Welcome back to New World next week.

I'm James Corbett of Corporate Report.com.

And I'm James Evan Palado of Mediamonarchy.com.

Decisions to close accounts are not taken lightly.

We've got that story.

Plus, the digital likeness of Bruce Willis

has joined the actor strike in New Mexico. But first, they're announcing them aliens in congressional

hearings. Shnate O'Connor's died suddenly. Kevin Spacey won his latest rape trial on his

birthday. Mitch McConnell maybe had a stroke live on TV, and the Federal Reserve has jacked up interest rates to the highest levels not seen since those heady days of post 9-11.

And all the while, James, the Rockefeller plan for most favored nation seems to move forward.

Xi Jinping meets Henry Kissinger, like the worst Abbott and Costello movie ever.

Chinese president Xi Jinping met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the state

guest house in Beijing last Thursday.

She noted that Dr. Kissinger had recently celebrated his 100th birthday and has paid more than 100

visits to China over the years.

These two 100s give this visit special significance. They love their numerology, but don't try that sorcery as a plea.

She said, like Reagan and the, you know, astrologers and all that stuff, she said that 52 years ago

when China and the United States were at a crucial

inflection point, Mao, Nixon, and Dr. Kissinger, with their extraordinary strategic vision,

made the right decision for China-U.S. cooperation and launched the process of normalizing the

China-U.S. relationship. The decision delivered benefits to the two countries and changed the world.

She emphasized that the world now is undergoing momentous transformations unseen in a century,

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