2021-08-31: News Headlines

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.

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