New Atlas (2021-08-31). US War on China' Belt & Road Continues: Terrorist Attack Targets Chinese Engineers in Pakistan. newatlas.report August 31, 2021 (The New Atlas) — In late August 2021 yet another terrorist attack has targeted China's Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. I discuss the background of this terrorism, the long standing open US support for armed militants operating in Baluchistan carrying out these attacks, and how this is America's "answer" …

WSWS (2021-08-31). New York Times cites US torturer Michael Chertoff on Chinese "repression" wsws.org Over the weekend, the New York Times published an editorial calling China the world's leading purveyor of "transnational repression," based entirely on a report produced under the supervision of a war criminal.

_____ (2021-08-31). New U.S. Military Base In Micronesia to Challenge China. popularresistance.org As the US pursues "great power competition" with China, Washington is on the hunt for new bases in the Pacific it can use to potentially get an upper hand in the fight. The latest site to be agreed upon is in the Federated States of Micronesia, a group of archipelagoes on the far side of the Philippine Sea from China.

ecns.cn (2021-08-31). Comicomment: Is U.S. intelligence community's virus origin report credible?>. ecns.cn The COVID-19 origins tracing report compiled by the U.S. intelligence community failed to make scientific conclusion and it's a way for the U.S. to shift blame to China.

New Atlas (2021-08-31). Cambodia Fights Against US Meddling: Arrests US-Backed "Union Leader" newatlas.report August 31, 2021 (The New Atlas) — The US policy of encircling and containing China spares no nation in Southeast Asia. Cambodia is also being targeted, though Cambodia has arrested or driven out the US-backed opposition party of choice — the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) — which now resides in Washington D.C. There are …

Editor (2021-08-31). China's top court says grueling '996' work schedule illegal. mronline.org The Supreme People's Court published a set of labor-related disputes to clarify legal standards of working hours and overtime wages.

Editor (2021-08-31). China announces massive greening plan to achieve carbon goals. mronline.org The task includes planting 54 million mu of trees and 46 million mu of grass each year, said Zhang Wei, head of the ecological protection and restoration department of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA).

Ananth Krishnan (2021-08-31). China to Require Foreign Vessels to Report in 'Territorial Waters'. asia-pacificresearch.com

sputniknews (2021-08-31). US Pens Deal for New Military Base in Micronesia in Latest Move to Keep China Out of Pacific. sputniknews.com As the US pursues "great power competition" with China, Washington is on the hunt for new bases in the Pacific it can use to potentially get an upper hand in the fight. The latest site to be agreed upon is in the Federated States of Micronesia, a group of archipelagoes on the far side of the Philippine Sea from China.

teleSUR (2021-08-30). China Willing To Walk Together With Cuba in Building Socialism. telesurenglish.net In a phone conversation with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that his country is willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism and be good partners in pursuing common development. | RELATED: | Xi also said China is willing to join hands with Cuba in being good exemplars of anti-COVID-19 fight and good comrades in strategic coordination. He pointed out that under the str…

ecns.cn (2021-08-30). Xi says China willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism and be good partners in pursuing common development in a phone conversation with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-30). Beijing Asks Washington To Resume Dialogue With The Taliban. southfront.org Illustrative ImageChina believes that diplomacy and cooperation can help to bring peace to the country and prevent further violence. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | On Sunday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke with his US counterpart by phone and said the US needs to take concrete steps to help Afghanistan and guide the Taliban in a positive way for peace to be achieved in the country. The Chinese advice is for Washington to pacify its r…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-30). China Foreign Minister Slams Blinken For "Double Standards" And Fighting Terrorism "In A Selective Way" southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on In the aftermath of Biden's catastrophic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, which not only handed the country with its

ecns.cn (2021-08-30). China-U.S. cancer collaboration may open door for new era 'Ping-Pong Diplomacy': Forbes. ecns.cn A joint effort by China and the United States to fight cancer may open door for the "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" of new era, former Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Saturday, according to Forbes.

Joshua Cho (2021-08-30). Corporate Media Politicize WHO Investigation on COVID Origins to Vilify China. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2021-08-30). Experts refute U.S. intelligence community's COVID-19 origins tracing report. ecns.cn Foreign experts have refuted the U.S. intelligence community's report on the origins of COVID-19, saying an approach that isn't scienced-based and aimed at scapegoating China will undermine global efforts to end the pandemic.

_____ (2021-08-30). U.S. Intel Finds Grease Gun Instead of Smoking Gun for Alleged China Virus Lab Leak. strategic-culture.org Washington would rather smear China than have an honest scientific and open probe into the origin of the pandemic, Finian Cunningham writes. | When President Joe Biden ordered his intelligence agencies to probe the origin of the Covid-19 virus, it looked like a frame-up job was underway to finger China as being responsible for the global pandemic. | Back in May, Biden gave the U.S. intelligence community 90 days to investigate the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes the Covid-19 disease was released by a microbiology laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. | China has consistently rubbished the U.

WSWS (2021-08-30). Japanese and Taiwanese ruling parties hold talks aimed at Beijing. wsws.org In highly inflammatory remarks afterward, both sides referred to Taiwan as a country, thus calling into question the "One China" policy, which recognizes Taiwan as part of China.

ecns.cn (2021-08-30). Xi says China willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is willing to walk together with Cuba in building socialism and be good partners in pursuing common development in a phone conversation with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-30). China Foreign Minister Slams Blinken For "Double Standards" And Fighting Terrorism "In A Selective Way" southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on In the aftermath of Biden's catastrophic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, which not only handed the country with its

ecns.cn (2021-08-30). China-U.S. cancer collaboration may open door for new era 'Ping-Pong Diplomacy': Forbes. ecns.cn A joint effort by China and the United States to fight cancer may open door for the "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" of new era, former Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Saturday, according to Forbes.

Joshua Cho (2021-08-30). Corporate Media Politicize WHO Investigation on COVID Origins to Vilify China. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2021-08-30). Experts refute U.S. intelligence community's COVID-19 origins tracing report. ecns.cn Foreign experts have refuted the U.S. intelligence community's report on the origins of COVID-19, saying an approach that isn't scienced-based and aimed at scapegoating China will undermine global efforts to end the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-08-30). Japanese and Taiwanese ruling parties hold talks aimed at Beijing. wsws.org In highly inflammatory remarks afterward, both sides referred to Taiwan as a country, thus calling into question the "One China" policy, which recognizes Taiwan as part of China.

New Atlas (2021-08-29). Afghanistan: Chinese Reconstruction vs. US Sanctions. newatlas.report August 29, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Beijing now has a key opportunity to demonstrate the stark contrast between its brand of foreign policy and Washington's through its own plan to aid in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. A Global Times piece titled, "China to offer 'genuine' aid in Afghanistan's economic reconstruction amid chaotic transition," in title …

ecns.cn (2021-08-29). China condemns U.S. as warships transit Taiwan Straits. ecns.cn The Chinese military resolutely opposes and condemns the United States sailing a guided-missile destroyer and a coast guard cutter through the Taiwan Straits on Friday, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Saturday morning.

ecns.cn (2021-08-29). China slams U.S. accusations of obstructing international investigation into COVID-19 origins. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to the report released by the U.S. intelligence community on COVID-19 origins tracing, which accused China of "obstructing international investigations" and "refusing to share information and blaming other countries," the Chinese Embassy in the United States said in a statement on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-08-29). China firmly opposes U.S. intelligence community's COVID-19 origins tracing. ecns.cn China firmly opposes the report on COVID-19 origins by the U.S. intelligence community and has lodged stern representations to the U.S. side, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Saturday.

Antonio Gershenson (2021-08-29). China: øNuevo líder? globalizacion.ca Cuando se habla de la inutilidad para la sociedad humana de las organizaciones conocidas como OTAN, OEA, FAO y Banco Mundial y las relaciones comerciales, entre otras, aparentemente estamos hablando de cosas diferentes. Sin embargo, las instituciones que han sido…

David Swanson (2021-08-29). They're About to Add Women to Military Draft in the Name of Feminism. warisacrime.org In some future lovely little war, perhaps with China or some other demonized target, some percentage of the U.S. public may suddenly exclaim: "Hey, since when does a draft include young women as well as men?!" Old tunes will be revised and sung in protest with lyrics about being the first one on your block …

New Atlas (2021-08-29). Afghanistan: Chinese Reconstruction vs. US Sanctions. newatlas.report August 29, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Beijing now has a key opportunity to demonstrate the stark contrast between its brand of foreign policy and Washington's through its own plan to aid in the reconstruction of Afghanistan. A Global Times piece titled, "China to offer 'genuine' aid in Afghanistan's economic reconstruction amid chaotic transition," in title …

ecns.cn (2021-08-29). China condemns U.S. as warships transit Taiwan Straits. ecns.cn The Chinese military resolutely opposes and condemns the United States sailing a guided-missile destroyer and a coast guard cutter through the Taiwan Straits on Friday, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Saturday morning.

David Swanson (2021-08-29). They're About to Add Women to Military Draft in the Name of Feminism. warisacrime.org In some future lovely little war, perhaps with China or some other demonized target, some percentage of the U.S. public may suddenly exclaim: "Hey, since when does a draft include young women as well as men?!" Old tunes will be revised and sung in protest with lyrics about being the first one on your block …

ecns.cn (2021-08-29). China slams U.S. accusations of obstructing international investigation into COVID-19 origins. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to the report released by the U.S. intelligence community on COVID-19 origins tracing, which accused China of "obstructing international investigations" and "refusing to share information and blaming other countries," the Chinese Embassy in the United States said in a statement on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-08-29). China firmly opposes U.S. intelligence community's COVID-19 origins tracing. ecns.cn China firmly opposes the report on COVID-19 origins by the U.S. intelligence community and has lodged stern representations to the U.S. side, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China urges Japan not to mislead the next generation. ecns.cn China firmly opposes Japan unveiling a defense white paper for children, and has lodged solemn representations with Japan, urging Japan not to mislead the next generation, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

Dongsheng News (2021-08-28). News on China | No. 65. dissidentvoice.org China begins reforms to more equitably redistribute wealth, as it promotes a "common prosperity": the sharing of cultural and material wealth in society.

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China opposes politicizing the origins of COVID-19: New York Consulate General. ecns.cn China opposes politicizing efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, the Chinese Consulate General in New York has said.

Staff (2021-08-28). China slams 'fabricated' US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins, says it's a matter for scientists, not spies. rt.com The US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins that didn't rule out the possibility of it coming from a laboratory has nothing to do with science and is aimed at "scapegoating" Beijing, the Chinese Embassy in Washington has said. | In May, US President Joe Biden gave the US intelligence community 90 days to figure out the source of the coronavirus after being left dissatisfied with the findings of the joint probe by China and the World Health Organization (EHO). The first cases of the Covid-19 outbreak were registered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, and Washington had been long trying to pin the…

willet (2021-08-28). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-08-28). Chip wars or the crisis of late capitalism? mronline.org If the U.S. wants to be a world leader, it has to match China in investing in knowledge generation for future technology. Why then is the U.S. taking the sanctions route? Sanctions are simpler to implement; building a society that values knowledge is much more difficult. This is the crisis of late capitalism.

Editor (2021-08-28). Xi's leftward shift to a socialist China is for real. mronline.org Purge of ally in power base Zhejiang Province sends shudders across country.

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China urges Japan not to mislead the next generation. ecns.cn China firmly opposes Japan unveiling a defense white paper for children, and has lodged solemn representations with Japan, urging Japan not to mislead the next generation, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

Dongsheng News (2021-08-28). News on China | No. 65. dissidentvoice.org China begins reforms to more equitably redistribute wealth, as it promotes a "common prosperity": the sharing of cultural and material wealth in society.

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China condemns U.S. as warships transit Taiwan Straits. ecns.cn The Chinese military resolutely opposes and condemns the United States sailing a guided-missile destroyer and a coast guard cutter through the Taiwan Straits on Friday, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on Saturday morning.

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China opposes politicizing the origins of COVID-19: New York Consulate General. ecns.cn China opposes politicizing efforts to uncover the origins of the coronavirus, the Chinese Consulate General in New York has said.

Editor (2021-08-28). Xi's leftward shift to a socialist China is for real. mronline.org Purge of ally in power base Zhejiang Province sends shudders across country.

Staff (2021-08-28). China slams 'fabricated' US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins, says it's a matter for scientists, not spies. rt.com The US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins that didn't rule out the possibility of it coming from a laboratory has nothing to do with science and is aimed at "scapegoating" Beijing, the Chinese Embassy in Washington has said. | In May, US President Joe Biden gave the US intelligence community 90 days to figure out the source of the coronavirus after being left dissatisfied with the findings of the joint probe by China and the World Health Organization (EHO). The first cases of the Covid-19 outbreak were registered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, and Washington had been long trying to pin the…

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China slams U.S. accusations of obstructing international investigation into COVID-19 origins. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to the report released by the U.S. intelligence community on COVID-19 origins tracing, which accused China of "obstructing international investigations" and "refusing to share information and blaming other countries," the Chinese Embassy in the United States said in a statement on Saturday.

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-08-28). Chip wars or the crisis of late capitalism? mronline.org If the U.S. wants to be a world leader, it has to match China in investing in knowledge generation for future technology. Why then is the U.S. taking the sanctions route? Sanctions are simpler to implement; building a society that values knowledge is much more difficult. This is the crisis of late capitalism.

ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China firmly opposes U.S. intelligence community's COVID-19 origins tracing. ecns.cn China firmly opposes the report on COVID-19 origins by the U.S. intelligence community and has lodged stern representations to the U.S. side, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Saturday.

willet (2021-08-28). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.

Rainer Shea (2021-08-27). US Empire Reacts to Afghanistan Loss With Brutality & Terror. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 25, 2021 | As imperialism has run its machinations within the different conditions of the world, it's turned these places into different types of tools for innovating in necro-politics. Israel is the U.S. empire's laboratory in repression, with the brutal anti-Palestinian tactics of the Zionist forces being used to train police in the U.S. and Colombia. Latin America is the empire's laboratory in the paramilitary facets of this repression, with the death squads in countries like Colombia being replicated in domestic U.S. militias like the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters. And Africa i…

ecns.cn (2021-08-27). China-Russia drill signals new era in joint exercises: spokesperson. ecns.cn A joint military exercise between China and Russia, code-named ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, has charted the course for a new high-point in bilateral relations, opened new horizons for military drills between major countries.

Editor2 (2021-08-27). Vietnam Says it Will Not Side Against China, as US' Kamala Harris Visits. orinocotribune.com ‚Ä¢ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reassures Chinese envoy before he meets US vice-president during her Asian tour | ‚Ä¢ But Pham says negotiations for a code of conduct on the disputed South China Sea should be stepped up via the Asean bloc | In a meeting on Tuesday…

Joshua Cho (2021-08-27). Corporate Media Politicize Who Investigation to Vilify China. orinocotribune.com By Joshua Cho — Aug 26, 2021 | FAIR (

Michael T. Klare (2021-08-27). China, 2049: a Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower. counterpunch.org In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s and 2040s, when Beijing

Editor (2021-08-27). You won't believe the clickbaity chaos of Chinese apps. mronline.org For China's tech companies, user growth is increasingly all about having the pushiest push notifications.

Global Research News (2021-08-27). Selected Articles: CDC Counts People Dying Within 14 Days of Jab as "Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca By It is this oncoming financial meltdown that underlies the war drive against China which certain western geopoliticans …

Anonymous103 (2021-08-27). Ukraine's Threats To Turn To The East Will Not Force Concessions From The West. southfront.org Illustrative ImageUkraine hopes China can alleviate major economic issues. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Since the 2014 Maidan coup, different administrations in Kiev have continued with a single-minded goal — absorbing Ukraine into Western organizations and blocs like NATO and the European Union at the expense of having cordial relations with Russia and China. With this foreign policy, one would expect that a priority would be deepening Ukraine's financial relations with the…

Joshua Cho (2021-08-27). Corporate media politicize WHO investigation on Covid origins to vilify China. mronline.org One key factor in spreading suspicion that the coronavirus might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is media's early and ongoing politicization of the World Health Organization's investigation into the pandemic's origins. Much of this politicization weaponizes Orientalist tropes about China being especially, perhaps genetically, untrustworthy—the sort of people who would unleash COVID-19 on the world.

Peter Koenig (2021-08-27). La OMS culpa a China por el COVID-19: øApoya la aplicación de inyecciones criminales llamadas erróneamente "vacunas"? globalizacion.ca En febrero de 2021, una misión de 4 semanas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a China para estudiar los orígenes de la covid plandemia, llegó a la conclusión de que era poco probable que el virus hubiera…

Rainer Shea (2021-08-27). US Empire Reacts to Afghanistan Loss With Brutality & Terror. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 25, 2021 | As imperialism has run its machinations within the different conditions of the world, it's turned these places into different types of tools for innovating in necro-politics. Israel is the U.S. empire's laboratory in repression, with the brutal anti-Palestinian tactics of the Zionist forces being used to train police in the U.S. and Colombia. Latin America is the empire's laboratory in the paramilitary facets of this repression, with the death squads in countries like Colombia being replicated in domestic U.S. militias like the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters. And Africa i…

Editor (2021-08-27). You won't believe the clickbaity chaos of Chinese apps. mronline.org For China's tech companies, user growth is increasingly all about having the pushiest push notifications.

ecns.cn (2021-08-27). China-Russia drill signals new era in joint exercises: spokesperson. ecns.cn A joint military exercise between China and Russia, code-named ZAPAD/INTERACTION-2021, has charted the course for a new high-point in bilateral relations, opened new horizons for military drills between major countries.

Editor2 (2021-08-27). Vietnam Says it Will Not Side Against China, as US' Kamala Harris Visits. orinocotribune.com ‚Ä¢ Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reassures Chinese envoy before he meets US vice-president during her Asian tour | ‚Ä¢ But Pham says negotiations for a code of conduct on the disputed South China Sea should be stepped up via the Asean bloc | In a meeting on Tuesday…

Michael T. Klare (2021-08-27). China, 2049: a Climate Disaster Zone, Not a Military Superpower. counterpunch.org In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s and 2040s, when Beijing

Joshua Cho (2021-08-27). Corporate media politicize WHO investigation on Covid origins to vilify China. mronline.org One key factor in spreading suspicion that the coronavirus might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is media's early and ongoing politicization of the World Health Organization's investigation into the pandemic's origins. Much of this politicization weaponizes Orientalist tropes about China being especially, perhaps genetically, untrustworthy—the sort of people who would unleash COVID-19 on the world.

Global Research News (2021-08-27). Selected Articles: CDC Counts People Dying Within 14 Days of Jab as "Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca By It is this oncoming financial meltdown that underlies the war drive against China which certain western geopoliticans …

Joshua Cho (2021-08-27). Corporate Media Politicize Who Investigation to Vilify China. orinocotribune.com By Joshua Cho — Aug 26, 2021 | FAIR (

willet (2021-08-27). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-27). Ukraine's Threats To Turn To The East Will Not Force Concessions From The West. southfront.org Illustrative ImageUkraine hopes China can alleviate major economic issues. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Since the 2014 Maidan coup, different administrations in Kiev have continued with a single-minded goal — absorbing Ukraine into Western organizations and blocs like NATO and the European Union at the expense of having cordial relations with Russia and China. With this foreign policy, one would expect that a priority would be deepening Ukraine's financial relations with the…

Peter Koenig (2021-08-27). La OMS culpa a China por el COVID-19: øApoya la aplicación de inyecciones criminales llamadas erróneamente "vacunas"? globalizacion.ca En febrero de 2021, una misión de 4 semanas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) a China para estudiar los orígenes de la covid plandemia, llegó a la conclusión de que era poco probable que el virus hubiera…

Medea Benjamin (2021-08-26). Afghanistan War Is "Cash Cow" for Pentagon. zcomm.org Biden Must End "Delusional" China Rivalry…

| Namepatricia A. O'brien, Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University,, Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University (2021-08-26). ANZUS at 70: Together for decades, US, Australia, New Zealand now face different challenges from China. Patricia A. O'Brien, Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-08-26). The Dangers of Nuclear War: "Global Stability" Requires the Reintroduction of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), with Inclusion of China. globalresearch.ca …

Anonymous103 (2021-08-26). Global Stability Hinges On Reintroduction Of INF With Inclusion Of China. southfront.org Illustrative ImageDoes Biden want the U.S. to return to the INF? | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Even two years after the United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019, some consequences are still being felt today. Washington's unilateral exit has endangered global strategic stability in nuclear security. The INF was a cornerstone in Washington-Moscow relations as it was an effective arms control treaty that helped reduce tensions between the two superp…

Peter Lee (2021-08-26). Birth of the Cruel: How Truckee Pioneered Modern Anti-China Hate. counterpunch.org formation of the Caucasian League, a violent, heavy-drinking secret society dedicated to driving Chinese out of the woodcutting business via a campaign of persuasion that looked a lot like intimidation and terror. In 1878 "somebody" set fire to a woodcutter's cabin on Trout Creek in Truckee and shot at the Chinese rushing out to escape and get water to fight the flames.

Pedro Brieger (2021-08-26). Los Talibán, tan lejos y tan cerca de América Latina. globalizacion.ca Afganistán está muy lejos de América Latina y es uno de los países de Asia Central que menos puntos de contacto tiene con nuestra región ya que ni siquiera hubo corrientes migratorias importantes como las hubo de Ucrania, Rusia, China…

willet (2021-08-26). Germany and Australia to work together on China. indybay.org As part of the Indo-Pacific strategy, Germany is deepening political and military engagement with Australia as its main partner in the region. In recent months, Berlin's more active vector in the Indo-Pacific region has been presented as fully meeting the current and promising challenges from the PRC.

Medea Benjamin (2021-08-26). Afghanistan War Is "Cash Cow" for Pentagon. zcomm.org Biden Must End "Delusional" China Rivalry…

| Namepatricia A. O'brien, Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University,, Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University (2021-08-26). ANZUS at 70: Together for decades, US, Australia, New Zealand now face different challenges from China. Patricia A. O'Brien, Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University

_____ (2021-08-26). Corporate Media Politicize WHO Investigation To Vilify China. popularresistance.org FAIR (10/6/20, 6/28/21) has previously critiqued Western news media's credulous coverage of evidence-free "lab leak" speculations. One key factor in spreading suspicion that the coronavirus might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is media's early and ongoing politicization of the World Health Organization's investigation into the pandemic's origins. Much of this politicization weaponizes Orientalist tropes about China being especially, perhaps genetically, untrustworthy—the sort of people who would unleash Covid-19 on the world. | While no new evidence has emerged suggesting that the v…

Peter Lee (2021-08-26). Birth of the Cruel: How Truckee Pioneered Modern Anti-China Hate. counterpunch.org formation of the Caucasian League, a violent, heavy-drinking secret society dedicated to driving Chinese out of the woodcutting business via a campaign of persuasion that looked a lot like intimidation and terror. In 1878 "somebody" set fire to a woodcutter's cabin on Trout Creek in Truckee and shot at the Chinese rushing out to escape and get water to fight the flames.

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-08-26). The Dangers of Nuclear War: "Global Stability" Requires the Reintroduction of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), with Inclusion of China. globalresearch.ca …

willet (2021-08-26). Germany and Australia to work together on China. indybay.org As part of the Indo-Pacific strategy, Germany is deepening political and military engagement with Australia as its main partner in the region. In recent months, Berlin's more active vector in the Indo-Pacific region has been presented as fully meeting the current and promising challenges from the PRC.

willet (2021-08-26). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.

Pedro Brieger (2021-08-26). Los Talibán, tan lejos y tan cerca de América Latina. globalizacion.ca Afganistán está muy lejos de América Latina y es uno de los países de Asia Central que menos puntos de contacto tiene con nuestra región ya que ni siquiera hubo corrientes migratorias importantes como las hubo de Ucrania, Rusia, China…

teleSUR (2021-08-25). Putin and XI Cooperate To Prevent Risk Expansion in Asia. telesurenglish.net Through a telephone call made on Tuesday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping expressed their willingness to cooperate in the fight against the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking that the political situation in Afghanistan could generate. | RELATED: | "Xi called for concerted efforts to encourage all factions in Afghanistan to build an open and inclusive political structure through consultation,…

Staff (2021-08-25). Medea Benjamin: Afghanistan War Is "Cash Cow" for Pentagon. Biden Must End "Delusional" China Rivalry. democracynow.org We look at the situation in Afghanistan, and pressure on Biden to stay longer, with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who for years has called for an end to the longest war in U.S. history. "We didn't want it to end like this, and there should have been better planning in terms of getting people out of the country, but we were very clear we never wanted the U.S. to go in to begin with," says Benjamin. She also warns the end of the War in Afghanistan will encourage the Biden administration to pour more money and resources into a rivalry with China. "It is a delusional idea that we should be focusing on China as…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-25). UK Believes Russia And China Can Act As "Moderating Influence" Over Taliban. southfront.org Dominic Raab. Illustrative ImageFor London and Washington, the Russian and Chinese posture is a possibility for peace. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Apparently, the future of relations between Afghanistan and the West will depend on the level of influence of Moscow and Beijing over the Central Asian country. In a recent statement, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that his country would have to ask the Russian and Chinese governments…

WSWS (2021-08-25). Afghanistan recriminations, cover up and calls for anti-China offensive in Australia. wsws.org The shock provided by the ignominious collapse of the US puppet regime in Kabul is particularly profound for Australia's capitalist elite.

_____ (2021-08-25). CODEPINK Urges PBS To Stop Censoring The Truth About China. popularresistance.org CODEPINK's letter, with nearly 4,000 signatures, calls on PBS to stop censoring Peter Getzels' and Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn's documentary film Voices from the Frontlines: China's War on Poverty. The letter addresses how PBS is depriving its viewers of opportunities for learning about collective harmony and equality by censoring this documentary and its insight into China's life-saving policies, which took 100 million citizens out of poverty, at a time when poverty, food insecurity, and houselessness are all at record levels in the United States.

C.J. Atkins (2021-08-25). Socialism before shareholders: China reins in big tech's unchecked power. peoplesworld.org Shareholders beware, socialism is back. That's the warning being sounded by stock market analysts and financial advisors to anyone parking their money in Chinese tech stocks. Behind the investor panic is a stepped-up regulatory campaign by the Communist Party of China that aims to combat inequality, lower living costs for working families, impose order on …

teleSUR (2021-08-25). Globalink | China's Top Epidemiologist: China Likely To Achieve Herd Immunity by End of 2021. telesurenglish.net China is likely to achieve effective herd immunity by the end of this year with more than 80 percent of the population vaccinated, China's top epidemiologist has said.

teleSUR (2021-08-25). Australian Cyclist Greco Wins 1st Gold of Tokyo Paralympics. telesurenglish.net Australian cyclist Paige Greco claimed the first gold of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games by winning the women's track cycling C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit event on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Greco covered the distance in three minutes and 50.815 seconds in the final at the Izu Velodrome in Izu of Shizuoka, refreshing the previous C3 class world record of 3: 52.283 she created just hours ago in the qualification. | China's Wang Xiaomei claimed the silver in 3: 54.975, while Ge…

Editor2 (2021-08-25). US Must 'Stop Slinging Mud' at Others Over Virus Origins, Investigate own Labs: China. orinocotribune.com China has called on the United States to stop pointing the accusing finger at other countries over the lab-leaking theory concerning the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, and to investigate its own bio-labs instead. | Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the call on Monday as he stressed that the US side has ignored the conclusion of a joint research report in January by China and the World Health Organization (WHO), which said it was highly unlikely that the virus leaked from a laboratory. | Wenbin censured Washington's slandering of countries over the epidemiological crisis while the US itself…

Michael T. Klare (2021-08-25). The Drawbacks of a Cold War with China in a Hot World. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s …

Karl Grossman (2021-08-25). Insane U.S. Plan to Spend Billions on Weaponizing Space Makes Defense Contractors Jump for Joy—But Rest of World Cowers in Horror at Prospect of New Arms Race Leading to World War III. covertactionmagazine.com Imagine this scenario from the year 2045: The U.S. and China, after years of belligerence, go to war over control …

A Guest Author (2021-08-25). Webinar debunks 'China lab leak' theory. workers.org These excerpts are from a Workers World livestream on Aug. 19, which featured Lee Siu Hin and Sara Flounders. For the full event, wwp.pub/pod or youtu.be/bvWiBVfZnTw. Lee Siu Hin: I was in China in January 2020, when there was a new outbreak from unknown sources causing pneumonia in Wuhan, a . . . |

willet (2021-08-25). US to create new Pacific fleet to deter China. indybay.org The US administration continues to take steps to contain China's influence. This time, the American side is considering the possibility of deploying a permanent group of national Navies in the Pacific Ocean.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-25). China Discovers New Oil Fields Ensuring Its Energy Sector. southfront.org Illustrative Image | PetroChina has discovered a large shale oil field at the Gulong site in the Daqing field in the Songliao Basin in northern China with reserves exceeding 1 billion tons.PetroChina Company Limited is a Chinese oil and gas company and is the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The company is currently Asia's largest oil and gas producer and was China's second biggest oil producer in 2006. Traded in Hong Kong and New York, the ma…

WSWS (2021-08-25). Afghanistan recriminations, cover up and calls for anti-China offensive in Australia. wsws.org The shock provided by the ignominious collapse of the US puppet regime in Kabul is particularly profound for Australia's capitalist elite.

_____ (2021-08-25). CODEPINK Urges PBS To Stop Censoring The Truth About China. popularresistance.org CODEPINK's letter, with nearly 4,000 signatures, calls on PBS to stop censoring Peter Getzels' and Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn's documentary film Voices from the Frontlines: China's War on Poverty. The letter addresses how PBS is depriving its viewers of opportunities for learning about collective harmony and equality by censoring this documentary and its insight into China's life-saving policies, which took 100 million citizens out of poverty, at a time when poverty, food insecurity, and houselessness are all at record levels in the United States.

Staff (2021-08-25). Medea Benjamin: Afghanistan War Is "Cash Cow" for Pentagon. Biden Must End "Delusional" China Rivalry. democracynow.org We look at the situation in Afghanistan, and pressure on Biden to stay longer, with CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who for years has called for an end to the longest war in U.S. history. "We didn't want it to end like this, and there should have been better planning in terms of getting people out of the country, but we were very clear we never wanted the U.S. to go in to begin with," says Benjamin. She also warns the end of the War in Afghanistan will encourage the Biden administration to pour more money and resources into a rivalry with China. "It is a delusional idea that we should be focusing on China as…

Anonymous103 (2021-08-25). UK Believes Russia And China Can Act As "Moderating Influence" Over Taliban. southfront.org Dominic Raab. Illustrative ImageFor London and Washington, the Russian and Chinese posture is a possibility for peace. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Apparently, the future of relations between Afghanistan and the West will depend on the level of influence of Moscow and Beijing over the Central Asian country. In a recent statement, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that his country would have to ask the Russian and Chinese governments…

Karl Grossman (2021-08-25). Insane U.S. Plan to Spend Billions on Weaponizing Space Makes Defense Contractors Jump for Joy—But Rest of World Cowers in Horror at Prospect of New Arms Race Leading to World War III. covertactionmagazine.com Imagine this scenario from the year 2045: The U.S. and China, after years of belligerence, go to war over control …

Editor2 (2021-08-25). US Must 'Stop Slinging Mud' at Others Over Virus Origins, Investigate own Labs: China. orinocotribune.com China has called on the United States to stop pointing the accusing finger at other countries over the lab-leaking theory concerning the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, and to investigate its own bio-labs instead. | Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the call on Monday as he stressed that the US side has ignored the conclusion of a joint research report in January by China and the World Health Organization (WHO), which said it was highly unlikely that the virus leaked from a laboratory. | Wenbin censured Washington's slandering of countries over the epidemiological crisis while the US itself…

Michael T. Klare (2021-08-25). The Drawbacks of a Cold War with China in a Hot World. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of the U.S., than the world they foresee in the 2030s …

Anonymous103 (2021-08-25). China Discovers New Oil Fields Ensuring Its Energy Sector. southfront.org Illustrative Image | PetroChina has discovered a large shale oil field at the Gulong site in the Daqing field in the Songliao Basin in northern China with reserves exceeding 1 billion tons.PetroChina Company Limited is a Chinese oil and gas company and is the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The company is currently Asia's largest oil and gas producer and was China's second biggest oil producer in 2006. Traded in Hong Kong and New York, the ma…

willet (2021-08-25). USA wants its corporations to ditch China. indybay.org The leadership of the United States again raised the issue of the Uyghurs and attempted to provoke an "allergic reaction" of Beijing. The economic agenda goes in parallel with it.

willet (2021-08-25). US to create new Pacific fleet to deter China. indybay.org The US administration continues to take steps to contain China's influence. This time, the American side is considering the possibility of deploying a permanent group of national Navies in the Pacific Ocean.

willet (2021-08-25). Germany and Australia to work together on China. indybay.org As part of the Indo-Pacific strategy, Germany is deepening political and military engagement with Australia as its main partner in the region. In recent months, Berlin's more active vector in the Indo-Pacific region has been presented as fully meeting the current and promising challenges from the PRC.

sputniknews (2021-08-24). China, Iran Step in to Aid Afghanistan as US Freezes Kabul's Foreign Assets After Taliban Takeover. sputniknews.com The runaway governor of Afghanistan's central bank has warned of risks of inflation on food and other items as well as currency depreciation in the country owing to the US decision to freeze $9 billion worth of Kabul's foreign assets and suspension of dollar payments to the nation. The American decision comes after the Taliban's* takeover of Kabul.

Editor2 (2021-08-24). Afghan Holocaust — The Awful Truth Versus US Alliance Lies. orinocotribune.com By Dr Gideon Polya — Aug 22, 2021 | The 20 year Afghan War has ended and the war criminal US, UK, NATO and Australian invaders have all but left a devastated land. The Indigenous Afghan Taliban rapidly and peacefully took over all of formerly Occupied Afghanistan as the collaborator government collapsed and the US-trained Afghan forces offered no resistance. A peaceful, liberated Afghanistan hopefully faces a brighter future with the help of its Muslim neighbours, China, Russia and the rest of the civilized world. | The utterly mendacious and racist US and US-dominated Western Mainstream media trumpet a dish…

_____ (2021-08-24). Is a Cold War With China Still Possible in This Overheating World? commondreams.org "There is no place in the United States where you shouldn't be resetting your expectations about Mother Nature disrupting your life," said one expert.

_____ (2021-08-24). LGBTQ+ Immigrants Must Be Released from Detention. commondreams.org In 2049 China will be a climate disaster zone, not a military superpower.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-24). QUAD Exercises To Focus On How To Destroy Sea Cables Worth Trillions To Global Economy. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe white paper urged QUAD members to "challenge China's growth" in maritime cable networks. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | On Monday, a report by a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) task force suggested that during the annual Malabar training off the U.S.-controlled island complex of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, "attacks on submarines cables as part of naval exercises" should be carried out. Fiber optic undersea cables are the backbone of…

Tom Engelhardt (2021-08-24). Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is a Cold War Still Possible in an Overheating World? warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think of it as an irony of the first order that Joe Biden's foreign-policy team came into office promoting new cold-war policies against the rising power on this planet, China. After all, even if it is that, it's …

ecns.cn (2021-08-24). China's inactivated vaccines effective against Delta variant: Singaporean media. ecns.cn China's inactivated vaccines can provide excellent protection from severe symptoms caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19, a Singaporean newspaper has cited a latest research report as saying.

Moderator (2021-08-24). Is a Chinese Cold War Still Possible in an Overheating World? scheerpost.com Laizhou Bay, located on the southern shores of the Bohai Sea, on the east coast of mainland China. [ By In recent months, Washington has had a lot to say about China's ever-expanding air, naval, and missile power. But when Pentagon officials address the topic, they generally speak less about that country's current capabilities, which remain vastly inferior to those of t…

Rainer Shea (2021-08-24). The US Empire Wants to Make Climate-Induced Collapse of Civilization Inevitable. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 19, 2021 | The breakdown of civilization is not inevitable. Socialist China has shown this throughout the pandemic, when it's

Anonymous007 (2021-08-24). Russia, China And Iran To Hold Joint Military Drills In The Coming Months. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia said it will hold joint maritime exercises with China and Iran in the coming months, in an announcement timed to show support from Moscow and Beijing to Tehran. | Russia's ambassador to Tehran, Levan Dzhagaryan, said the drills would be held in the Persian Gulf in late 2021 or early 2022."The annual joint naval exercises CHIRU will be held in the Persian Gulf region," Dzhagaryan was quoted by Russian Sputnik news agency as saying. "Russian, Iranian and Chinese warships are taking part…

sputniknews (2021-08-24). China, Iran Step in to Aid Afghanistan as US Freezes Kabul's Foreign Assets After Taliban Takeover. sputniknews.com The runaway governor of Afghanistan's central bank has warned of risks of inflation on food and other items as well as currency depreciation in the country owing to the US decision to freeze $9 billion worth of Kabul's foreign assets and suspension of dollar payments to the nation. The American decision comes after the Taliban's* takeover of Kabul.

Editor2 (2021-08-24). Afghan Holocaust — The Awful Truth Versus US Alliance Lies. orinocotribune.com By Dr Gideon Polya — Aug 22, 2021 | The 20 year Afghan War has ended and the war criminal US, UK, NATO and Australian invaders have all but left a devastated land. The Indigenous Afghan Taliban rapidly and peacefully took over all of formerly Occupied Afghanistan as the collaborator government collapsed and the US-trained Afghan forces offered no resistance. A peaceful, liberated Afghanistan hopefully faces a brighter future with the help of its Muslim neighbours, China, Russia and the rest of the civilized world. | The utterly mendacious and racist US and US-dominated Western Mainstream media trumpet a dish…

willet (2021-08-24). US to create new Pacific fleet to deter China. indybay.org The US administration continues to take steps to contain China's influence. This time, the American side is considering the possibility of deploying a permanent group of national Navies in the Pacific Ocean.

Tom Engelhardt (2021-08-24). Tomgram: Michael Klare, Is a Cold War Still Possible in an Overheating World? warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think of it as an irony of the first order that Joe Biden's foreign-policy team came into office promoting new cold-war policies against the rising power on this planet, China. After all, even if it is that, it's …

willet (2021-08-24). Germany and Australia to work together on China. indybay.org As part of the Indo-Pacific strategy, Germany is deepening political and military engagement with Australia as its main partner in the region. In recent months, Berlin's more active vector in the Indo-Pacific region has been presented as fully meeting the current and promising challenges from the PRC.

Anonymous007 (2021-08-24). Russia, China And Iran To Hold Joint Military Drills In The Coming Months. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russia said it will hold joint maritime exercises with China and Iran in the coming months, in an announcement timed to show support from Moscow and Beijing to Tehran. | Russia's ambassador to Tehran, Levan Dzhagaryan, said the drills would be held in the Persian Gulf in late 2021 or early 2022."The annual joint naval exercises CHIRU will be held in the Persian Gulf region," Dzhagaryan was quoted by Russian Sputnik news agency as saying. "Russian, Iranian and Chinese warships are taking part…

ecns.cn (2021-08-24). China's inactivated vaccines effective against Delta variant: Singaporean media. ecns.cn China's inactivated vaccines can provide excellent protection from severe symptoms caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19, a Singaporean newspaper has cited a latest research report as saying.

Yanis Iqbal (2021-08-23). Why Regionalism Is Important for Afghanistan. towardfreedom.org As the Taliban retakes control of Afghanistan, China and Russia won't make timid pleas to Washington to | place forces on the ground in the country. The militarist path has been deemed a flawed move by both sides. In the coming days, the Sino-Russian bloc will likely prioritize political solutions, thereby promoting a more proactive position for the SCO and emphasizing the importance of regional frameworks.

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-23). Afghanistan and the new Cold War. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpted from Strategic withdrawal: an Afghan tragedy by Professor Nursin Atesoglu Guney on the Anadolu Agency website today. Afghanistan in the new Cold War The geopolitical rivalry between Russia, China, and the United States had begun in the Eastern Mediterranean, and a second front had been established in the Black Sea and the Caucasus. It …

_____ (2021-08-23). A 'Strategic Apocalypse' in Afghanistan: A Seismic Shift, Years in the Making. strategic-culture.org China is more determined to shape the region than many analysts realise, Alastair Crooke writes. | A huge geo-political event has just occurred in Afghanistan: The implosion of a key western strategy for managing what Mackinder, in the 19th century, called the Asian heartland. That it was accomplished, without fighting, and in few days, is almost unprecedented. | It has been a shock. Not just one of those ephemeral shocks that is soon forgotten, but a deeply traumatic one. Unlike the psychological impact of 9/11, the western world is treating the experience as mourning for the loss of 'a loved one'. There have be…

John V. Walsh (2021-08-23). After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, Is It Credible to Trust the Intel Agencies on Wuhan? counterpunch.org "Surely, President Biden, you must be joking"! On May 26, these words should have poured forth from the White House Press Corps and the mainstream Commentariat when Joe Biden declared that he was placing the question of Covid-19's origins securely in the hands of the "National Intel Agencies." They were to report back in 90

_____ (2021-08-23). Learn From The East — A Major Lesson Of The Pandemic. popularresistance.org The world is now in the throes of another wave of Covid-19, with another surge in infections, sickness and deaths, this time due to the more infectious and apparently more lethal Delta variant. | Are there lessons to be learned from the previous waves of Covid-19 that might help us now? | There are, and they were evident long ago, but in the West, they have been largely ignored. Up to now, for example, the US has suffered over 617,000 deaths; China in contrast has suffered fewer than 5,000 deaths in a population four times as large as the US. Could there not be some lessons that might serve us in the West now and…

Frank Scott (2021-08-23). Lesser Evil Politics Assure Greater Evil Economics. dissidentvoice.org A new American president is presenting a program for renewal of human values in the marketplace unheard of since the 1930s but still projecting American military domination and environmental destruction far beyond the awareness of most Americans. Continued insistence that Russia and China are major global threats to everyone and not just American monopoly capitalists …

Anonymous103 (2021-08-23). US Unintentionally Helped China On Its Path To Become Leading Chip Manufacturer. southfront.org Illustrative ImageChina massively invests in semiconductor technology. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | China's semiconductor (computer chip) industry has increased its output, especially in the first seven months of this year. Since January, integrated circuit production grew by 47.3%, mostly due to the global semiconductor shortage that started in the second half of 2020. This shortage has significantly affected Chinese industries. However, this shortage, coupled with U.S. sanctio…

Danny Haiphong (2021-08-23). Counter Western bias against China by remembering Peter Norman's solidarity. mronline.org International media engaged in Sinophobic rhetoric during the recent Olympic games in Tokyo.

Editor2 (2021-08-23). Venezuela: Satellites, Space Activities and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Estevan Hernandez — Aug 17, 2021 | The following article was written following a Party for Socialism and Liberation delegation to the recently held Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World held in Caracas, Venezuela. The delegation participated in a tour of the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities center in Caracas (ABAE). | After much investment, determination, and assistance from other countries, particularly China, Venezuela now manages the Simon Bolivar, Miranda and Sucre satellites. The technological advancements and the space program are a massive achievement necessary for formerly-coloni…

Pepe Escobar (2021-08-23). How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban. zcomm.org What matters is that Russia-China are way ahead of the curve, cultivating parallel inside tracks of diplomatic dialogue with the Taliban…

Yanis Iqbal (2021-08-23). Why Regionalism Is Important for Afghanistan. towardfreedom.org As the Taliban retakes control of Afghanistan, China and Russia won't make timid pleas to Washington to | place forces on the ground in the country. The militarist path has been deemed a flawed move by both sides. In the coming days, the Sino-Russian bloc will likely prioritize political solutions, thereby promoting a more proactive position for the SCO and emphasizing the importance of regional frameworks.

John V. Walsh (2021-08-23). After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, Is It Credible to Trust the Intel Agencies on Wuhan? counterpunch.org "Surely, President Biden, you must be joking"! On May 26, these words should have poured forth from the White House Press Corps and the mainstream Commentariat when Joe Biden declared that he was placing the question of Covid-19's origins securely in the hands of the "National Intel Agencies." They were to report back in 90

_____ (2021-08-23). Learn From The East — A Major Lesson Of The Pandemic. popularresistance.org The world is now in the throes of another wave of Covid-19, with another surge in infections, sickness and deaths, this time due to the more infectious and apparently more lethal Delta variant. | Are there lessons to be learned from the previous waves of Covid-19 that might help us now? | There are, and they were evident long ago, but in the West, they have been largely ignored. Up to now, for example, the US has suffered over 617,000 deaths; China in contrast has suffered fewer than 5,000 deaths in a population four times as large as the US. Could there not be some lessons that might serve us in the West now and…

Danny Haiphong (2021-08-23). Counter Western bias against China by remembering Peter Norman's solidarity. mronline.org International media engaged in Sinophobic rhetoric during the recent Olympic games in Tokyo.

Frank Scott (2021-08-23). Lesser Evil Politics Assure Greater Evil Economics. dissidentvoice.org A new American president is presenting a program for renewal of human values in the marketplace unheard of since the 1930s but still projecting American military domination and environmental destruction far beyond the awareness of most Americans. Continued insistence that Russia and China are major global threats to everyone and not just American monopoly capitalists …

willet (2021-08-23). US to create new Pacific fleet to deter China. indybay.org The US administration continues to take steps to contain China's influence. This time, the American side is considering the possibility of deploying a permanent group of national Navies in the Pacific Ocean.

Pepe Escobar (2021-08-23). How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban. zcomm.org What matters is that Russia-China are way ahead of the curve, cultivating parallel inside tracks of diplomatic dialogue with the Taliban…

Editor2 (2021-08-23). Venezuela: Satellites, Space Activities and the Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Estevan Hernandez — Aug 17, 2021 | The following article was written following a Party for Socialism and Liberation delegation to the recently held Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World held in Caracas, Venezuela. The delegation participated in a tour of the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities center in Caracas (ABAE). | After much investment, determination, and assistance from other countries, particularly China, Venezuela now manages the Simon Bolivar, Miranda and Sucre satellites. The technological advancements and the space program are a massive achievement necessary for formerly-coloni…

Chris Devonshire-Ellis (2021-08-22). The Afghanistan-China Belt and Road Initiative. globalresearch.ca

scorinoco (2021-08-22). The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Back with a Bang. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Aug 16, 2021 | The US "loss" of Afghanistan is a repositioning and the new mission is not a "war on terror," but Russia and China. | Wait until the war is over | And we're both a little older | The unknown soldier | Breakfast where the news is read | Television children fed | Unborn living, living, dead | Bullet strikes the helmet's head | And it's all over | For the unknown soldier | (The Doors, "The Unknown Soldier") | In the end, the

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-22). Missile Defense Agency wants mobile interceptor missile system against Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from a feature in Defense News, a non-governmental news site. Missile Defense Agency director wants less complex, more mobile Aegis Ashore The Missile Defense Agency director says he'd like to see the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system….become a less complex and more mobile asset. The U.S. has had a fully operational Aegis Ashore …

Chris Devonshire-Ellis (2021-08-22). The Afghanistan-China Belt and Road Initiative. globalresearch.ca

scorinoco (2021-08-22). The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Back with a Bang. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Aug 16, 2021 | The US "loss" of Afghanistan is a repositioning and the new mission is not a "war on terror," but Russia and China. | Wait until the war is over | And we're both a little older | The unknown soldier | Breakfast where the news is read | Television children fed | Unborn living, living, dead | Bullet strikes the helmet's head | And it's all over | For the unknown soldier | (The Doors, "The Unknown Soldier") | In the end, the

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-22). Missile Defense Agency wants mobile interceptor missile system against Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from a feature in Defense News, a non-governmental news site. Missile Defense Agency director wants less complex, more mobile Aegis Ashore The Missile Defense Agency director says he'd like to see the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system….become a less complex and more mobile asset. The U.S. has had a fully operational Aegis Ashore …

Dongsheng News (2021-08-21). News on China | No. 64. dissidentvoice.org In episode 64: The United States disengages from Afghanistan, its image in tatters. China, on the other hand, stays engaged. The disinformation campaign in Xinjiang has negatively impacted western corporations who played along with the disinformation. Chinese technology continues to advance in AI. Chinese show a high regard for their cultural heritage.

_____ (2021-08-21). Invitation to a Fiasco: U.S. Policy Toward China and Iran. strategic-culture.org By Eve OTTENBERG | U.S. foreign policy since World War II has been a screaming disaster. Coups, regime change operations and CIA-sponsored slaughters drowned the globe in blood. So did imperial wars, from Korea to Vietnam to Afghanistan to Iraq — all of which, incidentally, were lost. Washington's pursuit of its "interests" inexcusably piled tens of millions of corpses to the heavens. So when Biden, early in his presidency, cited those interests as guides to his foreign policy, it was only natural to expect the worst. | That expectation has proved correct, except for the military withdrawal from Afghanistan…

John Ross (2021-08-21). World mobilises against the U.S. on Cuba—including China. mronline.org Cuba is a small country. But because it became in 1959 the first country in the Western hemisphere to thoroughly break with U.S. domination, and embark on a path of national independence, events concerning Cuba have a geopolitical significance many times greater than its size. Present events show that this continues to be the case.

ecns.cn (2021-08-21). COVID-19 lab leak theory "extremely unlikely": virologist. ecns.cn The theory that scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology engineered SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was extremely unlikely, reported the South China Morning Post on Friday.

ecns.cn (2021-08-21). Over 1,600 internet hospitals established in China. ecns.cn Over 1,600 internet hospitals have been established in China so far, and nearly 49 million people took online diagnosis and treatment in 2020 with the prevalence of online healthcare service, according to an official of the National Health Commission.

Staff (2021-08-21). Russia's talks with Taliban are latest proof Moscow's foreign policy is non-ideological. The West could learn a lesson from that. rt.com Both Russia and China are pursuing a strategy of engaging with the Taliban. While some politicians and commentators insist this is a global threat, the reality is that constructive talks are now more likely to bring stability. | Winston Churchill famously defined Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Its unique history and geography have obviously produced a distinctive political culture, but Western efforts to mystify Russia also have the effect of drawing a dividing line between the rational and predictable 'us' versus the irrational and unpredictable 'other' — Moscow. | As a res…

Peter Koenig (2021-08-21). The WHO Blames China for Covid-19. The WHO Is Supporting Criminal Injections Falsely Called Vaccines? globalresearch.ca If WHO were seriously interested in the health of people Worldwide, it would investigate the so-called vaccines, which in fact are not vaccines, but at best "experimental gene therapies"

Willem Marten Lijfering (2021-08-21). [Correspondence] Revisiting the evidence for physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection. thelancet.com Derek Chu and colleagues' 2020 meta-analysis1 was epidemiologically flawed. In a comparison of countries where face mask wearing was mandatory (eg, China) with countries where it was not (eg, Italy), they find a lower rate of COVID-19 in countries where masks were mandatory.1 Many variables can explain such a finding, so it is clearly a case of correlation not causation. The only country-wide study included in the meta-analysis that investigated whether face mask wearing protects against COVID-19 was from China.

WSWS (2021-08-21). Scientific health policies contain delta variant outbreak in China. wsws.org US and European media that oppose scientific social-distancing policies at home have responded with calls for Beijing to abandon attempts to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-21). Biden to nominate ex-NATO envoy ambassador to China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com I was to have debated Burns ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago in 2012 before his announced appearance was cancelled. "Rozoff and a representative of Iraq Veterans Against the War will take the anti-NATO position in a debate with former Undersecretary of State R. Nicholas Burns and NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary James Appathurai at …