In this case Russia shot down everything and there were casualties.

Yay I love little explosive pellets

I mean, isn't that the goal? If you're accruing wealth but spending it to better the country (building infrastructure, blah blah), why does it matter?

It helps that China's also clamping down on corruption from the politician side.

Props where they're due for Biden.

This is disappointing, and I'll explain why:

Prior to Trump's sanctions on Huawei, it was widely recognized that Apple led Huawei in the smartphone space, and that by extension the US led China technologically.

Well, today, Huawei has L3 autonomy on lock and estimates it'll have general L4 technology ready "before 2025." Huawei has already led specialized L4 deployments at Tianjin Port and is testing L4 technology on China's network of test roads. Huawei has partnered with MANY car manufacturers in China to deliver their self-driving package across multiple price levels... All under the foot of US sanctions.

Meanwhile, Apple has dumped billions of dollars every year into their car project and can't seem to get it off the ground, and now comes news that they'll only be at L2 in 2028? Apple isn't just lagging Huawei, Apple's lagging domestic car manufacturers like GM.

So... 2023 is still way below 2019? Makes a good headline, I guess

Ships were broadcasting "CHNS VSL N CREW" on AIS a few days ago lol

Otherwise the US would be considered a terrorist state, and it's obviously not

Meanwhile, Canadians happily continue to consume products from those same CEOs instead of finding reasonable alternatives where possible. Canada's big grocery chains are absolutely robbing people blind, but instead of going to local ethnic grocers, people continue to shop at the same places that continue to rob them.

American Presidents piss on the Constitution and then use it to wipe their asses. This is not news.

And yet there have been oodles of people questioning their testimony.

Clearly, it must be Hamas that was operating the tank.

The US is increasing the amount of energy generated from fossil fuels. It's increased by more than 40% since 2010. This isn't a case of "oopsie woopsie," it's entirely intentional and a part of policy.

China is inching towards pulling off a soft landing of their real estate sector. This rapid contraction of the Chinese construction industry is extremely good for the environment as it'll reduce the emissions from GHG-intensive cement and steel production... I would not be surprised if all the reports of China peaking emissions/coal come true.