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Foreign Policies

China, the CCP, and America's place in the world.

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China sanctioned 28 Trump-administration officials, including Mike Pompeo and Steve Bannon, in January 2021.

Receipt Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, spokesperson statement, Jan. 20, 2021

From: FF pocket page: China (5-6-25) #6Not auto-checked

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The Vatican and the PRC have a provisional agreement on appointing bishops, first signed in 2018 and renewed since.

Receipt Holy See Press Office, Provisional Agreement renewal communique

From: FF pocket page: China (5-6-25) #8Link checked 2026-09-29

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About 76% of offshore wind turbines use rare-earth magnets — roughly 232 kg of neodymium-praseodymium per megawatt — and world rare-earth production is centered in Baotou, China.

Baotou's tailings reservoir covers about 12 square kilometers and receives about 8 million tonnes of tailings a year.

Receipt European Commission Joint Research Centre, 'The Role of Rare Earth Elements in Wind Energy and Electric Mobility'; Scientific Reports (Nature) Baotou tailings study

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Britain fought the First Opium War (1839-42) after China's rulers refused its trade terms — smuggled opium drained China's silver.

Receipt "The Entire History of China" (YouTube, 1:46:21)

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The Taiping Rebellion, led by a man who believed he was Jesus' brother, left 20-30 million dead.

Receipt "The Entire History of China" (YouTube, 1:53:27)

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Mao's Great Leap Forward (1958) produced the Great Chinese Famine, which killed tens of millions.

Receipt Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Great Leap Forward"

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Estimates of Christians in China run from about 85 to 128 million (6-9% of the population).

Receipt International Christian Concern, "Confusion Persists about the True Number of Christians in China"

From: FF pocket page: China (5-6-25) #5Link checked 2026-09-29

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