(2021-08-11). IPCC Alarm Bell: burning gas, coal is Intensifying Water Cycle: Expect more and worse Storms, Floods such as hit Germany, China this Summer. juancole.com 
By Mathew Barlow | — ( The Conversation) — The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died in the destruction. In North America, the West was battling fires amid an intense …
(2021-08-11). Forget a New Cold War, the US and China Need to Fight Against Inequality. counterpunch.org Has the United States now entered a new Cold War, this time around with China? "Rhetoric coming out of Washington, amplified by hawkish media commentary," Andrew Bacevich of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft observed this past spring, "appears to take a Second Cold War as a given, something perhaps even to be welcomed." The
(2021-08-11). US admiral warns China "we have the world's greatest military" wsws.org While Washington accuses Beijing of potential aggression toward Taiwan, the US is undermining the status quo that has underpinned relations with China for the past 50 years.
(2021-08-11). Biden speaks to Pacific Islands Forum to counter China. wsws.org Biden's address to the forum—a first for a sitting US president—featured the declaration that the US was a "proud Pacific power" and signalled Washington's determination to maintain its dominant position in the region.
(2021-08-11). Navy Voyage To The Pacific Demonstrates Germany's Intent To Be Global Military Power. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageGermany may also join Anglo Axis in pressuring China. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst. | A German battleship, the Bayern (Bavaria) frigate, set off for Asia to make the long journey to the Pacific Ocean. However, why did Berlin want to send a warship to a location more than 5,000 nautical miles away from the German coast? It suggests that Berlin is attempting to not only become a major global military power once again,…
(2021-08-11). Unlike centi-billionaire Gates, China shares vaccines, technology with world. workers.org 
In a stunning announcement Aug. 5, China's President Xi Jinping informed the First International Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Cooperation of the country's donation of 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing and poor countries within the next four months. This urgent step builds solidarity and makes vaccines accessible in . . . |
(2021-08-10). Targeting Cuba and China: Disinformation and the "Fear of Communism" globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-10). Targeting Cuba and China: Disinformation against Communism. dissidentvoice.org 
I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. — Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state on how the United States conducts its business One of the filters in the Propaganda Model propounded by professors Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky is stoking a fear of communism.1 The establishment's anti-communism has never abated …
(2021-08-10). Secretary of State Blinken blasts Russia, China, Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Maritime Security [China] In the South China Sea, we have seen dangerous encounters between vessels at sea and provocative actions to advance unlawful maritime claims. The United States has made clear its concerns regarding actions that intimidate …
(2021-08-10). Toward Preventing a Catastrophic US-China War. counterpunch.org U.S.-Chinese relations are worse than at any time since the renewal or relations began in the early 1970s. As in the late 1940s, we are witnessing, and suffering, the restructuring of the global disorder into a new, extremely dangerous, and totally unnecessary confrontation analogous, but not identical, to the Cold War. As Zhu Zhiqun, my
(2021-08-10). How Myanmar Fits into China's New Silk Roads. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-10). COVID-19 lab leak theory doesn't hold up to scientific scrutiny, says virologist. ecns.cn The virologist also said it is "far too divergent" for RaTG13, a coronavirus detected in horseshoe bats in southwest China's Yunnan province in 2013, to be the progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 that caused the first human cases, as the two viruses differ in about 1,100 nucleotide positions.
(2021-08-10). China joins global fight against 'vaccine apartheid'. peoplesworld.org 
Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for greater global cooperation in the fight against coronavirus and the equal distribution of vaccines Tuesday. He said that collaboration was crucial to the fight against the pandemic as new strains emerge across the world. Xi recently committed to the donation of two billion vaccines to be made available …
(2021-08-10). Why and how China's economy will slow down. nationofchange.org The goal should be to disengage from great power rivalry and peacefully pursue economic and technological progress.
(2021-08-10). War against Nagorno-Karabakh opened way for Central Asia-Caspian Sea-Black Sea corridors. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Opening of Zangezur corridor to stimulate development of route between Uzbekistan and countries of Caspian and Black Seas The Zangezur corridor "This project envisages the connection of the railways of China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan with the access to the Caspian Sea — to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey," head of the South Caucasus Political Scientists Club [said]. …
(2021-08-10). Russia And China Hold Large-Scale Military Exercises In Face Of Mounting Pressure On Beijing. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 9th, Russia and China have begun holding a large-scale joint military exercise in China's north-central Ningxia region. | The Sibu/Cooperation-2021 exercises launched on August 9th and will run through August 13th. They will involve more than 10,000 ground troops and air forces. | The Russian military said that it had sent Su-30SM fighter aircraft, motorized rifle units and air defense systems to China as part of the exercise. | As reported in the Central Military District of…
(2021-08-10). Why time's up for China's 'shadow education' industry. mronline.org 
Last month, China announced strict new regulations on academic tutoring and training classes for young children. How did the industry get so big, so fast?>
(2021-08-10). China avanza como potencia económica en América Latina y el Caribe. globalizacion.ca 
En 2020, si bien las fusiones y adquisiciones chinas disminuyeron en Europa, América del Norte y Asia y el Pacífico, aumentaron en las economías latinoamericanas y caribeñas, al grado de representar una quinta parte de la inversión extranjera directa (IED)…
(2021-08-10). Economic Update: A US Left Rises to Remake the World. roarmag.org On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on the Friends reunion and what it teaches us; how China outmaneuvers US tariffs; and how Yellow Vests plus French unions defeated Macron "reforms." | On the second half of the program, Wolff interviews Astra Taylor, filmmaker and debt rebellion activist. | You can support this show on
(2021-08-10). The Heat: Beijing Olympics 2022. america.cgtn.com 
As the Summer Olympic Games close in Tokyo, Beijing looks ahead to the 2022 Winter Games.
(2021-08-10). U.S. fails miserably in COVID-19 response. ecns.cn A research report jointly released on Monday by three Chinese think tanks in Beijing revealed the truth about the U.S. performance in the fight against the novel coronavirus.