As Britain’s small fleet, headed by
HMS Queen Elizabeth, cruises towards the South China Sea, there remains a question over the nature of China’s geopolitical ambitions.
When Xi Jinping came to power in 2013 it was assumed that China would follow the relatively unthreatening path begun by Deng Xiaoping. But Xi was intent on following a different agenda.
Xi’s brutal clampdown on corruption showed that there was a new sheriff in town. High profile politburo members were imprisoned. Such was the scale that Qincheng Prison began to run out of cells. Expensive wristwatches suddenly disappeared from the arms of modestly paid bureaucrats. The West applauded.
What kind of empire is China building?
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To Get Oil for Its Empire, Imperial Japan was Willing to Commit Suicide
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Pixel Grip: Jonathon Freund, Rita Lukea, and Tyler Ommen
In the world of Chicago goth dance trio Pixel Grip, the arena is more than a literal venue where spectators gather to delight in competition it refers to any context our society envisions as a zero-sum game, where no one can win without someone else losing. The band s sophomore album,
Arena, proposes the club as a sanctuary.
Over ten darkly electrifying tracks ( Alphapussy, Dancing on Your Grave ), singer Rita Lukea describes what they call their villain origin story that is, why they ve come to play a commanding hard femme in a queer electro band.