(2021-06-14). An Analysis of China's Borderland History Offers a Left Case for the Uyghurs. counterpunch.org This essay discusses the frontier borderlands of East Asia from the seventeenth through nineteenth century. I analyze Chinese dynastic political practice, its legacy on early twentieth and twenty-first century geopolitics, as well as the need for American progressive positioning regarding the Uyghurs. In my view, commentary on this issue needs to be firmly rooted in leftist opposition to international human rights abuses, (Pukr) while resisting Sinophobia, US militarism, and Cold War exaggeration and intervention. I highlight these borders by looking at multiple frontiers geographically and thematically. Generall…
(2021-06-14). Biden targets China in executive order for review of foreign-based apps. wsws.org By signing the directive, Biden has moved to keep the core of the Trump administration's anti-Chinese tech policy intact while seeking to block the global expansion of apps such as TikTok and WeChat with a more comprehensive strategy.
(2021-06-14). G7 summit issues threats against China and Russia. wsws.org While spending trillions on their armed forces, the world's wealthiest countries refused to do anything to seriously combat the pandemic, which is claiming millions of lives.
(2021-06-14). Huge disconnects in US-G7 pronouncements. indybay.org The global Covid pandemic has glaringly exposed several giant disconnects in the policy intentions of the Gang of Seven(G7, also euphemistically self-labeled as "market democracies"!). At the conclusion of the latest meeting in England, the joint statement focused on 2 blatant unsubstantiated charges on China and a "dodgy" commitment to send vaccines to needy countries.
(2021-06-14). Washington puts pressure on Sri Lankan government over Beijing-funded Colombo Port City. wsws.org The port city project is a component of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, a geo-strategic plan aimed at countering the US-led efforts to encircle China.
(2021-06-14). Global Campaign Continues Call to Free Hong Kong. dsausa.org 
State violence and authoritarianism have only gotten worse in Hong Kong since the 2019 protests that brought more than 2 million Hongkongers to the streets. On June 12, 2021, people in more than 50 cities worldwide joined together to say "Free Hong Kong." | Hong Kong, once a colony of the United Kingdom, became a Special Administrative Region of China when it was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Under the "one country, two systems" policy, Hong Kong was supposed to maintain political and economic independence until at least…
(2021-06-14). Targeting Russia and China Instead of the Real Enemy — Capitalist Inequality. strategic-culture.org Capitalism and its inequality is the number one enemy of today's world. That is the objective and empirical reality that is staring the world in the face, Finian Cunningham writes. | U.S. President Joe Biden and his Western allies are trying to frame global challenges in a way that ultimately avoids dealing with the most urgent problem that really matters — the explosion in inequality under the capitalist economic system. | The poverty, hardship and litany of social problems, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, that stem from the grotesque inequality that capitalism produces are — and shoul…
(2021-06-14). Number Of Nuclear Warheads Went Down, As 'Combat Ready' Nuclear Arsenal Grew In 2021. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The global nuclear arsenal grew in 2021, despite the overall number of nuclear warheads going down, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)—together possessed an estimated 13,080 nuclear weapons at…
(2021-06-14). 50 Years After Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg Reveals US Weighed 1958 Nuclear Strike on China over Taiwan. democracynow.org 
As President Biden meets with leaders of NATO countries, where he is expected to continue stepping up rhetoric against China and Russia ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this Wednesday in Geneva, we speak with famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about why he recently released another classified document showing that U.S. military planners in 1958 pushed for nuclear strikes on China to protect Taiwan from an invasion by communist forces. The top-secret study revealed the U.S. military pressed then-President Dwight Eisenhower to prepare a nuclear first strike against mainlan…
(2021-06-14). 50 Years After Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg Reveals U.S. Weighed 1958 Nuclear Strike on China over Taiwan. democracynow.org As President Biden meets with leaders of NATO countries, where he is expected to continue stepping up rhetoric against China and Russia ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this Wednesday in Geneva, we speak with famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about why he recently released another classified document showing that U.S. military planners in 1958 pushed for nuclear strikes on China to protect Taiwan from an invasion by communist forces. The top-secret study revealed the U.S. military pressed then-President Dwight Eisenhower to prepare a nuclear first strike against mainlan…
(2021-06-14). China's crypto crackdown spreads to Qinghai and Xinjiang. mronline.org 
Last month, the two regions were warned about missing energy intensity reduction targets. | June 14, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-06-14). Chinese Embassy in UK blasts G7 statement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) — Beijing has previously slammed the group of seven as outdated, saying "the days when global decisions were dictated by a small group of countries are long gone".
(2021-06-13). Iran Nuclear Talks Resume, Germany Calls for Rapid Progress. news.antiwar.com The JCPOA talks in Vienna resumed Saturday, Germany in particular emphasized the need for rapid progress, saying all sides need flexibility and that there is no reason at this point to be playing for time. China's Ambassador Wang Qun was the most forthcoming on details of where they're at in talk…
(2021-06-13). VIDEO: G7 Summit Disconnected From Global Reality. strategic-culture.org The summit is showing itself to be out of touch with the times and needs of a world that has changed dramatically from when the elite club was formed nearly 50 years ago. China is the second biggest world economy. Why isn't it present in talks this week?
(2021-06-13). G7's $40 trillion project seeking to compete with China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — G7 leaders have unveiled a project dubbed 'Build Back Better World' to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative.
(2021-06-13). 48 people killed, wounded in a gas pipe explosion in China. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — A gas pipe explosion in a residential complex in China killed 11 people and wounded 37 others.
(2021-06-13). China tests 'carrier killer' amid tensions with US. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Following the recent provocative visit of US senators to Taiwan, the Chinese military demonstrated its ability to deploy and fire ballistic missiles designed to attack aircraft carriers.
(2021-06-13). China says G7 format is outdated. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) — Beijing has slammed the group of seven amid the Cornwall summit, stressing that the whole format is outdated.
(2021-06-13). On Contact: Hedges with Jenny Chan on 'Dying for an iPhone'. scheerpost.com On his show "On Contact" this week, Chris Hedges talked to Professor Jenny Chan about the people in China who make iPhones, iPads and Kindles, driving the huge profits of two of the world's most powerful companies — Foxconn, the world's largest provider of electronics manufacturing services, and Apple with its $2 trillion in market …