REFERENCE: Xiliism (Part II)

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https://www.worldometers.info/geography/how-many-countries-are-there-in-the-world/

There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-knew-about-failed-police-abusive-content-globally-documents-2021-10-25/

For over a decade, Facebook has pushed to become the world's dominant online platform. It currently operates in more than 190 countries and boasts more than 2.8 billion monthly users who post content in more than 160 languages.

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-08-04/exclusive-russia-doubles-2023-defence-spending-plan-as-war-costs-soar-document

Russia has doubled its 2023 defence spending target to more than $100 billion - a third of all public expenditure - a government document reviewed by Reuters showed, as the costs of the war in Ukraine spiral and place growing strain on Moscow's finances.

 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heres-what-happened-when-india-banned-tiktok

In June 2020, TikTok users in India bid goodbye to the app, which is operated by Chinese internet firm ByteDance. New Delhi had suddenly banned the popular app, alongside dozens other Chinese apps, following a military clash along the India-China border.

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/galwan-valley-clash-timeline-india-china-disengagement-7358554/

Tensions had been high at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) weeks before the clash, with both sides deploying an increased number of soldiers at the border. India contended that China had moved into the Indian side of the LAC.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/india-overtakes-china-to-become-worlds-most-populous-country

India has overtaken China as the world’s most populous country, according to UN population estimates, the most significant shift in global demographics since records began.

 

https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-pronounce-xi-jinping-2279494

The simplest way to pronounce the name of the president of China (Xi Jinping) is to say Shee Jin Ping. But you also must account for the Chinese tones.

 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Li-Keqiang

Li Keqiang (born July 1, 1955, Hefei, Anhui province, China—died October 27, 2023, Shanghai, China) was a Chinese politician and government official who served as premier of China from 2013 to 2023.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/europe/russia-dagestan-attacks-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html

Russia is reeling from another major terror attack, with at least 19 people killed and 25 injured in what appeared to be coordinated shootings at various places of worship in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan republic. The attack is the second in the last three months after more than 130 people were killed at a concert hall near Moscow in a terrorist attack claimed by ISIS-K in March, and challenges President Vladimir Putin’s self-declared reputation as a leader able to guarantee order across the vast, turbulent country.

 

https://www.ft.com/content/758ff1ca-6ac1-4188-9b61-c514638447b1

Fears in Moscow that Beijing could exploit Russia’s weaknesses along its sparsely populated end of their border were particularly pronounced in the 1960s and 1970s, including a seven-month undeclared military conflict in 1969. They rose again in the 1990s as a weak Russia faced up to its eastern neighbour’s rise.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language_in_Ukraine

According to a 2004 public opinion poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, the number of people using Russian language in their homes considerably exceeded the number of those who declared Russian as their native language in the census. According to the survey, Russian is used at home by 43–46% of the population of the country (in other words a similar proportion to Ukrainian) and Russophones made a majority of the population in Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine.

 

https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/06/13/russian-exiles-are-making-a-mark-in-the-caucasus-and-central-asia

Russia’s war has helped several (Caucasus and Central Asia) countries grow faster and gain geopolitical heft. Last year their economies grew by 4.9%, surpassing pre-war forecasts.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/13/europe/georgia-foreign-agents-law-explained-intl/index.html

The legislation was drafted by the Georgian Dream party, which along with its allies controls parliament ... Georgian Dream has long been accused of harboring pro-Russian sympathies, especially given that Ivanishvili made his fortune in the Soviet Union.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/asia/china-coast-guard-water-cannon-philippine-south-china-sea-intl-hnk/index.html

China’s coast guard used water cannon against Philippine boats in a contested area of the South China Sea on Saturday, the latest in a string of maritime clashes between the two countries.

 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/07/trump-canada-mexico-policies-western-hemisphere-migration-trade-tariffs/

Trump recently taunted Trudeau as little more than a U.S. governor and suggested that Canada should become the country’s 51st state, but the reality is that the two nations’ economies are among the most highly integrated in the world, and this has long been a source of enormous wealth and success for them both.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america-1st-executive/story?id=117886074

During his January press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump declared he would change the name, saying the gulf is currently run by cartels and that "it's ours." "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America ..."

 

https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-offshore-drilling-gulf-of-america-fa66f8d072eb39c00a8128a8941ede75

Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal.

 

https://www.whatarethe7continents.com/greenland-part-north-america/

Geographically speaking, the island lies on the eastern edge of the North American tectonic plate, meaning it is technically part of the continent of North America.

 

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