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Xi Jinping pens an article in French media before state visit


CGTN
Mon, 06 May 2024 12:09 UTC
Xi Jinping
A signed article by Chinese President Xi Jinping titled "Carrying Forward the Spirit that Guided the Establishment of China-France Diplomatic Relations, Working Together for Global Peace and Development" was published Sunday on French newspaper Le Figaro upon his arrival in Paris for a state visit to France.

Here is the full text of his article.

Carrying Forward the Spirit that Guided the Establishment of China-France Diplomatic Relations, Working Together for Global Peace and Development

Xi Jinping

President of the People's Republic of China

I am delighted to pay my third state visit to France at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron.

France holds a special fascination for us Chinese. This country has produced a galaxy of philosophers, writers, and artists with global appeal who have inspired all humanity. Over 150 years ago, French nationals helped China found its Fujian Navy Yard and the Fujian Naval Academy. France was also the first country to welcome government-sponsored students from China. A century ago, a number of young Chinese traveled to France for further education. Some of these young patriots went on to make remarkable contribution to the founding and development of New China. France was also the first major western country to enter into formal diplomatic ties with New China.

Comment: The Chinese Presidents 2 day state visit started on Sunday, the 5th of May.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday arrived in France on a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will seek to push his counterpart on issues ranging from Ukraine to trade.

Xi's arrival for the visit marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between France and China was the start of his first trip to Europe since 2019 which will also see him visit Serbia and Hungary.

But Xi's choice of France as the sole major European power to visit indicates the relative warmth in Sino-French relations since Macron made his own state visit to China in April 2023 and acknowledges the French leader's stature as an EU powerbroker.
Will France listen to the wisdom of the Chinese President or will it threaten to sanction China if it doesn't follow the path of the destructive West? It is instructive to see that the Chinese President after the visit to France only will visit Serbia and Hungary, both of which don't support the Western war on Russia. It is clear that China sees no point of going to Germany, the UK or the EU headquarters in Brussels.

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Zakharova ridicules Zelensky's claim about God and Ukraine


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 08:01 UTC
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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has apparently lost touch with reality, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested after the Ukrainian President described God as Kiev's "ally" in the conflict with Moscow.

On Sunday, as Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter, Zelensky issued a video address in which he accused Moscow of "violating all the commandments," claiming that "God knows it."

"We believe [that] God ... wears a chevron with a Ukrainian flag on his shoulder," the president stated, referring to the higher power as Kiev's "ally," who would guarantee Ukraine victory in the ongoing standoff.

Zakharova ridiculed the statement, suggesting it was the result of a "drug overdose."
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Best of the Web: Trump on Biden admin: 'They're running a Gestapo administration'


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 07:54 UTC
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Donald Trump has accused US President Joe Biden's administration of stooping to the level of the Nazi secret police to prevent him from winning this year's election.

"These people are running a Gestapo administration," the former US leader told Republican donors at an event in Florida on Saturday, according to audio shared with multiple national news outlets. "And it's the only thing they have. And it's the only way they're going to win, in their opinion."

Trump is currently facing four criminal cases, including an ongoing trial in New York over his alleged misreporting of 'hush money' payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. In addition to the New York case, the former president and presumptive Republican nominee to challenge Biden this November faces two federal cases concerning his alleged incitement of the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill, and his alleged mishandling of classified documents. He also faces state-level racketeering charges in Georgia over his supposed efforts to challenge Biden's electoral victory in the state in 2020.
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Enforcing silence on genocide

Elizabeth Vos
Consortium News
Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00 UTC
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The U.S. public should by now be realizing that instead of stopping genocide, U.S. institutional and media authority is actively stamping out cries to stop the mass murder being committed with U.S. complicity.
Developments on university campuses and in Congress this week showed that the U.S. government's top priority is not protecting students or civilian lives in Gaza, but to protect Israel's ability to continue its unimpeded slaughter.

Anti-genocide student protestors at Columbia University, demanding Columbia divest from Israel, occupied the campus's Hamilton Hall on Tuesday and renamed it Hind's Hall after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza earlier this year. The Columbia protest has inspired more than 40 other anti-genocide university encampments across the country and in other nations.

On the morning the students occupied Hamilton Hall, MSNBC's Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski compared the student protests to Jan. 6, calling for authorities to "just start arresting people." Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti Defamation League, echoed the comparison in the same MSNBC segment. Other supporters of Israel also made the same Jan. 6 anaolgy on social media early Tuesday morning.

Comment: The PTB have turned the US inside out and upside down. Its fate gathers speed.

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'Dangerous' to send NATO troops to Ukraine - UK


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 02:03 UTC
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© Janek Skarzynski/AFPMilitary exercises involving Poland, Britain, the US and Romania • Bemowo Piskie, Poland • November 18, 2021
The UK foreign secretary has spoken out against sending soldiers from NATO countries to Ukraine to fight against the Russian army. He made the comments amid calls from some EU leaders for more direct involvement in the conflict.

Speaking to Sky News on Friday, David Cameron said the UK would keep supplying weapons to Kiev and focus on replenishing its own stocks "as a national priority."

"But I wouldn't have NATO soldiers in the country because I think that could be a dangerous escalation. We've trained - I think - almost 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers."

This week, French President Emmanuel Macron once again refused to rule out a potential deployment in Ukraine. "We mustn't rule anything out because our objective is that Russia must never be able to win in Ukraine," he told the Economist. Macron argued that the question of NATO boots on the ground could arise "if the Russians were to break through the front lines" and if Kiev were to request help.

Comment: Some believe Macron's idea for Ukraine could trigger WWIII:
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has condemned the latest remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron about the option of sending troops to Ukraine, and has warned such a move could ultimately spark an all-out nuclear war. The diplomat strongly condemned the idea, saying that the French leader's comments themselves have contributed to escalating the situation.

Macron doubled down on previous statements about the prospect of deploying French troops to Ukraine. The president said his original remarks, made earlier this year, were a "strategic wake-up call for my counterparts." He suggested that Paris could deploy troops "if the Russians were to break through the front lines" and a request for help came from Kiev.

Hungary's top diplomat also criticized Macron's idea that France's nuclear weapons could become a part of a credible European defense.
"In peacetime it would be different, but in wartime such statements can be misinterpreted and have serious consequences. It will be over for everyone."
Speaking to Hungarian broadcaster M1 earlier in the day, the minister also rejected NATO's proposed €100 billion ($107 billion) five-year plan for a war chest to prop up Ukraine, floated by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, describing it as "madness."
"In the coming weeks during negotiations we will fight for Hungary's right to stay away from this madness, from collecting these 100 billion and siphoning them out of Europe."
Hungary has been consistently opposed to the growing involvement of both the US-led NATO and the EU in the Ukrainian conflict, refusing to support Kiev militarily, including through sending weaponry or training Ukrainian troops.


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The West has invented a magic phrase to hide its geopolitical games

Tarik Cyril Amar
RT
Sat, 04 May 2024 21:24 UTC
Portland
© Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images/AFPPolice and pro-Palestine protesters stand-off in front of the barricaded Portland State University library • May 2, 2024 • Portland, Oregon
The meaning of the words 'civil society' changes depending on whether Washington is speaking about protests inside or outside the American border.

The elites and mainstream media of the West are so addicted to double standards that spotting yet another one is hardly news. These are the people who have just given us genocide re-labeled as "self-defense," who abhor spheres of influence except when they are global and belong to Washington (with a sidekick role for Brussels), and who insist on the rule of law while threatening the International Criminal Court if it so much as dares look their way.

Yet there is something special about the latest case of Western 'values' schizophrenia, this time about the concept of 'civil society' in conjunction with two political struggles, one in the US and the other in the Caucasus nation of Georgia.

Comment: The US has no place to hide. It has done a magnificent job in revealing its true scope and intent for 'all with eyes' to see.

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NATO using war games to 'prepare for conflict' - Moscow


RT
Sat, 04 May 2024 16:59 UTC
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© Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesM1A2 Abrams main battle tanks ride on M3 amphibious rigs of the German/British Amphibious Engineer Battalion 130
Vistula River • NATO Dragon 24 military exercise • March 05, 2024 near Gniew, Poland
NATO's largest exercise since the Cold War are being held near Russia's border, indicating that the US-led bloc is "seriously preparing" for a potential conflict with Moscow, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

The Steadfast Defender drills, featuring some 90,000 troops from all 32 NATO member states and 1,100 combat vehicles, started in late January and will end in May.

According to the wargame scenario, Zakharova said:
"The coalition's actions against Russia are being practiced using all the instruments, including hybrid and conventional weapons. We have to admit that NATO is seriously preparing for a 'potential conflict' with us."
The diplomat was commenting on accusations made by NATO earlier this week that Russia was allegedly carrying out "hybrid activities" on the member countries' soil, which they insist constitute a threat to their security. These actions include "sabotage, acts of violence, cyber and electronic interference, disinformation campaigns, and other hybrid operations," the bloc claimed in a statement on Thursday.

Zakharova dismissed the allegations as "disinformation" and an attempt to shift public attention from NATO's own activities.

Comment: Clearly NATO is not impressing Russia but itself.

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Best of the Web: Delivering a 'True Promise': An insider's account of Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israel


The Cradle
Fri, 03 May 2024 17:54 UTC
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Iranian firebrand MP Mahmoud Nabavian reveals the calculated strategy, diplomatic intrigue, and bold military prowess that showcased Tehran's 13 April missile strikes on Israel.

Following the strategic success of Iran's 'True Promise' retaliatory drone and missile operation in response to last month's Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, The Cradle presents an exclusive insider's narrative provided by Iranian Member of Parliament Mahmoud Nabavian, a principalist who won the most votes in Tehran during the country's March elections.

His account of the retaliatory strikes against the occupation state offers unparalleled insights into the 13-14 April events. With access to military sources, Nabavian's testimony serves as the most detailed view to date by an Iranian government official on Iran's response, one that has sorely exposed the vulnerabilities of Israel's air defense systems.
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Inconvenient truth: Some EU states still consider Russia a 'good friend'


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:29 UTC
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© Thierry Monasse/Getty ImagesEU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addresses the European Parliament in Brussels on April 10, 2024
Top diplomat Josep Borell acknowledged that not everyone in Europe sees Moscow as a threat

The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has admitted that not every member state sees Russia as Europe's "most existential threat."

He argued that disputes between members are preventing the bloc from taking a unified stance on Moscow, and are holding back military aid to Ukraine.

Speaking at Oxford University in the UK on Friday, Borrell said he sees "more confrontation and less cooperation" in world affairs, and brought up instances of dissent among EU members when it comes to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the conflict in Ukraine.

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Russia's IMF representative says BRICS should be prepared for dollar collapse


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:15 UTC
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© Iliya Pitalev; Ria Novosti
The international group could create an alternative currency based on their national legal tenders, according to Alexey Mozhin

The BRICS group of nations could offer an alternative currency in the event of a collapse of the dollar and the international monetary system, according to Russia's executive director at the International Monetary Fund, Alexey Mozhin.

In an interview with RIA Novosti published on Friday, the expert noted that the shortcomings of the current financial system are becoming more apparent and that many publications have started to mention BRICS "in the context of the fact that this association can offer an alternative."
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