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China’s strategy to stay out of the US/Israeli war on Iran is working. Beijing seeks to safeguard not only oil flows, but Taiwan security and open trade networks as the US once again expends blood and treasure on war in Asia. Beijing is sticking to its policies of avoiding military entanglement, multilateral consensus building, active diplomatic engagement, “win-win” outcomes, and placing the UN a...

Apple is lowering its App Store commission in China, a move believed to be a major concession in one of its most important markets. What's driving the change? How may it affect developers, consumers, and Apple's business model in the country? And could this signal a broader shift in the balance of power between regulators and Big Tech? Host TU Yun joins Professor Doug Guthrie, the Director of Chin...

Japan’s attempt to meddle in China’s internal affairs will fail both legally and morally -- U.S. expert “When it comes to China-Japan relations, China has always been on the right side of history, while Japan has sometimes been on the absolute worst side. This was a catastrophic moral failure by Japan in the past, and the same is beckoned again today should Tokyo continue down this dark path,” sai...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited South Korea for the first time in 11 years. He sat down with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Gyeongiu. This came after years of tension after Seoul decided to host the US THAAD missile defense system in 2016.Are we witnessing a reset in China-South Korea relations? What is driving this shift, and could South Korea...

Featured Contributor Dr. Yasir Masood explores the Global Power Shift: From Unipolar Dominance to Multipolar Adaptation with Professor Michael Dunford of the University of Sussex The global order is transitioning away from a unipolar system dominated by a single superpower, signalling a disruptive but transformative shift toward a more multipolar world. While the United States continues to leverag...

The Cannibalisation of allies and partners by the Trump administration highlights the increasing importance of China and its stabilising role for both the world economy and multilateralism. In the period from 1945, the US dominated global manufacturing with over 50% of the world’s total output. The US domination was manifest in its preponderant military and industrial complex, but it also began to...

(00:00:15): Welcome to The Chair. (00:00:16): I'm your host, Dr. Vicky James Wren. (00:00:18): And today we're having a quick look at the Australian election and our Labor's (00:00:21): leading in the polls by about 10 points. (00:00:25): But what that really means is if they lose five, it's going to be 50-50. (00:00:27): So 45 to 55 for Labor. (00:00:28): Now, Australia is in trouble. (00:00:36):...

The Biden neo-cons are attempting to trap Trump in sanctions, weapons and loans to Gaza and Ukraine. A deep dive into the implications for G7 leaders as they drop like flies from the political fallout. The rapid turnover of G7 leaders has become a farce. Economic turmoil, a major change in global industrial investment and a river of US sanctions and the Team Trump tariff avalanche expected this ye...

Belt and Road update In this episode we cover Cambodia's Techo Funan Canal and China's involvement and investment attitude as well as a update on risks to the Belt and Road in West Asia, Red Sea, Mediterranean and Africa. Check out my Multipolar Peace friends on YouTube below. https://teacup.media/chinahistorypodcast Transcript Get full access to ASEAN Chair at aseanchair.substack.com/subscribe

We are forming a global alliance against globalism, and neutrality studies is part of that. Don't get confused, let's just live with the contradiction. Last Friday we held the second panel of independent social media contributors, discussing the new multipolarity we are now in, why we think that the collective west is being collectively stupid about it, and what we—and you—can do to oppose the lun...

We are forming a global alliance against globalism, and neutrality studies is part of that. Don't get confused, let's just live with the contradiction. Last Friday we held the second panel of independent social media contributors, discussing the new multipolarity we are now in, why we think that the collective west is being collectively stupid about it, and what we—and you—can do to oppose the lun...

Good morning, Today is Wednesday the 10th of July 2024 and today we're going to explore the NATO Summit that's being held in Washington today and tomorrow. And, I think we're going to start with an article written by the the former Singapore ambassador to the United Nations, Kishore Mahbubani, who was actually appointed twice as Singapore’s UN ambassador. Now, he's a very, very well-respected figu...