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China, Kazakhstan, U.N. Charter, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping September 15, 2022

Ukraine War, September 15, 2022 (I): China’s Xi Jinping backs Kazakhstan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence

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China, collective self-defense, History, Individual and collective self-defense, nuclear war, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, Secondary sanctions, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, use of force, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Ukraine War, August 31, 2022: Nuclear weapons, China, and winning the war in Ukraine

China, collective self-defense, House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Taiwan, Taiwan, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Xi Jinping

Ukraine War, August 28, 2022: New Chinese white paper points to military conquest of Taiwan

Biden Administration, China, collective self-defense, House Democrats, House of Representatives, Individual and collective self-defense, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, Taiwan, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Ukraine War, August 5, 2022: Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and Biden’s catastrophic foreign policy failures

China, collective self-defense, Individual and collective self-defense, International Law, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, self-defense, State Department Legal Adviser, Taiwan, Taiwan, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, vision of peace, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Ukraine War, August 2, 2022 (I): Pelosi’s reckless visit to Taiwan, and Biden’s failure of foreign policy leadership

Deutschland, Germany, History, NATO, Nazism, nuclear war, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, syria, threat of the use of force, U.N. General Assembly, U.S. Military, Ukraine, use of force, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Ukranian War, February 28, 2022: How to stop Putin, if he has become a madman with nuclear weapons? Dispatches

Biden Administration, China, International Law, Joe Biden, NATO, nuclear war, propaganda, public diplomacy, Russia, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions, self-defense, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, UAE, Ukraine, Xi Jinping

Ukraine War, February 26, 2022: The current fighting; Playing “the China card”–again; Voice of America Russian-language short-wave broadcasts to Russia

Belarus, Biden Administration, China, collective self-defense, European Union, International Law, Joe Biden, Minsk Accords, Minsk Accords, NATO, nuclear war, propaganda, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, threat of the use of force, U.N. Charter, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Security Council, U.N. Security Council, U.S. Military, Ukraine, United Nations, use of force, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Ukraine Crisis, February 19, 2022: Putin’s advisers and advice; Russia’s pretexts for war reminiscent of Hitler in August, 1939; Munich Security Conference and Zelensky’s demands for NATO membership and sanctions now; NATO confirms it expects a full Russian attack on Ukraine

Biden Administration, China, coronavirus, Department of State, Hong Kong, human rights, International Law, Joe Biden, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, U.N. Charter, U.S. Military, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

China and Russia form common front against the West

China, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, elections, Extradition, Hong Kong, Non extradition-treaty country, Satire, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Xi Jinping October 21, 2020

Where can Trump go to escape the law? China?

Donald Trump has been musing about where he might go if he loses the election and has to leave the country, He is smart to…

Caronavirus, China, Donald Trump, Impeachment, Imternational Health, International Law, self-defense, World Health Organization, World Health Organization (WHO), Xi Jinping June 4, 2020

Did China manipulate the coronavirus to make it more dangerous?

UPDATE: July 6, 2020. See, 1) Deborah Hayes, “Coronavirus: Former MI6 boss says theory COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab must not be dismissed as conspiracy;The…

China, Donald Trump, History, Hong Kong, human rights, International Law, Xi Jinping May 27, 2020

Le Monde: Hong Kong, victim of the U.S.-Chinese confrontation

In an Editorial published on May 23, 2020, France’s leading newspaper, Le Monde, raises the question of whether the hard-line policies of Donald Trump have…

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