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This might makes things complicated for America if its enemy (China) is fighting alongside its ally (Russia) in Ukraine.

'Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims Chinese soldiers fighting alongside Russians in Ukraine'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/zelenskyy-claims-army-has-captured-chinese-soldiers-in-ukraine/105153948

'While Beijing and Moscow are allies, China has repeatedly claimed it has not supplied military aid to Russia during the course of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which was launched in February 2022.'

China - like & EU - will 'fight to the end' after Trump threatens to impose more tariffs

« ’s response to the crisis has been to double down on his tariff plan.

He wrote on his social media network that he will impose additional 50% tariffs on unless it drops the retaliatory tariffs it has placed on U.S. products.

Rather than backing down, China said it would “fight to the end.” »

https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tariffs-trade-trump-b5010acb08114304d8c36267b47eda13

On my medieval food research, I have found an article which talks about almond milk and almond oil with cookbooks that date back to 10th century Baghdad. This coupled with how Almonds entered China in the Tang makes me wonder if any would have consumed it since almonds never gained popularity in China.

Here's a good article on almond milk's Arabic history: https://www.middleeastvegansociety.org/blog/the-historical-and-culinary-journey-of-almond-milk-and-oil-in-medieval-arab-cuisine#:~:text=Egyptian%20cookbooks%20from%20the%2014th,in%20about%20a%20dozen%20recipes.&text=Sweet%20and%20bitter%20almond%20oils,both%20Greek%20and%20Islamic%20medicine.

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“ sued over tariffs

The suit was brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative legal advocacy group, on behalf of Simplified, a Florida-based small business that sells planners and purchases products from China.

Filed in federal court in Pensacola, Fla., the suit asks a judge to declare Trump’s Chinese tariffs unlawful and block their implementation”

https://thehill.com/homenews/5231388-trump-sued-over-china-tariffs/