Ryan Milton 弥瑞恩

I’ve been reading as much as I can about Chinese history since April when I was last in China. First of all, it is impossible to take in 5,000 years of history in such a short time. 😲 But I’m starting to get an idea of all the twists and turns in history and it really is truly fascinating as an outsider to discover a completely different world. There is a reason China has existed 5,000 years. China has the oldest continuous written language. This has to mean something very special about this nation and culture. The dynasties I can’t speak to very well, but there are certainty inflections that show advanced thinking, philosophy, science, instruments that didn’t show up in Europe for THOUSANDS of years after they were in China. Of course not enough can be said about the Century of Humiliation! Right now what really blows my mind is the period from the 1920s on. Imagine I thought the American Civil War was something (it was)—- but in China it was a "10-Year Civil War" (1927–1937) INTERRUPTED by the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). And Americans don’t even know how Americans like Marine Corps Maj. Evans Carlson, Army General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell, diplomats John Davies, John Carter Vincent, John Service and many other “China Hands” fought to support the the incredible 8th Route Army led by the equally incredible “Zhu Mao”. If only Franklin Roosevelt listened to them, just a bit more, history would’ve been very different. Japan probably would’ve been defeated sooner. I really look to this past history and the words of President Xi when he said: "'修昔底德陷阱'不是历史的宿命" ("The Thucydides Trap is not a historical inevitability"). And also at his 2026 state visit to the US where at the welcome ceremony at the White House, he stated: "'修昔底德陷阱'是可以跨越的" ("The Thucydides Trap can be overcome"). What a life’s mission! In any case, I wanted to list the various accounts that I have been reading—and I know there are quite a few that I have missed —-that have been instructive to me. I’m bringing someone with me this time. Everyone should bring someone to China with them. @RnaudBertrand @ShangguanJiewen @InevitableChina @AlexReporterZA @thecyrusjanssen @ehtangen @baoshaoshan @NuryVittachi @Eng_china5 @PDChina @XHNews @XHNews @MFA_China @Jerry_grey2002 @Chunyu_China @XueJia24682 @XH_Lee23 @chenweihua @wenjiebc @notXiangyu @commiepommie @CarlZha @RealJohnnyYu @apocalypseos @DD_Geopolitics @Glenn_Diesen @KimIversenShow @qin210dynasty @LoneTraveler111

🇺🇸🇨🇳I’m happy Texas has a bill to add 110 mph train from Dallas to San Antonio. It is certainly needed. But we need to think much bigger and start building trains in the United States, like China, that go over 200 mph

Lavrov says European delegates have no role in Abu Dhabi talks 😁

Rubio thinks he can leverage his role to become the next Republican nominee for president. He said: "Just a few minutes ago, I received an update. Apparently, the negotiations in Abu Dhabi were very productive. But the most important thing is that the Europeans are participating in the negotiations..." (‼️) But I think he doesn't know what time it is. In fact, he's not in Abu Dhabi--- just like he's not negotiating with Iran. He's out to pasture. The money to Trump put Rubio in there as he is, but that's it. He can say whatever he wants, he's not driving anything. Oh and Lavrov says European delegates have no role in Abu Dhabi talks 😂😂

Russian negotiator Medinsky expelled the Europeans from the meeting: “We have no idea what Europeans are doing here, this is a trialateral meating, they can hang out in the lobby if they want”

Russians get more flavor choices in their potato chips than the US gets! That is something to get mad over! Shitake mushroom flavor and Lamb in Spicy Herbs! ----- Meanwhile regarding the role of the Europeans in Abu Dhabi: Lavrov says European delegates have no role to play. Lavrov said European representatives who flew to Abu Dhabi would not take part directly in the trilateral Russia–Ukraine–US talks: "As for the participation of the Europeans, well, they flew to Abu Dhabi. Let them sit there in the hotel." He said the talks, under a US proposal agreed with Moscow, focus on collective security arrangements and guarantees that would come into force only after a full, comprehensive settlement.

"If they come to China, they will see that a lot of their fears are baseless. The Chinese people are warm, friendly, engaging. So I think the more Americans that come to China, the better off we're gonna be. Because right now you don't get an accurate picture of China from the United States at this point." -- Larry More people are saying it. Cooperation is the way to achieve peace

My friend Larry just concluded a trip to Fuzhou for the Kuliang conference. I know EXACTLY what he is saying in the video below. Americans should visit China and blow away their ideological views. The era of stronger states dominating weaker states IS OVER.... The era of embracing the development of others to ensure security at home is the future. The question is if we have to go through the collapse of the quadrillion-dollar derivatives bubble to get there or not. @lfreemansafrica #PeaceThroughDevelopment

Definitely wake up to what is going on—- The ruling Taiwanese DPP Party is vying for the “Ukraine-of-Asia” award by turning on local-born tech hero, Jensen Huang, to grow support for their anti-China goals (goals that the #CIA write) that trace back to the old Chiang Kai Shek days when he only pretended to fight the Japanese. In the below post, Nury says, “Jensen Huang was a “tyrant” boss who told a staff member: “I will smash this chair over your head,” said a highly critical report in Taiwan’s Mirror Media on Monday. “He admitted to tormenting his employees.” I’m not saying Huang is perfect. However, we are at a moment where nations can mature and eliminate deterrence, adopt mutually beneficial shared security arrangements with neighbors, engage in useful trade that lifts up economies, and find solutions to the fears that AI will destroy us. Listen to the guy make his point that really could be the trilateral discussion in Shenzhen: nations acting in their benefit of their populations, that chose to positively engage with all nations. The guy made a mistake but the salacious story distracts from what people should focus on.

🇹🇼What is with Taiwan? As soon as the midterm elections are over they are suddenly sucking up to the future Democratic Congress . The DPP leadership is acting like the revival of opportunistic Chiang Kai-Shek pledging renewed “shared democratic values,” while endangering their populations by renewing purchases of weapons à la Ukraine that will likely not be delivered for a decade. It’s as if they are reading from a script for a “Uriah Heep” character brazenly flattering the “new power” for raw self-interest. They are eager to submit their political "pledges of allegiance" through various lobbying channels, even if all they can secure is an empty promise of "support for Taiwan.” This anti-China campaign includes jumping onto the bandwagon to replace Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO. No sooner had the midterm elections concluded than think tanks on the island rushed to compile profiles of newly elected members of the House and the Senate, scheming to redesign their lobbying strategies. In their eyes, regardless of Washington's political ideology or policy agenda, as long as it can provide a fig leaf for the DPP's "Taiwan independence" separatist fantasies, they are willing to bend over backwards to please their American patrons, with little regard for their own dignity. The pawn is still a pawn. This is not shrewd diplomacy. The world has significant problems to solve that requires great powers to act in the interests of all mankind—ending wars, stopping Southwest Asian genocide, preventing global economic collapse—to name a few. When a pawn becomes so absorbed in its role that it imagines it can dictate the course of the game, the stage is often set for being ruthlessly abandoned.

Fighting the AI !

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been called before Congress on Nov 18 for a closed-door briefing regarding his relationship with alleged Chinese intelligence asset according to unnamed “intelligence sources.” But it’s totally ok to take money from the Adelsons.

Watch this smear campaign unfold in real time right before your eyes. Not being fiercely anti-Chinese will cost him his company: he was reckless enough to let a “Beijing spy” get close to him (an accusation with no evidence whatsoever), he has a mistress (like many other CEOs of major tech companies before him), and so on. If these accusations don’t hold up, others will follow. This isn’t about morality, but about technological supremacy and total obedience to the narrative that China is the enemy. In this interview, he explains that the U.S. policy of restricting sales of Nvidia products (and those of other brands) to China is a mistake. (YOUR) Mistake: “You’re either with us or against us,” the Deep State reminds him today. Other tech moguls in strategic sectors will soon have to toe the official line and actively demonstrate their loyalty. This is the first salvo in the crackdown on American CEOs, who continue to invest heavily in China despite the official policy of “decoupling.” He just put in a nutshell why America is currently the collapsing empire. We don’t recognize that when other nations prosper their people and improve their security that it will improve our security. We refuse to share in the idea of the benefits of all. We allow the financial elite of the US steal from developing countries. We measure their “success” by how much their nation bends over and sacrifices more for our US elite’s gratification. Huang is right. America should seek to cooperate when possible for mutual benefit. The financial empire has not been brought to heel.

Trump has taken us back to the 1950s. Not in a good way, promoting economic development, but in the way that reinvigorates CIA-style “special operations,” and “covert actions.” —- President Donald Trump said Sunday (8 November) that a new task force is in place to disrupt land routes into Iran that the US military says are used for shipments of weapons and illicit materials. (Who is running the administration?) Would that rail link from China be a target?

Come on folks! That’s exciting! Not apples to apples, but the Francis Scott Key Bridge will be rebuilt in 6½ to 7 years! — roughly March 2024 to late 2030. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, when the container ship *Dali* struck a pier. The replacement is now scheduled to open to traffic in **late 2030**, with completion in December 2030. That’s a delay from the original estimate of fall 2028, and the cost has risen from $1.7–1.9 billion to **$4.3–5.2 billion**. As of August 2026, foundation work was on track, with 80 of 90 foundation piles already driven, and the overall completion date was still late 2030.

The situation in Zaporizhzhia. But the Ukrainians are claiming that it's an impregnable fortress and are placing their headquarters and command posts in shelters behind civilians. As was recently the case in Kamyshevakha. Let's make our bets, ladies and gentlemen, on how many more tearful stories we'll hear about how "bad" Russians are.

Today is October 26 on the old church calendar — Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki, the Great Martyr and Myrrh-streamer. Demetrios was a young Roman commander, son of the proconsul of Thessaloniki, and Maximian trusted him enough to give him his father's post: defend the city from the barbarians outside, and wipe out the Christians inside. The order was simple — put to death anyone who calls on the name of Christ. Demetrios took the post and did the opposite. He taught openly, and Thessaloniki started turning Christian under the very man sent to stop it. When Maximian marched through the city after a campaign in the Black Sea, flushed with victory and ready to make an example of the Christians, Demetrios was brought before him. He didn't hedge. He confessed, denounced the idols, and told his servant Lupus to give his wealth to the poor — "we shall seek heavenly riches for ourselves." Then he went to prison, to a damp cell under the baths, and prayed and fasted while he waited. Maximian, meanwhile, staged public games in the city's amphitheater to celebrate his victory — gladiatorial combats and spectacles, with the whole city gathered to watch. His champion was Lyaios, a Vandal giant, a man who threw Christians onto a platform of upturned spears for sport. Nobody would face him. A young Christian named Nestor slipped into the prison to ask Demetrios for his blessing. Demetrios signed the cross on his forehead and his heart and sent him out, like David against Goliath. Nestor walked into the arena, threw down his tunic, shouted "God of Demetrios, help me!" — and in the first rush, slipped aside and drove his dagger into the giant's heart. Maximian flew into a rage. Nestor was beheaded outside the city. And at dawn on October 26, 306, soldiers came to Demetrios' cell and ran him through with lances, without a trial. Lupus gathered up his blood-soaked garment and took the imperial ring from Demetrios' finger, dipping it in his blood. And from his relics myrrh began to flow — which is why he's called the Myrrh-streamer, and why Thessaloniki still keeps him as its patron. Veneration of Demetrios in Rus' began right after the Baptism of Rus', and he became the soldier's saint — the protector of the army, of young men, of the defense of the country. Russian soldiers believed they fought under his protection, and in the old barracks he was painted as one of their own. It goes back to the very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle. When Oleg the Wise threatened Constantinople in 907, the Greeks were terrified and said, "This is not Oleg, but rather Saint Demetrios sent upon us from God." The princes took his name as their own. Iziaslav of Kiev and Vsevolod of Vladimir were both baptized Demetrios, choosing him as their heavenly patron. And the most famous of them, Dmitry Donskoy, prayed to him before Kulikovo Field in 1380 — the first great Russian victory over the Golden Horde, the battle that rallied the nation around Moscow. That is why Dmitry is still one of the most common Russian names, and why Demetrios is remembered in Russia not as a foreign saint, but as a patron of the Russian army and the Russian land.

So I have to really thank my new friends that I’ve met twice now in Beijing. I’ve been introduced to a number of very delicious and interesting teas, and this one is incredible. This is Xiao Qing Gan (小青柑), also known as Ganpu (柑普茶)—a specialty tea where ripe Pu'er tea is stuffed inside the hollowed-out peel of a small, immature green mandarin orange . 🍊 What Exactly Is It? · The Outer Shell: The peel comes from small green mandarins (often from Xinhui, Guangdong), which are harvested early and sun-dried to become the outer container . · The Inner Tea: The inside is filled with ripe Pu'er tea from Yunnan Province . ☕ Flavor & Brewing The combination creates a unique taste. The Pu'er is mellow and earthy, while the citrus peel adds a fresh, tangy, and sweet aroma . The peel is believed to have health benefits in traditional Chinese culture . To brew it, you can crack the mandarin open by pressing it with both thumbs, then take out some tea leaves and a few small pieces of the peel. It's best steeped with boiling water (100°C), and it's recommended to give it a quick rinse first before your first proper brew .

Ukrainians are the firewood that we will throw into the stove of the anti-Russian rebellion. —Lord Palmerston, prime minister of Great Britain, 1855–65