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"The Red Seance:  How Xi Jingping is soft-burying The Deng Era." Views expressed in this geopolitical news and analysis are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 17 December 2025, 0432 UTC. Content and Source:  "The Diplomat Brief."  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQdzmbdmtTZfchTPNqSfXtwLgbg URL--thediplomat.com Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com). Please use bar at the bottom of this post to center the article. December 17, 2025 thediplomat.com Welcome to the latest issue of Diplomat Brief.   This week our top story explores Xi Jinping’s effort to rewrite the history of China’s “reform and opening.” We also have an interview with Edward Lemon, president of the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, on recent attacks targeting Chinese nationals in Tajikistan. Story of the Week The Red Séance: How Xi Jinping...

"Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick arrested in connection with their deaths." Views expressed in this World and US news update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 16 December 2025, 1251 UTC. Content and Source:  "NPR-up first." https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQdzmZVhJGLRXgPfpMhbFNsVXvf URL--https://www.npr.org. Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://trendsingeopolitics.blogspot.com).   View this email online by  Brittney Melton December 16, 2025 Good morning. The  first-ever NPR Pod Club Awards  are here. Revisit some stand-out episodes and see which ones listeners like you chose as the best of 2025. Here’s the news we’re following today:  Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s son Nick has been arrested in connection with his parents’ deaths.  Police say  the 32-year-old , who was one of Rob’s four children, was booke...