Video: Don’t just listen to their words, watch their deeds carefully – US in the name of freedom democracy human rights and rules of laws… 不要祇有聽其言, 必須小心地觀其行 – 美國以自由民主人權和法治的名義…
https://rumble.com/vxh61c-us-in-the-name-of-freedom-democracy-and-rules-of-laws.html
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Russian Oil Sanctions Spotlight Kauai’s Energy Resilience – More than a decade later, 70% of Kauai’s electric grid is powered by renewables. 俄羅斯石油製裁聚焦考艾島的能源彈性——十多年後，考艾島 70% 的電網由可再生能源供電. By Brittany Lyte
In 2008, Kauai’s electric utility set out to accomplish a goal so aggressive and pricey that no one knew how it could become a reality. The utility sought to power half of the Garden Isle with renewable energy.
That investment is paying off. As the United States bans oil imported from Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, Hawaiian Electric warned that bills could jump as much as 20% in some places. Kauai residents anticipate a much lower jump from 2% to 10%.
“Kauai is absolutely how we all want to look,” said Jim Kelly, spokesman for Hawaiian Electric. “They are now reaping the benefits of 10 years of slogging work to get these projects online.”
Here’s how Kauai could be a model for the rest of the Aloha State.
Video – Global Times: Rumors the US spread against China on Ukraine crisis 《環球時報》美國在烏克蘭危機上針對中國散佈謠言
https://rumble.com/vxgzv4-global-times-rumors-the-us-spread-against-china-on-ukraine-crisis.html
https://www.facebook.com/100036400039778/posts/673877517168910/?d=n
Under the Wolfsangel: The uncomfortable truth about radical ideologies in Ukraine. The Nazi influence on modern-day Ukrainian politics is clear, tangible, and willfully ignored by its Western supporters 在狼天使之下：關於烏克蘭激進意識形態的令人不安的真相。 納粹對現代烏克蘭政治的影響是顯而易見的、切實的，並被其西方支持者故意忽視
Yang Jiechi Meets with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
On March 14, 2022 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome, Italy. The two sides had candid, in-depth and constructive talks on China-US relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest and concern, and agreed to follow through on the consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries to enhance mutual understanding, manage differences, expand common ground and strengthen cooperation, and to accumulate enabling conditions for China-US relations to return to the right track of sound and steady development.
Yang Jiechi noted that implementing the consensus reached by the two heads of state is the most important task in China-US relations. President Xi Jinping proposed the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation as ways to manage China-US relations in the new era, charting the course for the development of China-US relations. President Biden responded positively, making such important commitments as not seeking a new Cold War, not seeking to change China’s system, not seeking to target the revitalization of its alliances against China, not supporting “Taiwan independence”, and having no intention to have a conflict with China. Noting that China has viewed and handled its relations with the US on the basis of the three principles put forward by President Xi, Yang Jiechi expressed the hope that the US side will follow through on the commitments made by President Biden. He emphasized that to strengthen dialogue and cooperation, properly manage differences, and avoid conflict and confrontation between China and the US under the current international situation is in line with the interests of the two peoples, the expectations of the international community and the interests of the people of the world.
Yang Jiechi stressed that the Taiwan question bears on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In the three China-US Joint Communiqués, the US clearly acknowledges that there is but one China. The one-China principle is the prerequisite for the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the US, and constitutes the political foundation of China-US relations. The current US administration has made a commitment on the Taiwan question to adhering to the one-China policy and not supporting “Taiwan independence”, but its recent actions are obviously not consistent with its statements. The Chinese side is gravely concerned about and firmly opposes the recent erroneous words and deeds by the US side on Taiwan-related issues. Any attempt to connive at or support the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and to play the “Taiwan card” to “use Taiwan to contain China” will get nowhere. China urges the US to fully recognize the highly sensitive nature of the Taiwan question, strictly abide by the one-China principle, the provisions of the three China-US Joint Communiqués and the commitments made by the US, and not to go further down the road of great danger.
Yang Jiechi also stated China’s solemn position on issues related to Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong. He pointed out that these issues involve China’s core interests and are China’s internal affairs that allow no interference from external forces. Any attempt to use these issues to suppress China is doomed to fail. He noted that seeking common ground while reserving differences and building a bridge of cooperation on the basis of proper handling of differences has been proven, by our practice in the past 50 years since the release of the Shanghai Communiqué, to be the right way for China and the US to get along with each other. Both sides should draw lessons from the past, follow the principle of mutual respect as the premise to development of bilateral relations, stick to peaceful coexistence as the bottom line, and focus on win-win cooperation as the key.
The two sides also exchanged views on international and regional issues including the Ukraine issue, the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the Iranian nuclear issue, and the Afghan issue.
Yang Jiechi Expounds China’s Position on the Ukraine Situation
On March 14, 2022 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi met with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Rome, Italy, and expounded China’s position on the Ukraine situation.
Yang Jiechi pointed out that China does not want to see the situation in Ukraine to become what it is today. The Chinese side always maintains that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter must be observed. China is committed to facilitating dialogue for peace, and believes that the international community should jointly support the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine for early substantive outcomes, so as to deescalate the situation as soon as possible. All parties should exercise maximum restraint, protect civilians and prevent a massive humanitarian crisis. China has provided emergency humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and will continue to make its efforts to that end.
Yang Jiechi said that it is important to straighten out the history of the Ukraine issue, address the problem at the root, and respond to the legitimate concerns of all parties. He also stressed the need to take a long-term perspective, actively follow the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and encourage the parties concerned to engage in equal-footed dialogue and seek to put in place a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture in line with the principle of indivisibility of security, so as to safeguard peace in Europe and the world at large.
Yang Jiechi stressed that China firmly opposes any words and deeds that spread disinformation and distort and smear China’s position.
Subdue the Enemy without Fighting That is China’s gifted strategist Sun Tze’ ideal. He says in his “Art of War”, “Fighting and winning each and every of a hundred wars is not the best of best. Subduing the enemy without fighting is the best of best.” 不戰而屈人之兵，是中國天才戰略家孫子的理想。 他在《孫子兵法》中說：“百戰百戰，百戰不殆。 不戰而降敵為上策。”
Now, wise leaders of powerful states certainly have beaten their brains on a way to subdue their enemy without fighting as fighting may lead to casualties and damages very unpopular nowadays.
When Russia President Putin planned to invade Ukraine, he was afraid of NATO military interference as it might trigger a large-scale war he could not win. He had to first subdue NATO without fighting. If NATO does not interfere, Ukraine would be militarily isolated and easy for Russia to conquer.
Perhaps for that purpose, Putin visited China before his invasion. As a result, China has kept its pressure on Taiwan by keeping on sending warplanes near Taiwan. That costs China nothing as China has after all to train its air force. What China has to do is but to choose the training site near Taiwan.
The trick works well. NATO led by the US as the only world hegemon should certainly have sent its troops and those of its allies and friends including NATO members to defend Ukraine just like what it did in Desert Storm to drive away Iraqi aggression troops and defend Kuwait. However, the US fears that China may take the opportunity of West’s trouble in Europe to take Taiwan by force and thus started a world war. As a result, NATO has openly made clear it would not be militarily involved in the war. Russia has thus subdued NATO troops without fighting and would have free hands to invade militarily isolated Ukraine.
In return, the West led by the US tried hard to subdue Russia without fighting by severe sanctions. However, such severe sanctions have not subdued Russia and thus stopped Russian invasion. The US then believes that Russia has not been subdued by severe sanctions as it has Chinese support to reduce the injuries that may be caused by the sanctions.
With such mentality, US Biden Administration sent U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan to hold talks with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on March 14. According Reuters’ report “U.S. raises concerns about China aligning with Russia at meeting it calls ‘intense’” today Sullivan “raised concerns about China’s alignment with Russia in a seven-hour meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi as Washington warned of the isolation and penalties Beijing will face if it helps Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.”
The report says “Officials of the United States and other countries have sought to emphasize in recent weeks that siding with Russia could carry consequences for trade flows, development of new technologies and expose China to secondary sanctions.” The threat of secondary sanctions play precisely into China’s hands. China may use the threat to ask its trade partners to use Chinese Currency RMB or EU’s currency Euro in their trade with China and thus gradually remove US dollar’s dominance in international trade.
This blogger believes the removal of US dollar’s dominance that constitutes US financial hegemony is the major goal behind Russia’s open goal of Ukraine invasion as removal of US world hegemony has been the major cause and goal of Russia-China de facto alliance.
Therefore, Russia has played delay tricks in invading Ukraine precisely in order to allow West’s severe sanctions to play to their full so as to enable China to expand the use of its currency and international payment system the CIPS to the maximum.
In fact, Sullivan’s threat is but an empty one. The US simply lacks munition to make things difficult for China. The US has already taken as severe measures as possible in its trade and tech war and so-called competition with China.
The report says that by defying U.S. restrictions on exports to Russia Chinese companies may be “cut off from American equipment and software they need to make their products,” but have they not been cut off from such equipment and software now due to US trade and tech wars.
The US must be sober to see that China is now the world’s-largest exporter and the European Union’s largest trading partner, larger than the US. China is now economically stronger than the US. So that the report is objective in saying, “Any pressure on Chinese trade could have economic effects on the United States and its allies.”
Therefore, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency, China’s Yang Jiechi told Sullivan that Beijing was committed to promoting negotiations to resolve the Ukraine conflict, i.e. it disregards US and others sanctions as it believes sanctions are ineffective.
There will certainly be a solution of the issue by negotiations as sanctions have failed to subdue Russia. Ukraine as the weak one in the war will certainly suffer, but China may use its influence to help Ukraine get better terms. By so doing it may draw Ukraine into its camp and use it as a foothold for expansion of its Belt and Road initiative into eastern and central Europe.
As pointed out in my previous post, China will be the winner however the Russia-Ukraine war ends.
Comment by Chan Kai Yee on Reuters’ report, full text of which may be viewed at https://www.reuters.com/world/us-warn-china-perils-aiding-russia-rome-meet-2022-03-14/
Video: Western Empires new Defination of Shameless. 以美國為首的西人不單是無恥而是如何更加無恥.
https://rumble.com/vxfadi-western-empires-new-defination-of-shameless.html
https://www.facebook.com/100036400039778/posts/673543450535650/?d=n
Video: China is not US, sold friends and allies to the highest bidders 中國不是美國，把朋友和盟友賣給出價最高的人.
https://rumble.com/vxexsq-china-is-not-us-sold-friends-and-allies-to-the-highest-bidders.html
https://www.facebook.com/100036400039778/posts/673500263873302/?d=n
Video: US War Propaganda on Ukraine attempting to kill Russia and China to continue hegemony unchecked 霍詠強：誰為俄烏戰亂一早埋下禍根？美國利用衝突推動「新冷戰」脅逼中國 2022-03-14
俄烏戰亂持續超過三個星期，期間歐美多個國家都有遊行示威表示反對俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭。與此同時，西方媒體不斷報道俄方在烏克蘭的非人道行為。時事評論人霍詠強指出，俄烏戰亂早在半年多前埋下禍根，而且美國借制裁俄羅斯的同時打擊中國，一箭雙鵰。
Video: Western Empires wealth and morality were not through hard work, but through robbing, stealing, conquering and brainwashing locals with Christianity. 西方帝國的財富和道德不是靠勤勞，而是靠搶劫、偷竊、征服和用基督教洗腦當地人.
https://rumble.com/vxdmfq-western-empires-wealth-and-morality-were-not-through-hard-work.html
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