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6:00 am, December 25th, 2020 - 6 comments
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Oh dear its 9:35am and no-one has commented. I guess you are all busy opening your Chrissy presents.
Don't eat too much. Don't drink too much. And don't talk politics.
My family Xmas bun-fight kicks off this arvo so must remember to heed my own advice.
Given it's the year that China asserted full control of Hong Kong (23 years into a 50 year agreement), a little focus on the Baluchistan area of Pakistan.
It's become an economic zone (it has natural respurces for export), one handed off to China for exploitation. Now a port is Chinese controlled and is being fenced off from the wider region. A bit like Hong Kong in its 1897-1997 phase.
Formerly the Pakistan government "kidnapped" local nationalists. Now in Sweden and a few days ago in Canada Baluchi nationalists in exile have drowned.
https://twitter.com/bso__azad?lang=en
This is starting to make Western Papua look like a teddy bears picnic.
I did not realise there was a 50 year agreement. Probably a transition agreement. I will look it up.
Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you are all having a happy day!
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Jesus tests positive for covid
And on his birthday, too.