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Sweden and Finland NATO Membership Could be Approved in Just 2 Weeks—Report​

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Sweden and Finland could have their NATO memberships approved in just two weeks, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Wednesday, following reports that the countries will jointly express their wish to join the military alliance this month.
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Støre told Norwegian tabloid newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) NATO has started a process that could bring Sweden and Finland into the alliance in rapid order, should the two countries apply to join
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So they haven't applied, yet

It comes after tabloid newspapers Iltalehti in Finland and Expressen in Sweden reported on April 25, citing sources close to the matter, that the leaders of the two nations intend to meet in the week of May 16, and will subsequently publicly announce their plans to apply to join NATO.
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May 16 is the day to watch then
 
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The fate of a Chinese technology giant at risk of unprecedented U.S. sanctions will show whether the Biden administration intends to significantly ramp up tensions with the world’s second-biggest economy.
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Yes it does

the move would mark the first time a Chinese company faces more severe Treasury Department sanctions that risk curbing its business around the globe. The measure -- used for terrorists, drug kingpins and Russian banks -- would dramatically restrict its ability to work with companies, financial institutions and governments.
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More broadly, the sanctions would mark an escalation in how the U.S. uses its dominant position in the global financial system to target Chinese companies, at a time when both governments are starting to curb business ties due to national-security concerns. The emphasis on human rights also exposes potentially any company that deals with the Communist Party’s vast security apparatus to similar penalties.
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China on Thursday expressed “grave concern” over the reports on Hikvision
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Invoking human-rights and values-based justifications can help the U.S. mitigate pushback from U.S. business sector, while perhaps also elicit more Western governments to join in, making it a collective ‘technological containment’ effort,” he said. “This is guided more by interests than ideology.”
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Biden's words and "commitments" are as trustworthy as Japan saying that it didn't commit any massacre in WW2

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian declined to comment on the planned speech but wished Blinken a speedy recovery.
“At present, China-US relations are at an important crossroads,” he said on Thursday.
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“We hope that the US side will implement President Joe Biden’s positive remarks and abandon the outdated zero-sum thinking of the Cold War.”
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Zhao repeated Beijing’s demand that Washington stick to Biden’s commitments about not seeking a new cold war, not seeking to change China’s system, not targeting China with its alliance system and not supporting “Taiwan independence”.
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Yes it does




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The emphasis on human rights also exposes potentially any company that deals with the Communist Party’s vast security apparatus to similar penalties.

Such BS. The US can always make up excuses to sever successful chinese tech companies.

China needs to push back hard this time. Or else the US will use their financial dominance to sanction any Chinese company. At least find a way to hurt the US as well.
 
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