Arnaud Bertrand
@RnaudBertrand
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This might be one of the most insane reports ever produced by a U.S. Think Tank, and that’s saying something. The Hudson Institute just published a 128-page blueprint titled “China after Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China,” edited by Miles Yu (director of the Institute’s…
This is pretty insane. The US just withdrew from UNESCO because, according to the official explanation on the State Dept website (state.gov/releases/offic…), of "UNESCO’s decision to admit the 'State of Palestine' as a Member" and because of its "outsized focus on the UN’s…
Today, the United States announced our decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Like many UN organizations, UNESCO strayed from its founding mission. Going forward, U.S. participation in international organizations must make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous.
A CALL TO CONSCIENCE: AN APPEAL TO THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD The tragedy unfolding in Gaza is a test of our shared humanity. Entire families are being murdered. Children — even babies — have been killed. Others are wasting away from hunger. This appalling disregard for human life…
AFP reports that its reporters (one text freelancer, three photographers and six video freelancers) still on-site in Gaza are currently dying from hunger. They write: "Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners…
It took 20 years and 3 trillion dollars for the US to replace the Taliban with the Taliban, but that has not dented the ambitions of the Empire of Hubris to contemplate regime change in China. Truly astounding!
This might be one of the most insane reports ever produced by a U.S. Think Tank, and that’s saying something. The Hudson Institute just published a 128-page blueprint titled “China after Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China,” edited by Miles Yu (director of the Institute’s…
Alex de Waal is one of the world's foremost experts on famine. Listen to every word he says about Israel's forced starvation of the people of Gaza: "There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled"
You need to be a special kind of psychopath to think these images somehow reflect well on you: a large group of emaciated and obviously desperate civilians in a landscape of total desolation that you caused, scrambling towards a rare aid truck while your soldiers have to be…
When you look past the headlines and Hamas’ lies, the truth is clear: Israel is not at war with the people of Gaza. Today, many civilians advance toward the soldiers, the only order given to our troops is: do not engage, do not shoot. Watch the encounter:
When you take actions that obviously cede ground to your competitor, there are 2 possible explanations for it: either you're making an error out of incompetence, or you're cutting your losses in recognition that the game is unwinnable. Virtually all commentators - like here 👇-…
Few people realise the scale of the Himalayas because static maps are a bad way to convey topography. Fortunately, we can use interactive maps to explore topography. Here is an example using Pyvista.
I'm an extremely fast eater myself (I've literally won speed-eating contests) and since the eating style in China is to all share dishes, my wife's common saying is: "since I'm married with Arnaud, if I don't eat fast, I don't eat" 😅
You can't keep up with your boyfriend's eating speed.😏
China is building a single mega dam project that will output power equivalent to 38 nuclear reactors. Truly mind-boggling scale as China cements its place as the world’s first electrostate.
It's done: China just launched the construction of the Yarlung Tsangpo dam project (scmp.com/news/china/dip…). It'll be by far the world’s largest hydroelectric facility, generating 3 times more electricity than the Three Gorges dam, 300 billion kilowatt-hours. This dam project…
Just 20 minutes ago, the result of 2025 IMO was out. China ranked No.1 and @GoogleDeepMind won a gold medal 🥇 Future math competitions will be China team vs USA Chinese team vs AI
Hard to overstate how astounding it is to see this in the Spectator: prominent Ukrainians, incl. a former Zelensky official, saying Z's "prolonging the war," that it's destroying Ukraine, that it's a "pawn in an American game" - all "Russian propaganda" until two mins ago.