Friday, October 11, 2024

In my opinion it is already a proxy war of words, and a proxy war with Russian and Chinese weapons.

I was just reading Eric Larsen's Dead Wake: Last Crossing of the Lusitania. Less well-known than the Titanic, the luxury liner Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat--in 2015 and drew the USA into World War I.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania
https://www.rmslusitania.info/people/lusitania-survivors/
https://www.rmslusitania.info/people/lusitania-victims/

Former 1988 activist--US scholar MinZin arrested in China--NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/china-arrests-us-scholar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.-7tb.2M_-DNpSDzOv&smid=em-share