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good call. reuters is providing a bit of that:

China's total LNG imports have been averaging around 6.5 million tons a month recently, meaning the U.S. is supplying in a range between 4% and 12% of the total.

Official customs data showed China's total coal imports averaged 45.2 million tons per month in 2024, making the U.S. little more than a fringe supplier.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-kills-energy-trade-with-us-initial-impact-is-limited-russell-2025-02-04/

i remember laughing at crypto nerds about this a few years ago, but who's laughing now?

me, still

oh, okay, so in context he's just reiterating status quo ante. thanks!

According to the Chinese readout (https://guancha.cn/internation/2024_11_17_755645.shtml) here's what he told Biden were the 7 "lessons of the past 4 years that need to be remembered":

1. "There must be correct strategic understanding. The 'Thucydides Trap' is not historical destiny, a 'new Cold War' cannot and should not be fought, containment of China is unwise, undesirable, and will not succeed."

2. "Words must be trustworthy and actions must be fruitful. A person cannot stand without credibility. China always follows through on its words, but if the U.S. side always says one thing and does another, it is very detrimental to America's image and damages mutual trust."

3. "Treat each other as equals. In exchanges between two major countries like China and the United States, neither side can reshape the other according to their own wishes, nor can they suppress the other based on so-called 'position of strength,' let alone deprive the other of legitimate development rights to maintain their own leading position."

4. "Red lines and bottom lines cannot be challenged. As two major countries, China and the United States inevitably have some contradictions and differences, but they cannot harm each other's core interests, let alone engage in conflict and confrontation. The One China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués are the political foundation of bilateral relations and must be strictly observed. Taiwan issue, democracy and human rights, development path, and development rights are China's four red lines, which cannot be challenged. [Note: Bold text in the original] These are the most important guardrails and safety nets for China-US relations."

5. "There should be more dialogue and cooperation. Under current circumstances, the common interests between China and the United States have not decreased but increased. Whether in areas of economy and trade, agriculture, drug control, law enforcement, public health, or in facing global challenges such as climate change and artificial intelligence, as well as international hotspot issues, China-US cooperation is needed. Both sides should extend the list of cooperation, make the cooperation cake bigger, and achieve win-win cooperation."

6. "Respond to people's expectations. The development of China-US relations should always focus on the wellbeing of both peoples and gather the strength of both peoples. Both sides should build bridges for personnel exchanges and cultural communication, and also remove interference and obstacles, not artificially create a 'chilling effect.'"

7. "Demonstrate great power responsibility. China and the United States should always consider the future and destiny of humanity, take responsibility for world peace, provide public goods for the world, and play a positive role in world unity, including engaging in positive interaction, avoiding mutual consumption, and not coercing other countries to take sides."

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the Taiwan question, democracy and human rights, China's path and system, and China's development right are four red lines for China, which must not be challenged or crossed.

is there another source that expands on exactly what this all means or are these "red lines that must not be crossed" being left intentionally vague so that when the u.s. inevitably crosses them, party leadership doesn't feel obligated to respond belligerently?

yeah anyone following the news heads and their analysis over at the hexbear news and bulletins forum -- which the cpc in beijing certainly does -- isn't surprised by this outcome.

that's the gulf stream affecting the northern ocean, this is about the southern oscillation affecting equatorial water

yeah "valued at" my ass, but nice of them to announce how much the grift garnered some already rich assholes and their closest friends

anarchy is when a declining imperial power violently lashes out against the rest of the world in a desperate attempt to maintain its hegemonic status

i wasn't complaining no, more of a

seems like legitimizing the outright theft of foreign assets is going to give billionaires around the world some second thoughts about the security of their dollars held in u.s. banks

when i feed the poor, they call me a saint. when i ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist.

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed and demand a rent even for its natural produce.

one time i sent a letter to the bill gates foundation. you know those pretty little collages you can make by cutting out letters from magazines in all the different interesting fonts and pasting them together? i love making those, i think they're so neat. anyway i was feeling artsy crafty one day and sent one to the bill gates foundation that said "eat the rich" and bill gates came to my place of residence and gave me a million dollars and said "aha! now you are rich, so why don't you go eat yourself!" and walked away with the smuggest fucking look on his face.

"struck areas used by pro-iran forces" weird way of saying killed and wounded more than 20 iraqis living in iraq

The Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah forms part of the Hashd al-Shaabi, a coalition of former paramilitary forces that are now integrated into Iraq's regular armed forces.

A peace agreement finally arrived in 2002, but today militias continue to fight in the Congo’s eastern reaches. As a consequence, multinational companies have been slower to set up large slash-and-burn operations than they have in, say, Brazil, Max Holmes, CEO of the Woodwell Climate Research Center, told me. Without as many corporate-scale operations on the ground, foliage has been preserved, and the planet has stayed cooler.

"war in the congo has protected the region from the ravages of unbridled neoliberal capitalism, keeping the planet cooler" isn't quite as pithy

Economists are predicting that this generation, with such a significant educational gap, will experience diminished lifetime earnings and become a significant drag on the economy.

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