[Perspectives] Yee-Sin Leo: a leader in Singapore's fight against infectious diseases
Udani Samarasekera | thelancet.com | 2021-05-22
In January, 2020, Yee-Sin Leo, Executive Director of the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) in Singapore, and her team followed an unexplained pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, very closely for any evidence of human-to-human transmission. Given population movement in the region, they knew that if they saw that evidence it meant "that Singapore will get hit with COVID-19 cases", Leo says. So the National Public Health Laboratory at NCID prepared to detect and diagnose cases, drills were done to smooth workflow, and the COVID-19 Research Workgroup was set up.
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Russia, China, Iran criticize Israeli onslaught against Gaza
wsws.org | 2021-05-21
A class gulf separates the outrage felt by millions of workers worldwide at the Israeli slaughter on Gaza from the mealy-mouthed statements of the Eurasian capitalist regimes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/21/chis-m21.html

Russia, China, Iran criticize Israeli onslaught against Gaza
wsws.org | 2021-05-21
A class gulf separates the outrage felt by millions of workers worldwide at the Israeli slaughter on Gazz from the mealy-mouthed statements of the Eurasian capitalist regimes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/21/chis-m21.html

Manufacturing Consent for War: 70 Years of CIA Coups, Assassinations, False Flag Operations and Mass Murder
Jeremy Kuzmarov | covertactionmagazine.com | 2021-05-21
A Review of Vijay Prashad's book, Washington Bullets: A History of the CIA, Coups, and Assassinations, with foreword by Evo Morales (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2020). During his confirmation hearing in February, the CIA's latest director William J. Burns continued a long Agency tradition of playing up the threat from Russia and China along …
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Moody's Highlights that U.S. Was Biggest Loser in Trade War with China
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-21
According to a …
globalresearch.ca/moody-highlights-us-biggest-loser-trade-war-china/5745884

Viral video of posh High School sparks heated debate on privilege
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-21
After an alumnus of an elite Beijing high school made a video showing off its pristine facilities and supposedly laid-back pace, many online demanded that she and her ilk stop rubbing their privilege in others' faces. | May 21, 2021…
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China, the U.S., and the Idea of National Competition
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-21
The idea of competition between nations that elected officials invoke to explain why trade agreements must be passed, certain industries must be supported, the largest military-industrial complex in world history must be sustained, and the living standards of working people can't be raised, points to the imperialist nature of capitalism. Capitalist competition– or economic competition…
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Prison is a university for activists, says Abahlali's George Bonono who was released on bail
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-21
George Bonono spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the conditions in prison and reminisced about the struggles of the shack-dwellers movement's eKhenana occupation.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/21/prison-is-a-university-for-activists-says-abahlalis-george-bonono-who-was-released-on-bail/

China successfully lands rover Zhurong on Mars
wsws.org | 2021-05-21
The China National Space Administration achieved a new landmark in planetary exploration–having a successful orbiter, lander and rover as part of the agency's first mission to Mars, an immense scientific and technical achievement.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/21/mars-m21.html

Prison is a university for activists, says Abahlali's George Bonono who was released on bail
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-21
George Bonono spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the conditions in prison and reminisced about the struggles of the shack-dwellers movement's eKhenana occupation.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/21/prison-is-a-university-for-activists-says-abahlalis-george-bonono-who-was-released-on-bail/

Biden and Moon Are on a Collision Course with North Korea and China
Hyun Lee | commondreams.org | 2021-05-21
"Unless they reorient their policies now," writes Hyung Lee of the anti-war group Women Cross DMZ, "the United States and South Korea may squander a crucial opportunity to end Cold War divisions and prevent a nuclear escalation in Asia." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kamala-harris-president-moon-korea-1300×681.jpg …
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Biden Must End Sanctions Against North Korea — and Finally End the Korean War
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-20
Noam Chomsky recently argued that the Biden administration's foreign policy remains committed to maintaining U.S. global hegemony through sanctions and nuclear weapons. Nowhere else in the world is this more evident than in the Korean Peninsula, where the U.S. is pressuring its "ally" South Korea into the front lines of a long-simmering confrontation with China, and where a…
truthout.org/articles/biden-must-end-sanctions-against-north-korea-and-finally-end-the-korean-war/

Syrians Abroad Vote in May 26 Presidential Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Syrian citizens living abroad will start voting this Thursday in the presidential elections next Wednesday, May 26. | According to the Syrian news agency (Sana) thousands of citizens flocked to the polls established in the embassies in countries such as Lebanon, Australia, India, China, Russia, Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq, and United Arab Emirates, among other countries. | RELATED: | Syria: Final Candidates List for Presidential Elections Released | Polling centers began…
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China Chat: How did China save the crested ibis from extinction?>
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
40 years ago a Chinese scientist found the world's 7 remaining wild crested ibises in Shaanxi. Now the bird's population numbers in the thousands. How is this possible? We talked to the 85-year-old scientist & other guardians of this endangered species to find out…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Chat-How-did-China-save-the-crested-ibis-from-extinction-20210520-0029.html

Russia Reacts To US Decision To Lift Sanctions on Gas Pipeline
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-20
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday called as "a positive sign" the U.S. decision to waive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG pipeline, which will carry Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea. | RELATED: | Russia, China, Cuba and Mexico Reject US Human Rights Report | "It is not in Washington's interest to create additional obstacles in our relationship. The project is moving forward despite difficulties," Peskov said one day after the U.S. State Department announced i…
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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?
Tom Engelhardt | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-20
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. These days in Washington, it's competition with and hostility to China all the way to the bank. The political class in Congress and the Biden White House, as well as the punditariat that goes with them, seem increasingly … Continue reading "Tomgram: Michael Klare, Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?"
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China beats USA by following Western classical economics!
Chris Kanthan | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-20
America must acknowledge its systemic problems and implement structural reforms that curtail financial capitalism and embrace smart industrial policies.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/20/china-beats-usa-by-following-western-classical-economics/