Epstein Secrets

ions from reach- ing Russian audiences even as it steadily expands the reach of its own mouthpieces, the television channel RT and the news service Sputnik. China blocks the websites of mainstream foreign media while en- couraging its corporations to purchase influence in popular culture abroad through

h the crimes of the Mao era has enabled a revival of the former leader's personality cult that has captured the support of millions of Chinese. As Jamil Anderlini wrote in the Financial Times, Mao has come to be seen as a symbol of a "simpler, fairer society—a time when everyone was poorer but at least they

US preeminence has been a topic of recurrent hand- wringing. Whether prompted by the flexing of Soviet muscle, most spectacularly with the launch of Sputnik in the 1950s; the civil rights upheavals and growing fallout from the Vietnam War in the 1960s, the Arab oil embargo and the Watergate scandal of the

euters, December 23, 2016. Daniel Victor, “LinkedIn Says Hackers Are Trying to Sell Fruits of Huge 2012 Data Breach,” New York Times, May 18, 2016. Jamil Anderlini, “Beijing Clamps Down on Forex Deals to Stem Capital Flight,” Financial Times, September 9, 2015. Frank Tang, “China’s Foreign Reserves Fall Again i

ations from reach- ing Russian audiences even as it steadily expands the reach of its own mouthpieces, the television channel RT and the news service Sputnik. China blocks the websites of mainstream foreign media while en- couraging its corporations to purchase influence in popular culture abroad through c

with the crimes of the Mao era has enabled a revival of the former leader's personality cult that has captured the support of millions of Chinese. As Jamil Anderlini wrote in the Financial Times, Mao has come to be seen as a symbol of a “simpler, fairer society—a time when everyone was poorer but at least they wer