Why The World’s Most Segregated Metro Exists
Russia took land from China, then ethnically cleansed the Chinese living there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rBRdzf1fYo
Tag: China
Is America Ceding Ground to China in the Pacific?
U.S. tariffing and ending aid to Pacific countries in such a way that makes the U.S. look like an erratic and bad partner, and makes China look relatively better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B77a8o3RSUw
Why Trump Just Gave China the Keys to A.I.’s Future
Under Biden, Nvidia couldn’t sell China their best chips. Trump came and banned the fourth best chip, which Biden allowed. Trump later reversed and allowed those chips thanks to: lobbying, China blocking the U.S. from rare earths, and accepting a strategy that getting China to use U.S. chips is better than forcing China to potentially be really innovative and make their own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-_bykJa0Fc
The Dating Dystopia of Modern China
The Dating Dystopia of Modern China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-QpCNglrW4
Japan warns of China’s military moves as biggest strategic challenge
Japan warns of China’s military moves as biggest strategic challenge
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/14/japan-warns-of-chinas-military-moves-as-biggest-strategic-challenge-00452924?fbclid=IwY2xjawLkrDZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoQXCbzOTHpflr60WAQdKd_4HluiG-N_Y_HGE-AXzCBfxgPMTDg9sgOrMDKm_aem_T4XFQAUSSikBC104n2OOCQ
Trump’s Big Ukraine Deal
Trump getting fed up with good calls with Putin where Putin says he is working toward peace and then turns around and attacks civilians. Trump is selling weapons to NATO who will give them to Ukraine, and says Putin has 50 days to end the war or 100% tariffs will go on countries buying from Russia, like India and China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR554Exl1eY
Either Repeal or Enforce—but Ideally Repeal—the TikTok Ban
“In 2024, Congress passed the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which prohibited operating or hosting “a foreign adversary controlled application (e.g., TikTok)” within the United States. The law required TikTok to find a buyer by January 19, 2025, or else shut down operations within the United States.
Ultimately, neither happened…Trump issued the executive order on his first day, “instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for a period of 75 days from today.” He has since issued two additional orders further extending the deadline
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“But no president has the authority to simply postpone the enforcement of a law passed by Congress. The fact that Congress seems content to let Trump decline to enforce it does not obviate the law itself. And for that reason, if Congress will not repeal the law, then it should insist Trump enforce it.”
https://reason.com/2025/07/07/either-repeal-or-enforce-but-ideally-repeal-the-tiktok-ban/
Opinion | War With Iran Exposes the Emptiness of the ‘Axis of Autocracy’
“The term “axis,” however, suggests that all four powers have a unified view of what they want the global order to look like and have a grand plan to get there. It sounds mischievous and conspiratorial, and it’s most certainly inaccurate. What’s occurring is less a strong, cohesive grouping bounded by ideology and long-term considerations and more a collection of bilateral relationships whose interests sometimes converge — until they don’t.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/01/iran-war-axis-of-autocracy-myth-00433037
US, China formalize deal on rare earth shipments in trade breakthrough
“China on Friday signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals to the US, hours after White House officials said the two sides had reached a deal, in what would be a major breakthrough following weeks of negotiations over US access to the key materials.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-china-formalize-deal-rare-075006013.html
“China is digging out of a crisis. And America’s luck is wearing thin.” — Ken Rogoff
A large threat to U.S. dominance is Trump ruining the country’s rule of law. Investments are less likely to happen when the rule of law is damaged.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2b4TjQa4gk