‘The Bank of Russia’s move to link the ruble to gold and link commodity payments to the ruble is a paradigm shift that the western media has not really yet been grasped. As the dominos fall, these events could reverberate in different ways. Increased demand for physical gold’
‘Blowups in the paper gold markets. A revalued gold price. A shift away from the US dollar. Increased bilateral trade in commodities among non-Western counties in currencies other than the US dollar’
'The flight, from Washington via Anchorage, made an unusual arrival, flying down Japan's Ryukyu Islands before turning to approach Taipei instead of taking the usual East China Sea route. According to the flight-tracking website FlightRadar24, this is well away from China.'
"The will of the Chinese people to defend our country's sovereignty and territorial integrity is immovable. Whoever the U.S. sends to show support for Taiwan is bound to fail," Wang was quoted by media outlets.
"China urges the US to abide by the one-China principle," he added'
Witnessing the start of an epic clash, in which the West might loose it’s advantage, and privilege, gained in the last 400-500 years.
Russia and China understand the West is now getting lazy, fat, old and broke and not willing to put up with a real (boots-on-the-ground) fight.
We, in the West still feel superior, however don’t understand the (declining) phase we have entered ..
The fourth turning describes this brilliantly. It’s now our crisis-time (winter) ..
Don’t forget the West hosts only 800mln people (500 EU+300 US)
BRICS is over 3 BILLION
The BRICS, including Brazil, decided not to sanction Russia. Quite a sign ..
BRICS countries are fed up with the western double standards, where invading a sovereign country is OK, as long as it is not a western/Christian friend …