Today is the first anniversary of the Ukraine War.  I was planning to have a long review today, but decided to skip that because all the news channels have special programs.  Instead, let me only mention that  China has become the peacemaker , calling for a cease-fire and open talks as part of a 12-point proposal to end the conflict. The plan issued Friday morning by the Foreign Ministry also urges the end of Western sanctions imposed on Russia, measures to ensure nuclear facilities, the establishment of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and steps to ensure the export of grain, after disruptions caused global food prices to spike .  (To the left, China's foreign policy chief Wan Yi with Vladimir Putin.) I wasn't planning to have a three-part hydrogen series, but I yesterday gave a travel talk at 15 Craigside on our Regent Seven Seas cruise from Dubai to Singapore, and remember well another talk I gave in Japan in the 1990's, which was a disaster,...