(2021-08-05). China Calls US Sanctions Against Cuba 'Harassment'. orinocotribune.com China labeled the US sanctions on the Cuban police and its officials a demonstration of harassment and double standards on the part of the United States government. China also urged countries around the world to help Cuba in the same way as many countries, including China, have done in recent days, with donations of food, medicines, medical equipment, and fuel. | Through a statement released on Wednesday, August 4, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its firm condemnation of the imposition of arbitrary and unilateral measures by the US administration and the interference in the internal affairs of a…
(2021-08-05). Headlines for August 5, 2021. democracynow.org WHO Calls for Moratorium on Third Doses Amid Stark Global Vaccine Inequity, Amid Soaring Profits, Moderna and Pfizer to Raise COVID-19 Vaccine Prices , Over Half of China's Provinces Log New COVID Cases; Tokyo Olympics Registers Worst Daily Toll, Illinois Issues Mask Mandate for Schools; Arkansas Governor Regrets Signing Anti-Mask Bill, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Bans Mask Mandates, Blames Immigrants & Biden for Record COVID Surge, Landlords Ask Federal Judge to Block Biden CDC's New Eviction Moratorium, Protesters in Lebanon Demand Justice on First Anniversary of Beirut Port Explosion, Unfolding Climate Crisis Fu…
(2021-08-05). Security U.S. Fears of China Nuclear Expansion… Déjà Vu of Soviet Missile Gap Hype. dissidentvoice.org China is providing the equivalent scaremongering of the Soviet "missile gap" in order to sustain America's militarist-dependent capitalist economy. Media reports from the U.S. this week — regurgitated by the European press — highlighted concerns that China is embarking on a massive scale-up of underground silos for launching nuclear weapons. Hundreds of silos are alleged …
(2021-08-05). China Eradicates Absolute Poverty While Billionaires Go for a Joyride to Space. dissidentvoice.org 
Women who migrated to the Wangjia community participate in local activities at the community centre in Tongren City, Guizhou Province, April 2021. Confounding news comes from the flagship World Economic Outlook report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The report highlights many of the pressing issues facing our planet: disruptions in the global supply chain, …
(2021-08-05). What electric vehicle manufacturers can learn from China — their biggest market. juancole.com 
By Youlin Huang, David Tyfield, Didier Soopramanien, and Lixian Qian | — Despite the pandemic, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased by 43% in 2020. Total EV sales in China were 1.3 million, an increase of 8% compared to 2019, and 41% of all EVs sold worldwide. Though Europe sold more than China for …
(2021-08-05). History of the Communist Party of China (CCP). globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-05). The Extended Afghanistan Peace Troika: US, Russia, China, Pakistan. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-05). Phylogeographic Mapping of Newly Discovered Coronaviruses Pinpoints the Direct Progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 as Originating from Mojiang, China. counterpunch.org Back in March, the World Health Organisation's report on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic coronavirus confirmed something that had long been widely presumed. Since the pandemic began, there has been an enormous virus hunt in China. The purpose of this hunt has been to find the viruses intermediate between SARS-CoV-2 and its coronavirus relatives
(2021-08-05). Xinjiang residents refute accusations of human rights violations. ecns.cn Residents of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have hit back at accusations of human rights violations, saying some Western countries' claims of "genocide" or "forced labor" are fabricated.
(2021-08-05). India And China Making Significant Progress In Easing Tensions On The Border. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageAn Indian-Chinese rapprochement will weaken U.S. ambitions to contain China. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | India and China are close to reaching an agreement on the disarmament of troops in the Ladakh region. Following the 12th round of China-India border talks, it was agreed that dialogue on de-escalating the de facto Line of Control will continue. Discussions took place on July 30, lasting nine hours, but the final statement from the two sides was published days…
(2021-08-05). The US-Japanese Alliance Against China Risks World War. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2021-08-05). The Heat: Coronavirus Pandemic and Politics. america.cgtn.com 
From the origins of the virus, and allegations over a "lab leak" in Wuhan, the United States continues to question China's role and Beijing has pushed back hard on that. China says the novel coronavirus origin-tracking work should be treated as a scientific issue, not a political one.
(2021-08-05). Meng extradition case concluding. ecns.cn Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was back in British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver on Wednesday for the final stretch of extradition proceedings that could send her to the U.S.
(2021-08-05). U.S. closure of Fort Detrick lab not coincidental: expert. ecns.cn The sudden shutdown of the Fort Detrick lab in the United States and the pneumonia outbreak that followed are far from coincidental and should be studied in the scope of the ongoing investigation into the pandemic's origins, a Russian political observer has said.
(2021-08-05). Why investigating U.S. EVALI outbreak important in COVID-19 origin-tracing?>. ecns.cn Amid global efforts in tracing the COVID-19 origins, the connection between the coronavirus and an outbreak of e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI) cases in the U.S. in August, 2019 has raised many concerns.
(2021-08-05). Comicomment: In origin tracing, U.S. leads a 'blaming chorus'. ecns.cn The COVID-19 origin tracing is a serious scientific issue that must be studied by scientists and medical experts around the world through cooperation. However, some U.S. politicians placed their hope on the intelligence community, trying to answer a science question with political means.
(2021-08-05). French biosecurity expert dismisses Wuhan "lab leak" theory. ecns.cn "The theory that the virus escaped from the Wuhan lab is not credible," a French biosecurity expert who had monitored the construction of the Biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Virology has said recently in reference to COVID-19.
(2021-08-05). Shifting blame reflects selfishness of U.S. ecns.cn Recently, the U.S. has led several countries and media outlets in hyping up the claim that the novel coronavirus was the result of a "lab leak".
(2021-08-05). Iran lodges protest to IMO over rising rhetoric. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Ambassador to the UK Mohsen Baharvand has penned a letter to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to protest the rhetoric recently raised against Tehran after suspicious incidents with tankers in Persian Gulf.
(2021-08-05). Embassy urges caution against false flag operations in region. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Embassy in London reviewed the recent days' propaganda against Iran, urging vigilance against false flag operations in the Persian Gulf region.
(2021-08-05). Secret deal between U.S. Fort Detrick, Japanese germ warfare unit revealed. ecns.cn The United States pardoned members of a notorious Japanese germ warfare unit after World War II in exchange for their data on biological weapons, research by a Chinese historian has revealed.
(2021-08-04). Israeli warplanes pound southern Lebanon, as IDF vows to 'continue & intensify' retaliation to rocket fire (VIDEO). rt.com 
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanese territory, calling them retaliation for cross-border rocket attacks after earlier firing scores of artillery rounds in response. | The IDF Video footage has circulated online purporting to show the IDF strikes in progress. | BREAKING…
(2021-08-04). U.S. habitually ignores adverse int'l rulings: media. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, which has lectured China about respecting a so-called arbitral tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, is in itself a breacher of the international rule of law.
(2021-08-04). China doesn't want a new Cold War. peoplesworld.org 
With all of the saber-rattling directed at China these days, it's important to get a clear picture of what the U.S. foreign policy elite and their Chinese counterparts are thinking regarding that nation's unprecedented rise on the global stage. Their perspectives on the Communist Party of China, the country's continued economic expansion and growing military …
(2021-08-04). Global capitalism: The challenge of China. canadiandimension.com 
According to University of Massachusetts professor Richard Wolff, China's rise is unmistakable and one of the most important developments in recent economic history. Photo from iStock. | In this month's lecture for
(2021-08-04). Party Over in China as Communist Party Takes Back Control. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-04). China reforms take on Big Tech. workers.org 
Over the past several months, the Western media have grown increasingly alarmed over reforms in China that significantly rein in private capital and strengthen the public sector. These reforms primarily target the tech industry, which has grown tremendously in size and power over recent decades. Western capitalist countries also grapple . . . |
(2021-08-04). China's Post-Pandemic Growth: Reaching Out and Developing Internal Markets and Well-being. dissidentvoice.org "Post-Pandemic" for many countries, especially western countries, is a dream. The west will have to wake up fast, if it doesn't want to fall prey to a destructive plan of chaos, unemployment, bankruptcies, and, yes, famine — shifting of capital from the bottom and the middle to the top — and leaving misery at the …
(2021-08-04). As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, China forges ties with the Taliban. peoplesdispatch.org With no end in sight to the internal conflict in Afghanistan, China has been meeting with regional players to build a strategy which seeks to guarantee peace and stability for all…
(2021-08-04). Kamala Harris to Work Against China in Southeast Asia Tour. news.antiwar.com Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Vietnam and Singapore this month, as the US is increasing focus on boosting partnerships in Southeast Asia as part of its strategy against China. "We do not want to see any country dominate that region or take advantage of the power situation to compromise the sovereignty of others," the White H…
(2021-08-04). China fights to contain outbreak of COVID-19 delta variant. wsws.org The contrast between the response of Chinese authorities and the "herd immunity" policies of the imperialist governments of North America and Europe is staggering.