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Senior Iranian ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani assassinated - report​

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Iranian ayatollah Abbas-Ali Soleimani, a member of the Assembly of Experts for Leadership of Iran,

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at a bank on Wednesday morning in the northern city of Babolsar, according to Iranian media reports.

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Soleimani was a former representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei's representatives are clerics who officiate on behalf of the supreme leader at a provincial level.

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Soleimani's killer has been detained, the Fars news agency said. The governor of Mazandaran, Mahmoud Hosseinipour, stated that Soleimani was killed by a security guard at the bank, according to Iranian state media. Initial investigations have indicated that the attacker fired aimlessly and did not know that Soleimani was there, although the attacker's motive is still not clear, according to Hosseinipour.

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Overbom said:

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They can kill all the Mullahs and more and it wouldn't change the current trajectory of things.

How Politico covered the news about the conversation between Xi and Zelenskyy:

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday reassured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Beijing would not add “fuel to the fire” of the war in Ukraine and insisted the time was ripe to “resolve the crisis politically.”

While Xi’s remarks — as reported by the state’s Xinhua news agency — made no specific reference to international fears that China could send arms to Russia’s invading forces in Ukraine, his words will be read as a signal that Beijing won’t give direct military assistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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In a fuller statement, Zelenskyy said that during the call “particular attention was paid to the ways of possible cooperation to establish a just and sustainable peace for Ukraine.”

“There can be no peace at the expense of territorial compromises,” Zelenskyy added. “The territorial integrity of Ukraine must be restored within the 1991 borders.”

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Old splits, new bridges
One major difference, though, existed between the two.

Zelenskyy has been clear about the need for resistance to continue as Putin has shown no signs of easing the Kremlin’s military aggression, insisting that negotiations would not be possible while parts of Ukraine remain under Russian occupation.

Xi, however, said now would be the time for all sides to talk.

“Now [is the moment] to grasp the opportunity to resolve the crisis politically,” he said. “It’s hoped that all sides could make profound reflection from the Ukraine crisis, and jointly seek a way toward long-lasting peace in Europe through dialogue.”

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daifo said:

I personally felt Trump had a some fair argument about trade imbalances with China, but jeez, things have really gone to hell since then. I place most of the blame on the US as it has been the aggressor.

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That is what happen when out of touch with reality overpaid think tankers take control over the narrative, what happened in that last administration was because Trump didn't really belong to those circles they where a bit more weaker, Trump was basically manipulated by his own people, but now that the weakest most cucked party in US history is in power, the DOP, these Military Industrial Complex sponsored breeding places of Chicken Hawkery have become too powerful in D.C., it looks like they have more influence now than in the Iraq War when G.W Bush was president and people who don't know nothing are now are influencing political decision and pushing for basically WW3. Scary times.

Where are MSM and American chamber of commerce when the US banned Huawei, ZTE and then hundreds of Chinese companies.

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Well, may the man rest in peace.

birdlikefood said:

It is very unlikely that Yin Xiyue's kneeling too hard will bring any real benefits, but it will probably cause his leg to be broken and hurt his balls.

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It is not sure whether there will be a game of nuclear umbrella, nuclear weapon deployment and nuclear possession, but it will definitely not be shown through the media.

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God, did they really decide to do it?

T-U-P said:

Looks like there was a reversal of policies around the time of trade war to increase Yuan usage. Interestingly there isn't a sharp increase following the Ukraine conflict, or perhaps it's too soon to show on the graph.

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Considering Russia only recently (a month ago?) finalized RMB settlement in all cross-border payment, there is a delay of more than half year to reflect Sino-Russo trade volume in the graph. Should be reflected in any graph in 2023. BTW, Russia's share of China's trade is relatively small, so the impact is probably going to be buried in fluctuation anyway.

A very refreshing speech and acknowledgement of China's ancient history, innovations, inventions that has helped shaped our world from the current British Foreign Secretary. It's nice to contrast the reporting from the barrage of negative news regarding the Sino-West relationship.

Whilst his speech and reporting on the western media has focused too much and predictably so on the need to make the usual anti-China spiel this bit of his speech is just as important and in my opinion more so since it acknowledges the current political body/entity that's responsible for revitalizing China to what it is today: A powerful country.



Can't find this part of his speech on YouTube.

Chinese police question employees at Bain’s Shanghai office​

Visit comes after a series of retaliatory moves from Beijing against western businesses

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Chinese police have visited the Shanghai offices of Bain & Company and questioned employees at the US management consulting group, in the latest case of heightened scrutiny of foreign businesses in China as tensions between Beijing and Washington rise.

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Six people familiar with the situation said Chinese police had made a surprise visit two weeks ago. Police took away computers and phones but did not detain any team members, according to two people briefed on the incident.

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