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Power, not socialism, is China's ideology today

Power, not socialism, is China's ideology today In the late 1990s I attended a dinner with Rupert Murdoch in Beijing, where he announced that he still had to meet communists in China. That statement seemed odd if you would not meet communists in China, and your business interests would eventually come to nothing. However, it is a phrase that is generally repeated among business leaders who set off quickly through Beijing, who have decided that China's Communists are really capitalist hungry for deals, but they just can't say that. It did not come out of the blue, that the Communist Party described in a semi-joking language, the largest chamber of commerce in the world. But ideological dialogues with different masks in China itself are lively and active and play a pivotal role in policymaking, and Chinese and foreigners ignore them to avoid danger. The clearest sign of ideology's return came with the demise of the property law earlier this year, which was shelved a...

Official: Egypt requests to fill the Renaissance Dam over 7 years and Ethiopia responds

Official: Egypt requests to fill the Renaissance Dam over 7 years and Ethiopia responds CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has made a formal request to fill the Renaissance Dam over seven years, an Ethiopian official said on Thursday. Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Selci Bakley said that Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt will meet next month to discuss related issues regarding the Renaissance Dam negotiations. "The process of filling the Renaissance Dam reservoir and other related issues will be among the main topics to be discussed," Buckley said. The Ethiopian minister said his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Abdelati, recently presented a study conducted by Cairo on the process of filling the dam. "The study calls for filling the reservoir of the Renaissance Dam over 7 years, and other operational issues of the dam when it starts to generate power." "Ethiopia, in turn, wrote a letter to Egypt, which responded to that study," he said. "Water...

Izana Aksumi invades Nubia again

The Obelisk of Axum in  Ethiopia 's  Tigray Region  (2009) Izana Aksumi invades Nubia again The events in the city of Port Sudan these days, which is the bloody conflict that broke out between the Nuba and Beni Amer tribes did not come out of the blue, as evidence has happened more than once in a remarkable way .. Thus, history tells us that Aizana king Aksum had He invaded Nubia and caused the collapse and fall of the kingdom of Meroe. In his conquest, the focus was more on those whom he called the Blue Nuba than the others, the Red Nuba. Who are the "Khasa" and who are the brown Amer .. And why they target the Nuba ethnic throughout history? The underlying causes that led to the beginning of the collapse of the Kingdom of Meroe can be seen in the transformation of trade routes from the Nile to the Red Sea. The obstruction of the caravan routes by the Nubadite Blemmyes combined to eventually isolate the Kingdom from the Mediterranean world and to begin its economic...

The Main Street Conservative Wisdom of Hank Aaron-By CASEY CHALK

The Main Street Conservative Wisdom of Hank Aaron The baseball legend appreciated the value of tradition and the role of old-fashioned hard work. By CASEY CHALK • August 28, 2019 In early August, my father-in-law and I attended a Braves-Reds game at SunTrust Park in Atlanta. The game itself was an anamnesis of the American civic liturgy, a contest between baseball’s first openly all-professional team (the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings) and its oldest continuously operating franchise (originally called the Boston Red Caps). A long rain delay (which eventually turned into a rain out) forced the two of us down into Monument Garden, where the Braves honor their heroes of yesteryear. And none earn more accolades than the great Henry “Hank” Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth’s home-run record in 1974. Reading selected quotations from Aaron, I was struck by how well he understood many of the truths of Main Street conservatism (even if he has a history of strongly criticizing the GOP!). The mos...

Get a Grip, Bret Stephens---By DANIEL R. DEPETRIS

Get a Grip, Bret Stephens Lashing out because you were called a "bedbug" on Twitter is unprofessional and pathetic. By DANIEL R. DEPETRIS  Writing an opinion column can be a painful experience, especially once the job is done. Take a few minutes to scroll through the comments section below any article and you’ll quickly understand what I’m talking about. Trolls, critics, and hacks spare no opportunity to insult you, belittle you, even threaten you with a painful death. It’s an unwritten rule that 90 percent of comments are negative and even vicious. Bret Stephens, a bestselling author and long-time columnist, presumably understands this better than most. He’s been in the journalism business for decades, having scribed for the Jerusalem Post and the Wall Street Journal, and now comfortably ensconced at the New York Times. He’s been a public figure for years, pontificating on cable TV and offering his so-called wisdom on matters of state (that “wisdom” includes recommendi...

How to Save Sudan's Democratic Revolution----by Bülent Aras

Omar Al-Bashir July 7, 2019   How to Save Sudan's Democratic Revolution Washington must sweep in and resolve the crisis before it creates chaos in the region. by Bülent Aras During the past several months there has been a democratic uprising in Sudan, which forced long-term authoritarian leader General Omar al-Bashir out of office. The uprisings targeted corrupt regime with a search for establishing a democratic rule with elections, freedoms and good governance. Almost 70 percent of the protestors were women, who faced decades of oppression and exploitation more than anyone else in Sudanese society. The expectations were high when Bashir was put into prison and replaced by his own team of generals. Protestors wanted to transfer to civilians the authority of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) to create a democratic Sudan that they proudly risk their lives for. However, such a democratic transition is rare if it is even possible. Although TMC’s attitude about negotiation...