Ivan Zuenko: Why do China’s elites pay so much attention to the collapse of the USSR and the Soviet Communist Party?

Today, Beijing is a superpower, but it only has to look over its northern border for a cautionary tale The events of the late 1980s and early 1990s had a major impact not only on the development of Russia and China, but also on the dialogue between the two countries. Moscow and Beijing abandoned decades…

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JPMorgan issues US ‘wealth shock’ warning

US household wealth has fallen by at least $5 trillion so far this year amid an intense market selloff, according to a JPMorgan Chase note seen by Bloomberg. The losses could amount to $9 trillion by year-end, it estimated.

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Türkiye ‘in talks’ with Russia on Syria airspace

A ground operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is still on the cards, the Turkish defense minister has said Ankara has been holding talks with Moscow on using Syria’s airspace in a possible cross-border military operation against the Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday, as quoted by media.

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