Tag Archives: China

Back-Channels: How One Man’s Folly was Mitigated

Posted on September 25, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Peril (2021) You might think this is just paranoia speaking, but I think, as do the authors of this book, that the world came perilously close to a catastrophe in January of this year. If General Mark Milley hadn’t initiated … Continue reading →

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Secret Diplomacy or Two-Faced Duplicity?

Posted on July 11, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Kissinger’s Secret China Trip (July 9, 1971) Oh, now it makes sense: the 50th anniversary of Kissinger’s secret trip to China was two days ago. But, being Canadian, this wasn’t on my radar screen, then, and still isn’t, now. The … Continue reading →

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Beware (purportedly) Facebook Ads from China

Posted on April 22, 2021 by cdsmiller17

The Ol’ Bait and Switch My wife has taken to on-line shopping during the pandemic. Most of the time, she has no problems with her purchases, especially if they were ordered through Amazon. But recently, she ordered a dog ramp … Continue reading →

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A Year Ago Today…

Posted on March 11, 2021 by cdsmiller17

The W.H.O. Finally Called It a Pandemic So, what have we learned in that year? China didn’t want to admit that something had gone ‘wrong’ in Wuhan and tried to keep a lid on the news. Unfortunately, they couldn’t keep … Continue reading →

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Mass Sighting of a UFO over China

Posted on March 21, 2020 by cdsmiller17

July 24, 1981 @ 10:33 p.m. to 10:53 p.m. This event was referenced by Shirley MacLaine in her book, Sage-ing While Age-ing. Her description had one small error, though: she said it was on April 24, 1981. I’ll bet her notes … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong: Too Little, Too Late?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong It isn’t hard to imagine that Beijing is pulling the strings of their puppet in Hong Kong. But it gets a little bit troubling that a British/Chinese agreement that was supposed to run … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong: Civil Disobedience

Posted on June 14, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Extradition Protests My friend, Christina, alerted me to an upcoming celestial event which involved Saturn and the Moon. She asked me if it had any special significance. Since the Moon circles the Earth every 28 days or so, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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China Space News: Moon Landing

Posted on January 4, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Dark Side of the Moon After all these years, we have a new space race, this time led by the Chinese. Two questions: why this; and why now? NASA backed off from sending anything to the Moon in the middle … Continue reading →

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