2020-10-01: News Headlines

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-01). Iran ready to coop. with China on COVID-19 vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani felicitated the Chinese National Day and expressed readiness for increased cooperation with Beijing, especially in producing the COVID-19 vaccine.

sputniknews (2020-10-01). 'Arrogant Provocation': Beijing Denounces US Air Force Patch Showing Grim Reaper on Drone Over China. sputniknews.com Some US Air Force drone operators have donned a new patch design that evokes a future conflict with China: an MQ-9 Reaper drone soaring over a map of China with a "grim reaper" figure emblazoned on the wing. Beijing has denounced the move as "an extremely arrogant provocation."

Andrew Korybko (2020-10-01). US Presidential Debate Presented China As the Scapegoat. Blaming China for Covid-19. globalresearch.ca American democracy would best be served by focusing more on domestically relevant facts than rhetorical attacks against foreign countries like China. | *** | The …

Eds. (2020-10-01). The key to Viet Nam's successful COVID-19 response. mronline.org There were less than 400 cases of infection across the country during that period, most of them imported, and zero deaths, a remarkable accomplishment considering the country's population of 96 million people and the fact that it shares a 1,450 km land border with China.

RT (2020-10-01). Russia's FSB detains Siberian nuclear scientist suspected of passing classified technologies & state secrets to China. rt.com A Russian physicist is being accused of divulging state secrets, after conducting research at a physics lab in China. He couldn't return to his work there due to Covid rules and had recently been working at Tomsk State University. | The Urals-based news site Znak identified the suspect as 64-year-old nuclear physicist Alexander Lukanin. Znak reported that Lukanin was arrested for disclosing classified information belonging to the Russian government, but there has been no official confirmation of this. The outlet also reported that the scientist is currently in a pre-trial detention centre, and that the FSB has…

RT (2020-10-01). UK govt report claims Huawei security failings pose long-term risk, but company says defects not linked to 'China interference'. rt.com UK security officials were not convinced by China's Huawei Technologies that the security risks of using its products in Britain can be adequately managed in the long term, a government report said. | The Chinese company could only give "limited assurance" that risks to UK networks could be sufficiently mitigated from a long-term perspective, the report released on Thursday said. It cited "continued problems" with engineering and security practices at Huawei. | A government-led board, which includes officials from Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), signaled that the intelligence agency st…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-01). 25-year agreement to open new chapter in Iran-China ties. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) — First Vice President Es'hagh Jahangiri expressed congratulations to the Chinese officials and people on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of the establishment of Modern China which is celebrated on October 1.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-09-30). 5G Technology Cooperation Between Germany and China Is a Major Blow Against American Interests. globalresearch.ca In Germany, a major blow is being delivered against the United States in the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Despite pressures, Berlin is opting for cooperation with China on 5G technology, refusing to impose any sanctions against Huawei, ignoring …

yenisafak (2020-09-30). Consultations on with India over border dispute: China. yenisafak.com China and India are holding a meeting to solve their border issues, Beijing said on Wednesday."China and India are meeting on the consultation and coordination mechanism on the border issue," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news conference in Beijing."The meeting is focused on implementing the five-point consensus that foreign ministers of the two sides reached in Moscow to deescalate border tensions," he said, according to Chinese daily Global Times.The statement comes a day after Beijing magnified its opposition to India's Aug. 5, 2019 move scrapping the special provisions of the state of Jammu an…

Paul Craig Roberts (2020-09-30). Where Did Covid-19 Come From? thealtworld.com Evidence indicates that it came from NIH funding of EcoHealth Alliance, an entity doing "gain-of-function" research in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Many experts believe that the virus was created by that research and escaped from the Wuhan lab. | Gain-of-function research involves enhancing the pathogenicity and transmissibility of pathogens. Many scientists are opposed to this research as it amounts in effect to bioweapons research. The rationale for the research is that it enhances with pre-knowledge the ability to respond to some emerging pandemic. In the case of the research at Wuhan, i…

teleSUR (2020-09-30). Pompeo Campaigns Against China and Venezuela From Italy. telesurenglish.net During a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reactivated his smear campaign against the Chinese 5G technology and the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela. | RELATED: | "China's Communist Party is trying to exploit its presence in Italy for its own strategic purposes… It is not here to establish a mutually benefici…

Alan Singer (2020-09-30). Amy Coney Barrett Is Not Qualified to Be a Supreme Court Justice. commondreams.org Amy Coney Barrett (R), U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump listens during an announcement ceremony at the White House on September 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1276887175.jpg

Tony Cartalucci (2020-09-30). Thailand Protests Are Anti-Chinese, Not "Pro-Democracy" globalresearch.ca Ongoing protests in Thailand appearing very similar to those recently seen in Hong Kong are no coincidence. | They are part of an admitted "Pan-Asian Alliance" that — while claiming to be "pro-democracy" are in reality created by the US government …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-30). US ambassador's interference in Portuguese affairs slammed by left-wing groups. peoplesdispatch.org The US ambassador in Lisbon, George Glass, said Portugal must choose between its allies and China. He added that a delegation of US treasury officials was working with regulatory officials to prevent the triumph of Chinese companies in Portuguese markets…

Pepe Escobar (2020-09-30). The Global Semiconductor Market: China Deploys Sun Tzu to Prevail in the Chip War. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on Let's cut to the chase: with or without a sanction juggernaut, China simply won't be expelled from the global semiconductor market. | The real amount of

Paul Simon (2020-09-30). Trump's strategy of tension. indybay.org "No one will be safe in Biden's America!" This was Donald Trump's message. The theme, for three days: Danger. Danger through crime, through China, through the supposedly radical agenda of the Democrats – and through "riots, looting, arson and violence" in the country's cities.

_____ (2020-09-30). Because of Russia, China and England — and Because Our Men Were Brave. strategic-culture.org On September 2, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper delivered a short and unconsciously enormously revealing — speech on 75th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in 1945. | It was a routine speech for Esper, short and content free with no thought whatsoever in it, let alone any original one, and therefore entirely typical of his storied career. No major American or Western European wire service or other major mainstream news bothered carrying a word of it. Even for them, it was intellectually content free, vacuous. | Yet Esper's speech was also enormously important and revea…

sputniknews (2020-09-30). Despite Fresh Border Claims, India, China Agree to Ensure Stability, Avoid Misunderstandings. sputniknews.com On the side-lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet on 10 September, the Indian and Chinese foreign ministers met in Moscow. Both agreed to a five-point formula to cool tempers in the Ladakh region. But their armies have been positioned face-to-face along the border after engaging in one of their worst face-offs in decades in mid-June.

Scott Ritter (2020-09-30). China, Climate Change and the Uighurs. thealtworld.com China's new national objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 depends on bringing the remainder of its population out of poverty and then focusing on carbon-neutral technologies to achieve full sustainability. To support this ambition, China is counting on the economic and political success of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for foreign investment and development, and especially the New Silk Road transportation system connecting Chinese manufacturing and markets to consumers in Central Asia and Europe. This geographical pivot in trade and investment draws heavily on the vast spaces of western China [md…

Pepe Escobar (2020-09-29). China deploys Sun Tzu to win the chip war. thealtworld.com Beijing has a plan to become the indispensable tech core of East Asia, linking ASEAN, Northeast Asia and even both Koreas | The real amount of But the most important point is that in the next few years — remember Made in China 2025 remains in effect — the Chinese will be manufacturing the necessary equipment to produce 5 nm chips of equivalent or even better quality than what's comi…

yenisafak (2020-09-29). China again opposes Ladakh as India's union territory. yenisafak.com China on Tuesday once again criticized India's unilateral move of Aug. 5, 2019, which downgraded and divided the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region. "China does not recognize the so-called Union Territory of Ladakh illegally established by India," the state-run Global Times newspaper quoted China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying.Beijing, he said, "opposes infrastructure construction in disputed border areas for military control purposes."Last year, the Indian government revoked various provisions under Article 370 and 35A from its Constitution, scrapping the Muslim-majority region's minimal auton…

Andrew Korybko (2020-09-29). Trump Is Hellbent on Provoking a New Cold War. globalresearch.ca It's not just China that's victimized by Trump's MAGA strategy but Russia as well despite Trump's opponents continuing to claim that he's under the influence of Moscow. | *** | Trump's famous promise to "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) should have come …

Thierry Meyssan (2020-09-29). La mauvaise pièce du président Macron au Liban. thealtworld.com Jouant au Deus ex machina, le président Macron est venu distribuer les bons et les mauvais points aux dirigeants libanais. Sûr de sa supériorité, il s'est dit honteux du comportement de cette classe politique. Mais tout ceci n'est qu'une mauvaise pièce de théâtre. En sous-main, il s'attache à détruire la Résistance et à transformer le pays en un paradis fiscal. | Réagissant à l'explosion du port de Beyrouth, le 4 août 2020, le peuple libanais et la presse internationale y ont vu un accident imputable à la corruption des autorités portuaires. Pour notre part, après analyse des premiers indices, nous mettions imméd…

Thierry Meyssan (2020-09-29). President Macron's bad play in Lebanon. thealtworld.com Playing Deus ex machina, President Macron came to distribute the good and bad points to the Lebanese leaders. Sure of his superiority, he said he was ashamed of the behavior of this political class. But all this is just a bad play. Underhandedly, he is trying to destroy the Resistance and to transform the country into a tax haven. | Reacting to the explosion of the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, the Lebanese people and the international press saw it as an accident due to the corruption of the port authorities. For our part, after analyzing the first clues, we immediately questioned the thesis of the accident a…

MEE and agencies (2020-09-29). Proposal could pave way for recognition of Uighur genocide in UK courts. middleeasteye.net Proposal could pave way for recognition of Uighur genocide in UK courts | The UK government fears new motion put forward by British parliamentarians could jeopardise Britain's relationship with China | Tue, 09/29/2020 – 15: 16 | UK parliamentarians have put forward proposals that could lead Britain to end its trade relationship with China (AFP) | Proposals put forth by British MPs and peer…

Stephen Lendman (2020-09-29). Trump Regime Bans Technology Exports to China's Leading Chip Maker. globalresearch.ca Last week, the Trump regime accused China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) — its largest chip maker — of being an "unacceptable (national security) risk." | Claiming technology shipped to the company could be used for military purposes is code language …

teleSUR (2020-09-28). Peru: 3,000 Volunteers Added To Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Tests. telesurenglish.net In Peru, the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) and the Cayetano Heredia University Sunday announced that some 3,000 volunteers joined the third phase of clinical studies of two inactivated COVID-19 vaccines prepared by the China Sinopharm company. | RELATED: | After the registration process, the Sinopharm researching team would determine the volunteers' eligibility and contact the ones who suit as candidates. | Research…

teleSUR (2020-09-28). Argentina: Latam's Largest Solar Park Starts Operations. telesurenglish.net Latin America's largest solar Park officially started its operations over the weekend as the Chinese built complex provided energy to Argentina's power grid. | RELATED: | The Cauchari Solar Park will provide a total of 300 megawatts of electricity for over 20 years. The stations, built by China Power Construction and the Shanghai Electric Power Construction Company, is located in Cauchari town in the Jujuy province.

WSWS (2020-09-28). US hits leading Chinese chip maker. wsws.org The latest decision instigated by the Pentagon is aimed at crippling China's ability to make high-tech advances.

WSWS (2020-09-28). Is Trump preparing an "October Surprise"? wsws.org With the US presidential election barely five weeks away, Washington is stoking conflicts across the globe, first and foremost with China.