Pepe Escobar: Neocons want war with China
Henry Kissinger famously once said: “To be America’s enemy is dangerous, to be America’s friend is fatal.” History abounds of examples, from Japan and South Korea to Germany, France and Ukraine.
Chinese leaders understand this reality, Sputnik Columnist Pepe Escobar writes. After all, they reason, being the US's enemy is dangerous but manageable for a Sovereign Civilizational State like China. Therefore, they prefer to keep “the honorable and less perilous status” of being a US enemy.
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Henry Kissinger famously once said: “To be America’s enemy is dangerous, to be America’s friend is fatal.” History abounds of examples, from Japan and South Korea to Germany, France and Ukraine.
Chinese leaders understand this reality, Sputnik Columnist Pepe Escobar writes. After all, they reason, being the US's enemy is dangerous but manageable for a Sovereign Civilizational State like China. Therefore, they prefer to keep “the honorable and less perilous status” of being a US enemy.
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🇷🇺⚓️🇨🇳Joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises in the Sea of Japan. The aim of the drills is to enhance peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region.
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How is Ukraine's "voluntary" mobilization going amid the backdrop of a failed counteroffensive?
Sputnik asked some experts
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#SputnikInfographic 📊 Russian natural gas producer Novatek moves to roll out the first line of its new massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant which is a part of Arctic LNG 2 project.
What is Arctic LNG 2?
Sputnik explains.
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🗣 "They wanted to shoot us" Pavel, a former owner of a small coffee shop from Mariupol, tells what he had to go through while a prisoner of the Ukrainian Nazis Subscribe to @SputnikInt
The truth about Ukrainian war crimes against Donbass civilians was revealed by Pavel, a coffee shop owner who was detained and tortured at the Secret prison at the airport of Mariupol.
"I did not accept that their Bandera [Stepan Bandera, a WW2-era Ukrainian Nazi collaborator – Sputnik] was almost higher than the Lord. This is downright wrong. And so many people died because of this plague!" said Pavel.
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"I did not accept that their Bandera [Stepan Bandera, a WW2-era Ukrainian Nazi collaborator – Sputnik] was almost higher than the Lord. This is downright wrong. And so many people died because of this plague!" said Pavel.
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🇷🇺 Russian assault detachments of the Airborne Forces captured enemy's fortifications in the forest
After artillery preparation, paratroopers broke into the Ukrainian trenches, capturing and clearing the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing the enemy to retreat and abandon weapons and ammunition at positions, as well as leave the dead and wounded.
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After artillery preparation, paratroopers broke into the Ukrainian trenches, capturing and clearing the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing the enemy to retreat and abandon weapons and ammunition at positions, as well as leave the dead and wounded.
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The UK Parliament’s Scottish Affairs Committee said in a report out Friday that Scotland could require more military presence as melting Arctic ice is likely to open up new shipping routes that Russia and China are keen to exploit.
According to the Committee, geographical position of Scotland is crucial for UK and NATO defence and security in the North Atlantic and the High North, meaning that "should the situation in the region change, Scotland could become home to a larger defence presence," the report read.
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According to the Committee, geographical position of Scotland is crucial for UK and NATO defence and security in the North Atlantic and the High North, meaning that "should the situation in the region change, Scotland could become home to a larger defence presence," the report read.
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