America’s farmers and first responders love Chinese drones. And that’s about to be a big problem.
by Inside China Business [10-24-2025]. (RAD: When is the US government going to stop imposing stupid restrictions on Chinese products, just because they don’t like China’s massive manufacturing abilities that the US can’t compete with? The drones issue is another example where there are NO competitive US versions in either price or capabilities. Farm tractors…
Einar Tangen, Glenn Diesen: How China Won the Economic War
by Glenn Diesen [10-23-2025]. Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses how China made its supply chains immune to economic coercions and, at the same time, has powerful economic weapons at its own disposal. China’s restrictions on rare earth minerals are a powerful instrument, yet…
Larry Johnson: Continuing to Getting to Know the Russian Perspective — Six Podcasts
by Larry Johnson [10-22-2025] Larry C. Johnson(bio). My sojourn with the International Unity Club is simply amazing in terms of the variety of people I am meeting and the opportunity to have extensive, uncensored chats. Once the podcasts are translated into english, I will begin posting them on this blog and at my Bitchute account.…
Larry Johnson – The Russian Soul at War
by Scott Ritter [10-22-2025] Scott Ritter(bio). There are numerous books derived from the personal stories told by men who have experienced the horrors of war. They have mainly been authored by Americans. This book is written by a Russian. Read it. I have read numerous books that are derived from the personal stories told by…
Jeffrey Sachs, Glenn Diesen: Last Chance for Peace in Ukraine Sabotaged by Europe
by Glenn Diesen [10-22-2025]. (RAD: This is an excellent discussion that tries to make sense out of the insane rejection of peace initiatives in Ukraine. There is NO rational explanation as to why Europe & the US are hell bent on continuing the war in Ukraine, which they simply can’t win. Continuing this war only…
China vows to step up tech ‘self-reliance’ drive
by RT [10-23-2025]. (RAD: This is another example of Trump’s wrong headed push to ‘punish’ China with yet more sanctions. In the long run this will only HURT the US, since future sanctions on China will have no effect and the cost of China’s products in the US will go UP, which also means that…
US Chip Ban Backfires: China’s AI Chip Breakthrough in 18 Months Stuns Market
by New Rules [10-22-2025]. (RAD: This was predictable, except for myopic anti-China bureaucrats who never took the time to understand the rapid transformation of China!!! We have witnessed a similar advance in Russia after the West placed massive sanctions on Russia, which motivated them to develop needed technologies internally that they had previously purchased from…
General Flynn – Inside Xi’s China
by General Michael T. Flynn, LTG USA (Ret) [10-20-2025]. (RAD: General Flynn brings up some important recent changes in China’s governance. We must keep in mind that their government structure is entirely different that the USA. Scholar Zhang Weiwei explains the ‘China model‘. The one thing we don’t have at the moment is the detailed…
Russia: A Parallel Universe as seen by a visiting German
by Karl Richter [10-20-2025]. Karl Richter visits Moscow and challenges Western narratives about wartime Russia. AfD Bundestag[1] member Markus Frohnmaier is being accused of “treason” by circles within the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He is planning a trip to Moscow and intends to seek a “dialogue” there – a long-overdue and eminently sensible initiative. But:…
Scott Ritter – Dinner at Anton’s Restaurant of the Central House of Writers in Moscow
by Scott Ritter [10-21-2025] Scott Ritter(bio), Larry C. Johnson(bio). (RAD: This recap of their 4+ hour discussion is filled with a lot of insights about war and the importance of person-to-person discussions. Apti pointed out the importance of capturing the best fighters of the enemy and treating them well, instead of just killing them in…
The $50,000 Hit on Truth Itself
by The Islander [10-20-2025]. They put a price on her head because she built something they couldn’t control. Two neo-Nazis, tied to handlers hiding behind Western shadows, have been charged with plotting to assassinate RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan – the woman who built RT into a juggernaut that speaks truth to the empire’s lies. For…
Ice Silk Road opens up vast Arctic to China and Russia. Western companies aren’t interested.
by Inside China Business [10-21-2025]. China and Russia are opening up new trading routes through the Arctic, saving shipping companies millions of dollars in fuel costs and crew time. These efforts also mean huge gains in expertise in icebreaking, meteorology, climate research, mapping, and navigation. The Arctic also contains vast amounts of energy and miners,…