From Chang'e Kuafu to Luban's thousands of households. There’s been a thousand years of thinking & then setting sail on Shenzhou. We look at @layzhang's words of about 3000 years of persistence. The ideal of a hundred generations. #THENEW_EAST# #LAY_FLYING_APSARAS# #LAYEastEP#
A story about a wall painted by the flying apsaras with yellow sand in the desert. There is a legend about a thousand years of persistence & no regrets. After years of wear & tear the old scroll unfolds. @layzhang #LAY_EAST# #THENEW_EAST# #LAYEastEP#
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On the east side of the world with a painting on the wall. We see the red sun for 9 days & chant the ideals of the Flying Apsaras. We are returning to the start. @layzhang’s EP #EAST# is here. #LAY_EAST# #THENEW_EAST# #LAY_FLYING_APSARAS# #LAYEastEP#
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JALEN BRUNSON WINS EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS MVP 🏆
🗽 25.5 PPG
🗽 7.8 APG
🗽 3.3 REB
🗽 47.8 FG%
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999, THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE HEADED TO THE NBA FINALS!
The New York Knicks are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
“They’re 13-2 with teams in the AL East, and they’re not afraid of the New York Yankees”
@DTrainMLB talks about the Rays leading the Yankees by 5.5 games in the division
President Xi Jinping had a meeting with President Daniel Chapo of Mozambique. The two heads of state agreed to elevate the bilateral relationship to the level of China-Mozambique community with a shared future in the new era.
China is ready to work with Mozambique, seizing the opportunities presented by the implementation of the outcomes of the FOCAC Beijing Summit and the China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges (2026), to pursue the shared dream of modernization.
China and Africa, together with other Global South countries, represent a just force in this turbulent and transforming world. The conflicts in the Middle East are spilling over into African countries. China is ready to work with Africa to navigate these challenging times, and jointly promote peace and seek common development.
Food for thought.
Yes, the New Great Game is unfolding.
No nation stands to gain more from a closure of the Strait of Hormuz than the United States, across the short, medium, and long term.
This logic is embedded in President Trump’s National Security Strategy, with the Trump Doctrine now visible in practice. Strategically, China loses on multiple fronts with Hormuz closed: seaborne Middle Eastern supplies are constrained just as Venezuelan crude is increasingly redirected toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on short, politically secure routes. At the same time, the Strait of Malacca, and with it, the broader Malacca Dilemma, moves to the center of gravity. In parallel, the Sunda, Lombok, Makassar, and Mindoro Straits remain critical arteries for Chinese trade and energy flows.
Together, they constitute the geographic chokepoints of Beijing’s vulnerability, and Washington is acutely aware of this. Yes, the New Great Game is unfolding, and Wall Street has yet to comprehend the consequences.