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China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The NED is notorious for basically being a CIA cut-out

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    It’s amazing that this gets any downvotes at all.

    Washington Post 1991: Innocence Abroad: the New World of Spyless Coups

    "A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA," agrees [NED cofounder Allen] Weinstein.

    New York Times, 1997: Political Meddling by Outsiders: Not New for U.S.

    The National Endowment for Democracy, created 15 years ago to do in the open what the Central Intelligence Agency has done surreptitiously for decades, spends $30 million a year to support things like political parties, labor unions, dissident movements and the news media in dozens of countries, including China.

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