2021-05-06: News Headlines

Monica Moorehead (2021-05-06). Bashing China, U.S. commits crimes against humanity. workers.org It was announced April 7 that the Biden administration is being pressured by right-wing Republicans to either fully or partially boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China, which will take place for two weeks that February. As part of the ongoing anti-China tirade that accelerated with the COVID-19 . . . |

Workers World Party (2021-05-06). PDF of May 9 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Justice for Andrew Brown Jr. Celebrating May Day 2021! No education austerity! Vaccine apartheid; Colonialism in space; Bash U.S., not China; 'Scientific' racism; Protest for MOVE children; Lucy Parsons, anti-capitalist; Editorial — Biden's military maneuvers. GLOBAL: Chad conflict; Ecuador election. Tear down the walls: Unbroken, indomitable spirits; . . . |

sputniknews (2021-05-06). Duterte Asks China to Take Back Sinopharm Vaccine After Taking Unapproved Jab. sputniknews.com On Monday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.

Eds. (2021-05-06). Community Infrastructure and the Care Crises: An evaluation of China's COVID-19 experience. mronline.org COVID-19 has exacerbated the gendered impact of care work globally, but lessons can be learned from countries like China that have relied on community organizations for solutions. | May 6, 2021 | Newswire…

WSWS (2021-05-06). G7 foreign minister discuss anti-Russia and China agenda amid global pandemic. wsws.org Britain is using its position as host this year to confirm its wholehearted commitment to President Biden's aggressive foreign policy and push other nations, especially the European powers, to do the same.

P. K. Balachandran (2021-05-06). SARS Taught China How To Handle A Pandemic — OpEd. eurasiareview.com While China stepped up investments in its health infrastructure after SARS, the US downgraded it and India had always neglected it: | As on May 6, the internationally accepted pandemic figures were as follows: the US, 32.6 million infections and 579,000 deaths; India, 20.7 million infections and 226,000 deaths; and China, 90,721 cases and 4636 deaths. The contrast is clear. The main reason: China had greatly improved its public health infrastructure, the US downgraded it and India neglected it. | In an article in The Conversation dated November 3, 2020, Elanah Uretsky, a Brandeis University Professor a…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-06). A Light Slap: Honeywell Fined For Sharing F-35, Other Secrets To China. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 5th, the US State Department The settlement is over allegations it exported technical drawings of parts for the F-35 fighters and other weapons platforms to China, Taiwan, Canada and Ireland, according to the Bureau of Politic…

WSWS (2021-05-06). Australian defence minister launches "frank discussion" on war against China. wsws.org Dutton's remarks betray concerns in ruling circles about the widespread anti-war sentiment in Australia, which was intensified by the 2003 Iraq invasion.

R. J. Eskow (2021-05-06). The Apocalypse Must be Near. I Agree with Henry Kissinger — About Cold War with China. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The end must …

Pamela Carslake (2021-05-06). Africa-China Relations: Analysing the World in Africa and the Challenges of Development. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Afro-Sino Centre …

Published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute (2021-05-06). China's Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance And Reconnaissance Capability In South China Sea — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Felix K. Chang* | (

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-05-06). The World In Africa And The Challenges Of Development — Interview. eurasiareview.com The Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR) was set up in 2019, as an African-based research centre with a focus on conducting extensive research on Africa-China relations, China's dominant presence in Africa. It was launched in April 2021, marking its arrival on the China-Africa scene with experts, scholars and researchers from around the world. | In this interview taken by Kester Kenn Klomegah, ASCIR Executive Director Pamela Carslake discusses Africa and some of the pitfalls in its development, and further touched on the need to critically assess and analyse the role of foreign players in the co…

Melinda C. (2021-05-06). New Zealand Govt on Uyghurs: Genocide declaration would hurt trade with China. indybay.org New Zealand's Trade Minister has warned the Parliament if it were to declare the treatment of Uyghur (Uighur) minority as genocide it would "no doubt" hurt the country's trade relationship with China.

Observer Research Foundation (2021-05-05). The Impossible Triangle: China, The US, And The EU — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Theresa Fallon | The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated geopolitical trends, in particular the China-US rivalry. China's rise has continued steadily for the last two decades, reaching a point where it directly challenges US leadership in the world. In the last five years, it has increased its authoritarian features under Xi Jinping. In the face of increasing Chinese influence and worsening China-US relations, the EU finds it increasingly difficult to maintain good relations with both Beijing and Washington. It sits uncomfortably at one end of the triangle. | At the start of the pandemic, China withheld infor…

sputniknews (2021-05-05). World's Most Vaccinated Nation Reintroduces COVID Restrictions After Surge in Infections. sputniknews.com Seychelles was among the first countries in the world to reopen to international tourism after the first COVID wave last year. The Indian Ocean nation, located off the coast of Africa, has been vaccinating its population with China's Sinopharm vaccine, received as a gift from the UAE, and AstraZeneca's Covishield, flown in from India.

WSWS repost (2021-05-05). Facebook reverses censorship of WSWS article debunking "Wuhan Lab" conspiracy theory. indybay.org On Friday, Facebook notified users that it had wrongly censored them for posting a WSWS article debunking the false claim that COVID-19 was released from a Chinese lab.

sputniknews (2021-05-05). Hundreds of Hong Kong Residents Quarantined As Health Experts Warn Of Mutant COVID-19 Variant Cases. sputniknews.com The cases sparked evacuations and quarantines in roughly 460 flats across three districts in the special administrative region on late Tuesday after authorities traced contacts linked to the two workers, Chinese media reported.

IPCS (2021-05-05). India's Second Wave: The Geopolitical Drivers Of China's COVID-19 Assistance — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Srikanth Kondapalli* | As India reels under the unprecedented onslaught of a virulent, mutant COVID-19 strain that is leaving death and destruction in its wake, 40 countries have come forward to help with medical supplies. India has officially Chinese Foreign Policy Outreach: | Chinese President Xi Jinp…

Valentin Cartillier (2021-05-05). New Zealand breaks ranks with 'Five Eyes' spy alliance over anti-China crusade. peoplesworld.org SYDNEY—New Zealand has seemingly broken ranks with the other members of the Five Eyes intelligence network over their attempt to exert political pressure on China through the network. New Zealand has found that the Five Eyes has overstepped the bounds of its original purpose of intelligence gathering and sharing and that it is now making …

Alan MacLeod (2021-05-05). In 2018 the US Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now it Claims They Don't Even Exist. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — May 1, 2021 | With China now in the U.S. crosshairs, the ETIM has moved from being an adversary to being a potential asset. | WASHINGTON — In the dying months of his administration, President Donald Trump removed from the United States terrorist list a little-known paramilitary organization called ETIM, an acronym that stands for either the East Turkestan Independence Movement or the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, depending on whom one asks. The group is also sometimes known as the [East] Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP or ETIP). | Explaining the decision, the State Department said tha…

Staff (2021-05-05). Walden Bello Warns of U.S. Warmongering as Tensions Escalate in South China Sea. democracynow.org China topped the agenda Tuesday when foreign ministers from G7 nations met in London. This comes as both China and the United States are accusing each other of escalating tensions in the South China Sea. Last week, the Chinese government claimed there has been a 40% increase of activity by U.S. planes in Chinese-claimed areas since Biden took office. Critics increasingly argue Biden's policies on China are risk sparking a new Cold War. "Trump's anti-China policy is now also being followed by the Biden administration," says acclaimed Filipino scholar and activist Walden Bello, co-founder of Focus on the Global Sou…

_____ (2021-05-05). In 2018 the U.S. Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now It Claims They Don't Even Exist. strategic-culture.org With China now in the U.S. crosshairs, the ETIM has moved from being an adversary to being a potential asset. | By Alan MACLEOD | In the dying months of his administration, President Donald Trump removed from the United States terrorist list a little-known paramilitary organization called ETIM, an acronym that stands for either the East Turkestan Independence Movement or the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, depending on whom one asks. The group is also sometimes known as the [East] Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP or ETIP). | Explaining the decision, the State Department said that "ETIM was removed from the list beca…

teleSUR (2021-05-05). US Biggest Threat to Democracy Than Russia or China – Poll. telesurenglish.net The United States is perceived globally as a more significant threat to democracy than China or Russia, reported on Wednesday the Alliance for Democracy Foundation, which carried out the world's most extensive annual study on Democracy. | RELATED: | The poll, which included 50,000 people in 53 countries, revealed that at least 44 percent of participants see the U.S. as a threat to democracy in their homeland. The response marks a significan…

sputniknews (2021-05-05). White House Says US Space Command Tracking Chinese Rocket. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – White House spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday said US Space Command is tracking China's Long March 5B (Chang Zheng 5B, or CZ-5B) rocket.

East Asia Forum (2021-05-05). Can China's Commercial Space Sector Achieve Lift Off? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By R Lincoln Hines* | China China's space industry is dominated by two state-owned enterprises (SOEs): the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corpo…

Pip Hinman (2021-05-05). Australia must stop beating the drums of war against China. greenleft.org.au Federal ministers have been brazenly beating the war drums in the latest round of verbal aggression against China, escalating the government's anti-China propaganda to a dangerous new level, argues Peter Boyle.

Melinda C. (2021-05-05). New Zealand Govt on Uyghurs: Genocide declaration would hurt trade with China. indybay.org New Zealand's Trade Minister has warned the Parliament if it were to declare the treatment of Uyghur (Uighur) minority as genocide it would "no doubt" hurt the country's trade relationship with China.

Dave DeCamp (2021-05-05). Cyber Command Repurposing Counterterror Task Force to Face China. news.antiwar.com Following the trend of the US military, US Cyber Command is repurposing a counterterrorism task force to focus on so-called "great power competition" with China in the Indo-Pacific region. The Joint Task Force-Ares was created in 2016 to go after ISIS online and was expanded in 2018 to focus on other groups and global counterterrorism …

Dave DeCamp (2021-05-05). Chinese Flights Through Taiwan's ADIZ Double as US Steps Up Military Activity in the Region. news.antiwar.com According to numbers While there is much hype surrounding these flights, the ADIZ is not Taiwanese air space, and the Chinese planes usually pass through the southwest corner of the ADIZ, far from the island of Taiwan. An ADIZ is an airspace w…

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