On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
Susan Boyle has topped to be the star of the most popular video of 2009. The singer's awe inspiring rendition of I dreamed a dream has been watched by more than 120 million people worldwide. Her video on video site YouTube has more views then the next three videos combined. She may have been a runner-up on "Britain's Got talent" but no one came close to her when it came to online views and Interest. The heart warming rendition of "I dreamed a dream" has been viewed by more than 120 million people and YouTube declared her video the most popular video of 2009 The second place went to " David after dentist ". Video shot by his dad after a trip to the dentist. David wonders if this feeling will last for ever. A very nice video will surely put a smile on your face. The third place goes to an very entertaining video called " Jk wedding dance entrance " An original post by Sociolatte