Blood & Treasure: Obama/Jinping Joint Statement
The presidents of the worlds two greatest superpowers issued a surprise joint statement today intended to clear up certain misunderstandings in the light of recent revelations that both countries routinely engage in massive deep state surveillance operations.
I fully intended to skewer my gracious host for his hypocrisy in constantly making allegations about Chinese cyberwarfare while securing access to basically what everyone is doing everywhere said Chinas Xi.
But all I could say was dude, thats awesome.
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Asked if the new-found friendship between the two would lead to a weakening of the US pivot to Asia, President Obama said that he thought it time to revive the policy of spheres of interest.
Were interested in what you lot are doing, President Xis interested in what his lot are doing.
President Xi agreed. Just so long as everyones covered. Thats the important thing.
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