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The Global Times’ attention-seeking editor Hu Xijin’s message a bit more ‘Red’ on Weibo: “If we have no choice but war, we should first avoid direct conflict with the US. We can (instead) severely beat up a US running dog that always crosses our bottom line… to send a warning.’ https://t.co/wMquyeaUpE pic.twitter.com/lRVmPjv4yM
— Bill Birtles (@billbirtles) September 21, 2020
Amusing stuff. Keep calm and goodbye China.
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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.