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🇯🇵 By mid-May 1945 it was clear to all who wished to see: Japan was on the brink of surrendering. The real purpose of the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japanese cities was not to win the war, but rather to shape the contours of the post-war world. #G7Summit #Hiroshima
In his 1928 opus “The Open Conspiracy: Blueprint for a World Revolution” H.G. Wells, the Fabian Society leader, called for the establishment of a “world government” which would supersede the nation-state as the primary form of human social and political existence. 
This “Utopian” scheme, as Wells himself dubbed it, probably had little hope of success, except under conditions of raw terror, where a frightened population might come to feel that only in the womb of such a “world government” would there be any security.
🇰🇿🇰🇬🇹🇯🇹🇲🇺🇿🇨🇳 The China-Central Asia summit will be held in the Chinese city of Xi'an from May 18 to 19. This is the first time that China has held a summit in a physical form since the establishment of diplomatic relations with the five Central Asian countries. 🧵
🇰🇬🇨🇳 Sadyr Japarov, President of Kyrgyzstan, has arrived on a state visit to China for the China-Central Asia summit (May 18-19). At a time when century-old changes are accelerating, China and the five Central Asian countries are working hand in hand for the future.
In 2013, the PRC launched the Belt and Road Initiative to create a new driving force for global development. All five countries of Central Asia have signed documents on cooperation within the framework of this initiative.
