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Jul 16, 2022Liked by Dr Pippa

Yes indeed, "1984" seems to be alive and thriving in China.

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Jul 20, 2022Liked by Dr Pippa

Thank you for this excellent piece. Truly scary.

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The CCP is training its population to become better liars:

“Social Credit System is not only for the general public. Now party members are being asked to watch party propaganda videos in an inescapable glass booth where cameras catch every single microfacial reaction. As one American publication put it, “The Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Hefei said the ‘Smart Political Education Bar’ analyses the user’s brainwaves and deploys facial recognition to “discern the level of acceptance for ideological and political education.” The device relies on “smart cameras and biometrics” to “then determine the members’ loyalty to the party.”

...and the love of many will grow cold...

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My greatest concern is that this is what increasingly authoritarian governments all around the world are seeking. Would not Justin Trudeau have given anything for that type of control over the truckers? Or Mark Rutte right now in the Netherlands with the farmers. It appears that elected officials' greatest desire, to be re-elected, is giving way to a new desire, to be able to control the thoughts and minds, and actions, of their populations.

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Aug 6, 2022Liked by Dr Pippa

That dramatic proposal was made by Russian diplomats in the days before war. It was ignored then, and conveniently forgotten now. Now we have war, which is not going well at all, and Russia has made clear their next security proposal will be delivered by nuclear missiles. After 35 years of trying to get along, they want nothing from or to do with the west now. China has been watching this, and despite their cultural inhibitions, they do not want to be left behind in the era where they have been customarily treated as a door mat. The Kissinger's hope of somehow going back to status quo ante, like this dramatic proposal, is now a page from a closed book.

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Jul 17, 2022Liked by Dr Pippa

Do not ever think Xi only aims at Taiwan. His goal is world domination. Just like Putin, whose goal is not just limited in Ukraine. Once Taiwan lost, similar to the loss of Ukraine, US and Europe will be the next. So, do not think the problems in China is in China only. It will be everywhere in the future if we do not fight back.

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Jul 16, 2022Liked by Dr Pippa

When reading the part about the micro-expression tracking of responses to Kool Aid films it really felt like watching the bizarre film Brazil. Pretty scary stuff.

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It's good that you cite a lot of sources - but they're all from Western based journalists who either don't read / speak Chinese, or toe the Western propaganda line. Do you read / speak Chinese yourself? Otherwise it's just the blind leading the blind here

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"Soros said that China's Covid19 lockdowns, along with its real estate collapse, has pushed China's economy into free fall. Unless Xi Jinping reverses course, a near-impossibility, "the disruption of supply chains, global inflation is liable to turn into global Depression” \\ In China, economic problems usually go hand in hand with leadership changes.

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"This cumulative $52.06 Trillion illustration of Anonymous Western Currency Denominated Offshore Assets (AWCDOA) controlled by the Chinese Communist Party has likely found its way, at least to some degree into every nook and cranny of the Western Financial System. "

http://www.deepthroatipo.com/its-not-about-tesla-or-alibaba-its-much-bigger-than-that/

I would really like to know what Dr. Pippa makes of this.

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Xi launches attack on Taiwan by October at the latest.

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Great Analysis and insightful considerations

The country described is a terrifying one....

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Deep thoughtful and insightful analysis as ever.

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