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Opinion· No. 5496

OPINION: China learns drone warfare on Kyiv’s back, and Moscow lends it a wind tunnel

Researchers at the windows. A jump. On September 28, a Russian strike hits the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. Scientists jump out of the windows to escape the fire, Oleksandr Moiseienko reports for United24.

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REVIEW: Navarro faults Ottawa for siding with Beijing as his own list lets U.S. lobster in
Review· No. 5464

REVIEW: Navarro faults Ottawa for siding with Beijing as his own list lets U.S. lobster in

Peter Navarro, Donald Trump’s trade adviser, accused Canadians on Monday, September 28, in the Oval Office, of getting into bed with China to turn…

QUICK TAKE: Trump gives Carney the ice and Xi the Washington sky
Note· No. 5442

QUICK TAKE: Trump gives Carney the ice and Xi the Washington sky

While Ottawa was getting ready to retaliate against his tariffs, Donald Trump posted a cartoon on his Truth Social network on Sunday, September 6,…

COMMENTARY: Trump promises Beijing relief on $30 billion, and Canada stays at 50%
Commentary· No. 5432

COMMENTARY: Trump promises Beijing relief on $30 billion, and Canada stays at 50%

Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on September 26. With a trade truce extended by two months. And a promise of tariff relief on $30…

ANALYSIS: Trump shuts Greenland to Beijing and Moscow, and opens it to his planes up to Canada’s border
Analysis· No. 5424

ANALYSIS: Trump shuts Greenland to Beijing and Moscow, and opens it to his planes up to Canada’s border

A gully runs across Tartupaluk from north to south, and the agreement signed on June 14, 2022, made it the land border between Canada…

REVIEW: Carney’s “less than 3%” hides more than a quarter of the EV market opened to Beijing
Review· No. 5417

REVIEW: Carney’s “less than 3%” hides more than a quarter of the EV market opened to Beijing

On September 25 at 3 p.m., the federal permit registry counted 15,763 Chinese electric cars brought into Canada under an annual quota of 49,000.

EDITORIAL: Taiwan is not a negotiating chip, so unfreeze the $14 billion before Xi gets his verb
Editorial· No. 5397

EDITORIAL: Taiwan is not a negotiating chip, so unfreeze the $14 billion before Xi gets his verb

There is still a blank page. On Thursday evening, after Donald Trump met Xi Jinping at the White House, Washington had released no official…

ESSAY: Three justices and the Fed chair at dinner for Xi, with independence as a guest
Essay· No. 5374

ESSAY: Three justices and the Fed chair at dinner for Xi, with independence as a guest

There is the vice president. There is the secretary of state. There is the Treasury secretary. The attorney general. The chief justice of the…

ANALYSIS: Trump reportedly told Xi “unacceptable”; Beijing omits Iran and keeps Mahan Air flying
Analysis· No. 5363

ANALYSIS: Trump reportedly told Xi “unacceptable”; Beijing omits Iran and keeps Mahan Air flying

Iran. The word isn’t there. On September 25 at 7:50 a.m. Beijing time, China’s Foreign Ministry published its readout. The previous day’s talks between…

EXPLAINER: Beijing stops the Ayungin resupply 60 miles out and talks only of loudspeakers
Analysis· No. 5362

EXPLAINER: Beijing stops the Ayungin resupply 60 miles out and talks only of loudspeakers

In Beijing’s statement, there is no warship. There is a Philippine ship, sent to resupply an “illegally grounded” vessel. There is the China Coast…

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