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2023-04-21 23:29:55 China gains ground over US in Southeast Asia influence since 2018

China has extended its influence in Southeast Asia over the United States in the past five years, according to a new measure by an Australian think tank.

The US has continued to lose influence to China across four power measures – economic relationships, defense networks, diplomatic influence and cultural influence – since 2018.

In 2018, China led the US 52–48 for influence in the region. In 2022, this lead increased to 54–46.

Overall, China’s strength as a power in Southeast Asia lay in its diplomatic and economic relations, whereas the US was better in defense networks and cultural influences, the report by the Lowy Institute said.

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2023-04-21 23:07:47 The leader of the Bosnian autonomous region of Republika Srpska has told Serbia that he is seriously considering declaring independence from the rest of Bosnia unless a row over a property law is resolved.

Last month, Dodik ordered that Serb officials should halt all contacts and communication with US and UK ambassadors in Bosnia, after they had criticised his inflammatory rhetoric.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bosnia-serb-leader-dodik-threatens-declare-indepdendence-2023-04-14

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2023-04-21 22:55:36 - Srpska announces withdrawal from BiH constitutionnal court, formation of a border police with the rest of Bosnia. Open / Comment

2023-04-21 22:55:36 - Srpska announces withdrawal from BiH constitutionnal court, formation of a border police with the rest of Bosnia. Open / Comment

2023-04-21 20:43:48 Open / Comment

2023-04-19 16:16:02 The US & its allies—Japan, South Korea, Philippines, & Australia—and China & its allies—Russia & North Korea—are all actively operating in the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, & Sea of Japan.

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Ian Ellis Open / Comment

2023-04-19 06:15:20 NEW - Fox News agreed to pay Dominion $787 million to settle the defamation lawsuit against the cable network.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/1648416864148520963/

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2023-04-19 06:02:19 The former Director of National Intelligence agrees with the former CDC Director that Dr. Anthony Fauci lied to Congress under oath about funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab:

"Some of Dr. Fauci's testimony is inconsistent with some of the intelligence that we have that remains classified as well as inconsistent with some information that is publicly available."

KanekoaTheGreat Open / Comment

2023-04-19 05:27:18 U.S. DOJ: 34 Chinese MPS officers also charged for spreading disinformation, attacking U.S. democracy and blaming U.S. for COVID-19. Open / Comment

2023-04-19 04:33:57 China has tested and deployed a new longer-range hypersonic missile that is probably able to evade U.S. defenses, according to an overlooked top-secret document among those recently leaked. Now, the public can see what the American intelligence community already knew: China is quickly improving its capacity to strike thousands of miles from its shores and prevent the United States from intervening.

In Washington, military planners are realizing that China (and, to a lesser degree, Russia) has surpassed the United States in hypersonic military technology. But there’s no agreement on what to do about it. The United States is developing hypersonic weapons of its own, but it lacks sufficient means to defend against the ones China is already fielding.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/13/china-hypersonic-missile-intelligence-leak

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