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Donald Trump is making China great again

The US president has dismayed the world; Xi Jinping has wooed it. This could be a huge win for Beijing

‘Xi Jinping reminded his audience of China’s contribution to global economic stability since the financial crisis, of an average of 30% of global growth each year.’
‘Xi Jinping reminded his audience of China’s contribution to global economic stability since the financial crisis, of an average of 30% of global growth each year.’ Photograph: POOL/Reuters

Friday 3 February 2017 Last modified on Friday 3 February 2017

Two years ago, some European and US experts gathered to discuss China in an elegant English country house. The setting was seductive, but the mood was dark. Two years into Xi Jinping’s presidency, China’s politics were turning away from the liberalising trend of the previous three decades, towards a hard-edged nationalism that was discomfiting China’s immediate neighbours and their western allies.

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Southeast Asia not a ‘proxy’ for superpower rivalry: Philippines

ChannelNewsAsia

SINGAPORE: The Philippines Monday (Jan 23) told major global powers that Southeast Asia was not a “proxy” for superpower rivalries, as Washington and Beijing compete for influence in the region.

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Lời cầu nguyện 62 – Prayer 62

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Tổng thống Trump là thảm họa với Mỹ và thế giới.
Chúng em nên làm gì?

Chúng em trông cậy vào Giêsu.
Xin giúp chúng em tĩnh lặng
và biết rằng Giêsu là Đức Chúa Trời. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 62 – Prayer 62

As Trump stresses ‘America First,’ China plays the world leader

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, which had been agreed to under the Obama administration, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 23. | AP

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Reuters Jan 29, 2017 Japan Times

China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests.

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Vietnam punishes 4 officials over Formosa environmental disaster

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HANOI: Vietnam said on Thursday (Jan 26) it would punish four officials over one of its worst environmental disasters, caused by a unit of Taiwan conglomerate Formosa Plastics, in the first action against government officials ten months after the accident.

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Lời cầu nguyện 59 – Prayer 59

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Xin đừng để chiến tranh thế giới thứ ba xảy ra.
Ngay khi Giêsu thấy bất kỳ nguyên nhân nhỏ bé nào có thể gây ra chiến tranh,
xin hãy loại bỏ nó.

Xin đừng để bất kỳ cuộc chiến tranh nhỏ nào xảy ra
trên trái đất
hay trong bất kỳ con người nào.

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Empire Files: US-Russia Relations in “Most Dangerous Moment”

Leading scholar on US-Russia relations addresses the claim being trumpeted by politicians and media on both sides of the political spectrum that Russia is now the “number one” threat to the United States. Given the proxy wars in Syria and Ukraine, Dr. Cohen tells host Abby Martin that the real alarming danger today is “a new, multi-front Cuban missile crisis.”

Dr. Stephen Cohen is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and New York University where he taught Russian Studies. He has been a noted author and commentator on US-Russia policy for decades.