2021-01-23: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-01-22). China Provides Donation To Iraq To Fight COVID-19. telesurenglish.net The Chinese Embassy in Iraq on Thursday delivered donations to Iraq, helping the Iraqi government confront the COVID-19 pandemic and improve the livelihood of the Iraqi people. | RELATED: | The Chinese donation includes 56 ambulances with their spare parts, 266 generators, and motorcycles, computers, laptops, printers, etc. | "We hope that ambulances will help the Iraqi people in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and that the…

Anand Naidoo (2021-01-22). The Heat: What's next for China-U.S. relations? america.cgtn.com With a new president in the White House, what's next for China-U.S. relations?>

Alan MacLeod (2021-01-22). Pivot to Asia: China Tech Ban Mirrors 1980s Attempts to Destroy Japanese Competition. globalresearch.ca In the 1980s, the US imposed a 100% tariff on virtually all Japanese electronics and forced Tokyo to sign a one-sided trade deal that reserved much of its domestic semiconductor sector for American companies. | *** | With just days left in …

Anthony Cartalucci (2021-01-22). BBC Propaganda Targets Thailand (Again). thealtworld.com The BBC — British state propaganda which has played a key role in selling wars that have destroyed nations around the globe, ending the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and ruining the lives of millions more — has its sights set on Thailand. | I explain why what the BBC left out of its deceitful narrative regarding Thailand's ongoing protests is much more important than anything it included in it. | The BBC glaringly omits any discussion about who is funding and backing the protests and why. A convenient omission the BBC also made when covering US-funded mobs in Hong Kong. | References: | BB…

WSWS (2021-01-22). Suicide attempt by food delivery worker in China exposes exploitative working conditions. wsws.org The tragic attempt by this food delivery worker to take his own life has not only revealed his desperate plight, but also the broader exploitation of workers in China.

Tom Clifford (2021-01-22). US President Biden: How to Deal With China. globalresearch.ca The lexicon has changed. Words and phrases that seemed to define our world until quite recently now belong to a bygone era. Remember BRICs? The grouping of the next economic superpowers. Well, Brazil, Russia, India and China now resemble a …

Danny Haiphong (2021-01-22). Casualties of the Old Cold War Should Inform Opposition to U.S.' New Cold War Against China. globalresearch.ca The US share of the global economy has shrunk dramatically This past week, the United States celebrated another Martin Luther King …

Alan MacLeod (2021-01-21). China tech ban mirrors 1980s attempts to destroy Japanese competition. mronline.org In the 1980s, the U.S. imposed a 100% tariff on virtually all Japanese electronics and forced Tokyo to sign a one-sided trade deal that reserved much of its domestic semiconductor sector for American companies.

Danny Haiphong (2021-01-21). Casualties of the Old Cold War should inform opposition to U.S.' New Cold War against China. mronline.org The U.S. share of the global economy has shrunk dramatically since 1960. On the other hand, China is on pace to surpass the U.S. in GOP terms in 2030.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-21). China sanctions Trump administration officials including Pompeo, Bolton and Bannon. peoplesdispatch.org 28 officials of the Donald Trump administration were sanctioned for having "seriously violated China's sovereignty" and being "mainly responsible for such US moves on China-related issues."

_____ (2021-01-21). How use of drones to secure borders threatens all our rights. truepublica.org.uk A new report published by Drone Wars UK investigates the increasing use of military-style drones by governments to patrol state borders. The study, which examines the use of drones at the borders of the UK, EU, US, Russia, China, Australia and elsewhere, concludes that drones are contributing to the militarisation of everyday borders as part …

WSWS (2021-01-21). Yellen takes aggressive stance on China in treasury secretary confirmation hearing. wsws.org Yellen's nomination seems assured, as she enjoys support from both the Republicans and Wall Street.

WSWS (2021-01-20). China's growth rate increase fuels geo-political tensions. wsws.org The 6.5 percent growth in the fourth quarter indicates that the Chinese economy is expanding at a faster rate than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

teleSUR (2021-01-20). China Sanctions 28 Trump Officials, Pompeo Included. telesurenglish.net The Chinese government-sanctioned on Wednesday former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alongside 27 officials of Trump's administration who "seriously violated China's sovereignty and who have been mainly responsible for the such U.S. moves on China-related issues." | RELATED: | The Foreign Ministry remarked in a statement that "over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their…

Anthony Cartalucci (2021-01-20). US-backed Thai Mob Stages Own Abduction. thealtworld.com US-backed mobs in Thailand continue following the US-funded "Hong Kong model," including staging their own abductions and blaming it on state security organizations. | I explain how little sense it would make for Thai security to "abduct" criminals who could easily be arrested well within the law and how such claims only serve to boost an unpopular opposition — just as was tried in Hong Kong.

Scott Ritter (2021-01-20). The US has a broken political system & is about to be usurped by China — what Europeans really think about America is telling. thealtworld.com A new survey of citizens of 11 countries suggests that Joe Biden faces an almost impossible task …