2020-11-07: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2020-11-07). US Murder Machine Now Under Competent Management. thealtworld.com Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States is now In order to have any chance of successfully advancing his legal narrative of electoral shenanigans President Trump would have to both (A) really want to remain president and (B) have the backing of sufficiently large power structures,

RT (2020-11-06). China condemns US for 'whitewashing' terrorist organizations after dropping Islamic extremist group's designation. rt.com Beijing has called on the US to reverse its decision to remove the East Turkestan Islamic Movement from its list of terrorist organizations, accusing Washington of 'whitewashing' militant groups. | Speaking at a press briefing on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that "China deplores and firmly opposes the US decision" to drop the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its list of designated terrorist groups. | Demanding the US reverse its decision, he strongly affirmed that "terrorism is terrorism" and urged America to "refrain from 'whitewashing' terrorist organizations or going bac…

Eve Ottenberg (2020-11-06). U.S. Foreign Policy is a Failure, Whoever's President. counterpunch.org The world recognizes what U.S. elites don't: the utter, total American failure to contain Covid-19 has damaged U.S. standing and will do so until the virus is controlled. Meanwhile, regional powers, China and Russia, cooperate and share resources, particularly vaccines. Cuba provides treatments, but the U.S. turns up its nose at Cuban medicine, even if it means more American covid patients die — this, though Cuba's pharmacopeia for this plague appears superior. China sends doctors and medicines across the globe. Russia opts for sane herd immunity — through vaccination. These countries act like adults.

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-06). 'Silk Road to expand economic ties between Iran, China'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) — Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in shanghai said that the Silk Road will expand cultural and economic ties between Iran and China.

WSWS (2020-11-05). Chinese government blocks Jack Ma's major IPO. wsws.org The decision to block the listing of Ma's fintech company Ant, which would have been the biggest initial public offering in history, was clearly taken at the highest levels in Beijing…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-11-05). The Corona Pandemic and Trump's Trade War against China: America's Dependence on "Made in China". Potential Disruption of the US Economy. globalresearch.ca First published in May 2020, updated June 14, 2020 | What Prospects for trade relations with China, in the wake of the 2020 US November Presidential Election? | Introduction | The US has been threatening China with trade sanctions for several years. At …

Vijay Prashad (2020-11-05). U.S. is doing its best to lock out China from Latin America and the Caribbean. mronline.org Regional governments from both right and left see the BRI as lucrative and free of political interference.

Andre Vltchek (2020-11-05). The Uyghur Issue: How Can the U.S. Dare Lecturing China About the Rights of the Muslims? globalresearch.ca This article by the late Andre Vltchek was first published in 2019. | In 2019, I have written a long analysis about "the Uyghur issue"; analysis which will be soon published as a book. | For some time, I have been warning …

Ralph Nader — Bruce Fein (2020-11-05). How Trump, Hannity and Limbaugh Violated Election Law. counterpunch.org Conservative media celebrities Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh have flagrantly violated the federal election law prohibition of donating anything of value exceeding $2,800 to a presidential candidate. The ongoing strategic collaboration between Trump, Hannity and Limbaugh is obvious and has been widely documented in newspapers and books. Both Hannity and Limbaugh have collaborated with President

_____ (2020-11-05). How a Wise Decoupling May Be a Good Thing for Both China and the West. strategic-culture.org Imagine a bird was led to believe that it was a fish. For a while it might get used to living under water, but it wouldn't take long before it could sense that something was wrong. If the bird didn't realize that its nature is to fly and breath the air in time, then its fate would be bleak indeed. | Since the world was taken off the gold reserve system way back in 1971, a new age of "post-industrialism" was unleashed onto a globalized world. Humanity was given a new type of system which presumed that both our nature and the cause of value itself were located in the act of consuming. The old idea that our nature w…

Eds. (2020-11-05). Climate Crisis and Imperialism: The Unfair Demonization of the East. mronline.org Last week in the presidential debate, Donald Trump said "Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. It's filthy. The air is filthy," when asked about his decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.

Danny Haiphong (2020-11-05). American exceptionalism won't save the U.S. Empire from itself, or stop China's rise. mronline.org China's rise reflects a bourgeoning global movement away from U.S. imperialism and toward self-determination.

teleSUR (2020-11-05). China's Promise and Practice of Opening-up. telesurenglish.net – "Our aim is to turn the Chinese market into a market for the world, a market shared by all, and a market accessible to all," Chinese President Xi Jinping said in his keynote speech via video at the CIIE opening ceremony. | – Going from strength to strength since its birth, the CIIE demonstrates China's unfaltering determination to open wider to the world no matter how the external situation changes.

sputniknews (2020-11-05). Hong Kong Launches Snitch Line for Civilian Reports of National Security Law Violators. sputniknews.com Hong Kong authorities are calling on city residents to anonymously snitch on their neighbors via a new national security hotline that many pro-independence and human rights groups fear may be easy to exploit and further divide the region.

teleSUR (2020-11-05). Chinese Vice FM Calls for Improving China-U.S. Relations. telesurenglish.net As the world waits for news on who will become the next U.S. president, China's Deputy Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said Thursday he hopes the next U.S. administration will take steps to work with the Asian country. Le made the remarks at a press conference when asked to comment on the U.S. presidential election and China-U.S. relations. | RELATED: | The U.S. presidential election's counting of votes is still ongoing, and the re…

_____ (2020-11-04). Amazon Bans Book Exposing US COVID-19 Chaos. popularresistance.org A decision by the Amazon company to block a book focused on a scientific and cooperative approach to COVID-19 amounts to corporate information control operating at a new intensity. This censorship occurs while almost every form of U.S. media permits and promotes racist, unscientific and thoroughly confusing information. | The censored book is "Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." This anthology of 55 articles by a broad range of social justice authors discuss the importance of free health care, social distancing, testing, protective equipment, education and social mobilizat…

Mehr News Agency (2020-11-04). US presidential election country's internal affair: China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) — Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that the US presidential election is the country's internal affair.