Watch the fires burning across the river
Autocrats make blunders. Xi has made some, and Putin … well, ok. But Xi is not the isolated single decider that Putin appears to be. And China seems well-positioned to benefit from the Ukraine fiasco, regardless of outcome, if China simply keeps its head down, as best it can.
So why the unswerving support for Putin? What can the strategy be? Is it just autocrat bromance? You and me against the world?
Laser-like development focus ...
Just a brief note -
Speeches and policy documents are nearly always long. It is not uncommon for a leader to talk for an hour or two on one topic, with supremely bored listeners fastened to their seats and their cell phones, trying to pass the time. (The cell phone diversion is less common with speeches by senior CCP officials).
Housing Affordability ... and a bit more
A recent chart on housing affordability in major cities compared with incomes -
Politically Correct Biblical Language
Ya know, it gets harder and harder to distinguish right wing America from CCP.
Monkey See, Monkey Do
History professor Heather Cox Richardson reporting a few days ago - "Not to be outdone, in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis today signed a law requiring that public colleges and universities survey students, faculty, and staff about their beliefs in order to make sure the institutions support “intellectual diversity” … Without citing any evidence, Republican lawmakers have warned that there are “socialism factories” in the state universities. The law permits students to record lectures without the consent of the professor or other students to be used in legal cases against the school."
The Great American Cultural Revolution
Further to Xi, DJT, GOP, CCP
About two years ago, I wrote a series of posts pointing out similarities between Mr. Xi and Donald Trump and their respective political parties. Now comes the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution – with American characteristics.
