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China’s Strength Should Be Evaluated without Emotion

Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time”, and this blog-site. Both the book and this blog focuses on how the ever-quickening pace of change impacts today’s society and the massive challenges it creates. He feels that it is crucial

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The Beer War Starts

The Beer War Starts

26th March 2021 Below is a letter from the Karen National Union to Min Aung Hlaing. It is a translation of the original Burmese letter sent to the General. This spells trouble for the regime and you can be sure that the KNU are talking to other EAOs. The Kachin

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Time for China to Welcome UN Investigative Team

The National Party welcomes and affirms the joint statement from the New Zealand and Australia Foreign Ministers calling on China to grant ‘unfettered access to Xinjiang for United Nations experts, and other independent observers’, National’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Gerry Brownlee says. “In a phone conversation with the Chinese Ambassador

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The Fightback Starts

The Fightback Starts

25th March 2021 Armed resistance to the coup regime is building. The Kachin Independence Army have started to engage the Tatmadaw in limited actions. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a major ethnic armed group based in Kachin State, has occupied a strategically important hill in Bhamo District held by Myanmar’

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Pillage, Thuggery, Vandalism and Barbie

Pillage, Thuggery, Vandalism and Barbie

24th March 2021 It takes a lot to leave me speechless, but today, words fail me. Troops and police raided a house in Mandalay and deliberately opened fire, killing a 7-year-old girl sitting on her father’s lap having a cuddle.  Unfortunately, this is now typical of the

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Pillage, Thuggery and Vandalism

Pillage, Thuggery and Vandalism

23rd March 2021 Below is the latest tally of deaths recorded in Myanmar. The real death toll is actually much more than this due to the new tactics employed by the police and the Tatmadaw. Where possible, they are dragging the bodies away and disposing of them, not reporting back

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Australians Detained

Australians Detained

22nd March 2021 We start today with a T-shirt that has been designed to be worn, initially in private, but in public once the protestors win. Optimistic I know, but it makes its point. Below are some of the weapons employed against the civilians involved in the protest movement.

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The Opposition Gets Serious.

The Opposition Gets Serious.

19th March 2021 I am a little short of information today, but I reproduce an article below in full which underlines what I have been saying would be a major cause of trouble for the coup leaders. If they manage to get the concept of a federal Burma off the

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China’s C919 Airplane, Boeing’s New Rival Wins Contract

China’s C919 Airplane, Boeing’s New Rival Wins Contract

Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time.” On March 1, CGTN reported that Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) had won its first commercial contract. China Eastern Airlines, one of China’s largest airlines headquartered in Shanghai, signed a contract to buy

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The New Normal (Phase 2)

The New Normal (Phase 2)

CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org C. J. Hopkins is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and political satirist. His plays have been produced and have toured at theatres and festivals including Riverside Studios (London), 59E59 Theaters (New York), Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh), Belvoir St. Theatre (Sydney), the Du Maurier World Stage Festival (Toronto)

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The Lego Movie Isn’t Really about Freedom

Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research.He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and nine books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of

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Security Lessons from One of the World’s Wealthiest Nation States

Security Lessons from One of the World’s Wealthiest Nation States

John Ling wealthmorning.com John is the Chief Marketing Officer at Wealth Morning. His responsibilities include marketing, customer service, and compliance. He is an experienced investor and portfolio manager, trading both on his own account and assisting with high net-worth clients. In addition to contributing financial and geopolitical articles

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Malaysia Picks a Side

Malaysia Picks a Side

18th March 2021 Malaysia issued a formal statement today which, by ASEAN standards is as hard-hitting as it gets. Western governments chipped in with their condemnation of the coup. The Military are losing support amongst the monks. This is unusual in that the monks are joining other groups to

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The Homeless Made More Homeless

The Homeless Made More Homeless

18th March 2021 The 18th ASEAN Military Intelligence Meeting AMIM-18 took place online yesterday morning. The meeting was attended by Lt-Gen Ye Win Oo, Colonel Haji Mohammad Muluddin Bin Awang Haji Latif of Brunei, Lt-Gen Hun Manith of Cambodia, Maj-Gen Andjar Airatma of Indonesia, Maj-Gen

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The News Blackout Starts

The News Blackout Starts

17th March 2021 The fall out from Hlaing Thar Yar continues as refugees pour out of the township. They are migrant workers from the countryside who work in the factories in the Industrial zone. The brutality of the military has demoralised the population. Unfortunately, it has resulted in the factories

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