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A new paper uses LLMs to analyze 3 million Chinese government policy documents from 2000–2022—central, provincial, and city level. Over 768,000—1 in 4—deal with industrial policy. After a decade near 25%, the share has surged to ~35% from 2018 to 2022.

Russians were asked to name the most outstanding people of all time and all nations. Their top three were Stalin, Putin, and Lenin. Einstein makes an appearance with the same score as Brezhnev. Newton shows up as well, with a score lower than Zhirinovsky. At this point, I’m

Finnish YLE has obtained satellite images from Russian border areas near Finland, showing a new development: Russia is increasing its troop presence at the border with Finland. Satellite images obtained by Yle also show changes on the Karelian Isthmus in the Sapjornoye garrison,

Najwięksi producenci energii elektrycznej na świecie w latach 1985-2024👇🏻 W 2024 roku👇🏻 1. Chiny 🇨🇳 2. USA 🇺🇸 3. UE🇪🇺

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“An industrial power has never lost when challenged by a financial power — even when that financial power happened to be the reigning global hegemon.” Peking University Prof. Lu Feng (路风) on why industrial strength is key to #China winning its rivalry with 🇺🇸. [THREAD] 🧵

China's share of the world's manufacturing value added has rocketed to 33% while the West has tumbled down. "China's Lu Feng sees the US-China rivalry ultimately as a contest between two systems: China’s “industrial socialism” and America’s “financial capitalism”. " The US was

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has canceled its 25-year oil extraction contract in the Amu Darya basin with 🇨🇳 Afchin, an operating entity of 🇨🇳 Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company (CAPEIC / 新疆中亚石油天然气有限公司 or 中亚石油 for short) — a

Reuters: China floods Brazil with cheap EVs triggering backlash. “Countries around the world started closing their doors to the Chinese, but Brazil didn’t,” said Aroaldo da Silva, an auto worker and union leader. “China made use of that.” reuters.com/business/finan…

DHS warns Chinese-made electronic jammers are being smuggled into the US and pose a threat to aircraft and public safety washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/…

Japan was better prepared than most for China’s rare-earth mineral squeeze. Japan was thrust into panic mode in 2010 when China implemented an export ban on rare earths that specifically targeted Tokyo following a heated territorial dispute. cnbc.com/amp/2025/06/20…

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What Is a Socialist Market Economy? X’s latest essay in Qiushi, titled “Using Medium- and Long-Term Planning to Guide Economic and Social Development is an Important Governance Method of Our Party”, offers the clearest answer to date. Of course, it’s old news that China relies

Russian colonialism. A long 🧵 Some didn´t get the memo but Russia was - and is - a colonial power. Let´s take a tour around this marvelous empire: 1/x

Only three actors are now relevant in the Mideast: Israel, US, Iran. Gulf Arabs and Turkey are de facto America's junior partners. Iran's hegemonic project has fallen apart. Thanks to Israel's military action. The US decided to finish the job. Europe nowhere to be seen.

The world is no longer operating based on traditional principles of realpolitik & geopolitics. 2025 marks a new tipping point and we are in uncharted waters now. The mega trends are still valid and the global system shifts - relevant; but what happens at tactical level is chaos.

“Although the Chinese would like to believe that the ‘Persian lion’ is still a force to be reckoned with in the region, the reality is that its decline has been obvious and also irreversible,” Yun Sun of Brookings Institution told the Washington Examiner. “This inability for

There it is: The US bombed Iranian nuclear sites and Iran's Parliament just voted to close the Strait of Hormuz. Yet, 15 hours after futures opened, S&P 500 futures are GREEN and oil prices are RED. If we told you Iran's Parliament would vote to close Hormuz (pending Iran's

Wspólna praca analityków Instytut Boyma dot. Reakcji Azji wobec konfliktu na Bliskim Wschodzie wnp.pl/bezpieczenstwo…

Hopes, Fears, and the Shadow of the CCP I gave a talk to a student group at Cambridge University last week. Unsurprisingly, most of the attendees were graduate students from China. The organizer told me that many more Chinese students were interested, but only if the event