(2021-08-03). U.S. Politicizing Covid Pandemic to Incriminate China Is Self-Defeating. dissidentvoice.org The United States is losing the ability for rational political debate and respect for science. Politicians, media and public discourse have been infected by lies, conspiracies, racial stereotyping of nations like China, and rampant hostility. The World Health Organization seems to have succumbed to U.S. pressure to falsely incriminate China over the Covid-19 global pandemic. …
(2021-08-03). The Eradication Of Extreme Poverty In China. popularresistance.org On 25 February 2021, the Chinese government announced that extreme poverty had been abolished in China, a country of 1.4 billion people. This historic victory is a culmination of a seven-decade-long process that began with the Chinese Revolution of 1949. The early decades of socialist construction laid the foundation that was deepened during the reform and opening-up period. During this time, 850 million Chinese people were lifted and lifted themselves out of poverty; that is to say, 70 percent of the world's total poverty reduction took place in China. In the most recent 'targeted' phase that began in 2013, the…
(2021-08-03). Immigrant Detention in Louisiana Is Just Next Chapter of State's Prison Culture. latinorebels.com Louisiana has a long history of being the world's prison capital. This one U.S. southern state once surpassed entire countries with the number of prisons they host. Yes, Louisiana has more prisons than countries like Iran, China, and Germany, to just name a few. For example, one of Louisiana's notorious prisons —Angola State Prison— was …
(2021-08-03). The Heat: U.S. bars investments in 59 Chinese companies. america.cgtn.com 
Washington bars U.S. investment in dozens of Chinese companies. Beijing says it opposes the U.S. politicizing economic and trade issues. We'll discuss what this means for China-U.S. relations.
(2021-08-03). The U.S. Will Continue to Confront China and the Chances of Explosion Are Rising. strategic-culture.org U.S. provocations in the East are likely to continue and only Beijing knows how much more it will take before there is an explosion. | In July there were senior representatives of the Washington Administration bouncing about the globe like a bunch of ping-pong balls, lecturing in one place, suborning in another and announcing everywhere that the U.S. wants a "Rules-Based International Order", as Secretary of State Blinken Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was one of the bou…
(2021-08-03). Money, Threats, And Military Power. strategic-culture.org Top military brass demand more and more funding without any real improvements in our armed forces' fighting power. | By Douglas MACGREGOR | If Americans pause to listen to the nation's four star generals and admirals testify on the Hill or speak in public, it sounds as though the senior military leaders are asking for a fight with China, Russia, Iran, and any number of countries in Africa, the Near East, or Latin America. But that's not actually the case. | America's senior military leaders are really just asking for more money. They know that big defense budgets channel defense dollars to campaign donors, con…
(2021-08-03). US Hopes To Turn Philippines Into Military Outpost Aimed Against China. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImagePhilippines renews the VFA with the U.S. but wants balanced relations with China. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst. | On July 29, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte decided to cancel his plans to end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) — an important defense treaty with the United States. He said that the legal conditions for the temporary U.S. military presence in the Philippines has existed since 1998, on which the two sides conducted joint exercises on l…
(2021-08-03). China se pelea con los estándares socioambientales en América Latina. globalizacion.ca En el sudeste de México, el Parque Fotovoltaico Yucatán Solar, de la empresa china Jinko Solar, está detenido desde 2020 por falta de una apropiada consulta indígena, después que pobladores afectados interpusieron un amparo contra el proyecto. En febrero de…
(2021-08-03). VIDEO: The US Will Continue to Confront China and the Chances of Explosion Are Rising. strategic-culture.org Why is there an ever growing tension between Beijing and Washington? As they say, presidents change but U.S. foreign policy remains the same. Watch the video and read more in
(2021-08-03). Simple Intervention Motivates Expectant Fathers to Quit Smoking. jamanetwork.com Fathers-to-be who used cigarettes were nearly twice as likely to quit after receiving brief advice on the dangers of secondhand smoking along with a sample of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and a referral to cessation services, according to trial results in JAMA Internal Medicine. The multisite study took place in Hong Kong, where nearly 30% of men with newborns smoke.
(2021-08-02). Headlines for August 2, 2021. democracynow.org Millions Could Face Eviction as Congress Fails to Extend Moratorium, "Things Are Going to Get Worse": Fauci Warns Nation as COVID Cases Surge, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan Battle Delta Variant, Eight Die in Southwestern Turkey as 100 Wildfires Burn, Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Displaced By Mass Flooding in Bangladesh, U.S.: 91 Large Wildfires Burn in Western States, Trump to DOJ: "Just Say the Election was Corrupt + Leave the Rest to Me", Rep. McCarthy: "It Will Be Hard Not to Hit" Pelosi With Gavel, Taliban Launches Attacks on Three Afghan Provincial Capitals, Iran Denies Responsibility For Attack on Isra…
(2021-08-02). German warship to join NATO allies in the South China Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The German frigate will arrive in the South China Sea shortly after a visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and its strike group, which includes an American guided-missile destroyer and a Dutch frigate — both recently in the Black Sea for anti-Russian war games there. Let's see if we can connect the dots. German …
(2021-08-02). Russia and China: Geopolitical Rivals and Competitors in Africa. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-02). Building a peace-loving world-class military. ecns.cn When extremely heavy rainstorms devastated central China in July, it was hard not to notice the troops of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on dams, reservoirs and riverbanks — the most dangerous areas in the battle against floods.
(2021-08-02). Cooperating to trace COVID-19 origins shared responsibilities for countries: Chinese ambassador. ecns.cn "Cooperating on tracing the origins of the virus is everyone's responsibility," and such research should be conducted worldwide, China's Ambassador to Italy Li Junhua has written.
(2021-08-02). Russia conducts military drills in Central Asia and China as US completes troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. wsws.org As talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government have stalled and amid preparations for military drills, both Moscow and Beijing welcomed Taliban delegations in July.
(2021-08-02). China's domestic vaccines still effective against Delta variant: newspaper. ecns.cn The vaccine doses currently being administered across China continue to demonstrate good preventive and protective effects against the COVID-19 Delta variant, China Daily reported Monday.
(2021-08-02). The Most Influential Trader In Crypto, Sam Trabucco, Works With FTX Exchange: Some See Manipulation. moguldom.com 
Crypto market participants suggest that Hong Kong-based trading brokerage Alameda Research and its trading partner, crypto exchange FTX, are using insider information to trade digital assets — something that is punishable by fines and incarceration in regulated financial markets. Alameda — considered one of the top firms of its kind in the world — and FTX, a …
(2021-08-02). Swiss scientist says Chinese lab leak theory political in nature. ecns.cn The accusation that the COVID-19 virus leaked from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan is "more political in nature," Didier Pittet, a leading infectious diseases expert at Geneva University Hospitals, has said.
(2021-08-02). Imperial, HKU and Peking University announce chemistry research collaboration. imperial.ac.uk Three leading institutions in London, Hong Kong and Beijing will drive research and innovation in synthetic chemistry and chemical biology.