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Joshua Wong remains jailed

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ADNOC signed a 10-year LNG supply agreement with India's Gujarat Energy, with deliveries of up to 4 million tonnes starting in 2028.

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BReuters is reporting that ADNOC just locked in a ten-year gas deal with India.
BFour million tonnes a year, starting in 2028.
BSigned with Gujarat Energy, the Indian state-owned gas distributor.
BThat's a serious commitment on both sides.
BIt matters because India's demand is exploding—cooking, industry, power.
BAnd Abu Dhabi gets a customer that won't disappear next year.
BExactly. It's a hedge against chaotic European demand and Russian pipelines.
BIndia's playing both sides, though. Russian oil, Middle East gas, Western tech.
BThat's not playing both sides. That's buying energy wherever it's for sale.
BI'm not condemning it. I'm saying it's pragmatic, not loyal.
BFine. But this deal shows where India thinks its long-term supply is.
BSticking with India, one account on X called Envision Eden says India will break away from BRICS.
B'Brick by Brick Say Goodbye To BRICS.' That's a prediction, not a report.
BIt's clearly an opinion. And there's no official sign India is leaving.
BBut you can see why it feels plausible. BRICS is fractious—Russia under sanctions, China dominating.
BIndia's in an odd spot: it needs Russian oil but won't side with Beijing.
BThat's not leaving. That's hedging. It's been India's policy for a decade.
BSo the post is directionally right, factually premature.
BThat's a generous way to put it. It's a wish, not a move.
BStill, it's a window into how people see the bloc. That's worth a minute.
BIf India ever left, that would be the real story. Until then, it's chatter.
BDifferent world entirely: Hong Kong's most famous activist is still behind bars.
BThe Wall Street Journal's opinion section says Joshua Wong will remain imprisoned until he's forty.
BLet's put that carefully: the age-forty claim is from an opinion piece, and I can't independently confirm it.
BBut Wong has been jailed under the national security law. That part is fact.
BHe was a kid leading protests in the street. Now he's this symbol.
BThe op-ed calls it Beijing's assault on freedom. That's not hyperbole.
BIt's more than one man. It's a message to everyone in Hong Kong.
BI think the West should be louder. Sanctions, visa bans, public naming.
BAnd what would louder words actually change? China doesn't cave.
BSo the answer is just to shrug? Just say 'nothing we can do'?
BNo. I didn't say shrug. I said loud condemnations aren't a strategy.
BBut they're the only thing short of a conflict. You want carrier groups in the South China Sea?
BI want targeted consequences on the judges and prosecutors running these cases.
BThat I'd support. But that's not just talk—it's real cost.
BExactly. Make the people enforcing it pay a personal price. That's leverage.
BIt's still not bringing back the old Hong Kong.
BNo, it's not. And that's the part I hate admitting.
BNeither of us is okay with it. That's the point of the piece.
BThen we say his name. Joshua Wong. Still inside. Still a test.
BAnd the test is whether anyone outside is still paying attention.
BThe thing is, Beijing knows the world's attention moves in cycles. Hong Kong fades.
BSo people who post about it, even opinion pieces, are doing something. Keeping it alive.
BBut a piece in the Journal isn't enough. We need actual governments acting.
BI agree. But we can't pretend the US has clean hands either. We trade, we talk.
BThat's what frustrates me. We do the minimum and call it principle.
BIt's not about perfection. It's about direction. Are we doing more or less than last year?
BHonestly? Less. That's my worry.
BThen the answer isn't louder words. It's better, sharper ones. And personal consequences.
BFine. But I won't pretend that's likely.

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