[Editorial] Facing up to long COVID
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Multiorgan symptoms after COVID-19 are being reported by increasing numbers of patients. They range from cough and shortness of breath, to fatigue, headache, palpitations, chest pain, joint pain, physical limitations, depression, and insomnia, and affect people of varying ages. At the Lancet–Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences conference on Nov 23, Bin Cao presented data (in press at The Lancet) on the long-term consequences of COVID-19 for patients in Wuhan, and warned that dysfunctions and complications could persist in some discharged patients for at least 6 months.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32662-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Qiao Collective on challenging U.S. aggression on China, the role of the Western left
Qiao Collective | mronline.org | 2020-12-12
On the domestic front, the U.S. propaganda machine mostly works instead to position China as this great, menacing oriental Other. We've seen this during the COVID-19 pandemic in Trump's rhetoric about the "China virus" and in Biden's attempts at one-upmanship.
mronline.org/2020/12/12/qiao-collective-on-challenging-u-s-aggression-on-china-the-role-of-the-western-left/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=qiao-collective-on-challenging-u-s-aggression-on-china-the-role-of-the-western-left

Now In Print And Available: 'Capitalism On A Ventilator'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-12
"Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." is a new anthology contrasting the effective Chinese response to COVID-19 with the disastrous response here in the U.S. It pushes back against the racist anti-China campaign in the media. | Due to the growing hostility of the U.S. establishment toward China, and the accompanying surge in anti-Asian racism, it was an enormous challenge to find printers and distributors for this book. | The chapters include articles by many published authors, including: Ajamu Baraka, Monica Moorehead, Mumia Abu-Jamal…
popularresistance.org/now-in-print-and-available-capitalism-on-a-ventilator/

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12
Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/georgia_primary.jpg …
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Hainan Intl Film Fest to host "Bandar Band"
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — The Iranian film "Bandar Band" is scheduled to be screened at the Chinese Hainan International Film Festival in the current month.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167062/Hainan-Intl-Film-Fest-to-host-Bandar-Band

The Heat: China Economic Strategy
Sean Callebs | america.cgtn.com | 2020-12-12
Policy, pandemic and politics are on the agenda as Chinese leaders get set to meet to chart the way forward.
america.cgtn.com/2020/12/12/the-heat-china-economic-strategy

PDF of December 10 issue
Workers World Party | workers.org | 2020-12-11
Download the 12-page PDF. Capitalist COVID catastrophe FIGHT or DIE! Message from Peltier; Reparations now! Justice for Breonna denied again; Disability rights; Workers demand justice; DEA surveillance; Editorial: New president — same wars; Commentary: Becoming a cadre; GLOBAL: China: global vaccines, science; India: worker & farmer uprising; Cuba; France; Palestine; Venezuela. . . . | Continue reading PDF of December 10 issue at Workers.org…
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Now in print and available:'Capitalism on a ventilator: The Impact of Covid-19 in China & the U.S.'
| workers.org | 2020-12-11
"Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." is a new anthology contrasting the effective Chinese response to COVID-19 with the disastrous response here in the U.S. It pushes back against the racist anti-China campaign in the media. Due to the growing hostility of the . . . | Continue reading Now in print and available: 'Capitalism on a ventilator: The Impact of Covid-19 in China & the U.S.' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/12/53207/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=now-in-print-and-availablecapitalism-on-a-ventilator-the-impact-of-covid-19-in-china-the-u-s

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia — You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-11
All political eyes are on Georgia's runoff election on January 5th, 2021. Two Senate seats are up for grabs and will decide whether the evil Trumpster and corporatist Senator Mitch McConnell stays in total control of the U.S. Senate or not. If the Democrats win both seats, the Senate would be split, 50-50. Vice President…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/11/go-vote-yourself-a-raise-georgia-youve-long-earned-it/

The Future of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the "Dual Circulation Era"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-11
China's new development paradigm of dual circulation is not a repudiation of its prior BRI-driven model of globalization, but is actually complementary to it. Observers shouldn't forget that many of the hundreds of billions of dollars of BRI-related loans are …
globalresearch.ca/future-belt-road-initiative-dual-circulation-era/5731954

How Australia Sabotaged Its Own Interests in Relations with China
Tony Kevin | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-12-11
asia-pacificresearch.com/how-australia-sabotaged-own-interests-relations-china/5629584

Tibetan Delek Children's Foundation: Helping Poor Kids in the Himalayan Mountains
Mike Kinney | indybay.org | 2020-12-11
Delek Children's Foundation helps with healthcare & education to the poor children in the isolated villages of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and Indian in the Himalayan Mountains…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/10/18838875.php

The Approaching Crunch in US Policy Towards China
Dennis Argall | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-11
The Republican and Democrat leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee have issued a joint statement of intense hostility towards China. This posture is a threat to Australia's national security… and the world. An attempt to tear China down will …