South America is back, and Venezuela is helping lead the way (peoplesdispatch.org)
Troubling questions surround BBC ‘disinformation correspondent’ Marianna Spring (thegrayzone.com)
Iraq wants China to be ‘major participant’ in project linking West Asia to Europe (thecradle.co)
US's Blinken says no to any Ukraine peace deal that doesn't include total Russian withdrawal (apnews.com)
“We believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger Ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression,” Blinken said in a speech in Finland, which recently became NATO’s newest member and shares a long border with Russia.
US and allies stand to lose well over $100 billion by banning Chinese tech giant from their 5G networks in the name of national security (asiatimes.com)
Nine Asian central banks to adopt SWIFT alternative (thecradle.co)
China's annual trade with US and allies continues to grow, but trade with these partners has become less important for China overall. (www.gzeromedia.com)
In other words, China is decoupling from the west while the west continues to become increasingly more dependent on China.