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  • Four years into Ukraine invasion, Russia’s gains are small, while Kyiv remains resilient

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    • Russia's losses amount to 65,000 soldiers dead or injured over the last two months alone
    • Russian fatalities in Ukraine in the four years of the full-scale war are five times greater than all Russian and Soviet wars since World War Two combined
    • Moscow’s losses in Ukraine are now more than 17 times greater than the Soviet Union’s losses in Afghanistan (1979-1989) and 11 times greater than Russian forces killed in both Chechen wars (1994-1996, 1999-2009)
    • In January, Zelenskiy said 50,000 Russian losses per month would be “the optimal level” to ensure Russian losses in Ukraine became unsustainable for Moscow to replace with new recruits

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  • Xi Jinping expresses hope China can open ‘new chapter’ in relations with North Korea

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  • The SCMP is a Hong Kong-based mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party with all the propaganda and censorship this entails, and both China and NK will continue to suppress their citizens' freedoms.

  • Canadians say U.S. no longer an ally, is bigger threat than Russia: poll

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  • What is the difference between Russia and the US?

    Just this week, Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's "economic envoy" who also serves as CEO of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund, pitches joint US-Russia projects of 14 trillion USD, contingent on a peace agreement in Ukraine and the lifting of Western sanctions.

    Also this week we heard that Gentry Beach, a US investor with close ties to the Trump family, signed an agreement with Russia’s energy giant Novatek already last autumn to develop natural gas in Alaska amid Western sanctions against Russia.

    Trump's negotiators for peace in Ukraine are Steven Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, two real estate developers and investor. What do they negotiate?

    If such polls are useful at all then only to distract from reality. That helps autocratic regimes as they make autocratic regimes like Russia and China look as the lesser evil. It's not true, though.

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  • Canadians say U.S. no longer an ally, is bigger threat than Russia: poll

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  • What is the difference between Russia and the US?

    Just this week, Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's "economic envoy" who also serves as CEO of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund, pitches joint US-Russia projects of 14 trillion USD, contingent on a peace agreement in Ukraine and the lifting of Western sanctions.

    Also this week we heard that Gentry Beach, a US investor with close ties to the Trump family, signed an agreement with Russia’s energy giant Novatek already last autumn to develop natural gas in Alaska amid Western sanctions against Russia.

    Trump's negotiators for peace in Ukraine are Steven Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, two real estate developers and investor. What do they negotiate?

    If such polls are useful at all then only to distract from reality. That helps autocratic regimes as they make autocratic regimes like Russia and China look as the lesser evil. It's not true, though.

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  • Canadians say U.S. no longer an ally, is bigger threat than Russia: poll

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  • What is the difference between Russia and the US?

    Just this week, Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's "economic envoy" who also serves as CEO of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund, pitches joint US-Russia projects of 14 trillion USD, contingent on a peace agreement in Ukraine and the lifting of Western sanctions.

    Also this week we heard that Gentry Beach, a US investor with close ties to the Trump family, signed an agreement with Russia’s energy giant Novatek already last autumn to develop natural gas in Alaska amid Western sanctions against Russia.

    Trump's negotiators for peace in Ukraine are Steven Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, two real estate developers and investor. What do they negotiate?

    If such polls are useful at all then only to distract from reality. That helps autocratic regimes as they make autocratic regimes like Russia and China look as the lesser evil. It's not true, though.

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  • Spain courts China in new Asia strategy as US ties sour

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  • Spain under Sanchez's government has been 'courting' China for some years now, and the prime minister is intensifying it of late. Unfortunately, this has less to do with a strategy aimed at benefiting the Spanish economy and its people imo but rather with Sanchez's fight for political survival. Sanchez is facing corruption scandals involving his brother, his wife, and close political allies of this socialist party. The recent resignation of a police chief over accusations of rape is adding to Sanchez problems. He needs some distractions it seems.

  • IMF urges China to halve industrial subsidies

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  • This statement makes no sense. China's mercantilism - pushing for trade surpluses in practically all industries - wouldn't even work if pursued by all countries (a trade surplus for everyone is logically impossible, and the attempt doesn't end well as we have seen in Europe 300 or so years ago).

    Beijing is subsidizing some sort of a zombie economy as many companies would long be shut down without massive state subsidies that go well beyond what can be considered reasonable. In the EV industry, for example, only 15 of 129 Chinese EV brands are expected to be profitable by 2030, according to a report from last year.

    The US and China are artificially creating economic imbalances, it's just that one is doing it mainly by tariffs and the other by deliberately producing oversupply.

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  • Chinese state media amplifies viral Tesla failure amid 45% sales crash

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  • It's certainly hard to make an inference from a single incident. What we can say is that anything critical of China is rigorously censored in mainland China, while non-Chinese incidents are conveyed with a critical spin. The goal is to portray China - or, rather, its government - as superior.

    This is certainly also the case in many US and Western media such as FoxNews in the US as you say. I fully agree that many here in the West have an agenda. Unlike China, however, we in the West have a broad spectrum of media outlets with many of them being independent. For example, we can find many articles critical of Donald Trump in various US media despite his administration's current move toward autocracy, but you can't find even a single piece in Chinese media that is critical of Xi Jinping.

  • Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance

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  • I get your point, although we should not generalize as there are many people who stick to independent information.

    I agree that here on Lemmy we see a lot of this bit of human psychology, though. Tankies like OP do it all the time. Their alt accounts' post histories have a special spin in that they (rightfully) condemn Israel's atrocities against Palestinians, for example, while in their .ml communities they are literally cheering Russia's atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.

    As one study says:

    ... The presence of left-wing extremism on the Lemmygrad. ml instance of the decentralized social media platform Lemmy, from its launch in 2019 up to a month after the bans of the subreddits r/GenZedong and r/GenZhou ... reveal a substantial increase in user activity and toxicity levels following the migration of these subreddits to Lemmygrad. ml. ...

    [Users] frequently share posts that support authoritarian regimes, as seen in their support for China, North Korea, and Russia. Moreover, their support can extend beyond backing these authoritarian regimes, even cheering on their violent actions, as evidenced by their posts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Additionally, we observe anti-Zionist and antisemitic behaviors, which show similarities to right-wing extremism ... Our analysis suggests a concerning endorsement of authoritarian actions and extremist rhetoric on Lemmygrad. ml, further indicating that left-wing extremist communities on decentralized platforms should receive more attention from the academic community.

    It's a deeply disturbing mindset.

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  • Chinese state media amplifies viral Tesla failure amid 45% sales crash

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  • The real issue here is imo that the Chinese party-state amplifies the failure of a Western car, while it censors everything that is only slightly critical of Chinese companies or the Chinese government in general. Fuck Tesla, but all other non-Chinese cars (and products in other industries) receive the same treatment in China.

  • Apparently Canadians are notorius cheaters in the sport of Curling

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  • Yes, but that is not news at all. If they are serious about that, they could at least post a real article about it instead of just some social media comment no one knows its even real.

  • Apparently Canadians are notorius cheaters in the sport of Curling

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  • That's cheap anti-Western propaganda provided by hexbear.

  • Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals

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  • That's always the same empty propaganda rant.

    China's invasions happened long time ago, but the genocides in East Turkestan, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia are not only still going on but have been intensified in the recent decade.

    And it's not the 'ruling class' that wants a free Tibet but the Tibetans.

  • Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals

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  • China's atrocoties against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and other minorities within the country, its increasingly aggressive behaviour against its Asian neighbours on land and at sea, transnational repression and political interferences in Canada (Canada is among the most targeted countries worldwide by China in that respect), death threats by Chinese officials against officials of other governments (Japan) and even entire populations (Japan, Australia), .... the list is too long for a comment here ...

  • Send Canadian oil to Cuba | CCPA

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  • ... if Canada were to team up with China in a humanitarian effort ...

    I would agree Canada to send oil to Cuba, but Canada doesn't need China for this. And China's own support for Cuba doesn't reflect 'humanitarian effort' but rather an attempt to gain influence in the region. Very much as the US administration, China has no interest in humanitarian assistance, they seek leverage over others to exploit them for their own goals.

  • Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government

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  • There are 'free' media trips to Israel, China, the US and many other countries, and (almost) all are paid by their governments. This is not really new.

  • Chinese warships came within 10km of Australian waters: Defence

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  • As an addition:

    China Achieved Record Military Presence in the Indo-Pacific in 2025, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) China Power Project.

    • Taiwan: In 2025, the PLA conducted a record-breaking level of air and maritime activity around Taiwan, sustaining the higher operational tempo of PLA activities that began following William Lai’s inauguration as Taiwan’s president in May 2024. This led to a marked increase in both average monthly PLA activities as well as a higher baseline of PLA activity. However, there was a minor year-over-year decrease in PLA activities in the latter portions of 2025, likely reflecting a temporary, tactical adjustment on China’s end. In 2025, China also conducted two large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, named Strait Thunder-2025A and Justice Mission 2025.
    • South China Sea: The PLA conducted a record 163 recorded operations in the South China Sea in 2025, including a record number of live-fire drills. China continued to harass its neighbors, especially the Philippines, but shifted its most aggressive actions away from Second Thomas Shoal toward Scarborough Shoal. The China Coast Guard (CCG) more than doubled its presence around Scarbough Shoal in 2025 compared to 2024.
    • Japan and Its Surroundings: China continued to maintain pressure on Japan, and there was a spike of notable PLA escalatory moves in November and December. Throughout the year, there was a slight increase in the number of PLA naval vessels reported operating in the waters around Japan, though the average duration of each PLAN vessel’s trip was shorter than in 2024. Similarly, there was an increase in the number of Chinese official ships within the contiguous zone of the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, but a decrease in Chinese activity within the territorial seas there.
    • Beyond the First Island Chain: The PLA ramped up its far-seas training and operations in 2025. China’s navy conducted several unprecedented activities beyond the First Island Chain, including extensive voyages and live-fire drills around Australia and New Zealand, and simultaneous aircraft carrier operations in the Pacific for the first time. China’s two operational aircraft carriers, Liaoning and Shandong, engaged in nearly twice as many days of operation beyond the first island chain in 2025 compared to 2024. China’s coast guard also operated far into the Pacific.
    • China-Russia Joint Military Exercises: China conducted six joint exercises with Russia in 2025—the lowest count since 2020 and down significantly from the all-time high of 14 in 2024. However, there were novel developments, most notably their first joint submarine patrol.

  • Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials | Recruiters involved with fighter group are said to be targeting agents for operations on Nato soil

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  • Chinese Embassy in Israel refutes false reports claiming ‘China bans investment in Israel’

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  • Chinese propagandists spread that false news heavily also here on Lemmy (you'll easily find the posts), despite the fact that even a quick research using easily available data has proven otherwise.