2020-11-01: News Headlines

Dr. Pascal Sacré (2020-11-01). What is COVID-19? Seven Key Points for Understanding SARS-CoV-2 and Testing. globalresearch.ca Introduction | COVID-19 appeared in Europe and the Americas in 2020, following the emergence of a new virus from China in 2019. | This new virus belongs to the well-known family of coronaviruses that has already produced two particularly severe epidemics in …

Nauman Sadiq (2020-11-01). 'Renminbi Diplomacy': How China Bought the US Government? globalresearch.ca In an

Thomas Klikauer (2020-10-31). Manufacturing Happy People. zcomm.org In other words, if you are born in a slum in Manila or make t-shirts for the high-street fashion industry in some factory in Indonesia, or parts for an Apple iPad in China, etc. there is nothing you can do about it — except be happy…

_____ (2020-10-31). How A Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over To Arms Industry And Taiwan Supporters. popularresistance.org When the United States finalized a set of seven arms sales packages to Taiwan in August, including 66 upgraded F-16 fighter planes and longer-range air-to-ground missiles that could hit sensitive targets on mainland China, it shifted U.S. policy sharply toward a much more aggressive stance on the geo-strategic island at the heart of military tensions between the United States and China. | Branded "Fortress Taiwan" by the Pentagon, the ambitious arms deal was the engineered by Randall Schriver, a veteran pro-Taiwan activist and anti-China hardliner whose think tank had been financed by America's biggest arms contr…

WSWS (2020-10-31). US Secretary of State insists Sri Lanka lines up against China. wsws.org The US has been hostile to China's influence in strategically important Sri Lanka, as preparations for a US-instigated war against China are escalated.

_____ (2020-10-30). Can You Smell What the Chinese Are Cooking? strategic-culture.org Less than a week before the game-changing U.S. presidential election, the real heart of the geopolitical and geoeconomic action is virtually invisible to the outside world. | We're talking about the fifth plenum of the 19th Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, which started this past Monday in Beijing. | The plenum congregates the 200 members — and another 100 alternate members — of the civilization-state's top decision-making body: the equivalent, in Western liberal democracy terms, of the Chinese Congress. | The outline of what will be the 14th Chinese Five-Year-Plan (2021-2025) will be…

Sandra Park (2020-10-30). The Dangers of Expanding What Can Be Patented In the Age of COVID-19. aclu.org As the COVID-19 crisis takes its devastating toll, the need for scientific collaboration is self-evident. After the first outbreaks, scientists in China

Virginia Rodino (2020-10-30). Why I'm Voting Green in 2020. globalresearch.ca Author's note: Kevin and I worked on this article together right before his untimely passing on September 6. I met Kevin during Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign. Throughout the years since, I appreciated seeing his anti-imperialist and eco-socialist arguments strengthen …

Anthony Cartalucci (2020-10-30). Thai Protesters Host US-Funded Uyghur Separatists. thealtworld.com Anti-government agitator Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal hosts US government-funded "Uyghur Human Rights Project" in bid to help further integrate Thai opposition into Washington's wider war on China. | US has funded Uyghur separatism in Xinjiang for years through the US NED | UHRP is funded by the US NED, the same US government front funding Thai anti-government protests | UHRP refers to Xinjiang as "East Turkistan," openly admitting its support for separatism in Xinjiang | China has faced extreme terrorism in Xinjiang for years with even the Western media previously admitting the frequent, deadly attacks carried out b…

Anand Naidoo (2020-10-30). The Heat: China's 5 year plan. america.cgtn.com China has a new plan for the next five years…. and beyond. We will take a look on its impact for the country and the world.

Shane Quinn (2020-10-30). US Power Has Been Creaking Under Trump, While China Strengthens. globalresearch.ca Into the third decade of this century, China has continued its ascent as the world's second superpower. The United States, on the other hand, has been stumbling somewhat under Donald Trump's wrecking ball policies. The Trump era looks likely to …

Thomas Hon Wing Polin (2020-10-30). Overhauling Hong Kong's Judiciary: The Time Is Right. counterpunch.org As Hong Kong heads down the path of decolonization, a sector needing the most urgent attention is its judicial system. The horsehair wigs so proudly worn by judges, Justice Department officials and lawyers are the perfect symbol of the territory's judiciary — anachronistic, neocolonial and entirely inappropriate in Asian climes. Moreover, there is a problem

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2020-10-30). Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS), New Momentum in the Development of Trade and Investment. globalresearch.ca On October 28, the BRICS Business Council (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) during the forum reviewed its joint work for the previous years, discussed at length current business issues and, in particular tried to choose a path for …

WSWS (2020-10-30). What is behind the crisis in New Zealand's National Party? wsws.org The National Party suffered its second-worst election defeat in history after being systematically destabilised for advocating stronger business ties with China, which is the target of US war plans.

WSWS (2020-10-29). Amid tense India-China border stand-off, US and India boost military-security partnership. wsws.org India's BJP government has exploited the ongoing military border standoff with China to integrate India still more fully into American imperialism's incendiary military-strategic offensive against Beijing.

Steve Sweeney (2020-10-29). Turkey accused of shipping jihadist mercenaries into Azerbaijan-Armenia war. peoplesworld.org Jihadist groups are believed to have been present in Azerbaijan since at least February, it was claimed on Oct. 27, with Turkey accused of shipping in militia, including a Uyghur Muslim terror group, the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP). The Islamist fighters are thought to have been mobilized from their bases in Syria to join Azeri …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-10-29). China imposes sanctions on US arms companies over Taiwan arms deals. peoplesdispatch.org The announcement of sanctions comes in response to arms deals signed by Taiwan and the US worth billions of dollars. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Space & Security will be among the companies to be sanctioned…

Mehr News Agency (2020-10-29). Iran announces its priorities in academic coop. with China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) — Iran's deputy science minister announced the country's cooperation priorities in the higher education sector with China.

Carla Stea (2020-10-29). China: "Nuclear 'Sword of Damocles' Jeopardizes the Survival of Humanity". Entry In Force of Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. globalresearch.ca Background: An Auspicious October | October 2, 2020: United Nations High Level Meeting Commemorating and Promoting the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: This Meeting Was Boycotted by United Kingdom, United States and France, AGAIN! | For many years …

Bill Meyer (2020-10-28). Modern-day China through Chinese eyes: reviews from Toronto International Film Festival. peoplesworld.org &nbsp…