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2021-04-12: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-12). US Escalates Tensions With Beijing in the South and East China Seas. news.antiwar.com Over the past few weeks, the US has stepped up its military activity in the South China Sea with an almost continuous presence of aircraft carrier strike groups in the disputed waters, ratcheting up tensions with Beijing. | Last Sunday,

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Chile receives new shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn A new batch of CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac arrived in Chile on Saturday to become part of the country's vaccination campaign against the COVID-19.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Foreigners in Guangdong can be vaccinated against COVID-19 now. ecns.cn Starting on Monday, foreigners in Guangdong province can make an appointment for vaccination against COVID-19 online under the principle of "informed, voluntary and self-assumed risk".

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Hong Kong reports 13 new COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 13 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the tally to 11,581.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). China's Yunnan reports no new COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Southwest China's Yunnan Province, where new locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections began to emerge in late March, reported no new confirmed or asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the provincial health commission said on Sunday.

Richard Smith (2021-04-12). China and climate change: an exchange. mronline.org In the Notes from the Editors to the March 2021 issue of Monthly Review, the MR editors questioned some of the arguments in Richard Smith's book, China's Engine of Environmental Collapse, as well as replied to Simon Pirani's related criticisms (writing under his pseudonym of Gabriel Levy) of MR editor John Bellamy Foster on China […] | April 12, 2021 | Exchange…

Joshua Cho (2021-04-12). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism When They Join in Cold War Against China. orinocotribune.com By Joshua Cho — Apr 8, 2021 | Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a video showing the January 28 killing of

Gareth Porter (2021-04-12). Pentagon Campaign to Recruit Vietnam as Military Ally Against China Exposed Delusions of US War Strategy. globalresearch.ca When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with …

WSWS (2021-04-12). US provocatively lifts restrictions on contact with Taiwan. wsws.org By effectively tearing up protocols in place since the US and China established formal diplomatic relations in 1979, the Biden administration is upending the fragile status quo in the Taiwan Strait and raising the danger of war.

WSWS (2021-04-12). New Zealand accused of "backstabbing" allies over China. wsws.org While the Labour government has adopted a more explicit anti-Chinese stance, demands are growing that Wellington do more to put the country on a war footing.

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-12). China Blasts US Military Interventions in Human Rights Report. globalresearch.ca In the face of constant attacks by US officials over alleged …

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). 8 rescued, 21 trapped in coal mine accident in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Eight people have been rescued and 21 still trapped after a coal mine was flooded Saturday in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Vocational education climbing to new heights in China. ecns.cn China is home to 30.88 million students currently acquiring skills in 11,300 vocational education institutions, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Int'l electronics expo in Guangzhou aims to support "dual circulation" ecns.cn GUANGZHOU, April 12 (Xinhua) — An international expo for electronics and electrical appliances on Monday opened in south China's Guangzhou City with a theme of embracing domestic demand and exploring the global market.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). China to develop aerospace as strategic emerging industry. ecns.cn China will continue to exert great efforts to boost aerospace as a strategic emerging industry in the next five years, a senior aerospace official said.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). China's garment industry sees further recovery in first two months. ecns.cn China's garment industry reported continued recovery in the first two months of the year, official data showed.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). S China's Hainan becomes magnet for global capital. ecns.cn Stellar growth in foreign investment at Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) over the past three years has made the island province a new focus for global capital, according to a press statement on the progress of the HainanFTP policy on Monday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Shenzhen to stage another round of stepped-up digital yuan test this month. ecns.cn Shenzhen city is conducting another round of stepped-up digital yuan test from April 10 to 23, enlarging test population by 500,000, as China leads in the global race to employ a digital currency, according to an expert.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). China greenlights four sci-tech innovation IPOs. ecns.cn China's securities regulator has approved the initial public offerings (IPOs) of four companies on the science and technology innovation board.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Rescue underway after coal mine floods in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Rescue work is underway after a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was flooded on Saturday, trapping 21 miners, local authorities said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Central bank looking at prudent steps to stabilize economy, experts predict. ecns.cn China's GDP is expected to increase over 8 percent this year, with monetary policy remaining accurate and stable amid domestic economic recovery and a commodity-driven global inflation risk, said experts at Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economists Forum on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). SAIC launches Android-like vehicle system for app developers. ecns.cn SAIC Motor Corp, China's largest carmaker by sales, has launched a digital platform that intends to function like Google's Android system for smart mobile phone makers and users.

Richard Falk (2021-04-12). How Significant is the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between China and Iran. zcomm.org The agreement configured to be worth at least $400 billion, promises significant mutual benefit to both countries…

Emiliana G. Hidalgo (2021-04-12). La cooperación subnacional entre Argentina y China. globalizacion.ca Diversos actores subnacionales contribuyen desde sus territorios con la cooperación entre Argentina y China; como las cámaras empresariales, las empresas, las asociaciones civiles, las universidades, los gobiernos municipales y provinciales, las instituciones del sector científico y tecnológico, entre otros. | Todos…

ecns.cn (2021-04-12). Hong Kong selects payment platforms to help disburse consumption vouchers. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has selected several payment platforms including AlipayHK and Octopus to help disburse consumption vouchers to residents under a pro-consumption scheme.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Technology drives Beijing 2022 towards green and safe. ecns.cn The "Experience Beijing" ice sports testing program came to a successful end on Saturday as Beijing 2022 welcomed its 300-day countdown. Events of six ice sports were staged in five Olympic venues in downtown Beijing during the 10-day tests.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Athletes praise China's National Speed Skating Oval. ecns.cn The National Speed Skating Oval, also known as "The Ice Ribbon", is the only new venue built for ice events of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

People Before Profits (2021-04-11). US is 13th in Infrastructure, 27th in Education and Healthcare. indybay.org As Pres. Biden embarked on a campaign for improving US infrastructure by raising the corporate tax to 28% (was 53% in 1950s), he provided a ringing indictment of the US private-profit-first economy with a list of the 12 countries that have better infrastructure than the US: 1. Singapore, 2. Netherlands, 3. China, 4. Switzerland, 5. Japan, 6. South Korea, 7. Spain, 8. Germany, 9. France, 10. Austria, 11. United Kingdom, 12. United Arab Emirates. See mothership.sg/2021/04/joe-biden-infrastructure-singapore/…

_____ (2021-04-11). How Bellingcat Launders National Security State Talking Points. popularresistance.org Investigative site Bellingcat is the toast of the popular press. In the past month alone, it has been described as "an intelligence agency for the people" (ABC Australia), a "transparent" and "innovative" (New Yorker) "independent news collective," "transforming investigative journalism" (Big Think), and an unequivocal "force for good" (South China Morning Post). Indeed, outside of a few alternative news sites, it is very hard to hear a negative word against Bellingcat, such is the gushing praise for the outlet founded in 2014. | This is troubling, because the evidence compiled in this investigation suggests Bell…

China Dialogue (2021-04-11). Why Activists have Launched a Fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. juancole.com By Isabella Kaminski | — ( China Dialogue ) A fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT) initiative was formally launched last September by a coalition of academics, lawyers and activists. It's modelled on the landmark UN Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons agreed in the 1960s, and is built around the same three pillars: non-proliferation, …

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-11). Secretary of State Blinken throws down the gauntlet to China and Russia…again. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Secretary of State Blinken throws down the gauntlet to China and Russia…againRick Rozoff America began a new week with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken appearing on NBC's Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. One might forgive a traveler from another land or time forming the impression that almost all U.S. television news, cable and network …

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). China's top market regulator imposes penalty on Alibaba Group over monopoly conduct. ecns.cn File photo shows a logo of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Dingchang)…

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Alibaba Group fined for monopolistic act of abusing dominant market position. ecns.cn China's State Administration for Market Regulation said Saturday it has fined Alibaba Group for the monopolistic act of abusing its dominant market position.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). China willing to work with Brazil to promote comprehensive strategic partnership: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday that China is willing to work with Brazil to promote their comprehensive strategic partnership to continue to make new progress.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Beautiful Daqing-Guangzhou Highway in East China's Yifeng. ecns.cn Located in Yifeng County, Yichun City, the Wuning-Ji'an section of Daqing-Guangzhou Highway became shrouded in cloud and mist after a flurry of rain.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Hainan to be focal point of reforms. ecns.cn The central government on Friday launched a series of financial measures to turn Hainan Free Trade Port into a focal point of China's deepened reforms, showing the nation's latest efforts to further open up to the world, said experts.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Chinese FM urges continuity, stability of China-EU relations. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called on China and the European Union (EU) to maintain continuity and stability of their relations and to jointly confront destabilizing factors in the world as well as various global problems.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Inflation this year to be kept within range. ecns.cn Any major risks brought by surging inflation will remain at bay in China over the coming months amid falling pork prices and a moderate recovery in domestic demand, officials and experts said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). China commemorates 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. ecns.cn A special event was held here on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ping-Pong Diplomacy between China and the United States.

Nicholas Freudenberg (2021-04-11). Corporate Versus Public Control of Science And Technology. zcomm.org Are the public health crises of the last decade harbingers of a world doomed to declining human and planetary health or a wakeup call to act now to create a better future?

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Shanghai Disneyland celebrates 5th birthday with brand-new firework show. ecns.cn A brand-new nighttime fireworks show called Illuminate!! A Nighttime Celebration made its debut at Shanghai Disney Resort to celebrate its 5th birthday on Thursday.

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2021-04-11: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Chile receives new shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines. ecns.cn A new batch of CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac arrived in Chile on Saturday to become part of the country's vaccination campaign against the COVID-19.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Hong Kong reports 13 new COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 13 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the tally to 11,581.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Vocational education climbing to new heights in China. ecns.cn China is home to 30.88 million students currently acquiring skills in 11,300 vocational education institutions, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). China's garment industry sees further recovery in first two months. ecns.cn China's garment industry reported continued recovery in the first two months of the year, official data showed.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Shenzhen to stage another round of stepped-up digital yuan test this month. ecns.cn Shenzhen city is conducting another round of stepped-up digital yuan test from April 10 to 23, enlarging test population by 500,000, as China leads in the global race to employ a digital currency, according to an expert.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Rescue underway after coal mine floods in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Rescue work is underway after a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was flooded on Saturday, trapping 21 miners, local authorities said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). China greenlights four sci-tech innovation IPOs. ecns.cn China's securities regulator has approved the initial public offerings (IPOs) of four companies on the science and technology innovation board.

ecns.cn (2021-04-11). Hong Kong selects payment platforms to help disburse consumption vouchers. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has selected several payment platforms including AlipayHK and Octopus to help disburse consumption vouchers to residents under a pro-consumption scheme.

_____ (2021-04-10). Truth Commission Details Horrible Crimes Akin To Native American Genocide And Slavery. popularresistance.org With a new Cold War heating up between the U.S. and Russia and China, Witness for Peace Southwest, Addicted to War and CodePink organized a Truth Commission on the original Cold War on March 21st, which brought together the testimony of historians, activists and others who lived through the period. | Following a hearing three years ago, the Zoom event was hosted by Frank Dorrel, publisher of the popular anti-war text Addicted to War, and Rachel Bruhnke, a high school Spanish teacher and member of Witness for Peace Southwest. In her opening remarks, Bruhnke emphasized that the Cold War should rank as one of three…

_____ (2021-04-10). Pentagon Campaign To Recruit Vietnam Against China Exposes Delusions Of War Strategy. popularresistance.org When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with China in 2018, Defense Department officials quickly realized that they needed access to Vietnamese territory for troops armed with missiles to hit Chinese ships in a US-China conflict. So they initiated an aggressive campaign to lobby the Vietnamese government, and even Communist Party officials, in the hope that they would eventually support an agreement to provide them the permission. | But a Grayzone investigation of the Pentagon's lobbying push in Vietnam shows what a delusional exercise it was from its inception. In a fit of self-deception that highlig…

WSWS (2021-04-10). Australian government moving on from war crimes in Afghanistan to prepare war against China. wsws.org Five months after an official inquiry revealed "credible evidence" of Australian atrocities in Afghanistan, Defence Minister Peter Dutton declared that his government "has the back" of all soldiers and will focus on "rebuilding morale" in the military.

Joshua Cho (2021-04-10). Western media incite anti-Asian racism when they join in Cold War against China. mronline.org Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a video showing the January 28 killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco, was widely shared on social media. | April 10, 2021 | Newswire…

RT (2021-04-10). 'Solemn tone' & 'high public interest': Amid mountain of complaints, BBC EXPLAINS its non-stop Prince Philip coverage to the world. rt.com Amid a torrent of complaints at home, the BBC put out a special message to Russia, China and Iran, saying that its 'round the clock coverage of Prince Philip's death was completely normal, and actually in the public interest. | When the Duke of Edinburgh passed away at the age of 99 on Friday, the BBC went into overdrive. All frivolous programming was cancelled, newsreaders donned black, and the late husband of Queen Elizabeth II became the subject of every minute of coverage for the remainder of the day. While many Brits were undoubtedly in mourning, some thought the display was overkill, and the BBC eventual…

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). ASPI's Xinjiang 'victim' database is another tactic to smear China: Officials. ecns.cn The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which compiles the data of "victims" in Xinjiang, is "another apparatus of the anti-China campaign under the cover of 'independent-study'," said Xu Guixiang, spokesperson of the government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at a press conference in Beijing on Friday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China pilots enterprise compliance reform in 10 regions. ecns.cn China has launched the second round of its pilot reform of enterprise compliance in 10 provincial-level regions, including Beijing, Liaoning and Shanghai, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Thursday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Over 155 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered across China. ecns.cn More than 155.15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China as of Thursday, the National Health Commission said Friday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China will take necessary measures to uphold rights of Chinese companies. ecns.cn China said on Friday it would take necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of Chinese companies, after the United States added Chinese supercomputing entities to an economic blacklist.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China introduces financial measures to strengthen opening up in Hainan. ecns.cn China has issued a guideline to support higher-level reform and opening up in Hainan Province with financial measures and promote the establishment of a financial policy and institutional framework compatible with the Hainan free trade port.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). 9 confirmed dead in explosive disposal accident in north China. ecns.cn Nine Chinese workers previously announced missing during an explosive disposal operation that went wrong on Wednesday have been confirmed dead, local government said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China calls for Japan's cautious decisions on Fukushima wastewater. ecns.cn China on Friday urged Japan to be cautious on its plan to deal with radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plant, calling for the Japanese government to make decisions based on full consultation with neighboring countries.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Opening of China's FAST telescope to int'l scientists enhances collaboration, says Australian astrophysicist. ecns.cn The opening of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) to international scientists could enhance collaboration of scientists from different countries, said Australian astrophysicist Naomi McClure-Griffiths.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China urges U.S. to stop provocative acts in South China Sea. ecns.cn China will address bilateral issues with the Philippines through peaceful dialogue, and urges the U.S. to respect the efforts of the two countries and stop provocative acts in the South China Sea.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Xinjiang teacher chose to go 'where country needs me most'. ecns.cn For Guljahan Amat, applying for membership in the Communist Party of China was a must-do.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). U.S., China need to continue to 'play ping pong' with each other: expert. ecns.cn The United States and China need to continue to "play ping pong" with each other and invest more in the foundation of their consequential bilateral relationship, a leading U.S. expert on China has said.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China to take necessary actions against U.S. sanctions. ecns.cn China to take necessary actions against U.S. sanctions on 7 more Chinese tech firms, says Chinese Foreign Ministry.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Ban on Xinjiang cotton called anti-China ploy. ecns.cn The United States' ban on Xinjiang-grown cotton over allegations of "forced labor" is aimed at destabilizing China, said some peace activists who also accuse the U.S. government of failing to address its own human rights violations.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China to tighten regulations over local financial institutions. ecns.cn A meeting Thursday urged China's financial regulators to improve regulations of local financial institutions to mitigate risks.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Report reveals Anglo-American sponsorship of 'East Turkistan' separatism, radical Islamist terrorism. ecns.cn Anglo-Americans have sponsored "East Turkistan" separatism and radical Islamist terrorism, manipulated the Uyghur diaspora for their own geopolitical interests, said a special report recently released by a political group in Australia.

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Tibet approved for series of airport projects. ecns.cn The National Development and Reform Commission recently approved funding for a series of major airport construction projects in the Tibet autonomous region.

The Lancet (2021-04-10). [Editorial] China's response to COVID-19: a chance for collaboration. thelancet.com April 8 marks a year since China's lifting of the 76-day lockdown in Wuhan—the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak. Since the reopening of Wuhan, efforts to control the pandemic in China have thus far successfully prevented resurgence and importation of new cases, while re-establishing the country's social and economic activities. Although China has since had sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19 in several areas, including Beijing and Qingdao, they were all contained. How has China managed to control COVID-19? And is the global scientific community in a position to benefit from China's experiences?

Joshua Cho (2021-04-10). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism When They Join in Cold War Against China. commondreams.org Western news outlets have deceptively omitted the centrality of media-promoted Sinophobia to this latest spike in hate crimes toward anyone perceived to be Chinese. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stophate_0.jpg …

Lynn Parramore (2021-04-10). Stock Buybacks Stand in the Way of Biden's Infrastructure Plan. commondreams.org Hedge fund managers are pushing American firms to play Wall Street games instead of investing in technologies of the future. China doesn't have that problem. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/wall_street_flag_1_0.jpg …

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-04-10). The West is practicing vaccine apartheid on a global level. peoplesdispatch.org China and India are the only two major countries that have been willing to export vaccines while also vaccinating their own people. Meanwhile, to rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives…

_____ (2021-04-10). Why China's Vaccine Internationalism Matters. popularresistance.org United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called it "the biggest moral test" facing the world today. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom warned of a "catastrophic moral failure" whose price would be paid with the lives of those in the world's poorest countries. | Such cautionings of inequitable global vaccine distribution have been shunted to the margins; instead, optimistic chatter of "returning to normal" is circulating once again as Global North citizens line up for their long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine. But normal, as ever, is relative: public health advocates warn that some countr…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-10). New State Department Policy Encourages Stronger Ties With Taiwan Officials. news.antiwar.com On Friday, the State Department "The Department of State has issued new guidelines for US government interaction with Taiwan counterparts to encourage US government engagement with Taiwan that reflects our deepening unofficial relationsh…

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2021-04-10: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). Xinjiang teacher chose to go 'where country needs me most'. ecns.cn For Guljahan Amat, applying for membership in the Communist Party of China was a must-do.

People Before Profits (2021-04-10). US is 13th in Infrastructure, 27th in Education and Healthcare. indybay.org As Pres. Biden embarked on a campaign for improving US infrastructure by raising the corporate tax to 28% (was 53% in 1950s), he provided a ringing indictment of the US private-profit-first economy with a list of the 12 countries that have better infrastructure than the US: 1. Singapore, 2. Netherlands, 3. China, 4. Switzerland, 5. Japan, 6. South Korea, 7. Spain, 8. Germany, 9. France, 10. Austria, 11. United Kingdom, 12. United Arab Emirates. See mothership.sg/2021/04/joe-biden-infrastructure-singapore/…

Rodolfo Bueno (2021-04-10). Biden contra China y Rusia: Van por lana, pero pueden salir trasquilados. globalizacion.ca Al declarar al mismo tiempo conflictos belicosos contra Rusia y China, el gobierno del Presidente Biden intenta matar dos pájaros de un tiro; misión imposible, pues sobre valora su real potencial y carece de fuerzas para derrotar la coalición de…

_____ (2021-04-09). Senate Unveils Sweeping Legislation To Confront China. popularresistance.org The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced a new piece of bipartisan legislation to confront China through prioritized military spending and more arms sales in the Indo-Pacific, sanctions, money for "democracy promotion" in Hong Kong, and other areas where the US seeks to counter Beijing. | The legislation still needs to go through the Committee before being introduced in the Senate, but a draft of the bill, titled the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, was released by Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Committee chairman. Menendez negotiated the bill with Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID). | In a rel…

Fred Gardner (2021-04-09). On I, Claud: the Autobiography of Claud Cockburn. counterpunch.org Claud Cockburn —father of Alexander, Andrew, and Patrick, three brilliant journalists— was the original model. In 1967 his three volumes of autobiography were consolidated and published by Penguin as I, Claud… It's hard to find a copy these days, so I'll quote up to the legal limit. Claud Cockburn was born in Peking (now Beijing) in 1904. His father,

Casey Davidson (2021-04-09). China rejects U.S.' human rights hypocrisy, points to repression of Black Lives Matter. peoplesworld.org Top officials from China and the United States exchanged verbal blows at the Alaska Summit last week, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan opened the session by making false and unwarranted accusations about China's governance and international affairs. In the summit's opening remarks, Blinken accused China of …

WSWS (2021-04-09). Australian government ministers denounce student newspaper for pulling anti-China story. wsws.org The hysterical intervention underscores the official sensitivities over any pushback, however limited, against a xenophobic campaign aimed at justifying preparations for war against China.

Michael Welch (2021-04-09). The Raging Twenties Review: Pipelinistan, Sino-Russia and more. globalresearch.ca "Not only they were presented the next 5-year plan 2021 to 2025 we were presenting three subsequent plans all the way to 2035. They're already thinking about the technical commercial configuration of China in 2035 so that's the… I …

Finian Cunningham (2021-04-09). Arsonist US Plays With Fire. dissidentvoice.org You would think riling up one nuclear power is bad enough, but the United States seems intent on doubling the risk of starting a world war by gratuitously aggressing Russia and China simultaneously. Throwing around personal insults against the leaders of those two countries is one thing. But actually winding up military tensions is quite …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2021-04-09). China-US Relations and Biden's "Global Death Trap": The World Is Facing Another Cold War Which May Become Hot, Even Very Hot. globalresearch.ca In Anchorage, Alaska, on 18-19 March 2021, top diplomats of China …

Oliver Boyd-Barrett (2021-04-09). Limitations of JCPOA Negotiation. dissidentvoice.org On April 1 — appropriate date, perhaps, for a saga of unending western foolishness and villainy — the EU announced that officials from Iran, Russia, China, the UK, France, and Germany would be meeting virtually to discuss a possible return of the USA to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Later announcements indicated that …

teleSUR (2021-04-09). US: Biden Requests Over $700 Billion for 2022 Pentagon Budget. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden plans to request a whopping $715 billion for his first Pentagon budget, signaling efforts to confront China and Russia by advancing hypersonic weapons and bolstering its War Fleet with ballistic missile submarines and unmanned ships. | This $715 billion for the Defense Department is 1.6 percent higher than the $704 billion approved for this year, but would amount to a decrease of about 0.4 percent in real, inflation-adjusted terms. The request is just the beginning of what is sure to be a vigorous debate in Congress over how much to spend on defense and how to finance it, according to…

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Speed skating for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics tested at National Speed Skating Oval. ecns.cn A Chinese skater competes in the 500 meter speed skating event for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, April 7, 2021.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). China contributes to global anti-pandemic drive by bridging 'vaccine divide'. ecns.cn "Vaccine equity is the biggest moral test before the global community," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. At a time when COVID-19 is ravaging the Middle East countries, China has withstood the test.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Spiral staircases hug cliff in Chongqing. ecns.cn A more than 1,000-step spiral staircases hugging a cliff have opened to tourists here.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Global experts see COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan last year as 'timely, wise step'. ecns.cn After a 76-day lockdown against COVID-19, China's central megacity of Wuhan was finally reconnected with the rest of the world on April 8, 2020. One year on, China has made enormous efforts to contain the pandemic and contributed to the global battle against the virus.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). COVID-19 origin-tracing politicized by other countries including U.S.: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn The COVID-19 origin-tracing was indeed tainted by politics, not by China, but by certain countries including the United States, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). BeiDou directed seeders work in Xinjiang's cotton fields. ecns.cn Aerial photo taken on April 7, 2021 shows an unmanned seeder equipped with Beidou navigation satellite system working in a cotton field in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). China breaks deep-sea sediment core retrieval record. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have completed a deep-sea drilling project to obtain a sediment core with a length of 231 meters from a depth of over 2,000 meters in the South China Sea, setting a new world record for deep-sea drilling.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). China, India in talks ahead of 11th round of military talks. ecns.cn When asked if the next military talks between top-level officials from China and India will be delayed, a Chinese official on Thursday refuted the remarks, saying that the two sides are still "in talks" for the meet-up.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Verdant forest of metasequoia lights up Spring in Jiangsu. ecns.cn Verdant and rich forest of metasequoia forms a grand ecological landscape in Suqian City, east China's Jiangsu Province.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). China urges Nigerian police to help free kidnapped Chinese hostages. ecns.cn China urged the Nigerian police to help free two Chinese nationals who were kidnapped in southwestern Nigeria on Monday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Major tech fair to be held in Shanghai. ecns.cn The 8th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair will be held from April 15 to 17 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition &Convention Center, government officials announced on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Renowned scholar calls on Biden administration to reverse Trump's policies toward China. ecns.cn The U.S. President Joe Biden's administration should reverse policies toward China by former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, stop its geopolitical contest with China, and let reason return to U.S. policymaking, a renowned scholar has said.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). China issues guideline on easing market access in Hainan free trade port. ecns.cn China on Thursday issued a guideline to support easing market access in the Hainan free trade port in its latest effort to build the resort island into a globally influential, high-level free trade port.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). China refutes U.S. 'intimidation' accusations. ecns.cn China on Thursday refuted U.S. accusations of the country conducting "intimidation actions" in the Taiwan Strait and said that the label of "intimidation" or "coercion" can never be pinned on China.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). HKSAR chief executive to table local electoral legislation amendment bill to LegCo next week. ecns.cn Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Thursday said that subject to endorsement of the Executive Council, the amendment bill to improve the HKSAR's electoral system will be tabled to the Legislative Council (LegCo) next Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Descendant of Flying Tigers' rescuer recalls the past. ecns.cn Wearing a hat emblazoned with the AVG Flying Tigers logo, Li Ruiling, the descendant of Flying Tigers' rescuer reveals a widespread legend that took place in Hong Kong during WWII.

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Dave DeCamp (2021-04-09). China Blasts US Military Interventions in Human Rights Report. news.antiwar.com In the face of constant attacks by US officials over alleged human rights abuses, The report, titled "Severe Humanitarian Disasters Caused by US Aggressive Wars against Foreign Countries," was "The majority of th…

Umberto Mazzei (2021-04-09). El ocaso del atlantismo. globalizacion.ca Desde la caída del Imperio Romano no se veía en Europa una economía organizada y próspera, productora de riqueza y crédito, que no estuviese vinculada a China, cuyo reflejo llegaba hasta los vecinos de Europa en el Cercano Oriente. | En…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-09). JCPOA Participants To Continue Talks Next Week. eurasiareview.com The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) resumed its work in Vienna in a physical format on Friday. The Joint Commission is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the JCPOA. | The Joint Commission was chaired, on behalf of EU High Representative Josep Borrell, by the EEAS Political Director Enrique Mora and was attended by representatives of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and Iran. | The Joint Commission tasked expert groups to continue their work and agreed to reconvene in Vienna in the course of next week. | In the meetings held on Thursday and Frid…

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Spiral staircases hug cliff in Chongqing. ecns.cn A more than 1,000-step spiral staircases hugging a cliff have opened to tourists here.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Over 2,500 arrested over Hong Kong's social unrest involve in judicial proceedings. ecns.cn The Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Thursday said that of the 10,242 people arrested between June 9, 2019 and Feb. 28, 2021 over the social unrest in Hong Kong, 2,521 have been or are undergoing judicial proceedings.

ecns.cn (2021-04-09). Traditional archery course appeals to college students in Hunan. ecns.cn An optional archery course is in full swing at Huaihua University in Hunan Province, where a teacher dressed in Chinese traditional costume shows skills and traditional etiquette of how to shoot an arrow.

BenarNews (2021-04-08). Philippines Supports US Backing In Bid To Defend Manila In South China Sea. eurasiareview.com By J.C. Gotinga | The Philippines welcomes an American commitment to back it should Beijing become aggressive in the South China Sea, Manila's defense department said Thursday, after Washington warned that an armed attack on the Southeast Asian nation would force the U.S. to aid its ally under a decades-old treaty. | For weeks, the Philippine government has engaged in a verbal tussle with Beijing and lodged diplomatic protests over the presence of dozens of Chinese ships in contested waters of the sea, but China has denied the allegations and said these are fishing vessels. | "The U.S. admonition to China agai…

teleSUR (2021-04-08). Globalink: One Year After Lockdown, Wuhan Has Returned to the Bustle and Hustle Of Urban Life. telesurenglish.net One year has passed since Wuhan, once the hardest-hit city by #coronavirus, ended its 76-day lockdown. The lifting of the lockdown in Wuhan marks the milestone during the Chinese people's war against the pandemic and also has brought hope for the whole world.

Dr. Leon Tressell (2021-04-08). United States Is Using Human Rights Issues to Attack China to Maintain Its Hegemony over the Global Economy. globalresearch.ca Joe Biden's presidency has been welcomed by Western media outlets …

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2021-04-08). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism When They Join in Cold War Against China. fair.org Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a video showing the January 28 killing of

East Asia Forum (2021-04-08). Energy Partnership Bolsters China—Russia Relations — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Francesco Sassi* | Russia's Novatek and China's Shenergy Gas will be sourced from Novatek's gargantuan Arctic LNG-2 project on the Yamal peninsula, in which the Chinese state-ow…

Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (2021-04-08). 'Go With The Devil You Don't Know'? Latvians Still Believe In Economic Cooperation With China — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Una Aleksandra Bƒìrzi≈Üa-ƒåerenkova* | (

Anbound (2021-04-08). A Geopolitical Perspective On China's Financial Sector Opening-Up — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Chan Kung and He Jun* | In recent years, the dual factors of anti-globalization movement and intensifying geopolitical frictions have presented China's economy a very different external environment compares with that in the past. In response to such change, China has begun to adjust its development priorities and strategies, with the "internal circulation" being the result of this adjustment. | Changes in the geopolitical environment also have important implications for China's financial market development and financial openness, while this perspective is rarely considered by the conventional financial theo…

Gareth Porter (2021-04-08). Pentagon campaign to recruit Vietnam as military ally against China exposed delusions of US war strategy. thegrayzone.com After convincing itself Vietnam would grant it access for missile bases against China, the Pentagon got a hard dose of reality. When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with China in 2018, Defense Department officials quickly realized that they needed access to Vietnamese territory for troops armed with missiles to hit Chinese ships in a US-China conflict. So they initiated an aggressive campaign to lobby the Vietnamese government, and even Communist Party officials, in the hope that …

WSWS (2021-04-08). IYSSE (Australia) meeting: Oppose the US-led war drive against China! wsws.org The meeting will discuss the way forward in the fight against plans for a catastrophic war that would devastate the lives of billions of people throughout the Asia-Pacific and internationally.

WSWS (2021-04-08). Taiwan threatens to shoot down Chinese drones amid mounting US-China conflict. wsws.org Encouraged by the US, Taiwanese officials are escalating their war rhetoric as provocative US military exercises in the region threaten to precipitate a clash with Chinese forces.

Brian Berletic (2021-04-08). Video: What Is Australia's Problem with China? asia-pacificresearch.com …

ecns.cn (2021-04-08). Philippines allows elderly to receive China's Sinovac vaccine. ecns.cn Filipinos aged 60 and above can now receive China's Sinovac vaccine after the Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed its use for senior citizens on Wednesday.

Tom Fowdy (2021-04-08). China Sent Its Carrier Near Japanese Waters because Tokyo and Washington's Encroachment Unties Beijing's Hands. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-08). US Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait as Tensions Rise. news.antiwar.com Ratcheting tensions in the region, the US sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer USS John McCain made the provocative passage. As usual, China said it tracked the vessel and denounced the US provocation. "The US move to send warship to sail through the …

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-08). US Sails Amphibious Assault Ship Into South China Sea. news.antiwar.com The US continues to escalate tensions in the South China Sea by stepping up its military presence in the region.

William Astore (2021-04-08). Back to the Future—and the Cold War—at the Pentagon. commondreams.org Why 2021 looks so much like 1981—and why that should frighten us all. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/china_us_policy_0.jpg …

àÅngel Guerra Cabrera (2021-04-08). øNueva guerra fría? (II). globalizacion.ca El gobierno de Joe Biden está resultando por ahora una continuidad del de Trump en algunas cuestiones fundamentales de su política exterior. Durante la administración del magnate inmobiliario, las relaciones con China sufrieron gran deterioro a consecuencia de la guerra…

Anonymous007 (2021-04-08). 15 Chinese Military Aircraft Fly Into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On April 7th, 15 Chinese military aircraft, including 12 fighter jets, The warplanes in question were eight J-10 fighters, four J-16 fighters, two KJ-500 airborne early warning and control planes, and one Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft. | Analysts have linked this week's activity with the move south of China's Liaoning aircra…

P. K. Balachandran (2021-04-08). Evolution Of China's Policy On Minorities — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Among issues on which China is unsparingly criticized in the Western world is the way it treats its minorities. No doubt, China has problems with its minorities, like other countries. And again, like other political systems, Chinese political systems have, over the centuries, tackled the question in a variety of ways with varying degrees of success. | To put the issue in the contemporary context, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has charged that Beijing's "Strike Hard Campaign against Violent Extremism" has entailed mass arbitrary detention, surveillance, indoctrination, and the destruction of the cultural and religi…

ecns.cn (2021-04-08). Beijing defends Ankara embassy's Twitter statement on Xinjiang. ecns.cn Turkey called in China's ambassador on Tuesday after the embassy said on Twitter it had "the right to respond" to opposition leaders who criticized China's alleged treatment of Uygur Muslims in Xinjiang.

ecns.cn (2021-04-08). Xi urges Germany, EU to cooperate with China to bring more certainty, stability to world. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Germany and the European Union (EU) to make joint efforts with China to protect and promote the healthy and stable development of their cooperation, so as to bring more certainty and stability to the volatile world.

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2021-04-08: News Headlines

Brian Berletic (2021-04-08). Video: What Is Australia's Problem with China? asia-pacificresearch.com …

Tom Fowdy (2021-04-08). China Sent Its Carrier Near Japanese Waters because Tokyo and Washington's Encroachment Unties Beijing's Hands. asia-pacificresearch.com …

East Asia Forum (2021-04-07). Realistic Ambitions For US Alliance System In Asia — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Kori Schake* | US allies in Asia have many and often conflicting desires. They want the commercial freedom to benefit from Chinese investment, markets and supply chains without unwelcome Chinese influence. They want protection from military intimidation or attack by China without going to war or interrupting commerce. | They want US domestic politics to stop at the water's edge, even as their own domestic politics require complicated detours. They want Washington to commit to them, but do not want to choose between Washington and Beijing. They want US involvement — but not too much. Often, they are di…

Observer Research Foundation (2021-04-07). A Damning Revelation Of How Beijing Weaponizes Aid — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Harsh V. Pant | Despite being one of the world's most formidable powers, China and its policies remain a mystery. Even nations that consider themselves close partners of Beijing hardly know much about the way its policies are formulated and their impact. Even Chinese behaviour appears shrouded in mystery, complicating its already complex relationship with the world. This lack of transparency means that often the world is left to deduce motives without any real data. As a consequence, diametrically opposite assertions are often made, depending on the vantage point of the country in question. | In recent year…

teleSUR (2021-04-07). Russia, China Won't Create a Military Bloc to Rival NATO. telesurenglish.net Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Russia & China wouldn't create a new Eastern military bloc to rival NATO because exclusive clubs are "counter-productive." | RELATED: | Despite Moscow and Beijing forging an increasingly close partnership, the two see no potential benefits in establishing a formal alliance to face off against the US-led NATO military bloc. | Speaking at a press conference on Tuesd…

teleSUR (2021-04-07). Biden Denies Talks With China on COVID-19 Pandemic Origins. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. This, amid claims that both leaders discussed the issue during a reportedly two-hour phone conversation in February. | RELATED: | The response comes as U.S. media outlets such as The New York Times and ProPublica reported that China might have withheld information at the beginning of the COV…

The Socialist Program (2021-04-07). In the News — Biden's Top Priority: Spending for Military Supremacy over Infrastructure. liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the new U.S. moves to escalate tension with China, the trial of Derek Chauvin, the latest on the Biden administration's infrastructure plan, and more.

East Asia Forum (2021-04-07). What Carbon Neutrality Means For Future Of Coal In China — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Wei Li and Lei Zhang* | When President Xi Jinping committed China to achieving

WSWS (2021-04-07). German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer threatens Russia and China in interview. wsws.org Amid the pandemic, the ruling class claims there is no money for the necessary protective measures and decent wages for health care workers. Welfare benefits are being cut, and the exploitation of the working class intensified. At the same time, billions of euros are to be funneled into military rearmament.

_____ (2021-04-07). China Offers To Tutor Planet Following Extreme Poverty Elimination. popularresistance.org Home to nearly one-fifth of the world's population, China's social policies have a dramatic effect on humanity as a whole. Despite a shift toward allowing capitalist markets in the late 1970s, the socialist state has still accounted for nearly three-quarters of global poverty elimination since then. | China's State Council Information Office has published a white paper outlining how the socialist country can teach the rest of the world about how to alleviate poverty. In the last 40 years, China has lifted 770 million people out of poverty, declaring an end to its most extreme forms in November. | Titled "Poverty…

Editor2 (2021-04-07). Dollar Weight Could Halve if China Enacts New Forex Policies: Economist. orinocotribune.com A leading international economist believes the US dollar would lose nearly a half of its weight as the dominant international currency once China implements a new exchange rate system in which the price of its yuan is determined by fluctuations in inflation and not the value of major currencies like the greenback. | In a commentary published on the website of the Guardian newspaper on Friday, Kenneth Rogoff said China's planned changes in its forex system would deal a major blow to the hegemony of the dollar as the anchor currency of global economy. | Rogoff, a Harvard University professor and former chief econom…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-07). Beijing Accelerating Timeline For Possible Invasion Of Taiwan, Expert Warns. southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: GettyImages | Twenty Chinese

Anonymous103 (2021-04-07). United States Using Human Rights Issues To Attack China To Maintain Its Hegemony Over The Global Economy. southfront.org Written by Dr. Leon Tressell exclusively for SouthFront Joe Biden's presidency has been welcomed by Western media outlets as signifying…

Anand Naidoo (2021-04-07). The Heat: China's white paper on poverty alleviation. america.cgtn.com China releases a new report to share its experience eliminating extreme poverty.

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-07). Beijing Says the Philippines Is 'Hyping' the Presence of Chinese Vessels Near Whitson Reef. news.antiwar.com On Tuesday, China said "I don't understand why some relevant party calls the Chinese fishermen maritime militia," said Zhao Lijian, China's foreign ministry spokesman. "This saying reflects…

teleSUR (2021-04-07). Globalink: UK, Chinese Scientists Confirm Beijing's Air Quality Has Improved Dramatically. telesurenglish.net A team of over 150 British and Chinese scientists found that: Beijing's air quality improved dramatically in the last few years, owing to the emission reductions following the implementation of clean air actions.

teleSUR (2021-04-07). El Salvador Receives CoronaVac Vaccines Donation From China. telesurenglish.net El Salvador's Health Minister Francisco Alabi on Tuesday received a batch of 150,000 CoronaVac vaccines donated by China. | RELATED: | Previously, this Central American country received 2 million doses from the Chinese Sinovac pharmaceutical. The latest shipment became number fifth since the start of mass vaccination on March 17. | CoronaVac vaccines will be administered to adults over 50 years old and people wit…

teleSUR (2021-04-07). Minister Ebrard Travels to Guarantee Vaccines Arrival in Mexico. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced an international tour to guarantee the arrival of "agreed and paid" COVID-19 vaccines. | RELATED: | He will travel to Russia, China, India, Argentina, and the U.S. In these countries, he will visit vaccine producers' facilities and secure new contracts. | In Russia, he will hold meetings with Sputnik V producers to ratify the purchase of 25 million dose…

_____ (2021-04-07). Meeting To Revive Iran Nuclear Deal Begins In Vienna. popularresistance.org The Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the Iran nuclear deal—resumed talks in Vienna on Tuesday, with the lifting of sanctions on Iran and nuclear implementation measures at the center of the agenda. | Representatives from Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the European Union met for an hour. Although not at the session, the US envoy remained a few meters away from the venue, which was understood as a gesture of willingness to rescue the agreement. | Several participants qualified the meeting as positive, including Russia's permanent represent…

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2021-04-07: News Headlines

Anand Naidoo (2021-04-07). The Heat: China's white paper on poverty alleviation. america.cgtn.com China releases a new report to share its experience eliminating extreme poverty.

Anonymous103 (2021-04-07). Beijing Accelerating Timeline For Possible Invasion Of Taiwan, Expert Warns. southfront.org Illustrative image. Source: GettyImages | Twenty Chinese

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (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 …

Sonali Kolhatkar (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…

Fight Back (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…

Ajit Singh (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 …

teleSUR (2021-04-06). China's Central Bank Rolls Out Digital Yuan. telesurenglish.net China has been slowly transitioning in the last few years into digital currency to eliminate cash transactions in bills or coins. The country has been running trial tests into this realm for some time now. | RELATED; | In 2020, some trials were introduced in certain services, such as food delivery and rideshare apps, in the city of Shenzhen and a few others and were deemed successful. | China has also distributed millions of dollars…

WSWS (2021-04-06). Selling Biden's infrastructure plan: Identity politics and anti-Chinese nationalism. wsws.org In their first television pitches for the $2 trillion plan, Biden administration officials included attacks on China.

teleSUR (2021-04-06). Xinjiang Still Faces Terrorism and Extremism Threats, Zhao Says. telesurenglish.net China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Tuesday mentioned that his country maintains "deradicalization" policies in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) because it still faces security threats. | RELATED: | "Even though Xinjiang has not recorded a single terrorist attack over the past four years, the region continues to face threats and challenges from terrorism and extremism," Zhao said | "It is very nece…

_____ (2021-04-06). How Oil Workers And Environmentalists United In Struggle. popularresistance.org Total's objective in recent years has been to close its refineries in France. It has found ways to refine elsewhere: in Dubai, India, China, and with plans for Africa. The objective is twofold: to refine as close as possible to the crude oil deposits, but also to do so in countries where working conditions are worse and environmental standards are lower. Disastrous consequences have resulted, such as the forced displacement of entire populations in Uganda. | Even though oil refining fulfills important needs in the region around Paris, and it is very profitable, Total's refinery in Grandpuits was put on the list t…

teleSUR (2021-04-06). How China Has Lifted Nearly 800 Mln People Out of Poverty. telesurenglish.net Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the world's largest developing country has achieved a complete eradication of extreme poverty, raising more than 770 million poor people from poverty since its reform and opening up in late 1970s. | RELATED: | According to the World Bank standard, the figure accounted for more than 70 percent of the global total over the same period, said a white paper released Tuesday by the State Council Inf…

WSWS (2021-04-06). Train derailment kills 48 in Taiwan. wsws.org As with many such accidents, the disaster on Friday was almost certainly the result of safety violations designed to cut costs and maximize profit.

Dave DeCamp (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. …

Dave DeCamp (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…

Dave DeCamp (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…

Subrata Majumder (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…

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2021-04-06: News Headlines

Dan Steinbock (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…

Paul Antonopoulos (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, …

Ajit Singh (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…

Eds. (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…

Laura Finley (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

Diego Mazzoccone (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…

teleSUR (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…

VOA (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…

Dave DeCamp (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…

WSWS (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.

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2021-04-05: News Headlines

Dan Steinbock (2021-04-05). COVID-19 Origins, Science And Media, Facts And Fantasies — OpEd. eurasiareview.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…

Ivan Eland (2021-04-04). Clashing With Two Great Powers At Once Is Bad Policy — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Right out of the gate, the Biden administration seems to be at loggerheads with both China and Russia. Richard Nixon would be disappointed. | Despite his reputation as an anticommunist, Nixon managed to get China and the Soviet Union in a competition to better relations with the United States. His diplomatic opening to the weaker and more radical Maoist China spurred the communist USSR to desire détente with the United States and the first U.S.-Soviet strategic arms limitation treaty (SALT I Treaty) for limiting long-range nuclear missiles. | To his immense credit, Joe Biden, almost immediately upon taking off…

N. S. Venkataraman (2021-04-04). Myanmar Unrest And Tibetan Crisis: Urgent Need To Reform United Nations — OpEd. eurasiareview.com It is now around seven decades since the United Nations was founded after the WWII in 1945 with much expectation and declarations of lofty goals to establish and guarantee a peaceful world. Nevertheless, since then, there have been many criticisms about the functioning style of the UN and its counter-productive internal structure, that has disappointed a cross section of discerning thinkers around the world. Many people are of the view that it is necessary to restructure the UN and redefine its powers to make it a powerful and meaningful entity. But, it appears that such changes for the better with regard to s…

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2021-04-04: News Headlines

Aidan O'Brien* (2021-04-03). US Values Vs Chinese Values: Empire Vs Bandung As Seen From Cape Verde — OpEd. eurasiareview.com In February the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinkin, made it a priority to phone Rui Figueiredo, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Minister of Cape Verde. They spoke about commerce and "security" (1). | Why? Why is the tiny African nation of Cape Verde (population 550,000) a US priority? In short: because the US is behind China in the latest "scramble for Africa". | To rectify its position, vis-à -vis China, in Africa (and elsewhere): "U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to put values at the heart of his administration's China policy. Since entering office, he has called on the world's democracies to gird for a n…

James Emery* (2021-04-03). Revoking The Coup In Myanmar — Analysis. eurasiareview.com The situation in Myanmar following the Tatmadaw's coup d'état of February 1, 2021 is at a critical point. The insular Tatmadaw, backed by China and Russia, along with supportive regional players, is unlikely to capitulate from traditional sanctions and a compromised United Nations (UN). | The first step in crafting an effective response is to identify the primary drivers and objectives of the coup. Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief, General Min Aung Hlaing, controlled the Ministries of Defense (armed forces), Home Affairs (national police force), and Border Affairs. Myanmar soldiers, police, militias, and the courts…

Dongsheng News (2021-04-03). News on China | No. 45. dissidentvoice.org &nbsp…

Anand Naidoo (2021-04-03). The Heat: China pushes back on Western narrative on Xinjiang. america.cgtn.com The Chinese government pushes back against critical Western reporting on Xinjiang.

WSWS (2021-04-03). UK Labour Party and Guardian back anti-China provocations. wsws.org Labour has set itself as the party most committed to a confrontation with Beijing.

Farooq Wani (2021-04-03). Testing Times For India — OpEd. eurasiareview.com History seems to repeat itself, as we see China doing exactly what the British centuries ago when it first established trade links with various countries and then established its colonial rule across the globe. China is doing likewise through its trade policy, Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) and aggressive diplomacy. | Beijing contends that the BRI aims to achieve development for all the countries that are connected through BRI and also aid them to realize and release their growth potential by creating additional opportunities for all. However, this otherwise seemingly noble mission hides an economic agenda prima…

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2021-04-03: News Headlines

Dongsheng News (2021-04-03). News on China | No. 45. dissidentvoice.org &nbsp…

Anand Naidoo (2021-04-03). The Heat: China pushes back on Western narrative on Xinjiang. america.cgtn.com The Chinese government pushes back against critical Western reporting on Xinjiang.

Reynard Loki (2021-04-02). Live Animal Markets Should Be Closed to Prevent the Next Pandemic. counterpunch.org The exact origin of the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which started the COVID-19 pandemic, is still unclear. Early reports suggested that the virus jumped from an animal to a human at Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, a "wet market" that sells live animals. Today, the international team of scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO)

RFA (2021-04-02). China Turns Cautious On Fast Economic Growth — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Michael Lelyveld | China's government is facing a tough challenge in managing expectations of high economic growth rates as the country recovers from the COVID-19 crisis this year. | On March 11, Premier Li Keqiang defended the government's decision to set a relatively low bar for the economy after delivering his annual work report to the National People's Congress (NPC) with a growth goal of "over 6 percent." | At a press conference, Li pushed back at the notion that the government had deliberately low-balled the recovery from the pandemic following gross domestic product growth of 2.3 percent in 2020, the…

Rob Urie (2021-04-02). China Isn't the Problem, Neoliberalism Is. counterpunch.org The ascendance of Wall Street, and of a managerial bureaucracy (PMC) more generally, largely explains the political realignments that have been playing out in the U.S. Beginning in the 1970s, the American political class made decisions at the behest of business interests and oligarchs to restructure the U.S. economy in ways intended to shift the balance of political and economic power towards capital. Finance was, and still is, the method of affecting this transfer of power. However, the current epoch of finance capitalism has run its course. Its logic has been lost. The threats to the neoliberal order are now in…

Michael T. Klare (2021-04-02). Stumbling into War? Could the U.S. and China Face an Unintended Blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden Years? juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — The leaders of China and the United States certainly don't seek a war with each another. Both the Biden administration and the regime of Chinese President Xi Jinping view economic renewal and growth as their principal objectives. Both are aware that any conflict arising between them, even if restricted to Asia and …

IDN (2021-04-02). China's Growing Network Of Ultra-High Voltage Power Lines Has Hit Its Fair Share Of Snags — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Ye Ruolin and Yuan Ye * | With few coal reserves to call its own and winter rains too erratic to rely on hydropower, central China's Hunan province had long faced frequent electricity blackouts, an annoyance to residents and a hindrance to economic growth. So, when an ultra-high voltage power line was approved in 2015, hopes were high. | The new Ultra-High Voltage (UHV) connection would run all the way from the energy-rich Jiuquan region in northwestern Gansu province, and bring in enough coal, wind, and solar power to answer

South Asia Monitor (2021-04-02). Kathmandu's Deteriorating Air Quality: Nepal Should Seek Compensation From China, India — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Jivesh Jha and Alok Kumar Yadav* | If there is one thing that Kathmandu's poor air quality has shown us is that a place could gain the tag of 'the most polluted' city even though the country's carbon emissions are very low in comparison to the developed countries of the world. | Air pollution is the presence of air pollutant that is detrimental to human health and the planet as a whole. Air pollutant could often transcend national frontiers and cause adverse impact on neighbouring countries too. That's why pollution that adversely affects the areas in one country could cause damage in another country by cro…

teleSUR (2021-04-02). Globalink: China's Fast Telescope Expected To Bolster Global Astronomical Research. telesurenglish.net China's FAST telescope, the world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope, is now open to astronomers worldwide. Find out how it may bolster global astronomical research.

teleSUR (2021-04-02). Russia Says Iran and US Are On Track to Return to Nuclear Deal. telesurenglish.net In a positive sign, both parties agreed to meet formally in person in Vienna on Tuesday. | Based in the Austrian capital, the joint commission's virtual meeting followed a breakthrough earlier in the week in private talks on how Iran and the US could both rejoin the deal on a step-by-step basis. | RELATED: | The commission, comprised of France, the UK, Germany, China, the EU, and Russia, is responsible for monitoring the deal's i…

teleSUR (2021-04-02). Train Crash Kills at Least 51 People in Taiwan. telesurenglish.net At least 51 people died after a train derailment on Friday in Taiwan, as authorities reported that it was the country's deadliest train crash in decades. | RELATED: | The 408 Taroko Express collided inside of a tunnel on its way to the southern region of Taitung. The passengers were trapped for hours as rescue teams tried to access the train. | Latest: 51 dead and ~160 injured, the deadliest train crash in Taiwan in decade…

Betsey Piette (2021-04-02). #Philly4Solidarity rallies against anti-Asian violence. workers.org Philadelphia Over 300 people gathered for a rally and march against anti-Asian violence and hatred March 25 at Vine Street Park in Philadelphia's Chinatown. The grassroots protest galvanized people from multiple Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the region, along with a racially diverse crowd of supporters. The crowd . . . |

Staff (2021-04-02). Headlines for April 2, 2021. democracynow.org Ex-Supervisor Says Derek Chauvin's Fatal Restraint of George Floyd Violated Use-of-Force Policies , Texas Senate Passes Republican-Led Voter Suppression Bill, Texas Rangers Baseball Stadium to Open at Full Capacity Despite Surging Coronavirus Cases, U.N. Warns Burma Headed for Civil War as Military Junta Continues Brutal Crackdown, At Least 51 Dead, Dozens More Injured in Taiwan Train Crash , Arizona ICE Jail Violated Prisoners' Rights and Failed to Prevent COVID-19 Outbreak, Biden Holds First Cabinet Meeting as Debate over Infrastructure Plan Continues, Unemployment Claims Rise as Pandemic Recovery Remains Uneve…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-02). Sources And Prospects Of Japanese Militarism. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Submitted by FOF. Fear Of Fascism.: | Many fear Japan re-militarizing. | Ex-Prime Minister Abe's attempts to revise the "Peace Constitution", Japanese support for American activities in the South China Sea, military moves by the Japanese to "protect" the Diaoyu Islands off Taiwan—and many other things like these worry a lot of people. | Afte…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-02). Taiwan's Deadliest Railway Disaster Leaves Dozens Dead (Video, Photos). southfront.org Source: japan.cna.com.tw | A truck rolled down a hill and smashed into a passing train in Taiwan, near the Toroko Gorge scenic area. At least 36 people were killed in the accident and dozens were injuring. The death toll continues to grow.Railways news officer Weng Hui-ping said that it was Taiwan's deadliest railway disaster. | According to the official claims, a truck slid onto the rail track from a work site on the hillside above. The truck was off duty at the time. | The crash occurred early on a public weekend…

teleSUR (2021-04-02). Globalink: New Batch of Sinopharm Vaccines To Bolster Argentina's Vaccination Drive. telesurenglish.net The second batch of China's Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires to strengthen the country's mass inoculation campaign against COVID-19.

Michael T. Klare (2021-04-02). Are the US and China Stumbling Into War? thenation.com Are the US and China Stumbling Into War?

A Guest Author (2021-04-02). UNAC says: 'No to U.S. war threats against China!'. workers.org This slightly edited statement was issued by the United National Antiwar Coalition March 24. The Biden administration is intensifying its aggression against China. The Pentagon's new Pacific Deterrence Initiative includes increasing U.S. military encirclement of China and deploying nuclear missiles previously banned by the U.S.-signed Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-02). US and Iran Agree to Indirect Talks to Revive Nuclear Deal. news.antiwar.com Negotiations on how to bring the US back into compliance with the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, will begin in Vienna next week. While US and Iranian officials will attend the talks, The decision to meet in Vienna was decided on Friday during virtual talks between Iran and officials representing the remaining JCPOA participants; Russia, China, the UK, France, and Germany. | The EU

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