Nathan Levine in UnHerd sheds light on China’s increasingly strained relationship with Russia. While aligned with Moscow’s anti-western urges, Chinese patience with the Russian invasion of Ukraine is wearing thin as its own economic worries rise to the fore. “The war is increasingly turning into a diplomatic disaster for Beijing,” writes Levine.
Javier Milei Shows how it’s Done
The “chainsaw” taken by Argentina’s new-ish president, Javier Milei, to his battered nation’s bloated bureaucracy, catastrophic finances and – perhaps most important – failed leftist governing dogmas has worked magic. As David Harsanyi notes in Jewish World Review, Argentina’s public service has shrunk by tens of thousands, the budget is nearly in balance, inflation has plunged, trade is reviving and wages are inching up. The lessons for Canada and the U.S. are clear.