Monthly Archives: March 2021

2021-03-31: News Headlines

Eds. (2021-03-31). The complex legacy of China's cinematic pirates. mronline.org Film and TV piracy are under increasing pressure in China. The void they're leaving behind will be hard to fill. | March 31, 2021 | Newswire…

Tom Clifford (2021-03-31). One of the Great Ironies: As China Grows Richer, It Is Growing Further Apart from the US. globalresearch.ca In calmer times, when there is less talk of trade disputes, …

DLI (2021-03-31). 4 Stages of Disinformation(as in Uyghur "genocide" claims. indybay.org The recent crescendo of wild and sensationalized claims of "genocide" of the Uyghur minority (and of "mass rapes" and "concentration camps") in China actually reveals an aggressive disinformation campaign, initiated a the highest levels of government in both the USA and its client NATO states. Upon careful dissection, however, objective observers detect 4 stages of a sophisticated campaign intentionally promoted to support an Imperialist narrative–the "good" Western powers vs. a "bad" and "oppressive " Beijing regime bent on exterminating and/or brutally suppressing its own minorities.

Staff (2021-03-31). Headlines for March 31, 2021. democracynow.org Eyewitnesses Give Chilling Testimony of Police Killing of George Floyd, Brazil in Crisis as COVID Deaths Soar & Military Chiefs Quit in Protest, U.S. COVID Deaths Top 550,000; Florida Undercounted Thousands of Deaths, Bloomberg Employees Got Special Access to Vaccines at NYU Hospitals, China Delivers 100,000 COVID Vaccines to Palestine, White House Unveils $2 Trillion Jobs & Infrastructure Plan, Two Police Deputies Indicted in Texas for Killing Javier Ambler After Traffic Stop, Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump as GOP Welcomes Oath Keepers Founder in Texas, Man Arrested for Viciously Attacking Filipino Woman in N…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-03-31). Nuclear Weapons Blazing: Britain Enters the US-China Fray. counterpunch.org Boris Johnson's March 16 speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, to that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China. The comparison is quite apt if we remember the long-anticipated shift in Britain's foreign policy and Johnson's conservative

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-31). Biden Administration Slams China in Annual Human Rights Report. news.antiwar.com Continuing the hostile rhetoric against Beijing,

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-31). With Eyes on China, Indonesia and Japan Boost Military Ties. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, Japan and Indonesia While Japan has no claims to the South China Sea, T…

Mike Walter (2021-03-31). The Heat: China's role in the Middle East. america.cgtn.com Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi wraps up a six-country tour of the Middle East. We'll discuss China's economic and political role in the region.

WSWS (2021-03-30). Bucking US threats, China and Iran sign 25-year treaty. wsws.org After disastrous US—Chinese talks in Alaska, Beijing is signaling that it has concluded it must make preparations against an aggressive, hostile Biden administration.

Eds. (2021-03-30). Stop anti-Chinese hate, but not anti-China politics? mronline.org Can we expect people of Asian and Chinese descent to unite in a broad front against American imperialism? | March 30, 2021 | Newswire…

Pepe Escobar (2021-03-30). Iran-China: The 21st Century Silk Road Connection. globalresearch.ca Capping an extraordinary two weeks that turned 21st century geopolitics …

_____ (2021-03-30). The Real Danger Of The Pentagon's New Indo-Pacific Plan. popularresistance.org The Pentagon recently asked Congress for an astronomical $27 billion budget increase to support a massive military buildup in Asia as part of its new Indo-Pacific plan, which calls for a substantially more aggressive military stance against China. | With the US already ranking first in military spending worldwide and holding more than 290 military bases in the Asia-Pacific region alone, this aggressive buildup is being proposed at the most financially precarious moment in US history. According to the Congressional Budget Office report released this month, federal debt is projected to reach 102% of GDP by the end…

John Stanton (2021-03-30). Biden's Shameful Push for War with China and Russia: Ignoring History, Denying Reality. counterpunch.org "One of the most delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory." — Zhou Enlai `In the autumn of 1862, the governments of France and Great Britain proposed to Russia, in a formal but not in an official way, the joint recognition by European powers of the independence of the Confederate

Finian Cunningham (2021-03-30). China Aces Western Hypocrisy. dissidentvoice.org There's a new dawn evident: China is not putting up with what it sees as hypocritical Western interference in its sovereign affairs. Sanctions are being met with rapid counter-sanctions, and Chinese officials are vociferously pointing out Western double standards. There was a time when the United States and its allies could browbeat others with condemnations. …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Palestine receives critical batch of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China. peoplesdispatch.org China on Monday, March 29, donated 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the occupied Palestinian territories. The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will primarily be used to vaccinate medical workers, the elderly and the people in the high-risk category. Besides China, the Palestinian Authority (PA), which runs the administration in the occupied West Bank, has also received vaccines from other sources, including 60,000 doses from the United Nations COVAX initiative and 60,000 Russian Sputnik V doses which were delivered to Hamas-run Gaza via the United Arab Emirates. | The PA's health minister Mai al-Kaila said that "these…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-03-30). Nuclear Weapons Blazing: Britain Enters the US-China Fray. dissidentvoice.org Boris Johnson's March 16 speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, to that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China. The comparison is quite apt if we remember the long-anticipated shift in Britain's foreign policy and Johnson's conservative …

G. Dunkel (2021-03-30). Capitalist greed confronts physics — and loses. workers.org The Ever Given, a Panamanian-flagged, Taiwan-operated, Japanese-owned, German-managed, Indian-crewed Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV), blocked the Suez Canal in the early morning of March 23. Each day the canal is blocked costs $10 billion in international trade. The Ever Given, aground in the Suez Canal, March 23. The only alternative . . . |

RT (2021-03-30). 14 nations express 'concerns' over lack of data in WHO report on Covid-19 origins after agency chief flags access issues in China. rt.com Fourteen countries including the US and UK have expressed "concerns" over a new report into the origins of Covid-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) after the agency's own chief also highlighted data-access issues. | "It is equally essential that we voice our shared concerns that the international expert study on the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples," a joint statement from the nations read. | The signatories included the governments of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania…

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-03-30). Iran-China cooperation deal to benefit region: envoy to Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — The Iranian Ambassador to Damascus said the recent comprehensive agreement between Iran and China will benefit not only Syria but also all Iran's partners in the region.

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-30). US Ambassador to Palau Travels to Taiwan in First Envoy Visit Since 1979. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to Palau Palauan President Surangel Whipps arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a five-day with US Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland. Palau, unlike the US, is one of the few countries that have formal diplomatic relations with Taipei. | Unsurprisingly, Beijing denounced the visit from Hennessey-Niland and said it hurts US-China…

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-30). Classified War Games to Simulate Global Conflict With China and Russia. news.antiwar.com According to Pentagon officials told CNN that the war games will be headed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Miley. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will be briefed as the exercises play out. | The scenarios that could be simulated in the war games include major cyberattacks, a Russian advance…

2021-03-30: News Headlines

Pepe Escobar (2021-03-30). Iran-China: The 21st Century Silk Road Connection. globalresearch.ca Capping an extraordinary two weeks that turned 21st century geopolitics …

Eds. (2021-03-30). Stop anti-Chinese hate, but not anti-China politics? mronline.org Can we expect people of Asian and Chinese descent to unite in a broad front against American imperialism? | March 30, 2021 | Newswire…

_____ (2021-03-30). The Real Danger Of The Pentagon's New Indo-Pacific Plan. popularresistance.org The Pentagon recently asked Congress for an astronomical $27 billion budget increase to support a massive military buildup in Asia as part of its new Indo-Pacific plan, which calls for a substantially more aggressive military stance against China. | With the US already ranking first in military spending worldwide and holding more than 290 military bases in the Asia-Pacific region alone, this aggressive buildup is being proposed at the most financially precarious moment in US history. According to the Congressional Budget Office report released this month, federal debt is projected to reach 102% of GDP by the end…

John Stanton (2021-03-30). Biden's Shameful Push for War with China and Russia: Ignoring History, Denying Reality. counterpunch.org "One of the most delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory." — Zhou Enlai `In the autumn of 1862, the governments of France and Great Britain proposed to Russia, in a formal but not in an official way, the joint recognition by European powers of the independence of the Confederate

Finian Cunningham (2021-03-30). China Aces Western Hypocrisy. dissidentvoice.org There's a new dawn evident: China is not putting up with what it sees as hypocritical Western interference in its sovereign affairs. Sanctions are being met with rapid counter-sanctions, and Chinese officials are vociferously pointing out Western double standards. There was a time when the United States and its allies could browbeat others with condemnations. …

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-30). US Ambassador to Palau Travels to Taiwan in First Envoy Visit Since 1979. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to Palau Palauan President Surangel Whipps arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a five-day with US Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland. Palau, unlike the US, is one of the few countries that have formal diplomatic relations with Taipei. | Unsurprisingly, Beijing denounced the visit from Hennessey-Niland and said it hurts US-China…

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-30). Classified War Games to Simulate Global Conflict With China and Russia. news.antiwar.com According to Pentagon officials told CNN that the war games will be headed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Miley. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will be briefed as the exercises play out. | The scenarios that could be simulated in the war games include major cyberattacks, a Russian advance…

Kamal Iranidoost (2021-03-30). Iran-China cooperation deal to benefit region: envoy to Syria. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) — The Iranian Ambassador to Damascus said the recent comprehensive agreement between Iran and China will benefit not only Syria but also all Iran's partners in the region.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-30). Palestine receives critical batch of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China. peoplesdispatch.org China on Monday, March 29, donated 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the occupied Palestinian territories. The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine will primarily be used to vaccinate medical workers, the elderly and the people in the high-risk category. Besides China, the Palestinian Authority (PA), which runs the administration in the occupied West Bank, has also received vaccines from other sources, including 60,000 doses from the United Nations COVAX initiative and 60,000 Russian Sputnik V doses which were delivered to Hamas-run Gaza via the United Arab Emirates. | The PA's health minister Mai al-Kaila said that "these…

G. Dunkel (2021-03-30). Capitalist greed confronts physics — and loses. workers.org The Ever Given, a Panamanian-flagged, Taiwan-operated, Japanese-owned, German-managed, Indian-crewed Ultra Large Container Vessel (ULCV), blocked the Suez Canal in the early morning of March 23. Each day the canal is blocked costs $10 billion in international trade. The Ever Given, aground in the Suez Canal, March 23. The only alternative . . . |

Ramzy Baroud (2021-03-30). Nuclear Weapons Blazing: Britain Enters the US-China Fray. dissidentvoice.org Boris Johnson's March 16 speech before the British Parliament was reminiscent, at least in tone, to that of Chinese President Xi Jinping in October 2019, on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China. The comparison is quite apt if we remember the long-anticipated shift in Britain's foreign policy and Johnson's conservative …

2021-03-29: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-03-29). WHO COVID-19 Origin Tracing Report Says Lab Leak Is Unlikely. telesurenglish.net World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the report of the mission that investigated in China the origin of COVID will be explained in detail on Tuesday. He did, however, advance that a "laboratory leak" is considered "extremely unlikely". | RELATED: | According to news agencies that had access to a draft of the findings, the report advocates that the most likely theory of the…

Andy Merrifield (2021-03-29). Lefebvre in the Age of COVID. mronline.org COVID has upended urban life as we once knew it. But it intensified already existing pathologies, those contaminating "normal," pre-pandemic life. Our present urban reality is one of the de-encounter, a thinning down rather than thickening up, the dispersion and dilution of city life, its fear and loathing. | March 28, 2021 | Monthly Review Essays…

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-29). U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Wants to Break China-EU Relations. globalresearch.ca The continual improvement of Chinese-EU relations is irreversible since it embodies …

Simone Chun (2021-03-29). The Real Danger of the Pentagon's New Indo-Pacific Plan. counterpunch.org The Pentagon recently asked Congress for an astronomical $27 billion budget increase to support a massive military buildup in Asia as part of its new Indo-Pacific plan, which calls for a substantially more aggressive military stance against China. With the US already ranking first in military spending worldwide and holding more than 290 military bases in the Asia-Pacific region alone, this aggressive buildup is being proposed at the most financially precarious moment in US history.

Eds. (2021-03-29). Britain and China: Trading sanctions and the new cold war. mronline.org IAIN DUNCAN SMITH sees the Chinese sanctions applied to him and other politicians yesterday as a "badge of honour." | March 29, 2021 | Newswire…

TRT World (2021-03-29). Video: Who Are the Quad and Why Are They After China? globalresearch.ca The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a group that includes the US, …

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-29). US Military Launches Task Force to Fight Information War Against China. globalresearch.ca The head of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) told the Senate …

Staff (2021-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2021. democracynow.org Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd, Burmese Forces Kill Over 100 People in Deadliest Day of Post-Coup Crackdown, More States Open Up Vaccine Eligibility as Cases Rise in More Than Half of U.S. States, Mexico Revises COVID Death Toll by 60%, Chile and Brazil Confront Massive Surges, WHO Warns Coronavirus on the Rise in African Countries as Vaccinations Remain Lowest in World, Suicide Bombing Attacks Catholic Church Mass in Indonesia, Dozens Killed in Attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, Iran and China Sign 25-Year, $400 Billion Strategic Deal, 9-Year-Old Gi…

Jason Ditz (2021-03-29). Blinken Sees US-China Relationship as 'Increasingly Adversarial'. news.antiwar.com Speaking on CNN, Secretary of State Tony Blinken talked of competitive areas as well as adversarial ones, which is hardly shocking since the US openly needles China on several aspects, notably on-again, off-again trade disputes and US incursions into the South China Sea to challenge maritime claims. | Despite this, it is somewhat…

Labor Video Project (2021-03-29). Thousands March and Rally In San Francisco Protesting Racist Attacks Against Asians. indybay.org Thousands of Chinese Americans and Asians marched and rallied in San Francisco on March 27, 2021 against the racist murders and attacks in the US. Some also protested the China bashing whipped up by both the Democrats and Republicans iincluding House Leader Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco.

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-29). US Reaffirms Support for Philippines as South China Sea Tensions Rise. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed US support for the Philippines as tensions are rising between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea. | The Philippine Air Force has been

2021-03-28: News Headlines

F. William Engdahl (2021-03-28). Will a China Real Estate Collapse Trigger the Global Financial Meltdown? globalresearch.ca Prevailing financial sector "wisdom" holds that while the bond and stock …

Juan Cole (2021-03-28). Biggest East Asian move into Mideast since the Mongol Empire: In Open Challenge to US, China inks 25-year, $400 bn Deal with Iran. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday, IRNA reports, Iran and China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement. The signatures were affixed in Tehran by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of modern diplomatic relations between Iran and China. …

Pepe Escobar (2021-03-28). Dangerous Crossroads: US-NATO vs. Russia-China in a "Hybrid War" to the Finish? globalresearch.ca Let's start with comic relief: the "leader of the free world" …

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2021-03-28). Joe Biden y el Nuevo Orden Mundial. globalizacion.ca El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de China, Wang Yi | En tan solo los dos meses de gobierno Joe Biden está logrando lo que sus cinco antecesores desde el final de la guerra…

Heba Nasser (2021-03-28). Iran and China Sign 25-year Cooperation Deal. globalresearch.ca Iran and China on Saturday signed a 25-year "strategic cooperation" agreement …

Labor Video Project (2021-03-28). Thousands March and Rally In San Francisco Protesting Racist Attacks Against Asians. indybay.org Thousands of Chinese Americans and Asians marched and rallied in San Francisco on March 27, 2021 against the racist murders and attacks in the US. Some also protested the China bashing whipped up by both the Democrats and Republicans iincluding House Leader Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco.

teleSUR (2021-03-28). Globalink | First Batch of Chinese Coronavirus Vaccines Arrives in Uzbekistan. telesurenglish.net The first batch of Chinese coronavirus vaccines arrived in Uzbekistan Saturday. China and Uzbekistan have been providing mutual assistance to overcome the pandemic, said Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan.

2021-03-27: News Headlines

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-27). Can Russia's S-400 Sale to India Trigger the Collapse of the US-led anti-China "Quad Alliance" globalresearch.ca The US-led anti-Chinese Quad alliance of itself, Australia, India, and Japan …

_____ (2021-03-27). New Global Alliance Defends UN Charter. popularresistance.org A new alliance called the "Groups of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations" has formed in a clear act of resistance to the unilateral and aggressive policies of the United States and its junior partners. Representatives of the alliance reside fully in the Global South. Nations spearheading the initiative include the DPRK, Iran, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Palestine in addition to the largest of the developing countries, Russia and China.

_____ (2021-03-27). Next Indo-Pacific US Commander Warns Of China's Threat To Taiwan. popularresistance.org During his confirmation hearing to head the command that covers 51 percent of the globe, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral John Aquilino told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "the most dangerous concern is that of a military force against Taiwan." Aquilino told the committee that the "annexation of Taiwan is the number one priority of China" and asked the Senate committee to fund the $27.3 billion Pacific Deterrence Initiative. | Aquilino's comment echoed the March 2, 2021 assessment of retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster, one of the Trump administration's national security advisers.

Chong Wang, Ang Li, Qingmiao Shi, Zujiang Yu (2021-03-27). [Clinical Picture] Metagenomic next-generation sequencing clinches diagnosis of leishmaniasis. thelancet.com A 65-year-old man attended our hospital with a 15-day history of fever, fatigue, and anorexia. He had been seen at his local hospital before coming to us and had been given a variety of different anti-infective agents and antipyretic drugs to no avail. The patient was previously fit and well. He lived in the rural Henan province, China, and gave no history of recent travel.

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-27). Biden Wants Infrastructure Project to Rival China's Belt and Road. news.antiwar.com Speaking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, President Biden suggested that the US and its allies "We talked about China and the competition they're engaging in in the Belt and Road Initiative,"

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-27). Twenty Chinese Warplanes Enter Taiwan's ADIZ After Taipei Signs New Coast Guard Pact With US. news.antiwar.com Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday after Washington and Taipei signed an agreement to boost maritime cooperation in the region. The incursion into Taiwan's ADIZ was the largest since Taipei's defense ministry started #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on Mar. 26, 2021. Please check our official website for more information:

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-27). US Military Launches Task Force to Fight Information War Against China. news.antiwar.com The head of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the command launched a new task force to focus on information operations to counter China in the Pacific. |

2021-03-26: News Headlines

_____ (2021-03-26). China Issues Annual US Human Rights Report. popularresistance.org China published its annual US human rights situation report on Wednesday at a time when the US-led ideological battle against China has intensified, mainly over Xinjiang and other domestic issues. | By highlighting the COVID-19 turning into a human tragedy, disorder in American democracy vividly reflected in the Capitol riots, and recent growing discrimination against ethnic minorities including Asian-Americans, China slammed the US' terrible human rights record, which makes its remarks on other countries' human rights situation pure "hypocrisy and double standards."

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-03-26). U.S. Joins "Rules-Based World" on Afghanistan. counterpunch.org On March 18, the world was treated to the spectacle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sternly lecturing senior Chinese officials about the need for China to respect a "rules-based order." The alternative, Blinken warned, is a world in which might makes right, and "that would be a far more violent and unstable world

Tom Clifford (2021-03-26). Tension in the Taiwan Strait: the US Carrier on China's Front Door. counterpunch.org China shifted its gaze and few paid attention. China of the Great Wall, constructed to keep foreigners out, is now China of the great wave, with a navy to deter invasion and secure the three seas, the San Hai: the South China, East China and Yellow seas. The century of humiliation up to 1949, as every

Martin Jacques (2021-03-26). Estados Unidos todavía no acepta que ahora China es su igual. globalizacion.ca El Diálogo entre Estados Unidos y China en Anchorage, Alaska, ha sido muy revelador. Las fuertes críticas hechas a Estados Unidos por Yang Jiechi y Wang Yi, en presencia de los medios globales, sugieren un nuevo tipo de autoconfianza, en…

WSWS (2021-03-26). Columbia graduate students resist efforts to shut down their strike. wsws.org There is immense hostility among rank-and-file members to the machinations happening behind the scenes over the Columbia strike.

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-26). Biden Vows to Stop China From Becoming the World's 'Leading' Country. news.antiwar.com President Biden vowed that he would "leading" country during his "I see stiff competition with China," Biden said. "China has an overall goal … to become the leading country in the world, the wealthiest country in t…

2021-03-25: News Headlines

Telesur (2021-03-25). Video: China's COVID-19 Health Passport. globalresearch.ca This is a report by TeleSur which points to the fact …

_____ (2021-03-25). National Day Of Action March 27: Stop Anti-Asian Violence. popularresistance.org The ANSWER Coalition stands in solidarity with the Asian community in the midst of the horrific, racist and misogynist massacre that took place in Atlanta on March 16th. Six Asian women were among the eight shot to death at point blank range. | The alarming rise in hate crimes over the past year correlates to an increasingly hostile U.S. foreign policy towards China. The opportunistic scapegoating of China during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the intensity by which China is deemed the enemy and adversary of the United States, has driven a widespread Sinophobic sentiment nationally.

ANSWER Coalition (2021-03-25). National Day of Action March 27: Call It What It Is, a Hate Crime! Stop Anti-Asian Violence, Stop China-Bashing! liberationnews.org The following national call to action was issued by the ANSWER Coalition Join the Sat. March 27 National Day of Action! Endorse the national day of action here Organize an event in your city — register your event here Find local actions in your city: San Francisco, CA A National Day of Action; Asian Empowerment …

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-25). The Rise of the Eurasian Century. The China -India -Pakistan Triangle. globalresearch.ca Fast-moving recent developments inspire hope that the Eurasian Century is rising …

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-03-25). Russia, China to Resist US but Engagement Is Preferred Option. globalresearch.ca The US President Joe Biden's "killer"

Daniel Dumbrill (2021-03-25). The Xinjiang "Genocide" dissidentvoice.org This is an excerpt from the "American/Canadian Propaganda — a Xinjiang 'Genocide' Panel" video. I encourage you to watch the whole thing, including Max Blumenthal's part. The video can be found here: youtu.be/xdw1Nc6MJRg I've decided to subtitle this portion in both English and Chinese, as I know many overseas Chinese (and Asians in general) are …

_____ (2021-03-25). US Escalates New Cold War As Diplomatic Gloves Come Off. popularresistance.org The new Cold War has escalated over the past week as U.S. attempts to dominate both China and Russia backfired in embarrassing fashion for the Biden administration. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen is joined by "Silk and Steel" podcast host Carl Zha to discuss the diplomatic fiasco, how U.S. intelligence and media cornered Biden into denouncing Russia, and the Quad Alliance's political contradictions.

Jolie Huang (2021-03-25). Thousands in NYC's Chinatown say, 'End anti-Asian violence!'. liberationnews.org Holding signs emblazoned with slogans like "Call it what it is: racism and sexism," and "Anti-Asian racism is not new," protesters drew attention to the long history of violence and exclusion that Asian Americans have faced.

Gregory Elich (2021-03-25). Reminding South Korea Who is Boss: Biden's Enforcers Pay a Visit. counterpunch.org In a Washington Post opinion piece, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spelled out their objectives in visiting Japan, South Korea, and India. "The United States is now making a big push to revitalize our ties with friends and partners," they wrote. The nature of those relationships, as perceived by Washington, is the subordination of Asian nations as junior partners in an anti-China coalition. "Our alliances are what our military calls 'force multipliers,' Blinken and Austin explain. "Our combined power makes us stronger when we must push back against China's aggression and…

Kim Petersen (2021-03-25). Justice in China and the West. dissidentvoice.org To begin, it must be emphatically stated that the arrest of any person on knowingly false charges is a grave abnegation of morality and a despicable travesty of justice by whichever governmental, law enforcement, or judicial body involved. The Canadian government has upped its diplomatic pressure to secure the release of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig …

Telesur (2021-03-25). China Dominates Global Wind Power Industry. globalresearch.ca The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) published a report showing that …

WSWS (2021-03-25). New Delhi and Washington vow to strengthen anti-China military-strategic partnership. wsws.org The first high-level Biden administration official to visit India, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

MEE correspondent (2021-03-25). Suez Canal: Egypt says blockage to end soon amid fears of knock-on effects. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Egypt says blockage to end soon amid fears of knock-on effects | Meanwhile, experts warn that an extended crisis could partially threaten energy supplies around the world and force international maritime lines to seek alternative routes | Thu, 03/25/2021 – 15: 26 | An Egyptian official checking the operation trying to free Taiwan-owned cargo MV Ever Given lodged sideways and…

MEE correspondent (2021-03-25). Suez Canal: Dislodging the Ever Given could take 'weeks', says salvage company. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Dislodging the Ever Given could take 'weeks', says salvage company | Experts warn delays could threaten energy supplies around the world and force international maritime lines to seek alternative routes | Thu, 03/25/2021 – 15: 26 | An Egyptian official checking the operation trying to free Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, which is lodged sideways and impeding all traffic through…

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-25). US Army Revamping How it Positions Forces to Face China and Russia. news.antiwar.com The US Army is planning "China and Russia continu…

Michael T. Klare (2021-03-25). National Security AI Commission Recommends Ramping Up a Military Tech Race with China. thenation.com National Security AI Commission Recommends Ramping Up a Military Tech Race with China…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2021-03-25). Sowing The Seeds of War. China and Russia's Lack of Trust. "Washington's Hegemonic Aspirations Could Result in a Devastating War" globalresearch.ca China Is Losing Patience with Washington. "You wouldn't like me when …

Global Research News (2021-03-25). Selected Articles: The Rise of the Eurasian Century. The China-India-Pakistan Triangle. globalresearch.ca By Fast-moving recent developments inspire hope that the Eurasian Century is rising a lot quicker than even the most optimistic observers could have …

2021-03-24: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2021-03-24). Coming to the Playing Field: Biden Puts Australia First. counterpunch.org It has gotten tongues wagging in the diplomatic corps of Beijing, Washington and distant Canberra. The opening session of the two-day summit between China and the United States in Anchorage, Alaska was ill-tempered. "We do not seek conflict," insisted White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan from the outset, "but we welcome stiff competition, and

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-03-24). American Encircling Strategy Forces Russia and China to Get Closer. globalresearch.ca The United States does not seem willing to change its policy …

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-24). The China-Russia "Peaceful Proposal". "Maintaining Global Stability" globalresearch.ca Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

MEE correspondent (2021-03-24). Suez Canal: Egypt's race to unblock the passage. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Egypt's race to unblock the passage | Canal authority tells MEE it expects traffic to resume as normal soon as global prices of oil and shipping rise | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 16: 32 | A part of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the Suez Canal (AFP) | Egyptian authori…

Lee Siu Hin (2021-03-24). Vacunas: China contra el mundo occidental. workers.org 23 de febrero — China y Rusia se encuentran entre los primeros países del mundo en vacunar a las personas [contra COVID-19], según el sitio web Our World in Data. Para el 15 de diciembre de 2020, al menos 1,5 millones de chinos habían recibido un golpe. Estados Unidos y . . . |

MEE, agencies (2021-03-24). Egypt: Giant container ship still stuck in Suez Canal. middleeasteye.net Egypt: Giant container ship still stuck in Suez Canal | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | The container ship stranded in the Suez Canal is still grounded and canal authoriti…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-24). Egypt's Suez Canal blocked as tug boats work to free giant ship. middleeasteye.net Egypt's Suez Canal blocked as tug boats work to free giant ship | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | Eight tug boats were attempting on Wednesday to free a 400m-long containe…

MEE, agencies (2021-03-24). Egypt: Container ship blocks Suez Canal due to 'gust of wind'. middleeasteye.net Egypt: Container ship blocks Suez Canal due to 'gust of wind' | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world's busiest trade routes | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | A giant container ship has ran aground in the Suez Canal after a gust of wi…

2021-03-23: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-03-23). China and Russia Join Forces Against Western Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed Tuesday to join efforts to confront unilateral and "illegitimate" coercive measures imposed by the United States and its European allies. | RELATED: | In this regard, China and Russia call for more countries to join their firm rejection of so-called unilateral sanctions, such as the one imposed by the European Union on Beijing for what…

Stephen Lendman (2021-03-23). Escalated US-Led Sanctions War on China. globalresearch.ca Sanctions are weapons of war by other means. | They're a hammer …

Duncan McFarland (2021-03-23). "Extreme competition but not confrontation": Biden's China policy takes shape. peoplesworld.org At the start of the Biden administration, the U.S. foreign policy of "American exceptionalism" so far appears to remain intact—it is imperialist, hegemonic, and anti-China. However, the new administration also recognizes certain realities that the previous White House occupant might have tried to ignore. Biden wants neither a shooting war with China nor a full …

Duncan McFarland (2021-03-23). 'Extreme competition but not confrontation': Biden's China policy takes shape. peoplesworld.org At the start of the Biden administration, the U.S. foreign policy of "American exceptionalism" so far appears to remain intact—it is imperialist, hegemonic, and anti-China. However, the new administration also recognizes certain realities that the previous White House occupant might have tried to ignore. Biden wants neither a shooting war with China nor a full …

Dan Cohen (2021-03-23). Video: US Escalates New Cold War as Diplomatic Gloves Come Off, with Carl Zha. mintpressnews.com The new Cold War has escalated over the past week as U.S. attempts to dominate both China and Russia backfired in embarrassing fashion for the Biden administration. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen is joined by "Silk and Steel" podcast host Carl Zha to discuss the diplomatic fiasco, how U.S. intelligence and media cornered Biden into denouncing Russia, and the Quad Alliance's political contradictions. | Feature photo | Graphic by Antonio Cabrera | Dan Cohen is the Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines. He has produced widely distributed video reports and print dispatches from across Israel-Palest…

WSWS (2021-03-23). Europe sides with the US in imposing punitive sanctions against China. wsws.org The demonisation of China follows the modus operandi of US imperialism over the past three decades as it has prepared for one criminal war after another in the Middle East, the Balkans and Central Asia.

teleSUR (2021-03-23). China Takes Lead in Ratifying Regional Trade Agreement. telesurenglish.net China's Commerce Ministry (MOC) announced that its country has taken the lead in ratifying the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. | RELATED: | All members of the RCEP are planning to ratify the agreement before the end of this year and push for it to become effective on Jan. 1, 2022, MOC official Yu Benlin said during an online training activity. | With the ratification by at least six ASE…

teleSUR (2021-03-23). Mexico Dispatches Its First Batch of CanSino COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard Monday informed that 940,022 CanSino vaccines were packaged in his country and began to be distributed. | RELATED: | These doses were packaged at the Drugmex plant in Queretaro where Birmex laboratories are in charge of the distribution. Previously, Mexico purchased 35 million doses from China. | Ebrard noted that this vaccine is highly effective and it avoids hos…

Mae Ngai (2021-03-23). Vilifying China Puts a Bull's-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans. thenation.com Vilifying China Puts a Bull's-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans…

2021-03-22: News Headlines

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2021-03-22). Coming to the Playing Field: Biden Puts Australia First. "Buttering Up" Allies against China. globalresearch.ca It has gotten tongues wagging in the diplomatic corps of Beijing, …

Fiona Edwards (2021-03-22). Johnson Takes Britain into Dangerous New Cold War Against China. globalresearch.ca Britain will be joining the US's new cold war against China …

Alfred W. McCoy (2021-03-22). Washington's Delusion of Endless World Dominion: China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today. By …

Scott Ritter (2021-03-22). Biden and Blinken's Unprovoked Attacks on Russia and China Backfire… Because If You Live in a Glass House, Don't Throw Stones. globalresearch.ca In attacking the moral character of Russia's president and China's human …

teleSUR (2021-03-22). Applying Sanctions To Russia and China Is Unwise, Lavrov Says. telesurenglish.net Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday noted that diplomatic relations with China are at their best moment ever while also condemning Western sanctions against both nations. | RELATED: | He highlighted that bilateral ties have reached an unprecedented level thanks to the "Treaty on Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" which laid the foundations for a new type of relationship between Russia a…

Newsclick (2021-03-22). The US Indo-Pacific strategy and its delusions. peoplesdispatch.org Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the Anchorage meeting between the US and China, the recent Quad summit, and how geo-political considerations are playing a role in the distribution of vaccines…

Staff (2021-03-22). Viet Thanh Nguyen on Roots of Anti-Asian Hate from U.S. Colonialism to Anti-China Political Rhetoric. democracynow.org Protests condemning hate crimes against Asian Americans continue, following the deadly shootings in Atlanta where a white gunman attacked three Asian-owned spas and killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta and around the U.S. demanding an end to anti-Asian racism and honoring the lives of the eight people who were killed: Xiaojie Tan, Yong Ae Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Suncha Kim, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Daoyou Feng and Paul Andre Michels. Anti-Asian hate in the United States is "not anything new," says Viet Thanh Ng…

Lee Siu Hin (2021-03-22). 3/20 Lee Siu Hin: The Epoch Times, Trump's Favorite Cult Propaganda Machine. indybay.org The Epoch Times, the propaganda arm of the U.S.-backed Chinese cult Falun Gong, has built an unholy alliance among anti-China, anti-communist Republicans, far right domestic terrorists, and Donald Trump…

Labor Video Project (2021-03-22). Stop Racist Attacks! SF Chinatown Rally Against Murders, Systemic Racism & China Bashing. indybay.org Hundreds of San Francisco rallied in San Francisco at Portsmouth Square to protest the racist murders in Atlanta and the growing xenophobia and terror attacks on Chinese and all Asian people.