Daily Archives: August 14, 2021

2021-08-14: News Headlines

Dongsheng News (2021-08-14). News on China | No. 63. dissidentvoice.org China promotes health through sports, deals with environmental threat posed by algal bloom, and trades with Africa.

Anonymous103 (2021-08-14). CIA To Create New Special China Mission Center — Report. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is weighing proposals to create an independent "Mission Center for China" in an escalation of its efforts to gain greater insight into the U.S.'s top strategic rival. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the deliberations. | The proposal was made following the order of CIA Director Bill Burns to broadly review of the CIA's capabilities towards. Currently China-related missions are carried out by a the much larger Mission Center for East Asia and Pacific."As Dire…

willet (2021-08-14). The US continues to obstruct China. indybay.org The United States has again demonstrated its willingness to tighten the approach towards Beijing in the economic sphere.

Peter Koenig (2021-08-14). Carbon Neutral Green Finance: China May Take the Lead into a Post-Pandemic World. dissidentvoice.org How the pandemic will be reshaping the world, especially in terms of economic recovery and especially the western world, remains to be seen. So far, western economic, social and health restructuring policies are chaotic, disorganized and totally uncoordinated. Western countries are skipping from lockdowns to "opening up" back to lockdown, from the first covid-wave, to …

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-13). Post-mortem on America's longest war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From an interview with Dr. Abdul Latif Pedram, member of the Afghan parliament and leader of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan, in China's Global Times on August 13. Though not an endorsement of him, his party or everything he says in the interview, the following excerpts seem too apt not to share: What Afghanistan …

Staff (2021-08-13). Headlines for August 13, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Begins Evacuating Afghanistan Embassy Staff as Taliban Seize Kandahar and Herat, China Closes Shipping Terminal over Single COVID-19 Case; Russia Logs Record Death Toll, FDA Approves Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised People, New Orleans, San Francisco to Require Vaccination Card or Negative Test for Indoor Venues, Four Teachers in Florida's Broward County Die of COVID-19 in One Day, Supreme Court Blocks Part of New York Eviction Moratorium Despite Worsening Pandemic, Israel to Resume Building Illegal Settlements in Occupied West Bank, Jewish American Leaders Demand AIPAC Apologize over Islamo…

ecns.cn (2021-08-13). Contributions to COVAX reflect China's commitment to global anti-COVID-19 fight: Bangladesh health experts. ecns.cn China's contributions through the COVAX Facility have reflected Beijing's commitment to global anti-COVID-19 fight, Bangladesh health experts said.

Connor Freeman (2021-08-13). Next on the US Agenda: War with China? globalresearch.ca

Tony Murphy (2021-08-13). 'Capitalism on a Ventilator' ‚àí coming soon in Chinese. workers.org As the Delta variant rages through the U.S., a major Chinese publisher last week signed a contract to distribute a timely book comparing COVID-19 responses in the countries' two systems: capitalism and socialism. "Capitalism on a Ventilator: The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." — originally published last . . . |

Karsten Riise (2021-08-13). Coming War on Taiwan? China Taking over Control of Taiwan's Airspace? globalresearch.ca

_____ (2021-08-13). Sputnik V Anniversary… Russophobia Endangers Global Fight Against Pandemic. strategic-culture.org A major factor in impeding a global program of vaccination is the Russophobia (and Sinophobia) of Western governments. The fate of millions of lives is hanging in the balance because of offensive political prejudice. | One year ago this week, Sputnik V became the world's first officially registered vaccine against the Covid-19 disease. It was a remarkable achievement by the world-renowned Gamaleya institute of epidemiology and microbiology in Moscow. | The development and registration of the Russian-made vaccine took place within eight months of the first officially reported outbreak of the disease in China and…

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (2021-08-13). Estados Unidos trata inútilmente de politizar la pandemia. globalizacion.ca Hace dos años, se conmemoró el 70 aniversario del nacimiento de la República Popular China. Han sido siete décadas de esfuerzo denodado para superar las condiciones de atraso y miseria en que estaba sumido el país. Hace solo 40 años,…

ecns.cn (2021-08-13). Questions raised by Italian study over origins. ecns.cn A Beijing-based epidemiologist, who requested anonymity, said the study supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated and evolved in different parts of the world before the first reported outbreak occurred in Wuhan.

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