Daily Archives: July 10, 2021

2021-07-10: News Headlines

_____ (2021-07-10). 'Future Of Our Planet Depends On Ending New Cold War'. popularresistance.org A coalition of nearly 50 environmental and other advocacy groups critical of the U.S. government's increasingly hostile approach to China sent a letter Thursday to President Joe Biden and members of Congress to remind them that the existentially threatening climate emergency is a "global crisis," which can only be solved through "global cooperation."

China Dialogue (2021-07-10). Shanghai leads way in China's carbon transition, but Does not have Much Time to Act. juancole.com By Shi Yi | — ( China Dialogue ) — Many Chinese cities and provinces are working on plans to hit peak carbon before 2030. Shanghai, China's most developed city, is set to lead the way. Somewhere on the eastern side of Shanghai's Chongming Island, 300,000 solar panels lie over rows and rows of aquaculture …

_____ (2021-07-10). Women Everywhere in the World Are Squeezed into a Tight Corner. popularresistance.org Between 30 June and 2 July 2021, the United Nations and other multilateral organisations held the Generation Equality Forum in Paris (France). The forum was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set out at the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995). Re-reading the Beijing Platform shows that rather than advance the cause of justice and equality, many countries have slipped backwards.

Helena Hui Wang, Esther Lau, Richard Horton (2021-07-10). [Comment] The Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize Essay 2021: the hidden life in medicine. thelancet.com In 2019, The Lancet launched the Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize Essay in honour of physician Wu Lien Teh, who led the fight against the plague in the 1910s and pioneered public health in China. This prize gives Chinese health workers an international platform to share their thoughts in their native language.1 Through the prize we hope to enhance relations between doctors and patients, and to improve medical professionalism in China. With the support of Chinese partners such as Peking University People's Hospital, which was founded by Wu Lien Teh, The Lancet has successfully held the Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize…

teleSUR (2021-07-09). US Sanctions 14 More Chinese Companies for Activity in Xinjiang. telesurenglish.net The Commerce Department alleged the companies had been "implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass detention, and high technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region." | Beijing and its allies worldwide deny the alleged abuses. | They sanctions have been placed against the China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology; Xinjiang Lianhai Chuangzhi Information Technology Co; Shenzhen Cobber Information Technology Co; Xinjiang Sailing Information Tech…

Lee Camp (2021-07-09). America's Impressive History of Bioweapons Attacks Against Its Own People. counterpunch.org The Biden Administration, the mainstream media and pretty much all the politicians in our country continue to throw fuel on the Sinophobia fire initially stoked by former President and current Mar-a-lago "fungineer" Donald Trump. (Word to the wise, "Sinophobia" means anti-China hatred, not anti-cinema hatred as I had thought. So I apologize to all the

The Socialist Program (2021-07-09). China's Foreign Policy Part 4, 1975-1989: Reaping the Whirlwind. liberationnews.org This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Today's episode is the fourth in a multi-part series that takes an in-depth look at the history …

_____ (2021-07-09). NATO Wants To Close Hungary Behind An Iron Curtain. popularresistance.org NATO and the European Union have launched a coordinated political attack on Hungary to end our cooperation with China and Russia. They want Hungary to terminate the agreement with Russia on the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant, and with China on the construction of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line and the establishment of Fudan University in Hungary. The Western system of alliance, of which our country is a member, requires us to cut the threads to the East and fully submit ourselves to the will of NATO. Their attack is hidden under the guise of defending democracy. They claim that they are worried abo…

_____ (2021-07-09). Launch: 'Group Of Friends In Defense Of The United Nations Charter'. popularresistance.org We, representatives of Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nicaragua, the State of Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, and Venezuela to the United Nations, are pleased to announce the official launch and establishment of the "Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations". | We seize this opportunity to reaffirm that the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes and principles remain timeless, universal, and that they are all indispens…

Brian Berletic (2021-07-09). China's Rise: From Humiliated Colony to Global Power. asia-pacificresearch.com

Zero Hedge (2021-07-09). Tesla Sells 33,155 China-Made Vehicles in June, Down Sequentially, as Chinese Passenger Vehicles Slip 5.3%. asia-pacificresearch.com

_____ (2021-07-09). As Rich Nations Refuse to Share Vaccines, Africa Suffers 'Most Dire Pandemic Week'. commondreams.org However, some noted that not all U.S. troops are leaving, and CodePink addressed Biden's remarks on China with a warning: "Don't let the end of one war be the start of another one!"

_____ (2021-07-09). Bangladesh Factory Fire Kills Dozens of Workers Locked Inside. commondreams.org First Donald Trump and now Joe Biden have been playing with fire when it comes to policy with China.

Anand Naidoo (2021-07-09). The Heat: China, U.S. compete in Southeast Asia. america.cgtn.com It's a key region geopolitically for both China and the United States. We'll discuss what's at stake in Southeast Asia.

Morgan Artyukhina (2021-07-09). 'Science, Not Speculation': Scientists Blast Obsession with 'Unsubstantiated' COVID Lab Leak Theory. orinocotribune.com By Morgan Artyukhina — Jul 7, 2021 | When rumors began that the newly discovered novel coronavirus had escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in February 2020, an international group of scientists penned a letter in defense of their Chinese colleagues, who had sequenced the virus' genome, concluded it was of natural origin, and denied claims the virus had been stored at the lab. | Two dozen prominent scientists from around the globe, including physicians, veterinarians, epidemiologists, virologists, biologists, ecologists, and public health experts, penned a letter published in the British medical jour…

WSWS (2021-07-09). Scientists demolish "Wuhan lab" conspiracy theory of coronavirus origins. wsws.org On Wednesday, 21 of the world's leading experts on the origins of infectious diseases published a preprint paper demolishing the conspiracy theory promoted by the Biden administration and the US media that COVID-19 was a man-made virus.

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