Links — 10 August 2022 Part 2

The Vineyard of the Saker
Why have I stopped posting maps of the situation in the Ukraine and a few other questions
The Saker

http://thesaker.is/why-have-i-stopped-posting-maps-of-the-situation-in-the-ukraine-and-a-few-other-questions/

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Amid Cross-Strait Crisis, Taiwan’s Opposition KMT Sends ‘Fact-Finding Delegation’ to Mainland China (KMT favors peaceful reunification.)

https://sputniknews.com/20220810/amid-cross-strait-crisis-taiwans-opposition-kmt-sends-fact-finding-delegation-to-mainland-china-1099462315.html

ECNS (Chinese official English news service)
PLA to regularly patrol Taiwan region
China Daily (Chinese state-sponsored media)
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-08-11/detail-ihcazrmu4814002.shtml

PLA operations around Taiwan a deterrent to collusion between separatists and external forces: spokesperson [for Ministry of Defense Tan Kefei]
Xinhua (Chinese state media)
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-08-11/detail-ihcazrmu4813970.shtml

Chinese FM [Wang Yi] slams Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

Xinhua (Chinese state media)

http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-08-11/detail-ihcazrmu4813962.shtml

Asia Times

Worst productivity drop ever means more inflation (not MMT)

David P. Goldman

https://asiatimes.com/2022/08/worst-productivity-drop-ever-means-more-inflation/

Covert Action Magazine
Russians Welcomed as Liberators in Many Eastern Ukrainian Cities Contrary to Western Media Depictions

Sonja Van den Ende, Dutch independent journalist

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/08/10/russians-welcomed-as-liberators-in-many-eastern-ukrainian-cities-contrary-to-western-media-depictions/