Daily Archives: December 25, 2020

2020-12-25: News Headlines

teleSUR (2020-12-25). Core Module of China's 1st Space Station to Be Launched in 2021. telesurenglish.net China's Manned Space Program chief designer Zhou Jianping on Friday informed that his nation will launch the core module of the country's first space station next spring. | RELATED: | The central module will be sent by the Long March 5B rocket, a heavy-lift launch vehicle that made its successful maiden flight in May. | "The rocket will be released from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, in Hainan Province," Jianping said, adding that…

Online News Editor (2020-12-24). China opens anti-monopoly investigation into e-commerce giant Alibaba. laprensalatina.com (Update 1: adds closing share price in par 3) Beijing, Dec 24 (efe-epa).- China's top market watchdog announced Thursday that it has opened an anti-monopoly investigation into e-commerce giant Alibaba. The "suspected monopolistic conduct" includes trying to make wholesalers choose a single platform between two competitors, the State Administration for Market Regulation said in a …

Dan Cohen (2020-12-24). Propaganda pandemic: The craziest COVID claims of the year. mronline.org No matter how many Americans die, corporate media is desperate to shore up support at home and attempt to discredit foreign countries for handling the pandemic properly. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen reviews the most absurd COVID propaganda of the year..

Eds. (2020-12-24). Why is the Guardian promoting more Pentagon propaganda? mronline.org Recent reporting reinforces the false impression that the United States is threatened by Chinese and Russian expansionism.

sputniknews (2020-12-24). US Warship Performs Second FONOP in South China Sea This Week, Near Vietnam's Con Dao Islands. sputniknews.com Although the United States has cast itself as the global enforcer of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Washington has never been a signatory to the treaty.

Dean Baker (2020-12-23). Helping the NYT Understand Its Own Reporting: China Was not the Cause of the Worldwide Spread of Coronavirus. counterpunch.org The New York Times had a very interesting piece on efforts by China's government to conceal and downplay the threat posed by the coronavirus. The piece reports on a number of Chinese government documents and directives that sought to minimize the threat posed by the pandemic. However the paper seriously misrepresents the meaning of its

Sara Flounders (2020-12-23). Las vacunas mundiales de China: un cambio revolucionario. workers.org En Estados Unidos, con menos del 5% de la población mundial, existe poca preocupación por el destino del otro 95% del mundo que se enfrenta a la pandemia. Cuándo, cómo y bajo qué condiciones se distribuirá una vacuna en los EE. UU. es la mayor preocupación de los EE.UU. Las . . . |

RT (2020-12-22). China's CanSino to submit its Covid-19 vaccine for review in Mexico — FM. rt.com China's Covid-19 vaccine producer will submit its product on Tuesday for review by Mexico's health regulator, according to Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. | "Today it will submit its [CanSino Biologics] file to the analysis of Cofepris," Ebrard confirmed. The regulator will be assessing the vaccine for emergency use, it was Mexico wants to have access to vaccines as soon as possible amid a rebound…

Andrew Korybko (2020-12-22). US Cyber Spy Scandal: Pompeo Blames Russia, Trump Blames China. Why? globalresearch.ca The contradictory claims from Secretary of State Pompeo and President Trump blaming Russia and China respectively for carrying out what's been described by many as one of the most intrusive cyber espionage operations against America in history are confusing for …

Mehr News Agency (2020-12-22). US return to JCPOA right way for defusing tensions: China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) — In a tweet on Tues. China's foreign ministry spox named the US as the main culprit for the current tensions and urged Americans to return to the JCPOA.