(2021-04-06). With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East. juancole.com By Reid Standish | — Beijing has inked a sweeping 25-year investment deal with Iran that could see China's economic, political, and military influence there and across the Middle East expand. ( RFE/RL) — China and Iran signed the expansive deal during a ceremony in Tehran on March 27 between their respective foreign ministers, Mohammad …
(2021-04-06). How Police Preserve Inequality in Los Angeles—and Everywhere Else. counterpunch.org 
The 1974 classic Hollywood film "Chinatown" features a scene set on a picturesque lake in Los Angeles where J.J. "Jake" Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson, spies on two characters, Hollis Mulwray and Katherine Cross, snapping photos of them as he leans back in a boat. The iconic location where this and many other Hollywood movie scenes were filmed was near the site of a violent confrontation by hundreds of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers against protesters on March 24. Riot gear-clad law enforcement faced off against protesters and bystanders, including residents of the surrounding neighborhood, legal…
(2021-04-06). "Wipe Out China!" US-funded Uyghur Activists Train as Gun-toting Foot Soldiers for Empire. globalresearch.ca Cultivated by the US government as human rights activists, Uyghur American …
(2021-04-06). Multiple Chicago protests against anti-Asian violence. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The racist March 16 murders of Soon Chung Park, Juncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng and Delaina Ashley Yaun in Atlanta, Georgia have caused a wave of revulsion and anger among the people, especially in the Asian community. The mainstreaming of extreme right-wing politics in the past decade, as the crisis of monopoly capitalism has continued to unfold, coupled with the bipartisan attacks against socialist China and People's Korea set the stage for this deadly attack. | The Asian community mobilized quickly to defend itself from racist terrorism. In…
(2021-04-06). Multiple Chicago protests against anti-Asian violence. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The racist March 16 murders of Soon Chung Park, Juncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng and Delaina Ashley Yaun in Atlanta, Georgia have caused a wave of revulsion and anger among the people, especially in the Asian community. The mainstreaming of extreme right-wing politics in the past decade, as the crisis of monopoly capitalism has continued to unfold, coupled with the bipartisan attacks against socialist China and People's Korea set the stage for this deadly attack. | The Asian community mobilized quickly to defend itself from racist terrorism. In…
(2021-04-06). US Sails Warships into South China Sea as Philippine-China Tensions Rise. news.antiwar.com Tensions between the Philippines and China are on the rise over the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Manila has accused Beijing of sending a "maritime militia" near Whitson Reef, a feature about 175 miles west of the Philippine province of Palawan, although Beijing insists the ships in the area are only fishing vessels. …
(2021-04-06). China Warns US Against Acting 'Superior' to Other Nations. news.antiwar.com With the Biden administration taking an aggressive approach to China, US officials are often making demands of Beijing and taking unilateral action through economic sanctions. Responding to this approach, C "China will not accept that there is any nation in the world that [can] put itself superior to the others, and that any nation will have a final say on world affairs," Wang said in comments to Chinese state media on Monday. "If the US continues to confront, China will take it calmly…
(2021-04-06). Japan Sends Destroyer to Monitor Chinese Vessels That Sailed Near Okinawa. news.antiwar.com A Chinese aircraft carrier and several other warships were spotted on Saturday passing through the waterway between Okinawa and Miyako Island on their way to the Pacific Ocean. On Sunday, According to The South China Morning Post, the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning last passed through…
(2021-04-06). ASEAN Vibration On Chinese Heat In RCEP: Challenge To Japan For Its Stake In ASEAN — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
With India decoupling from RCEP (Regional Cooperation of Economic Partnership), China became the behemoth in exerting influence in the largest trade block in the world. World opinion leaders termed it a geopolitical win for China. With Japan rejoining the block, after earlier exiting following India, Japan seemed to have waded into controversy for its stake in ASEAN. | Japan has a big stake in foreign direct investment in ASEAN. China is behind Japan. Japanese investment helped to establish a major supply chain base in ASEAN for Japanese corporate at home and overseas. Toyota's Asian Car model is a case in poi…
(2021-04-05). COVID-19 Origins, Science And Media, Facts And Fantasies — OpEd. .com 
Recently, the joint WHO-China team released its report. Despite a year of politicized infodemic, much of the international media coverage shunned the scientific conclusions. | After months of work, the joint WHO-China team assessed the likelihood of four different possible pathways for the introduction of the virus (underlines added). Here are their conclusions: | An intermediate host is the likely to very likely pathway; Direct zoonotic spillover (from animal to human) is a possible-to-likely pathway; Introduction through cold/ food chain products is a possible pathway; Introduction through a laboratory incid…
(2021-04-05). Kissinger Warns Washington to Accept New Global System or Face a Pre-WWI Geopolitical Situation. globalresearch.ca With the White House continually provoking tensions against Russia and China, …
(2021-04-05). "Wipe out China!" U.S.-funded Uyghur activists train as gun-toting foot soldiers for empire. mronline.org 
Cultivated by the US government as human rights activists, Uyghur American Association leaders partner with far-right lawmakers and operate a militia-style gun club that trains with ex-US special forces. | April 5, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-05). Russia and Myanmar — Balancing on a knife's ed. mronline.org 
"The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere". It's a well-known Chinese maxim, especially in Myanmar (Burma), China's backdoor to the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, and the Indian Navy's forward defence line. | April 5, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-05). Ban the Death Penalty for Those with Serious Mental Illness. counterpunch.org The death penalty is an antiquated and barbaric form of punishment. This is why most nations have ended it. The top six executing nations in 2019 were China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, and the U.S. The U.S is especially cruel in that there is no categorical exemption for the seriously mentally ill from receiving
(2021-04-05). China, el año del bufalo y la adaptación a una nueva realidad. globalizacion.ca China fue la única potencia en lograr en 2020 crecimiento económico, logrando a la vez cumplir el objetivo que se habían propuesto desde hace varios años atrás: eliminar la pobreza extrema. El 2021, en la cultura china, es el año…
(2021-04-05). China to Donate 150,000 COVID-19 Vaccines to El Salvador. telesurenglish.net China's Ambassador to El Salvador Ou Jianhong Sunday confirmed that her country will donate 150,000 Sinovac vaccines to this Latin American nation. | RELATED: | "China seeks to support El Salvador in its fight against the pandemic as it aims to protect the people's health," Jianhong tweeted and informed that the donation will arrive on Tuesday night. | The 150,000 doses, which are in addition to the 2 million Sinovac…
(2021-04-05). China Adopts Kremlin's 'Information War' Tactics — Analysis. eurasiareview.com 
By Jamie Dettmer | China is taking a page out of the Kremlin's playbook and is seeking to highlight America's faults and weaponize the culture wars and identity politics currently buffeting the West, according to disinformation analysts. | Much like the Kremlin and state-owned Russian media, Chinese propagandists are focusing on the problems of racial injustice and income inequality in the U.S. and Western Europe — a move to distract attention from Beijing's own rights abuses, including the internment of more than a million ethnic Muslim Uyghurs, analysts say. | "Civil unrest in the United States followi…
(2021-04-05). India Joins French-led Military Drills in the Bay of Bengal, Escalating Tensions With China. news.antiwar.com India is joining its fellow Quad nations — the US, Japan, and Australia — in The drills, known as the La Perouse exercises, start Monday and will last for three days. The first La Perouse exercises The Quad nations participated in…
(2021-04-05). Japan lines up with US against China over Taiwan. wsws.org Japanese Defense Minister Kishi declared Japan would consider deploying its military in the event of a US or Taiwanese clash with Beijing.