led by grifters and fools.”
From Friday: some frank reflections on China, the 14 grievances and the Australian government's response to Beijing's campaign of economic coercion from Graham Fletcher, who was Ambassador to China from 2019 to 2023 (a turbulent time in the relationship!)
https://t.co/nxkH675YME
Australian special forces soldiers are helping train Russians to fight in Ukraine according to a leaked dossier prepared for Five Eyes (FVEYs) intelligence agencies and seen by The Nightly.
https://t.co/qyzgNYrdt2
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would send $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans win the midterm elections and retain control of both the House and Senate.
I was pleased to offer some comments in @straits_times on the trend in Australia to securitise research collaboration with China. The issue is not so much a specific project/agreement being blocked/cancelled. It's the broader chilling signal being sent. https://t.co/xxUTTk6x5l
1,000+ Tomahawks used up in just 39 days. Production can't keep pace.
Now allied deliveries are at risk, Australia's included.
The confident case for backing the strikes on Iran has aged like milk.
https://t.co/EKleC0TkMz
📍🇨🇳 NEW:
China has unveiled a flying-wing aircraft design 1.6 times wider than the B-2 that could carry more than 800 passengers, potentially making it one of the largest airliners ever designed.
"We need to put this to a vote because Australians have had a gut full" - Steph Hodgins-May, Australian Greens Senator for Victoria.
70 leading scientists have signed an open letter calling for a 25% tax on gas exports.
#auspol
🚨🇵🇱 SHOCKING: Polish politician Grzegorz Braun tore down the European Union flag, wiped his shoes with it, and burned it.
He stated that Poland would not display the symbols of what he called a hostile organization.
"This is Poland, not Brussels."
Globalism is losing.
Columbia University Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs points out China enjoys social stability and profound civilizational heritage, where people live and work in peace. Many biased negative narratives about China do not align with reality.
#ChinaPerspective#Civilization #GlobalInsights
Source:有理儿有面
Re-post but not endorsed, only to show more truth about China.
Why is “Tax Gas” written under every social post the Prime Minister makes? Co-CEO Richard Denniss breaks down why the Australian people want change in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”.
Listen here or wherever you listen to your podcasts!⤵️
https://t.co/pERJ7itrdc
China has spent decades mastering the art of manufacturing – cars, batteries, solar panels – producing them cheaper and at a greater scale than most of the world thought possible.
Now it is applying the same playbook to something more perishable: fruit.
Find out more: https://t.co/BAdlo1lb9d