Also From Beijing — And About It

Reliable sources beyond any doubt confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump, leader of the capitalist world, arrived today in Beijing, leader of the communist world, for urgent talks concerning relations between the two countries.

Topping the agenda between Trump and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is China’s pressure on the Iran in what has become a war of dilemmas and strategic chokepoints.

The same sources confirmed that the leaders concerned have temporarily set aside their ideological extremisms: Trump and the evangelical church, Xi and Karl Marx, as well as “Qom” and the Iranian regime. According to one source, who declined to reveal his name, President Trump may even expand this unbelievable arrangement to include North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, now that all opposites seem to have gathered in one place and under one roof.

Other observers noted that the greatest surprises in global political transformations have often emerged from China itself: Chairman Mao Zedong and Richard Nixon, for example. Or Deng Xiaoping and the adoption of capitalist economics and Singapore-inspired policies.

“The world changes without asking permission,” the same observer remarked.

He added that Beijing, once an isolated capital unreachable to outsiders, has now become a destination for world leaders and foreign visitors alike. Between last year and this year alone, it hosted presidents and leaders from Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, South Korea, Finland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, France, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, and Slovakia.

The globe keeps turning for everyone, without pause. And if it were ever to stop, there would no longer be a planet at all. Yet there are parts of this Earth that seem to be spinning backward.

Observe, if you will, which leaders are heading to Beijing: they all belong to the developed world, and they continue to arrive without interruption.

Meanwhile, Iran remains trapped in its own straits and suffocations.

Quoted from: Asharq Al-Awsat Newspaper