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Peter Rowe's avatar

Can’t dispute Xi has come out reinvigorated after Beidaihe this year. But his PLA meeting may not be an insouciant sign of party control over the gun. Calls for loyalty to the centre usually show disunity in the ranks. Notwithstanding the progress, Xi still seems to be facing resistance there.

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Forbes Hirsch's avatar

Re: item 5 on Huawei in Australia. Presumably the other vendor will be Cisco - recently discovered to have five (!) Backdoors into their routers, presumably for state actors, just not chinese.

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Peter A Denega's avatar

New! Give a gift subscription to a friend, I consider you my friend Bill ? next year is good !!

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Peter A Denega's avatar

#MeToo: OMG The Catholics priesthood & the Monks, This is becoming a habit. As Ever power corrupt .......

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