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Nixon went to China and changed the world. Trump went to China and degraded the country. This iPINIONS commentary argues that Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping turned US-China diplomacy into a spectacle of MAGA corruption, billionaire access, and national humiliation. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nixon-went-to-open-china-trump-is Read more.
Earth Day turns 56 this year, but its annual rituals now feel less like a call to action than a branding exercise in managed futility. iPINIONS argues that pollutocrats keep torching the planet while ordinary people are fed hollow slogans and told to carry the burden of climate salvation. Read my full take on Substack:… Read more.
India surpassed China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, and barely anyone noticed. But iPINIONS contends the cartoon’s real irony is darker still: both Asian giants now face the same demographic trap… too few babies and too much geopolitical irony. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/er-india-has-more-people-than-china Read more.
iPINIONS warned days before CNN reported that the ceasefire with Iran was always likely to give China time to help Tehran rearm. This new commentary argues that Trump’s response exposes something even darker: a president more interested in courting autocrats and enriching himself than in defending the democratic alliance America built after World War II.… Read more.
A packed Verona Arena couldn’t save a Closing Ceremony athletes didn’t want. Team USA men’s hockey gold came by Milano Cortina robbery, not Miracle-on-Ice magic. Johannes Klæbo became the Winter Games GOAT. Eileen Gu delivered drama. China collapsed. For all its flaws, though, Milano Cortina 2026 delivered the Games the Olympics are supposed to be.… Read more.
Remember when tariffs were supposed to hurt China, not your morning latte? Welcome to Trumpenomics—where your $9 coffee isn’t overpriced, it’s just patriotically taxed. And the kicker? Trump still insists only foreign gougers are paying his tariffs. iPINIONS contends that this claim is so delusional, it belongs in the same hall of autocratic gaslighting as… Read more.
China has turned Myanmar into a cautionary tale — one that exposes its true nature not as a superpower patron but as a vulture mercantilist. The West, led by the US, abandoned Myanmar just as it abandoned Afghanistan. And China swooped in, not to save, but to scavenge: arming all sides, securing resources, and solidifying… Read more.
iPINIONS contends that China’s invasion of Taiwan will be the sequel to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Xi has made clear he intends to “reclaim” the island — by force if necessary. And with America weaker, more divided, and less credible on the world stage than ever before, nothing stands in his way. Just ask Ukraine…… Read more.
Trump has trademarked creating conflicts to solve Trump wasted no time after returning to the White House, reigniting his favorite diplomatic farce: manufacturing crises just to claim credit for solving them. Barely two weeks in, he threatened trade wars with Canada and Mexico, the likes of which the world had never seen. His demand? That… Read more.
Apple doing China’s bidding ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ will not come back to Apple TV+ for a third season, bringing a surprise and sudden end to the increasingly popular show led by the former Daily Show host. … He told staff that the company had concerns about the subject matter Stewart planned for three… Read more.
