Mark Collins – Big Dragon “Yikes!”–From 2010 to 2020 “China is set to nearly double its military spending…”

This should sure get the attention of PEOTUS Trump–the rest of the headline: …as an arms race heats up in Asia. China’s defense spending will balloon to $233 billion in 2020, up f…

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Mark Collins – China: Top Dragon Now “Core” Leader

Further to these posts, Xi is Top Dragon to the “Core” China: Top Dragon Really Unfolding His Ascendant Wings the Chicom party leader and country’s president sure is feeling his wontons–…

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Mark Collins – China: Top Dragon Really Unfolding His Ascendant Wings

Further to these posts, Top Dragon is now C-in-C Top Dragon Now More Powerful than Mao? President Xi continues his relentless consolidation of power (is our prime minister paying any attention?): t…

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Mark Collins – New Government’s Stealthy Diplomacy Promoting Sino-Canadian Relations

Further to this post, “China’s government is not Canada’s friend” Prime Minister Trudeau seems to be doing a careful soft-shoe dance in search of the filthy yuan (a search the preceding Conservativ…

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Mark Collins – “China’s government is not Canada’s friend”

John Robson (he tweets @thejohnrobson) lays out the obvious case for the benefit of our new government–which is unlikely to pay much attention: The Chinese government is not Canada’s friend. …

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Mark Collins – The Chicom Cross Christians Must Bear

Excerpts from another story at the NY Times–pity that Canada’s new government is replacing the Office of Religious Freedom within the foreign ministry, now Global Affairs Canada: Decapi…

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Mark Collins – Top Dragon Now More Powerful than Mao?

President Xi is “in some ways” according to this article at the NY Review of Books–excerpts: Who Is Xi? Andrew J. Nathan May 12, 2016 Issue Xi Zhongxun zhuan [Biography of Xi Zhon…

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Mark Collins – Top Dragon’s Neo-Maoism and Possible Consequences

Further to this post, Xi is Top Dragon to the “Core” excerpts from two articles: 1) The Economist tries to strike a not too terribly pessimistic balance: Xi Jinping’s leadership Chairman of everyth…

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Mark Collins – Dragon’s Economic Chickens Coming Home to Roost

Further to this post, Xi is Top Dragon to the “Core” the increasingly personality-cultish president has good reason to keep cracking down given likely serious discontent: Exclusive: China to lay of…

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Mark Collins – Taiwan Elections=Big Change: And the Dragon?

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