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China starts to restrict the export of EV battery technologies, especially the technology to make cathode. China produces about 90% of cathode in the world.
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China Adds Export Controls to Protect EV Battery Technology​

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New York Times: the second China shock will be worst than the first one.

We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.​

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zyklon said:
I'm genuinely curious about Arabic soft power, in part because of your visible and immense conviction in it!

Not here to be disrespectful, but if you're unable or unwilling to so much as even define Arabic soft power, your faith in and further utterance of it will inevitably do little except invite skepticism and ridicule.
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I have clearly explained several times. Arabic Soft Power need very deep knowledge and very advance wealthy society that can take advantage of it.

zyklon said:
This sort of treatment and such itineraries are fairly normal for ministerial level officials of 'big countries' or even high profile asset managers and C-suiters, especially someone looking to invest large sums of money locally.

What's so special about the House of Saud to Russia, beyond their checkbook, or is that in fact your working definition of soft power: sufficient capital for purchasing influence and favor at a high or high enough level?
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The scale of interaction between Royals with Russia is such that if they writing checkbook they will go bankrupt. They are only there as guests to demonstrate Soft Power.
Last Month Putin met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince but Putin telling him that he expect UAE President in October or August . The point for Putin is that there are not enough Arab Royals that he can constantly meet. Royals are busy people. how many people in world want to see them in person when you just look at Arabian airlines connectivity.
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June 27, 2025
We maintain regular contact with the President and hope to see him soon. We have offered the President two dates to choose from for a visit in August this year. I also hope that the President will find the time to take part in the Russia-Arab League summit, which will be held in Moscow on October 15, 2025.
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zyklon said:
What do you mean by 'manage?'

Are you saying countries like India, Pakistan and/or Iran are or were effectively ruled, governed and/or controlled by the GCC in general, and/or senior Arabic princes and kings from the Gulf in particular?
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yes they are all managed. I will add Africa to it. create dependencies. wealth and human capital extracted. The word New Europe came from MBS. Europe was previously managing world.
zyklon said:
How would Russians be aware of, never mind be able to consistently and publicly acknowledge Arabic soft power with effectively no understanding of it?
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They surely understand it at a higher level. They are building cities in South that are more Dubai than Dubai. It is that environment that create all round success. and expect to replicate it other places.
see Russia academy of sciences President mentioning meeting in Grozny and Praising Israeli Nobel winner. that is very effective combination. or this concert next to Kremlin. this has visuals of basic soft power not the intermediate or developed version.
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July 15, 2025

Meeting with President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Krasnikov​

We also organise scientific conferences in collaboration with the Volga Federal District, especially now that the Sea of Azov has become an internal body of water. Recently, we held a major off-site council meeting in Grozny, the Chechen Republic,.

As an example of our international efforts: last year, Sirius hosted the 22nd Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry in collaboration with UNESCO and IUPAC – the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The event brought together over 4,000 participants from 39 countries. Leading scientists came to attend and delivered reports, including a Nobel Prize-winning chemist from Israel, who delivered an outstanding lecture at Sirius. This reflects our ongoing commitment to developing international scientific cooperation.
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zyklon said:
So if some of my old drinking buddies currently serving in government somehow convince their bosses holding higher office to launch another war against terrorism in Afghanistan, will
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to the UAE be essential to rooting out terrorism facilitated by and through Afghanistan?


If business and "shaping the world" are separate matters, as you claim, then why are you even talking about Saudi ministers wheeling and dealing in Russia, or Emirati port interests in Syria in the context of soft power?

That's all business, friend!
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Its understandable you still cannot understand this soft Power shaping the world.
zyklon said:
Who are they?


Are you sure RT ain't just manipulating Arabic audiences with disingenuous flattery and dishonest adulations?
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They are learning from them. To built such a society from ground up it takes decades if not centuries. there is no short cuts.
 
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Sardaukar20 said:
The Yuan dynasty, regardless of how they have assimilated into Chinese culture, did officially made the Mongols part of Chinese civilization. When the Golden Horde was broken apart, the Yuan declared themselves as the next Chinese dynasty. Genghis and Kublai Khan were given temple names. This had effectively sinicized themselves as a Chinese dynasty.

The Yuan did made important changes to the Chinese map. They were the first to establish Beijing as a capital. They have included Mongolia into greater China. This laid the foundation for the assimilation of Mongolians into Chinese civilization when the Qing conquered Mongolia later. And they had officially incorporated Xizang into the greater Chinese nation. Now I don't want to bring up modern Mongolia, as that was a Russian-made problem. That is a whole other topic of discussion to chew on.

Sure the Yuan and Qing had treated the Han as lower caste citizens. Yet the Han-based dynasties had not been shining beacons of egalitarianism too. We cannot judge ancient China through the lens of modern day human rights. This kind of thinking plays into Western attempts to gaslight everyone about the idea of China. The Yuan and Qing dynasties had already gone through the process of sinicizing themselves and their people into the Chinese civilization. That should settle any doubts about their Chinese identities.

This is not the same as the Western powers, Russians, and Japanese when they came and took pieces of China. They had never sinicized and had instead tried to displace Chinese civilization with their imperial subjugation. For example, the Japanese had forced Taiwanese collaborators to denounce their Chinese ancestry and adopt Japanese ones.
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The reassertion of Epistemological Sovereignty by the Global South is a major demonstrable turning point in defeating the false narratives of the Imperialists:

 
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