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Once Beijing announces a digital currency backed by gold, it will be like the U.S. dollar being struck by lightning, writes Pepe Escobar.
UPDATED: The Morrison government will fall reluctantly into line with Beijing, says Tony Kevin, because China is where Australia’s bread is buttered.
Michael T. Klare says a vast restructuring of the global energy enterprise is happening now.
UPDATED: A sentence from a supposed “fake” Chinese-promoted social media message also appeared word-for-word in a veteran DC reporter’s column, Joe Lauria reports.