Politics

Submitted by Elijah Magnier, Middle East based chief international war correspondent for Al Rai Media

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - who famously waited three months before offering a tepid endorsement of the JCPOA – largely echoed the threats of other Iranian government officials when he said Wednesday that Iran would adhere to the terms of the deal if other world powers respected it, but would “shred it” if the US were to pull out.

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

Authored by Jan van der Made via RFI,

In the vaults of Amazon.com’s self publishing market place, a growing series of books exposing China’s dark secrets is seeing the light. Six books with colorful covers, which constitute the “China Secrets” series, introduce a reader to the fascinating world of China’s internal – or neibu – documents. But many questions remain.

Authored by Mike Shedlock via Maven.net/MishTalk,

At the nineteenth Communist Party meeting, Chinese president Xi Jinping consolidated his hold on power.

But can he make China great again? What would it take?

New Yorker columnist Jiayang Fan notes At the Communist Party Congress, Xi Jinping Plays the Emperor.