UK PM @RishiSunak on UK-China relations: "The so-called 'golden era' is over, along with a naive idea that trade would automatically lead to social and political reform. [...] We recognize China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests."
@aurorachaang “taiwan has not been and is not a part of china”我向往自由民主,但是我实在无法接受这个观点,无法接受台独,无法接受你们彻底否认大陆和台湾的特殊关系,似乎台湾独立就已经是自古以来的真相和真理,我反对专制,也反对帝国主义施加在中国的沉痛结果——台湾。“内惩国贼,外争国权”是五四以来的口号
This is now on Wulumuqi (=Urumqi) lu in #Shanghai. People holding up white sheets of paper. ‘We don’t need to write anything on it. It is a symbol of the revolution of the people’, someone says. (Don’t manage to send videos.)
"It is easy enough to annex territory; the difficult thing is to stabilize and maintain control over it."
--Xunzi
Worth reading as it's one of the few analyses that considers the potential difficulties in not just conquering Taiwan, but also governing it
https://t.co/hSwEOIX8fy
I recorded the ( Tiangong ) Chinese Space Station In New " T " Configuration on 11-08-22 Max 79° pass at 10:06pm EST from my Manorville NY Observatory. Kind Regards To ALL ���