The vast majority of the chinese public does not know very much about what's happening on the ground, and doesn't care very much. The overwhelming bulk of the propaganda messaging we is seen from state media, but also from people like jarle jen, spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry. He talks about how the us. Is the originator of the ucranian problem and is also its biggest winner. And that leads in to the idea that america is behind this war. America is prolonging this war for its own profit, and that the price is being paid, not just by ukraine and russia, but by europe and the whole world.
As the presidents of China and Russia meet in Uzbekistan, we examine their friendship. They have much in common—but Russia’s prosecution of the war in Ukraine may strain relations. Islamic State and al-Qaeda may be less in the news but their foothold in Africa only keeps growing. And why so many young Korean city-slickers are becoming farmers in the countryside.
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