New Atlas (2021-09-30). US War Plans with China Taking Shape. newatlas.report September 30, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The US and its allies continue beating the drums of war in regards to China, but how serious is this? Will it really lead to war, or is it merely posturing meant to give the US the most favorable position on the other side of a fully …

ecns.cn (2021-09-30). China donates emergency supplies to Afghanistan. ecns.cn A batch of emergency supplies donated by China arrived at Afghanistan's Kabul International Airport on Wednesday night and was handed over to the Afghan side.

Pepe Escobar (2021-09-30). The Living Dead Pax Americana. War Inc. Rules. Cold War 2.0 against China. globalresearch.ca

Michael Hudson — Ross Ashcroft (2021-09-30). China's Fortune Cookie Crumbles. counterpunch.org With China's increasing wealth, Western investors want some of the action. One of those investors is a bullish gentleman called George Soros. However, the Chinese are acutely aware that with Western investment comes inequality. So as Beijing begins to rethink how to do proper economic growth, can we expect that China will learn from Western mistakes?

Staff (2021-09-30). Pentagon holds 'frank' talks with Chinese military as Beijing decries 'back-stabbing' AUKUS deal. rt.com The US military said it had an "in-depth" dialogue with Beijing, reiterating that it remains committed to regional allies amid ongoing enmity over a new security pact between the US, the UK and Australia designed to counter China. | "The two sides held a frank, in-depth, and open discussion on a range of issues affecting the US-PRC defense relationship," Pentagon Spokesperson Lt. Col. Martin Meiners said in a

Editor (2021-09-30). AUKUS makes workers pay for war with China. mronline.org We are witnessing an aggressive build-up by the U.S. and its allies for a confrontation with China. The Biden administration is making massive upgrades to the US's military capacity, and sharply reorienting it to focus on China.

WSWS (2021-09-30). Former Australian PM denounced for criticising AUKUS alliance. wsws.org For voicing concern about the implications of the increasingly naked US war preparations against China, Keating was accused of supporting alleged efforts by Beijing to take over the Indo-Pacific.

Editor (2021-09-30). Reactionary anti-China propaganda not in Canada's self-interest. mronline.org Engler: We must reject great-power rivalry and pursue an independent foreign policy…

Sam Wainwright (2021-09-30). AUKUS: Morrison's 'shared values' spell destruction. greenleft.org.au AUKUS represents a deliberate and dangerous escalation of the United States-led confrontation with China, which Australia should reject, argues Sam Wainwright.

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-30). China Urges US to Join Talks on Arms Control for Space. news.antiwar.com

Li Wang (2021-09-30). The White House is seeking to strengthen the intelligence capabilities assigned to China. indybay.org Recently, media has got the information that the US administration is working on the issue of creating a special center on China in the Central Intelligence Agency.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-30). China Unveils 'Loyal Wingman' Drone Similar In Design To US XQ-58A Valkyrie. southfront.org The FH-97 drone as seen in a promotional video released by CASTC. | On September 29, China unveiled the long-range Feihong FH-97 drone, a concept that is very similar in mission and design to the US-made Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie. | The drone concept was presented on the sideline of China's International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition which is being held at Jinwan Airport in Zhuhai, Guangdong. | #PLAAF #FH_97 teleSUR, drl, JCM (2021-09-30). Claves para entender el pacto de seguridad AUKUS. telesurtv.net La alianza militar fortalece la presencia de EE.UU. en los océanos Pacífico e Índico y apuntan contra China.

Markela Panegyres (2021-09-30). Morrison must face the music at COP26. greenleft.org.au Climate action has never been a priority for Scott Morrison. He'd rather conspire with imperialist powers against China than face the music at COP26. Markela Panegyres reports.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-30). Angela Merkel's Pragmatism Bridged The Divide Between East And West. southfront.org Illustrative ImageHer 'careful' approach was criticised by many, but in the international arena it meant successful relations with China and Russia… | Written by Johanna Ross, journalist based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Few, if any, world leaders will have a verb in their language named after them. Angela Merkel is an exception to this. '

Jeff Mackler (2021-09-30). The Myth of a New "Cold War" Between the U.S. and China/Russia. counterpunch.org AUKUS, or the new and secretly negotiated $66 billion nuclear-powered submarine agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S., has momentarily ruffled some political feathers around the world, particularly in France and China. Without consulting with France or its military-industrial corporations, AUKUS principals cancelled France's huge contract with Australia to construct some dozen now

Gary Sands (2021-09-30). Mixed reviews of Xi's promise on coal power plants. asiatimes.com Addressing the 76th United Nations General Assembly on September 21, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that China "will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad," thereby signaling a move by the world's second-largest economy toward helping reduce carbon emissions. Xi also pledged that China would hit peak carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060, targets …

Gwen D'Arcangelis (2021-09-30). Wuhan Red Herring? While COVID-19 Origins Remain Obscure, for Decades the West has been Creating Deadly Viruses for BioWarfare. covertactionmagazine.com From the U.S. Right to the U.S. Left, We Need to Reorient our Attention to What Our Own Government and …

_____ (2021-09-29). Voices From The African Left: China Vs The US And The New Cold War. popularresistance.org Western governments along with their loyal media and think tanks warn that China is colonizing, exploiting, and forcing Africa into a debt trap. Is this true? Or is it Cold War propaganda? What is China's actual role in Africa and how does it compare with the West's? | To help us understand what's really happening, Rania Khalek was joined by two leading African leftists: Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, an educator and researcher with Pan Africanism Today, a researcher at the Tricontinental Institute, and a member of the organizing committee of No Cold War. And Kambale Musavuli, an activist, writer, and analyst with the Ce…

Amanda Yee (2021-09-29). NYC Chinatown workers protest exploitation and racist violence. liberationnews.org Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Manhattan Chinatown on Sept.26 to demand an end to displacement and racial violence against the community's working class. The demonstration was organized by a coalition of groups including the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops, the Coalition to Protect Chinatown and the Lower East Side, Youth Against Displacement, and …

scorinoco (2021-09-29). We Need to Talk More About China's Socialist Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Roland Boer — Sep 26, 2021 | We need to talk more—much more—about China's socialist democratic system. Why? There are many reasons, but the main reason is that we should not let the criticisms of China from the small number of "Western" countries set the agenda. So let me propose the following thesis: China's socialist democratic system is already quite mature and superior to any other democratic system. Actually, this is not my proposition, but that of a host of Chinese specialists. They are very clear that China's socialist democratic system is already showing its latent quality. Obviously,…

Editor (2021-09-29). Taking to the streets to teach China's gay migrants about safe sex. mronline.org Grassroots organizations, many of them started and staffed by gay men, are doing the oft-neglected work of outreach in migrant communities.

Jorge Molinero (2021-09-29). Evergrande: øOtro Lehman Brothers? globalizacion.ca La crisis de la desarrolladora inmobiliaria china Evergrande ha despertado en el mundo financiero los temores de repetición de la gran recesión iniciada en 2008 con la caída de Lehman Brothers en Estados Unidos. Hay similitudes, y también diferencias importantes….

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com China may not view itself as being an adversary of NATO (see last paragraph), but before its summit in June and in its Brussels Summit Communiqué NATO unequivocally identified China as its adversary. ==== China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific NATO member states have been frequently deploying aircraft to the Asia-Pacific …

Maureen Penjueli (2021-09-29). Video: Voices for a nuclear free Indo-Pacific. greenleft.org.au The Australian's government's surprise September 16 announcement that Australia was in a new security alliance with the United States, Britain and Australia — AUKUS — formalises its war drive against China.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-29). ASEAN Countries Concerned About Australia's Nuclear Submarine Fleet. southfront.org Illustrative ImageAustralia's foreign policy pursuits will isolate it from the Southeast Asian region. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Despite claims by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, his country has no genuine aspirations to ensure the security of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Rather, the policy of confrontation with China, which is being obsessively pursued by Morrison, makes Australia increasingly alienated from ASEAN."What Australia has to do is […] take decisions in our national interest to ensure we have adequate defences and an ade…

_____ (2021-09-29). The Human Costs of iPhones. strategic-culture.org By Kim SCIPES | Like many of you, I use an iPhone. It is a technological wonder and allows me to do things unimaginable even a few years ago; it has more computer power than NASA had to put men on the Moon in the late 1960s-early 1970s. These phones are designed by Apple, Inc. | Yet, how many of us users ever ask what are the conditions under which these iPhones are produced? What are these conditions doing to China's workers, who assemble such wonderful instruments? | These are questions rarely asked in a world where the "free market" reigns. Actually, the free market is an ideological construct, where basic que…

Editor (2021-09-29). China halts new coal-fired power plants abroad in boost for climate action. mronline.org Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad, marking a historic shift away from the fossil fuel before the United Nations climate summit in November.

WSWS (2021-09-29). Samoa's Supreme Court ends bitter parliamentary standoff. wsws.org Behind the Pacific country's political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.

_____ (2021-09-29). The Living Dead Pax Americana. strategic-culture.org Perth in Australia will be a forward base for nuclear-powered and nuclear weapon-carrying American subs, Pepe Escobar writes. | Pax Americana was always a minor character in a zombie apocalypse flick. | Pax Americana is actually The Eternal Return of the Living Dead. "Pax" was never in order; War Inc. rules. The end of WWII led directly to the Cold War. The unipolar moment was an arc from the First Gulf War to the bombing of Yugoslavia. 9/11 launched the Global War on Terror (GWOT), renamed Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) by Team Obama. We are now entering Cold War 2.0 against China. | What former CIA analy…

Paul Haeder (2021-09-29). One Degree of Separation: There Will be Parasitic Capitalism's Blood. dissidentvoice.org This year's NDEAM theme is prescient: "America's Recovery — Powered by Inclusion." October 2021. The power of acceptance in this diverse world will follow the arc of social justice; however, it's a long journey, still, in 2021. When I was 15, I had to do community service for ripping through the Tucson desert with my unlicensed motorcycle …

Editor (2021-09-29). Taking to the streets to teach China's gay migrants about safe sex. mronline.org Grassroots organizations, many of them started and staffed by gay men, are doing the oft-neglected work of outreach in migrant communities.

WSWS (2021-09-29). Samoa's Supreme Court ends bitter parliamentary standoff. wsws.org Behind the Pacific country's political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.

Editor (2021-09-29). China halts new coal-fired power plants abroad in boost for climate action. mronline.org Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad, marking a historic shift away from the fossil fuel before the United Nations climate summit in November.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-29). ASEAN Countries Concerned About Australia's Nuclear Submarine Fleet. southfront.org Illustrative ImageAustralia's foreign policy pursuits will isolate it from the Southeast Asian region. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Despite claims by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, his country has no genuine aspirations to ensure the security of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Rather, the policy of confrontation with China, which is being obsessively pursued by Morrison, makes Australia increasingly alienated from ASEAN."What Australia has to do is […] take decisions in our national interest to ensure we have adequate defences and an ade…

Jorge Molinero (2021-09-29). Evergrande: øOtro Lehman Brothers? globalizacion.ca La crisis de la desarrolladora inmobiliaria china Evergrande ha despertado en el mundo financiero los temores de repetición de la gran recesión iniciada en 2008 con la caída de Lehman Brothers en Estados Unidos. Hay similitudes, y también diferencias importantes….

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com China may not view itself as being an adversary of NATO (see last paragraph), but before its summit in June and in its Brussels Summit Communiqué NATO unequivocally identified China as its adversary. ==== China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific NATO member states have been frequently deploying aircraft to the Asia-Pacific …

Maureen Penjueli (2021-09-29). VIDEO: Voices for a nuclear free Indo-Pacific. greenleft.org.au The Australian's government's surprise September 16 announcement that Australia was in a new security alliance with the United States, Britain and Australia — AUKUS — formalises its war drive against China.

scorinoco (2021-09-29). We Need to Talk More About China's Socialist Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Roland Boer — Sep 26, 2021 | We need to talk more—much more—about China's socialist democratic system. Why? There are many reasons, but the main reason is that we should not let the criticisms of China from the small number of "Western" countries set the agenda. So let me propose the following thesis: China's socialist democratic system is already quite mature and superior to any other democratic system. Actually, this is not my proposition, but that of a host of Chinese specialists. They are very clear that China's socialist democratic system is already showing its latent quality. Obviously,…

Paul Haeder (2021-09-29). One Degree of Separation: There Will be Parasitic Capitalism's Blood. dissidentvoice.org This year's NDEAM theme is prescient: "America's Recovery — Powered by Inclusion." October 2021. The power of acceptance in this diverse world will follow the arc of social justice; however, it's a long journey, still, in 2021. When I was 15, I had to do community service for ripping through the Tucson desert with my unlicensed motorcycle …

Dean Baker (2021-09-28). The US and China: A Productive Path Forward. zcomm.org The Biden administration, with the overwhelming support of the foreign policy establishment, seems determined to start a new Cold War with China…

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China's anti-poverty success benefited world, white paper says. ecns.cn China's success in transforming itself into a "moderately prosperous society in all respects" has contributed to world peace and development, a white paper said.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-28). At Least 18 Crypto Service Providers Are Inaccessible Or Exiting China Following Ban On Related Transactions. moguldom.com At least 18 cryptocurrency exchanges are inaccessible in China or have announced that they are leaving the market in a rush to cut ties with Chinese users after the communist government handed down its latest ban — this time, on all things crypto. Binance and Huobi Global, two of the world's largest exchanges and popular …

Isheka N. Harrison (2021-09-28). Top Rutgers Biology Professor Suggests EcoHealth Is 'Cut Out' For US Government, Involved In Potential Wuhan Lab Leak. moguldom.com A well-respected Rutgers University professor said that the international nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, which has been under increased scrutiny over its ties to China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, is a "cut out" — a word used in espionage — for the U.S. government to spy on China's bioweapons research. According to Military Wiki, a cut out …

Amiad Horowitz (2021-09-28). U.S. aims for China-Vietnam split, but 'divide and conquer' strategy is failing. peoplesworld.org One of the oldest military and political strategies known to humanity is "divide and conquer," which can be traced back to ancient Macedonia. In modern times, Nixon's Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, successfully used it to play China and the USSR off against each other to the advantage of the United States. Lately, the U.S. …

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). 1,000 makeshift quarantine rooms to be built by Wednesday amid COVID-19 resurgence in Fujian. ecns.cn An isolation center with 1,000 temporary quarantine rooms is under construction on a 24/7 basis at Ruifeng Industrial Park in Xianyou County, Putian City, east China's Fujian Province, Sept. 27, 2021.

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China's success in achieving moderate prosperity opens new path to modernization for humanity. ecns.cn In achieving a moderately prosperous society, China has gained new experience of modernization for humanity, said a white paper released by the State Council Information Office Tuesday.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-09-28). Strategic QUAD Summit in Washington Directed Against China. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China contributes to world peace, development by achieving moderate prosperity: white paper. ecns.cn As the world's most populous and largest developing country, China has contributed to global peace and development by achieving moderate prosperity in all respects, said a white paper released Tuesday by China's State Council Information Office.

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China ready to continue dialogue with NATO on equality, mutual respect basis: FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi on Monday met with Jens Stoltenberg via video link upon invitation, expressing China's willingness to continue dialogue with NATO on the basis of equality and mutual respect to promote the sound and steady development of relationship.

_____ (2021-09-28). China's 'Hostage Diplomacy' Wins. popularresistance.org Big crowds greeted Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou's arrival back in China, which believes its show of strength against America forced Washington to back down in this three-year standoff. | The biggest story of the weekend saw Meng released from house detention in Canada and returned to China, while Beijing subsequently released two Canadian prisoners it had accused of spying. The development brought an end to a horrific three-year saga for all involved. | On arrival in Shenzhen, Meng, the company's chief financial officer, was greeted with a hero's welcome, including thousands who gathered at the airport to…

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-28). Chinese Communist Party Defector: China Released Covid At Military World Games In October 2019. moguldom.com A Chinese Communist Party defector claims that China intentionally spread covid-19 at the Military World Games held in Wuhan in October 2019. The multisports event for military sports competitors from around the world is held every four years, one year before the Olympic Games. More than 9,000 athletes from 100+ countries attended in 2019. Wei Jingsheng, …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-28). Iran's SCO Admission As Realization Of A Greater Eurasian Concept. southfront.org Illustrative ImageIt might take a few years for Iran to visibly benefit from its new status, but one geopolitical consequence will be Arab Gulf getting closer to China. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On September 17 at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran was admitted into the organization as a permanent member — it was previously an observer there. It might take a while to fully complete the process, though — procedures and timeline are still unclear. So, what does it mean…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-28). Turbulence Of Energy Crisis Draws China In Global Instability. southfront.org Illustrative ImageDEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdvz6edu4gkzpnd4w6jc7zf296g5e9kkq4lx: | OR CONTACT US : info@southfront.org: | The energy crisis may become the next blow on China, as Beijing is already facing a significant shock in the sphere of energy supply. A blow in such a fragile area could cause serious damage to Asia's largest economy, after the Evergrande crisis caused significant turmoil in the country's financial system. | The energy security remains an Achill…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-09-28). China rechaza medidas coercitivas de EE.UU. contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net El canciller chino, Wang Yi, dijo que Beijing rechaza también las sanciones unilaterales ilegales y jurisdicción de brazo largo.

Dean Baker (2021-09-28). The US and China: A Productive Path Forward. zcomm.org The Biden administration, with the overwhelming support of the foreign policy establishment, seems determined to start a new Cold War with China…

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China's anti-poverty success benefited world, white paper says. ecns.cn China's success in transforming itself into a "moderately prosperous society in all respects" has contributed to world peace and development, a white paper said.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-28). At Least 18 Crypto Service Providers Are Inaccessible Or Exiting China Following Ban On Related Transactions. moguldom.com At least 18 cryptocurrency exchanges are inaccessible in China or have announced that they are leaving the market in a rush to cut ties with Chinese users after the communist government handed down its latest ban — this time, on all things crypto. Binance and Huobi Global, two of the world's largest exchanges and popular …

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). 1,000 makeshift quarantine rooms to be built by Wednesday amid COVID-19 resurgence in Fujian. ecns.cn An isolation center with 1,000 temporary quarantine rooms is under construction on a 24/7 basis at Ruifeng Industrial Park in Xianyou County, Putian City, east China's Fujian Province, Sept. 27, 2021.

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China's success in achieving moderate prosperity opens new path to modernization for humanity. ecns.cn In achieving a moderately prosperous society, China has gained new experience of modernization for humanity, said a white paper released by the State Council Information Office Tuesday.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-09-28). Strategic QUAD Summit in Washington Directed Against China. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China contributes to world peace, development by achieving moderate prosperity: white paper. ecns.cn As the world's most populous and largest developing country, China has contributed to global peace and development by achieving moderate prosperity in all respects, said a white paper released Tuesday by China's State Council Information Office.

ecns.cn (2021-09-28). China ready to continue dialogue with NATO on equality, mutual respect basis: FM. ecns.cn Wang Yi on Monday met with Jens Stoltenberg via video link upon invitation, expressing China's willingness to continue dialogue with NATO on the basis of equality and mutual respect to promote the sound and steady development of relationship.

_____ (2021-09-28). China's 'Hostage Diplomacy' Wins. popularresistance.org Big crowds greeted Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou's arrival back in China, which believes its show of strength against America forced Washington to back down in this three-year standoff. | The biggest story of the weekend saw Meng released from house detention in Canada and returned to China, while Beijing subsequently released two Canadian prisoners it had accused of spying. The development brought an end to a horrific three-year saga for all involved. | On arrival in Shenzhen, Meng, the company's chief financial officer, was greeted with a hero's welcome, including thousands who gathered at the airport to…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-28). Turbulence Of Energy Crisis Draws China In Global Instability. southfront.org Illustrative ImageDEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdvz6edu4gkzpnd4w6jc7zf296g5e9kkq4lx: | OR CONTACT US : info@southfront.org: | The energy crisis may become the next blow on China, as Beijing is already facing a significant shock in the sphere of energy supply. A blow in such a fragile area could cause serious damage to Asia's largest economy, after the Evergrande crisis caused significant turmoil in the country's financial system. | The energy security remains an Achill…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-28). Iran's SCO Admission As Realization Of A Greater Eurasian Concept. southfront.org Illustrative ImageIt might take a few years for Iran to visibly benefit from its new status, but one geopolitical consequence will be Arab Gulf getting closer to China. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On September 17 at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran was admitted into the organization as a permanent member — it was previously an observer there. It might take a while to fully complete the process, though — procedures and timeline are still unclear. So, what does it mean…

teleSUR, JCM (2021-09-28). China rechaza medidas coercitivas de EE.UU. contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net El canciller chino, Wang Yi, dijo que Beijing rechaza también las sanciones unilaterales ilegales y jurisdicción de brazo largo.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-27). 7 Things To Know About What's Going In China That Is Sending Risk Assets Into Panic. moguldom.com Something is happening in China and the markets do not like it. Chinese homeowners protested recently in Guangzhou after China's second-largest property developer, Evergrande, showed signs of debt distress when it failed to pay investors on an $83-million dollar-denominated bond. Furious retail investors who helped fund Evergrande's expansion turned up at the company's Shenzhen headquarters …

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Experts Slam US For Human Rights Violations In Afghanistan. telesurenglish.net The United States should be denounced by the international community for its human rights violations in Afghanistan, said experts at an international seminar held in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Saturday. | RELATED: | Over 40 experts, media representatives and diplomats from China, France, Nepal, Japan and other countries participated in the seminar, an online side event at the 48th session of the United Na…

_____ (2021-09-27). 'A Deal's a Deal': Progressive Leader Holds Strong on $3.5 Trillion Social Investment Plan. commondreams.org "AUKUS is the next step in a new cold war with China," said one opponent of the trilateral agreement. "It makes the Indo-Pacific, and the world, a more dangerous, not a more stable, place."

_____ (2021-09-27). The China Cold War Will Unstick America's Glue. strategic-culture.org Can an America that off-shored much of its manufacturing capacity to China, for short-term profit, afford the de-coupling? | Washington isn't quite sure what to do after the chaotic end to America's 'forever' war. Some in Washington bitterly regret exiting from Afghanistan at all, and advocate for an immediate return; some just want to move on — to the China 'Cold War', that is. The cries from the initial Establishment 'melt down' and its articulation of pain over the Kabul withdrawal débacle, however, indicates the extent to which the almost obsessive focus on 'Hobbling China' nevertheless seems like an hu…

Staff (2021-09-27). China's Emissions Are Made in America. truthout.org The debate over the reality of climate change is over. After years of oil-fueled denialism, the inescapable fact of the human-altered climate has finally hit home for many once-skeptical Americans. In some cases, it has literally hit home. In various parts of the country, homes are being threatened, torched and inundated by a barrage of climate-stoked catastrophes. Real-world experience has replaced easy-to-dismiss graphs and scientific models with failing crops, drowning livestock, escalating insurance costs, collapsing infrastruc…

Alan MacLeod (2021-09-27). Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Sep 20, 2021 | While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact. | HAVANA — It started in 2016. U.S. officials in Havana, Cuba, began complaining en masse about hearing strange noises, suffering recurring headaches, nausea, hearing and memory loss. From there it spread around the world, with hundreds of U.S. spies and diplomats in the United Kingdom, Colombia, China, U…

Editor (2021-09-27). Biden and Xi address UN, juggling differences amid calls for unity on climate and COVID-19. mronline.org The leaders of the United States and China each pledged to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that they would help press the fight against virulent pandemics and global warming—even as they offered vastly different visions of the world order.

Javier Cortines (2021-09-27). Afganistán: La derrota de Estados Unidos y "la amenaza china" globalizacion.ca Tanto la Guerra de Vietnam como la invasión de Afganistán fueron ruinosas para EEUU: se gastaron inútilmente miles de millones de dólares y dejaron el prestigio de la superpotencia por los suelos. | Tres acontecimientos históricos hirieron el orgullo estadounidense y…

Barry Sheppard (2021-09-27). United States: Biden raises threat to China through new military agreement. greenleft.org.au The new military alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia is aimed at China, and raises the threat of war, writes Barry Sheppard.

WSWS (2021-09-27). US drops demand Canada extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, allowing her to return to China. wsws.org Under a deal worked out by Washington and Beijing at the highest political levels, Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei and the daughter of its founder, returned to China Saturday, after living nearly three years in Vancouver, British Columbia, under house arrest.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-27). After 3 years of house arrest in Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returns to China. peoplesdispatch.org Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, was held under house arrest in Canada over allegations of the tech giant flouting US-imposed sanctions on Iran. China continues to insist that her arrest and prosecution was political…

Flávia Milhorance (2021-09-27). Los BRICS dan su muestra anual de unidad. globalizacion.ca En medio del escepticismo y la falta de interés de la opinión pública, las crisis internas y el telón de fondo de la covid-19, los países del BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) cumplieron su compromiso de celebrar una…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-27). U.S., Turkey eye Kazakhstan to penetrate Central Asia, spy on China, grab 40% of world's uranium, "choke off (Russian) Strategic Nuclear Forces" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon seeks to gain foothold in Kazakhstan against China Analyst Alya Kaminskaya does not rule out that the Pentagon seeks to use the Almaty hub [in Kazakhstan] as "an air base for reconnaissance and military cargo planes." She points out that Almaty International Airport no longer belongs to Kazakhstan since news emerged in May that …

sputniknews (2021-09-27). British Warship Plows Through Taiwan Strait Amid Beijing-Taipei Tensions. sputniknews.com Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier called for more efforts to ensure peace and security in the Taiwan Strait, as a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Barry, conducted what it stated was a "routine" transit through the sensitive waterway, in a mission implemented "in accordance with international law".

Barry Sheppard (2021-09-27). United States: Biden raises threat to China through new military agreement. greenleft.org.au The new military alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia is aimed at China, and raises the threat of war, writes Barry Sheppard.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-27). After 3 years of house arrest in Canada, Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returns to China. peoplesdispatch.org Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, was held under house arrest in Canada over allegations of the tech giant flouting US-imposed sanctions on Iran. China continues to insist that her arrest and prosecution was political…

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Experts Slam US For Human Rights Violations In Afghanistan. telesurenglish.net The United States should be denounced by the international community for its human rights violations in Afghanistan, said experts at an international seminar held in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Saturday. | RELATED: | Over 40 experts, media representatives and diplomats from China, France, Nepal, Japan and other countries participated in the seminar, an online side event at the 48th session of the United Na…

_____ (2021-09-27). The China Cold War Will Unstick America's Glue. strategic-culture.org Can an America that off-shored much of its manufacturing capacity to China, for short-term profit, afford the de-coupling? | Washington isn't quite sure what to do after the chaotic end to America's 'forever' war. Some in Washington bitterly regret exiting from Afghanistan at all, and advocate for an immediate return; some just want to move on — to the China 'Cold War', that is. The cries from the initial Establishment 'melt down' and its articulation of pain over the Kabul withdrawal débacle, however, indicates the extent to which the almost obsessive focus on 'Hobbling China' nevertheless seems like an hu…

Alan MacLeod (2021-09-27). Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Sep 20, 2021 | While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact. | HAVANA — It started in 2016. U.S. officials in Havana, Cuba, began complaining en masse about hearing strange noises, suffering recurring headaches, nausea, hearing and memory loss. From there it spread around the world, with hundreds of U.S. spies and diplomats in the United Kingdom, Colombia, China, U…

Flávia Milhorance (2021-09-27). Los BRICS dan su muestra anual de unidad. globalizacion.ca En medio del escepticismo y la falta de interés de la opinión pública, las crisis internas y el telón de fondo de la covid-19, los países del BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) cumplieron su compromiso de celebrar una…

WSWS (2021-09-27). US drops demand Canada extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, allowing her to return to China. wsws.org Under a deal worked out by Washington and Beijing at the highest political levels, Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei and the daughter of its founder, returned to China Saturday, after living nearly three years in Vancouver, British Columbia, under house arrest.

Javier Cortines (2021-09-27). Afganistán: La derrota de Estados Unidos y "la amenaza china" globalizacion.ca Tanto la Guerra de Vietnam como la invasión de Afganistán fueron ruinosas para EEUU: se gastaron inútilmente miles de millones de dólares y dejaron el prestigio de la superpotencia por los suelos. | Tres acontecimientos históricos hirieron el orgullo estadounidense y…

sputniknews (2021-09-27). British Warship Plows Through Taiwan Strait Amid Beijing-Taipei Tensions. sputniknews.com Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier called for more efforts to ensure peace and security in the Taiwan Strait, as a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Barry, conducted what it stated was a "routine" transit through the sensitive waterway, in a mission implemented "in accordance with international law".

Dean Baker (2021-09-26). Paul Krugman, Going Green in China, and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics. cepr.net Paul Krugman's column this morning raises the issue of whether China is on the edge of seeing a real estate bubble burst, in the same way that Japan saw its real estate and stock bubble burst in 1990. Krugman points out that this did lead to slower growth for Japan, but it was not an …

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). China to promote vocational training of migrant workers. ecns.cn China will promote vocational training of migrant workers as part of the efforts to consolidate its poverty alleviation outcomes, an official said Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). Xinjiang's 'genocide' accusations lay bare hegemonic mindset of anti-China forces: white paper. ecns.cn The accusations of "genocide" in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region conjured up by the anti-China forces in some countries such as the United States lay bare their hideous double standards, hypocrisy, and hegemonic mindset.

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). Xinjiang's demographic development marks success of healthy population growth of ethnic minorities: white paper. ecns.cn The demographic development of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region bears witness to the region's social progress and marks the success of a unified multiethnic country in ensuring the healthy population growth of its ethnic minorities.

_____ (2021-09-26). Thick as Thieves… Steve Bannon and Fugitive Chinese Billionaire Scam Trump Base While Beating War Drums on China. strategic-culture.org Bannon and the Guo scammers and a host of know-nothing, bigoted Republican politicians and pundits are fueling public acceptance of Biden's warmongering towards China. | Steve Bannon, a political guru for Donald Trump's Republican political base, is hooked up with a Chinese billionaire whom China wants the U.S. to extradite over corruption charges. It may seem a strange pairing for Bannon given his rabid anti-China views. A few years back, Bannon was

Dongsheng News (2021-09-26). News on China | No. 69. dissidentvoice.org China deals with housing crisis caused by the real-estate developers, particularly, Evergrande. China punishes mining companies for criminal practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo and orders them back home. China also remembers the Mukden Incident, a Japanese pretext to invade and occupy Chinese territory.

Daniel Ellsberg (2021-09-26). Milley, China and the Danger of Nuclear War. zcomm.org Gen. Milley's call to China may have prevented a near catastrophe, as happened in 1983 when the Soviet Union believed Reagan had gone mad and planned a first strike…

New Atlas (2021-09-26). US vs. China: Singapore — Where does the City-State Stand? newatlas.report September 26, 2021 (The New Atlas) — US Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Singapore as part of renewed efforts by the US to coerce nations in the Indo-Pacific region to aid in Washington's growing confrontation with China. How did Singapore respond and what does this mean for the short and long-term ambitions of the …

Dean Baker (2021-09-26). Paul Krugman, Going Green in China, and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics. cepr.net Paul Krugman's column this morning raises the issue of whether China is on the edge of seeing a real estate bubble burst, in the same way that Japan saw its real estate and stock bubble burst in 1990. Krugman points out that this did lead to slower growth for Japan, but it was not an …

New Atlas (2021-09-26). US vs. China: Singapore — Where does the City-State Stand? newatlas.report September 26, 2021 (The New Atlas) — US Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Singapore as part of renewed efforts by the US to coerce nations in the Indo-Pacific region to aid in Washington's growing confrontation with China. How did Singapore respond and what does this mean for the short and long-term ambitions of the …

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). China to promote vocational training of migrant workers. ecns.cn China will promote vocational training of migrant workers as part of the efforts to consolidate its poverty alleviation outcomes, an official said Saturday.

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). Xinjiang's 'genocide' accusations lay bare hegemonic mindset of anti-China forces: white paper. ecns.cn The accusations of "genocide" in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region conjured up by the anti-China forces in some countries such as the United States lay bare their hideous double standards, hypocrisy, and hegemonic mindset.

Dongsheng News (2021-09-26). News on China | No. 69. dissidentvoice.org China deals with housing crisis caused by the real-estate developers, particularly, Evergrande. China punishes mining companies for criminal practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo and orders them back home. China also remembers the Mukden Incident, a Japanese pretext to invade and occupy Chinese territory.

ecns.cn (2021-09-26). Xinjiang's demographic development marks success of healthy population growth of ethnic minorities: white paper. ecns.cn The demographic development of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region bears witness to the region's social progress and marks the success of a unified multiethnic country in ensuring the healthy population growth of its ethnic minorities.

Daniel Ellsberg (2021-09-26). Milley, China and the Danger of Nuclear War. zcomm.org Gen. Milley's call to China may have prevented a near catastrophe, as happened in 1983 when the Soviet Union believed Reagan had gone mad and planned a first strike…

Bertil Lintner (2021-09-25). Quad and AUKUS building a bulwark against China. asiatimes.com In the wake of the formation of a new strategic alliance comprising the United States, Britain and Australia, President Joseph Biden hosted the first in-person meeting at the White House with three prime ministers: Australia's Scott Morrison, Japan's Yoshihide Suga and India's Narendra Modi. Biden said at the White House meeting with the Quad, or …

AT Contributor (2021-09-25). Meng freedom unlocks China hostage diplomacy case. asiatimes.com Canada freed a Chinese telecoms executive and two Canadians imprisoned in what China's Western critics branded "hostage diplomacy" headed home Friday, drawing a close to an episode that has poisoned ties between the two countries and Washington. Meng Wanzhou — the 49-year-old daughter of Ren Zhengfei, the billionaire founder of world-leading telecoms equipment supplier Huawei …

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). Meng Wanzhou returning to China. ecns.cn Through unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, Ms. Meng Wanzhou has already left Canada, on 24 September local time, on a charter flight organized by the Chinese government. She will soon return to her home country and reunite with her family.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). 65 countries oppose interference in China's internal affairs under pretext of human rights. ecns.cn Pakistan on Friday delivered a joint statement on behalf of 65 countries at the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, stressing that respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states and non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states represent basic norms that govern international relations.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). Fact sheet exposes U.S. meddling in Hong Kong. ecns.cn The Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a fact sheet revealing how the United States has interfered in Hong Kong affairs and supported anti-China and destabilizing forces, and said that China will make a firm and strong response.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). China vows to continue support for UN nuclear test ban treaty. ecns.cn China will never be an obstacle to a multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear tests, and will continue to make contribution to facilitate its entry into force, a Chinese envoy reiterated Friday to a high-level United Nations conference.

WSWS (2021-09-25). Australian government speeds up plans for nuclear-powered submarines to confront China. wsws.org These moves indicate that preparations for war, potentially within years, not decades, are intensifying.

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-25). Biden Hosts First Quad Summit to Strengthen Partnership Against China. news.antiwar.com On Friday, President Biden

_____ (2021-09-25). Zbigniew's Ghost: An Exorcism (A Book Review of Valediction: Three Nights of Desmond). strategic-culture.org The only difference between 2021 and 1981 is that today, a Multipolar Alliance led by the Russia and China has created a new paradigm, capable of challenging the dystopic unipolar hegemon that Brzezinski believed should govern the New World Order. | As a journalist, it is necessary to do my best not only to stay up-to-date on as many of the cutting edge developments as possible, but to also keep a flexible mind so that the buzzing myriad of facts emerging every day can be imbued with value such that my analysis can be useful to readers. | Over the past weeks, my mind processed such a dizzying array of information…

WSWS (2021-09-25). Quad summit heightens threat of US-led war against China. wsws.org The first face-to-face meeting of US, Australian, Indian and Japanese leaders had all the hallmarks of a quadrilateral military alliance in the making directed against China.

Peter Koenig (2021-09-25). China in Action: Carbon Neutral by 2050. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-09-25). UNHRC session pushes for implementation of US-backed human rights resolution on Sri Lanka. wsws.org The ongoing, US-led human rights posturing against Sri Lanka is aimed forcing Colombo to fully embrace US military-strategic build up in the Indo-Pacific against China.

Joris Leverink (2021-09-25). Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Whither China? roarmag.org Season 3, Episode 21 — Whither China?: | In this episode of ACC, Prof. Harvey examines what is happening in China today, the many changes taking place within (the formation of a billionaire class, uneven geographical development between metropolitan cities and rural areas, a cultural revolution), and highlights its impact on and relationship to the global economy. | You can support this podcast on

Editor2 (2021-09-25). Drop the Illusions: Biden is a Vicious Cold Warrior. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Sep 22, 2021 | This original article by Friends of Socialist China co-editor After four years of Trump's unhinged anti-China rhetoric, combined with the intensification of US diplomatic and economic attacks on Chi…

Editor2 (2021-09-25). AUKUS — A Dangerous Military Escalation of the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Dr Jenny Clegg and Keith Bennett — Sep 23, 2021 | In this topical and detailed analysis, British based activist and scholar Dr Jenny Clegg explains how the recently announced AUKUS military alliance represents a serious escalation of the New Cold War and constitutes a threat not only to China but to the entire region. Friends of Socialist China co-editor Keith Bennett also contributed to this article. | The new military AUKUS pact between Australia, the United States and Britain, announced last week, is a serious escalation of the new Cold War against China and of the militarisation of the Asia-Pacific re…

sputniknews (2021-09-25). China Warns US Will 'Dump' India, Australia, and Japan as Four Nations Convene for Quad Summit. sputniknews.com Leaders from Australia, India, Japan, and the US held discussions on a range of issues, including maritime security, COVID vaccine cooperation, as well as the situation in Afghanistan, at the first-ever summit of the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue" hosted at the White House on 24 September.

Staff (2021-09-25). Team of top scientists researching Covid origins disbanded amid controversy and conflicts of interest. rt.com A task force of senior scientists investigating the origins of Covid-19 has been disbanded, their leader revealed. Its investigation had been plagued from the outset by accusations of corruption and conflict of interest. | Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs told the

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). National security office of central gov't says U.S. plotting to wage 'color revolution' in Hong Kong. ecns.cn A fact sheet on U.S. interference in Hong Kong affairs released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed that the United States has been plotting to wage a "color revolution" in Hong Kong, the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has said.

Editor2 (2021-09-25). AUKUS — A Dangerous Military Escalation of the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Dr Jenny Clegg and Keith Bennett — Sep 23, 2021 | In this topical and detailed analysis, British based activist and scholar Dr Jenny Clegg explains how the recently announced AUKUS military alliance represents a serious escalation of the New Cold War and constitutes a threat not only to China but to the entire region. Friends of Socialist China co-editor Keith Bennett also contributed to this article. | The new military AUKUS pact between Australia, the United States and Britain, announced last week, is a serious escalation of the new Cold War against China and of the militarisation of the Asia-Pacific re…

Editor2 (2021-09-25). Drop the Illusions: Biden is a Vicious Cold Warrior. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Sep 22, 2021 | This original article by Friends of Socialist China co-editor After four years of Trump's unhinged anti-China rhetoric, combined with the intensification of US diplomatic and economic attacks on Chi…

AT Contributor (2021-09-25). Meng freedom unlocks China hostage diplomacy case. asiatimes.com Canada freed a Chinese telecoms executive and two Canadians imprisoned in what China's Western critics branded "hostage diplomacy" headed home Friday, drawing a close to an episode that has poisoned ties between the two countries and Washington. Meng Wanzhou — the 49-year-old daughter of Ren Zhengfei, the billionaire founder of world-leading telecoms equipment supplier Huawei …

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). Meng Wanzhou returning to China. ecns.cn Through unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, Ms. Meng Wanzhou has already left Canada, on 24 September local time, on a charter flight organized by the Chinese government. She will soon return to her home country and reunite with her family.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). 65 countries oppose interference in China's internal affairs under pretext of human rights. ecns.cn Pakistan on Friday delivered a joint statement on behalf of 65 countries at the 48th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, stressing that respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states and non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states represent basic norms that govern international relations.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). Fact sheet exposes U.S. meddling in Hong Kong. ecns.cn The Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a fact sheet revealing how the United States has interfered in Hong Kong affairs and supported anti-China and destabilizing forces, and said that China will make a firm and strong response.

WSWS (2021-09-25). Australian government speeds up plans for nuclear-powered submarines to confront China. wsws.org These moves indicate that preparations for war, potentially within years, not decades, are intensifying.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). China vows to continue support for UN nuclear test ban treaty. ecns.cn China will never be an obstacle to a multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear tests, and will continue to make contribution to facilitate its entry into force, a Chinese envoy reiterated Friday to a high-level United Nations conference.

sputniknews (2021-09-25). China Warns US Will 'Dump' India, Australia, and Japan as Four Nations Convene for Quad Summit. sputniknews.com Leaders from Australia, India, Japan, and the US held discussions on a range of issues, including maritime security, COVID vaccine cooperation, as well as the situation in Afghanistan, at the first-ever summit of the "Quadrilateral Security Dialogue" hosted at the White House on 24 September.

Peter Koenig (2021-09-25). China in Action: Carbon Neutral by 2050. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-25). Biden Hosts First Quad Summit to Strengthen Partnership Against China. news.antiwar.com On Friday, President Biden

WSWS (2021-09-25). UNHRC session pushes for implementation of US-backed human rights resolution on Sri Lanka. wsws.org The ongoing, US-led human rights posturing against Sri Lanka is aimed forcing Colombo to fully embrace US military-strategic build up in the Indo-Pacific against China.

WSWS (2021-09-25). Quad summit heightens threat of US-led war against China. wsws.org The first face-to-face meeting of US, Australian, Indian and Japanese leaders had all the hallmarks of a quadrilateral military alliance in the making directed against China.

ecns.cn (2021-09-25). National security office of central gov't says U.S. plotting to wage 'color revolution' in Hong Kong. ecns.cn A fact sheet on U.S. interference in Hong Kong affairs released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed that the United States has been plotting to wage a "color revolution" in Hong Kong, the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has said.

Dean Baker (2021-09-24). The US and China: A Productive Path Forward. cepr.net Instead of wasting resources in military competition, and bottling up technologies in trying to gain economic advantage, we can look to have a path where we try to maximize cooperation between the superpowers, bringing in most of the rest of the world in the process.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-24). China Prepares For Collapse Of Evergrande Real Estate Conglomerate, Fallout Could Burst Global Asset Bubble. moguldom.com China is preparing for the potential collapse of real estate conglomerate Evergrande Group, dashing hopes that the government will step in to bail out the debt-saddled property developer — the country's second-largest — and avoid potentially global repercussions. With a more than $300 billion in liabilities, the company is on the brink of missing payments …

sputniknews (2021-09-24). US Mainstream Media Silent as Book Suggests Authenticity of Hunter Biden Emails on Burisma, China. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, the editorial board of the New York Post touted that at least two emails reportedly retrieved from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden had been confirmed as authentic by a "person who had independent access" to the emails in question.

Sun Lung (2021-09-24). Another US attempt to discredit China. indybay.org In July 2021 the Biden's administration once again criticized the Chinese leadership. This time China was charged with organizing illegal activities in cyberspace which, for its part, creates a serious threat to the US national security.

Anand Naidoo (2021-09-24). The Heat: UN Peacekeeping and Hungary's FM. america.cgtn.com Leaders from around the world have been addressing the 76th session of UN General Assembly in New York this week. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, joined The Heat's host, Anand Naidoo, for a discussion on UN Peackeeping and China's role. CGTN's Nathan …

Conn Hallinan (2021-09-24). Looking Back: 50 Years of Foreign Policy. counterpunch.org For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy, mostly America's, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of countries like Turkey, China, India, Russia and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. During this time

_____ (2021-09-24). 'Coal Is Dead': New Global Pact Announced After China's Bold Step. commondreams.org "This is absolutely unacceptable and these Democrats… should be held accountable."

Editor (2021-09-24). New York Times advises China on COVID-19: abandon success, try failure. mronline.org Shielding the Western elite from justified rage.

_____ (2021-09-24). Biden's Appeal for Global Diplomacy at UN is Rank Hypocrisy & Travesty. strategic-culture.org U.S. foreign policy under Biden is essentially one of reviving the Cold War that existed with the Soviet Union to the current period against China and Russia. | Wouldn't it be fun if delegates to the United Nations General Assembly had buttons at their seats to gauge audience reaction in real-time to speeches delivered by world leaders from the podium? Dare we say, the address by U.S. President Joe Biden this week would have engendered a lot of digital groaning and guffawing at his rank hypocrisy. | Biden made an unctuous appeal for global diplomacy and for nations "to work together as never before" to solve a h…

Fang Ho (2021-09-24). China imposes snapback sanctions on the USA. indybay.org It must be said that the decision taken by Beijing to impose new targeted sanctions against the Americans worsened the already tense atmosphere of the dialog on the eve of the arrival of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Tianjin.

Staff (2021-09-24). Almost 50% of Latin America & Caribbean Receive Vaccines from China & Russia. orinocotribune.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — During the ministerial meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism within the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that presently almost 50% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean received COVID-19 vaccines from China and Russia. | The Alliance for Multilateralism was initiated on April 2, 2019 by the Foreign Ministers of France and Germany. On June 26, 2020, the first meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism was held in order to reinforce the multilateral health architecture and Franco-German declaration f…

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Clear away the hype: the U.S. and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that. mronline.org The AUKUS despite being coined a security partnership, is a nuclear arms deal aimed at increasing pressure against China and should be cause for concern.

Adriel Kasonta (2021-09-24). New EU-China strategy made in Washington. asiatimes.com In a pretty surprising move, on September 16, the European Parliament published a resolution on a new EU-China strategy. This 18-page document, which mentions "China" more tha 160 times, was released immediately after US President Joe Biden, along with his faithful Anglo-Saxon brethren from Australia (Prime Minister Scott Morrison) and Britain (Prime Minister Boris Johnson), …

_____ (2021-09-24). Rome Fell and It's Probably Your Fault. strategic-culture.org Next time you read someone pontificating that the Roman Empire fell because it did something he doesn't approve of, just smile. | The Roman Empire fell because it did something the author doesn't approve of. And the American Empire or Putin's Russia or Communist China will fall because they also do what the author dislikes. It's a fun trope and you see it all the time. It's easy to do and lets the author pretend to be the edjamakated sort of fellow who can use Pompey, Pluto and Plato in a sentence rather than a hack re-wording the latest instructions from the Military-Industrial-Media-Complex. Now that the Americ…

_____ (2021-09-24). Global Peace Activists Warn of Dangers of US-Led Anti-China Pacts. commondreams.org "I'm glad to see President Biden speak out about the mistreatment of Haitian asylum-seekers. But his administration's use of Title 42 to deny them the right to make an asylum claim is a much bigger issue."

_____ (2021-09-24). AUKUS — Catalyst For A Nuclear Arms Race In The Indo-Pacific Region. popularresistance.org The new pact between the Australian, British and US governments is the latest escalation in a new cold war on China, and the developing world. The "enhanced trilateral security partnership called AUKUS"(1) does not name China, but every single serious commentator has interpreted it as being aimed against the People's Republic of China. | Coming exactly one month after the fall of Kabul, the announcement was a blessed relief for both Joe Biden and Boris Johnson. Biden reasserts US pre-eminence, weeks after it was humiliated by a foe without an air force. Johnson resumes the 'Global Britain' adventure, weeks after…

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-24). US Aircraft Carrier Sails Into South China Sea After Afghanistan Deployment. news.antiwar.com The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its strike group steamed into the South China Sea on Friday, returning to the region after being deployed to the north Arabian Sea to support the US evacuation from Afghanistan. | The US Navy said the Japan-based carrier The presence of US aircraft carriers…

John V. Walsh (2021-09-24). NY Times Advises China on Covid-19: Abandon Success, Try Failure. counterpunch.org Shielding the Western elite from justified rage The recent outbreak of the Delta variant in China "shows that its strategy no longer fits. It is time for China to change tack." So declared a lead essay atop the New York Times Opinion/Editorial section on Sept. 7 by Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow at the Council

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-24). EU/NATO deploy Georgian troops to Central Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com National Guard squad traveled to Central Africa The platoon of the 8th rotation team of the Georgian National Guard has left for the European Union-led military training mission (EUTM RCA) in the Central African Republic . Georgian peacekeepers Deputy Commander of the Georgian Defense Forces, Brigadier General Irakli Chichinadze, Commander of the National Guard, Brigadier …

Eve Ottenberg (2021-09-24). More Bad News About the U.S. and China. counterpunch.org Things just go from bad to worse. In mid-September, we learned from Bob Woodward's new book that Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley had to assure his Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng last January that Trump was not a raving lunatic ready to nuke China, which Chinese leadership assumed from his erratic, aggressive behavior. This

John V. Walsh (2021-09-24). NY Times Advises China on Covid-19: Abandon Success, Try Failure. counterpunch.org Shielding the Western elite from justified rage The recent outbreak of the Delta variant in China "shows that its strategy no longer fits. It is time for China to change tack." So declared a lead essay atop the New York Times Opinion/Editorial section on Sept. 7 by Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow at the Council

Eve Ottenberg (2021-09-24). More Bad News About the U.S. and China. counterpunch.org Things just go from bad to worse. In mid-September, we learned from Bob Woodward's new book that Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley had to assure his Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng last January that Trump was not a raving lunatic ready to nuke China, which Chinese leadership assumed from his erratic, aggressive behavior. This

Conn Hallinan (2021-09-24). Looking Back: 50 Years of Foreign Policy. counterpunch.org For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy, mostly America's, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of countries like Turkey, China, India, Russia and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. During this time

Dean Baker (2021-09-24). The US and China: A Productive Path Forward. cepr.net Instead of wasting resources in military competition, and bottling up technologies in trying to gain economic advantage, we can look to have a path where we try to maximize cooperation between the superpowers, bringing in most of the rest of the world in the process.

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-24). Clear away the hype: the U.S. and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that. mronline.org The AUKUS despite being coined a security partnership, is a nuclear arms deal aimed at increasing pressure against China and should be cause for concern.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-24). EU/NATO deploy Georgian troops to Central Africa. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com National Guard squad traveled to Central Africa The platoon of the 8th rotation team of the Georgian National Guard has left for the European Union-led military training mission (EUTM RCA) in the Central African Republic . Georgian peacekeepers Deputy Commander of the Georgian Defense Forces, Brigadier General Irakli Chichinadze, Commander of the National Guard, Brigadier …

Sun Lung (2021-09-24). Another US attempt to discredit China. indybay.org In July 2021 the Biden's administration once again criticized the Chinese leadership. This time China was charged with organizing illegal activities in cyberspace which, for its part, creates a serious threat to the US national security.

sputniknews (2021-09-24). US Mainstream Media Silent as Book Suggests Authenticity of Hunter Biden Emails on Burisma, China. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, the editorial board of the New York Post touted that at least two emails reportedly retrieved from a laptop belonging to Hunter Biden had been confirmed as authentic by a "person who had independent access" to the emails in question.

Adriel Kasonta (2021-09-24). New EU-China strategy made in Washington. asiatimes.com In a pretty surprising move, on September 16, the European Parliament published a resolution on a new EU-China strategy. This 18-page document, which mentions "China" more tha 160 times, was released immediately after US President Joe Biden, along with his faithful Anglo-Saxon brethren from Australia (Prime Minister Scott Morrison) and Britain (Prime Minister Boris Johnson), …

Fang Ho (2021-09-24). China imposes snapback sanctions on the USA. indybay.org It must be said that the decision taken by Beijing to impose new targeted sanctions against the Americans worsened the already tense atmosphere of the dialog on the eve of the arrival of Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Tianjin.

The Socialist Program (2021-09-23). China Moves Left Under Xi Jinping: Part 2. liberationnews.org This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. TSP continues our discussion of the major changes in Chinese politics and society ushered in by President …

ecns.cn (2021-09-23). Chinese envoy regrets absence of U.S., other Western countries at UN anti-racism meeting. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday regretted the absence of the United States and some other Western countries from an important UN anti-racism meeting.

ecns.cn (2021-09-23). China expresses grave concern over U.S.-UK-Australia nuclear submarine cooperation. ecns.cn China on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the cooperation between the United States, the UK and Australia on nuclear submarines, stating that it deliberately escalates regional tensions.

_____ (2021-09-23). Lessons From 50 Years Covering Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy — mostly America's, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of places like Turkey, China, India, Russia, and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. | During this time I have also learned a fair amount about military matters and various weapons systems, because they cost enormous amounts of money that could be put to much better use than killing and maiming people. But also because it's hard to resist the absurd: the high performance US F-35 fighter jet — at $1.7…

Danny Haiphong (2021-09-23). The Revenge of White Colonialism Motivates the AUKUS Alliance Against China. asia-pacificresearch.com

WSWS (2021-09-23). Biden, Macron pledge to meet amid mounting US-EU conflicts over China. wsws.org EU officials criticized Washington's signing of the anti-Chinese AUKUS alliance and the canceling of a Franco-Australian submarine contract.

Pepe Escobar (2021-09-23). Eurasia Takes Shape: How the SCO Just Flipped the World Order. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Sep 22, 2021 | As a rudderless West watched on, the 20th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was laser-focused on two key deliverables: shaping up Afghanistan and kicking off a full-spectrum Eurasian integration. | The two defining moments of the historic 20th anniversary Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan had to come from the keynote speeches of — who else — the leaders of the Russia-China strategic partnership. | Xi Jinping: "Today we will launch procedures to admit Iran as a full member of the SCO." | Vladimir Putin…

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-23). China's Ambassador Says Continued 'Confrontation' By US Hinders Cooperation. news.antiwar.com China's new ambassador to the US on Wednesday "Competition on the US side often takes the form of confrontation, especially on major issues concerning China's core interests," Ambassador Qin Gang told a virtual event hosted by the George HW Bush China Foundation and the Carter Center. "If this does not change, it will undermine China's efforts to promote our mutual trust and cooperation." | Qin, who took…

Editor (2021-09-23). Rooftop solar to roll out on China's public buildings. mronline.org The latest county-level trials could boost rooftop solar power generation over the next five years but new business models are needed to make them successful.

Chris Kanthan (2021-09-23). China — Cultural revolution 2.0 and great leap backward? nationofchange.org Young people in China and America face similar problems. Both countries need a profound revolution but it must be real and ground up, not a populist sham from those in power.

Staff (2021-09-23). United States of War: How AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Could Inflame Tension, Provoke War with China. democracynow.org Criticism is growing of AUKUS, a new trilateral military partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the countries say is needed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of the agreement, the U.S. has agreed to help Australia build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, replacing a previous deal Australia had with France. China has denounced the deal, saying the countries are "severely damaging regional peace and stability, intensifying an arms race, and damaging international nuclear non-proliferation efforts." Anthropologist David Vine, who tracks U.S…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-23). Nuclear Tensions Between Australia And North Korea Are Among AUKUS Side Effects. southfront.org A missile is launched during a long and medium-range ballistic rocket launch drill in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. | Agreement paves the way for nuclear proliferation in Asia-Pacific | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Apparently, the creation of the AUKUS group is the new big topic of debate on the geopolitical scenario. While the main focus is on China, which is undoubtedly the main target of the American initiative, the North Korean issue cannot be neglected. North Kor…

WSWS (2021-09-23). Scientists hone in on "missing link" in the natural origins of COVID-19. wsws.org The discovery by an international team of scientists further exposes the lie that the pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

New Atlas (2021-09-23). De-Listed Anti-China Terror Group "Rises from the Dead" newatlas.report September 23, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Suspicions were raised when in late 2020 the US de-listed as a terrorist organization the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), sometimes referred to as the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP). This was because the US had claimed as its rationale that the ETIM/TIP had not been active for over …

Koohan Paik-Mander (2021-09-23). Meet the Biden Advisor Who Wants a Cold War with China. counterpunch.org As a longtime Hawaii resident, I have always wondered how the former President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was so ineffective when it came to foreign policy matters. His efforts to right the wrong of the unauthorized armed invasion and imprisonment of the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili ªuokalani, in 1893

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-23). Leaked Grant Proposals: Wuhan Scientists Planned To Release Coronaviruses Into Bat Population 18 Months Before Covid. moguldom.com Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into bat caves more than a year-and-a-half before the first case of covid-19 was reported, according to 2018 grant proposals submitted to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The proposals showed that scientists wanted to genetically engineer coronaviruses that were infectious to humans and then conduct experiments …

WSWS (2021-09-23). Scientists find new evidence of the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. wsws.org The discovery by an international team of scientists further discredits the claims, promoted by the corporate media and the Trump and Biden administrations, that the pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

ecns.cn (2021-09-23). Chinese envoy regrets absence of U.S., other Western countries at UN anti-racism meeting. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, on Wednesday regretted the absence of the United States and some other Western countries from an important UN anti-racism meeting.

New Atlas (2021-09-23). De-Listed Anti-China Terror Group "Rises from the Dead" newatlas.report September 23, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Suspicions were raised when in late 2020 the US de-listed as a terrorist organization the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), sometimes referred to as the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP). This was because the US had claimed as its rationale that the ETIM/TIP had not been active for over …

ecns.cn (2021-09-23). China expresses grave concern over U.S.-UK-Australia nuclear submarine cooperation. ecns.cn China on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the cooperation between the United States, the UK and Australia on nuclear submarines, stating that it deliberately escalates regional tensions.

Koohan Paik-Mander (2021-09-23). Meet the Biden Advisor Who Wants a Cold War with China. counterpunch.org As a longtime Hawaii resident, I have always wondered how the former President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was so ineffective when it came to foreign policy matters. His efforts to right the wrong of the unauthorized armed invasion and imprisonment of the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili ªuokalani, in 1893

Editor (2021-09-23). Rooftop solar to roll out on China's public buildings. mronline.org The latest county-level trials could boost rooftop solar power generation over the next five years but new business models are needed to make them successful.

WSWS (2021-09-23). Biden, Macron pledge to meet amid mounting US-EU conflicts over China. wsws.org EU officials criticized Washington's signing of the anti-Chinese AUKUS alliance and the canceling of a Franco-Australian submarine contract.

Danny Haiphong (2021-09-23). The Revenge of White Colonialism Motivates the AUKUS Alliance Against China. asia-pacificresearch.com

Staff (2021-09-23). United States of War: How AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Could Inflame Tension, Provoke War with China. democracynow.org Criticism is growing of AUKUS, a new trilateral military partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the countries say is needed to counter China's growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. As part of the agreement, the U.S. has agreed to help Australia build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, replacing a previous deal Australia had with France. China has denounced the deal, saying the countries are "severely damaging regional peace and stability, intensifying an arms race, and damaging international nuclear non-proliferation efforts." Anthropologist David Vine, who tracks U.S…

Sun Lung (2021-09-23). Another US attempt to discredit China. indybay.org In July 2021 the Biden's administration once again criticized the Chinese leadership. This time China was charged with organizing illegal activities in cyberspace which, for its part, creates a serious threat to the US national security.

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-23). China's Ambassador Says Continued 'Confrontation' By US Hinders Cooperation. news.antiwar.com China's new ambassador to the US on Wednesday "Competition on the US side often takes the form of confrontation, especially on major issues concerning China's core interests," Ambassador Qin Gang told a virtual event hosted by the George HW Bush China Foundation and the Carter Center. "If this does not change, it will undermine China's efforts to promote our mutual trust and cooperation." | Qin, who took…

WSWS (2021-09-23). Scientists find new evidence of the natural origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. wsws.org The discovery by an international team of scientists further discredits the claims, promoted by the corporate media and the Trump and Biden administrations, that the pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-22). Clear away the hype: the US and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that. peoplesdispatch.org The AUKUS despite being coined a security partnership, is a nuclear arms deal aimed at increasing pressure against China and should be cause for concern…

ecns.cn (2021-09-22). New trends tell where China-U.S. cooperation is heading. ecns.cn Despite trade frictions over the past few years and constant calls for "decoupling with China" from some U.S. officials, new trends emerging in Sino-U.S. economic and trade development show where momentum really lies for the world's two biggest economies.

_____ (2021-09-22). Racism Denies Common Prosperity In The United States. popularresistance.org Mainstream U.S. media frequently depicts China as a "closed off" country that treats ethnic minorities with contempt and oppression. The New York Times took this baseless accusation further in an op-ed published on September 9 that claimed China was closing itself off from the world and rejecting the English language. No verifiable proof was offered beyond reforms to the education system that seek to address economic and social stressors faced by Chinese families. | The op-ed argued that China's decision to place tighter regulations on its private tutoring and examination process is a sign that the country is clo…

ecns.cn (2021-09-22). China to continue to bring world new opportunities through its new development: Xi. ecns.cn China will continue to bring the world new opportunities through its new development, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

_____ (2021-09-22). NY Times Advises China On Covid-19: Abandon Success, Try Failure. popularresistance.org The recent outbreak of the Delta variant in China "shows that its strategy no longer fits. It is time for China to change tack." | So declared a lead essay atop the New York Times Opinion/Editorial section on Sept. 7 by Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. | The Delta outbreak that "changed the game" in Huang's words emerged after an outbreak at Nanjing international airport in July traced to a flight from Russia. Did this outbreak change anything in fact? | Let's do the numbers. | Let's do something that Huang did not; let's look at the numbers from July 1 until Sept. 7 the date o…

ecns.cn (2021-09-22). High hopes voiced for green future. ecns.cn He described China's plan to achieve carbon neutrality from its emissions peak in just 30 years as the shortest in the world, compared with 70 years for the EU and 45 years for the US.

Brian Berletic (2021-09-22). AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War. asia-pacificresearch.com

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-09-22). US militarism's toxic impact on climate policy. nationofchange.org That will require the United States to seriously reduce the military budget and commit to peaceful, practical diplomacy with China and Russia.

Raúl Zibechi (2021-09-22). Estados Unidos ya siente miedo ante China. globalizacion.ca El editor en jefe del Global Times, diario oficialista chino, Hu Xijin, escribe: "Solo podemos hablar con Estados Unidos con fuerza y acciones. (…) Mi conclusión es que la fuerte fuerza militar, especialmente la nuclear estratégica, ha hecho que Estados…

WSWS (2021-09-22). China's Evergrande set to default on debt payment. wsws.org Financial markets have priced in the prospect of payment as unlikely with one of its bonds trading at less than 30 percent of its face value.

_____ (2021-09-22). End the Pentagon's New Anti-China Slush Fund and Reinvest in Our Communities Instead. commondreams.org "Every day that goes by, another roughly 10,000 people are lost to this disease—what are governments with the power to change this horrific statistic waiting for?"

_____ (2021-09-22). The First World War, Cecile Rhodes & Anglo-Saxon Power. strategic-culture.org David William Pear says the era in which the British Empire set out to destroy Germany in 1902 — leading the way to World War I — is frighteningly similar to that of today's U.S. hostility to the rising of China and Russia. | In the wake of the new U.S.-U.K.-Australia defense pact, driven by the

_____ (2021-09-22). 'Huge Step Forward': China Applauded for Pledge to Stop Building Overseas Coal Plants. commondreams.org One Democratic U.S. congressman called the move "a complete slap in the face to the families of the more than 50,000 Floridians who have died from Covid."

Pip Hinman (2021-09-22). Australia's New Anti-China Alliance. asia-pacificresearch.com

sputniknews (2021-09-22). Chinese Covid Vaccines Reach 100 Nations, But WHO Warns Africa Still Short 470 Million Shots in 2021. sputniknews.com Unique among industrial nations, China has vaccinated more than 1 billion of its citizens against COVID-19 while exporting even more shots. While its vaccines are not as technically advanced as those made by Western pharmaceutical firms, they have been many nations' only source of protection from the pandemic.

WSWS (2021-09-22). New Zealand PM "pleased to see" AUKUS military pact. wsws.org New Zealand is not part of the recently announced military pact between the US, Britain and Australia targeting China, but Prime Minister Ardern welcomed their aggressive engagement in the Pacific region.

Anonymous103 (2021-09-22). The Global Gateway's Challenge Against China's BRI Will Fail If EU Insists On Imposing Their "Values" southfront.org The EU's Global Gateway cannot financially compete with the multitrillion dollar BRI project Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst….

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-22). Large majority of Europeans believe in new Cold War with Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Majority of Europeans believe in new cold war with Russia, China: Survey The majority of European citizens believe that a new cold war is going on with Russia and China, a new study revealed on Wednesday. According to the survey of the pan-European think tank European Council on Foreign Relations, 62% of Europeans feel that …

WSWS (2021-09-22). Biden proclaims "new era" of human rights imperialism at UN. wsws.org As the White House presides over a massive nuclear buildup targeting China, Biden told the UN that America would rededicate itself to the preservation of "human rights" and "global cooperation."

Vijay Prashad (2021-09-22). Clear away the hype: the US and Australia signed a nuclear arms deal, simple as that. peoplesdispatch.org The AUKUS despite being coined a security partnership, is a nuclear arms deal aimed at increasing pressure against China and should be cause for concern…

WSWS (2021-09-22). New Zealand PM "pleased to see" AUKUS military pact. wsws.org New Zealand is not part of the recently announced military pact between the US, Britain and Australia targeting China, but Prime Minister Ardern welcomed their aggressive engagement in the Pacific region.

Brian Berletic (2021-09-22). AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War. asia-pacificresearch.com

Danny Haiphong (2021-09-22). The revenge of white colonialism motivates the AUKUS alliance against China. mronline.org The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have formed an alliance called "AUKUS" to create, in the words of Australia PM Scott Morrison, "a partnership where our technology, our scientists, our industry, our defense forces are all working together to deliver a safer and more secure region that ultimately benefits all."

Pip Hinman (2021-09-22). Australia's New Anti-China Alliance. asia-pacificresearch.com

WSWS (2021-09-22). Biden proclaims "new era" of human rights imperialism at UN. wsws.org As the White House presides over a massive nuclear buildup targeting China, Biden told the UN that America would rededicate itself to the preservation of "human rights" and "global cooperation."

ecns.cn (2021-09-22). New trends tell where China-U.S. cooperation is heading. ecns.cn Despite trade frictions over the past few years and constant calls for "decoupling with China" from some U.S. officials, new trends emerging in Sino-U.S. economic and trade development show where momentum really lies for the world's two biggest economies.

_____ (2021-09-22). Racism Denies Common Prosperity In The United States. popularresistance.org Mainstream U.S. media frequently depicts China as a "closed off" country that treats ethnic minorities with contempt and oppression. The New York Times took this baseless accusation further in an op-ed published on September 9 that claimed China was closing itself off from the world and rejecting the English language. No verifiable proof was offered beyond reforms to the education system that seek to address economic and social stressors faced by Chinese families. | The op-ed argued that China's decision to place tighter regulations on its private tutoring and examination process is a sign that the country is clo…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-22). Large majority of Europeans believe in new Cold War with Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Majority of Europeans believe in new cold war with Russia, China: Survey The majority of European citizens believe that a new cold war is going on with Russia and China, a new study revealed on Wednesday. According to the survey of the pan-European think tank European Council on Foreign Relations, 62% of Europeans feel that …

WSWS (2021-09-22). China's Evergrande set to default on debt payment. wsws.org Financial markets have priced in the prospect of payment as unlikely with one of its bonds trading at less than 30 percent of its face value.

ecns.cn (2021-09-22). China to continue to bring world new opportunities through its new development: Xi. ecns.cn China will continue to bring the world new opportunities through its new development, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

_____ (2021-09-22). NY Times Advises China On Covid-19: Abandon Success, Try Failure. popularresistance.org The recent outbreak of the Delta variant in China "shows that its strategy no longer fits. It is time for China to change tack." | So declared a lead essay atop the New York Times Opinion/Editorial section on Sept. 7 by Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. | The Delta outbreak that "changed the game" in Huang's words emerged after an outbreak at Nanjing international airport in July traced to a flight from Russia. Did this outbreak change anything in fact? | Let's do the numbers. | Let's do something that Huang did not; let's look at the numbers from July 1 until Sept. 7 the date o…

ecns.cn (2021-09-22). High hopes voiced for green future. ecns.cn He described China's plan to achieve carbon neutrality from its emissions peak in just 30 years as the shortest in the world, compared with 70 years for the EU and 45 years for the US.

Sun Lung (2021-09-22). Another US attempt to discredit China. indybay.org In July 2021 the Biden's administration once again criticized the Chinese leadership. This time China was charged with organizing illegal activities in cyberspace which, for its part, creates a serious threat to the US national security.

Raúl Zibechi (2021-09-22). Estados Unidos ya siente miedo ante China. globalizacion.ca El editor en jefe del Global Times, diario oficialista chino, Hu Xijin, escribe: "Solo podemos hablar con Estados Unidos con fuerza y acciones. (…) Mi conclusión es que la fuerte fuerza militar, especialmente la nuclear estratégica, ha hecho que Estados…

sputniknews (2021-09-22). Chinese Covid Vaccines Reach 100 Nations, But WHO Warns Africa Still Short 470 Million Shots in 2021. sputniknews.com Unique among industrial nations, China has vaccinated more than 1 billion of its citizens against COVID-19 while exporting even more shots. While its vaccines are not as technically advanced as those made by Western pharmaceutical firms, they have been many nations' only source of protection from the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2021-09-21). Xinjiang residents debunk lies fabricated by Western politicians, anti-China forces. ecns.cn More than 20 residents in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region shared their personal experiences at a news conference via video link on Friday to expose the lies and fallacies of some Western politicians and anti-China forces.

ecns.cn (2021-09-21). Ties with China necessary, essential for Latin America, says Cuban academic. ecns.cn For Latin America, ties with China are necessary and essential, a Cuban academic said following Chinese President Xi Jinping's message to the recently concluded 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

John V. Walsh (2021-09-21). New York Times Advises China on Covid-19: Abandon Success, Try Failure. dissidentvoice.org The recent outbreak of the Delta variant in China "shows that its strategy no longer fits. It is time for China to change tack." So declared a lead essay atop the New York Times Opinion/Editorial section on September 7 by Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Delta outbreak that …

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-21). 5 Things To Know About New Clues On The Dangerous US-Funded Research At China Wuhan Lab. moguldom.com The U.S. has funded research at a virology lab in Wuhan, China, the city suspected of being the epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic, according to confidential documents released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Leading infectious diseases expert Dr. Antony Fauci is on record denying that the U.S. funded controversial gain-of-function research at the …

_____ (2021-09-21). Strategic Stupidity… Biden Torpedoes French & NATO Relations With Aussie Sub Deal to Target China. strategic-culture.org It's not only France that is stunned by the Anglo-American skullduggery. The other European NATO allies were also left in the dark, Finian Cunningham writes. | The Gallic gall erupting between France and the United States, Britain and Australia has overshadowed the new military alliance that U.S. President Joe Biden announced last week for the Indo-Pacific region. | That alliance was supposed to signal a U.S.-led initiative to challenge China. But the strategic move is turning out rather stupid and shortsighted as it has backfired to slam a hole in Washington's alliance with France and wider NATO partnerships.

ecns.cn (2021-09-21). 4.4 mln doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Nepal. ecns.cn With the latest consignment of COVID-19 vaccines landing in Kathmandu on Friday, Nepal has now received all 6 million doses the government purchased from China in August, local media reported.

Luis Manuel Arce Isaac (2021-09-21). China, un invitado extracontinental muy significativo en la CELAC. globalizacion.ca A algunos sorprendió que después de los discursos en la VI Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), el sábado 18 de septiembre, se proyectara un mensaje de Xi Jinping, presidente de China. | Sin embargo, el jefe…

The Conversation (2021-09-21). China Emerging as Competitor to Tesla: Will it build the best Cars in the World? juancole.com By Tom Stacey " Europeans and other western nations have dominated automotive excellence for over a century. Whether it is the satisfying thud of the door closing on a Volkswagen from Wolfsburg, or the beauty of a Ferrari from Modena, these brands are iconic — and very lucrative for their manufacturers. When we think of …

Editor (2021-09-21). China and the power of healing. mronline.org COVID-19 is the major public health emergency witnessed by human history in recent times. Covid has put humanity to a new test and shaped our World from individual new norms to a new world order.

WSWS (2021-09-21). The UN General Assembly and the threat of imperialist aggression against China. wsws.org The UN General Assembly opened in New York City under the shadow of the sudden announcement last week of the Australia-UK-US alliance aimed at China.

New Atlas (2021-09-21). AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War. newatlas.report September 21, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — Australia, the UK and the US announced the formation of "AUKUS," an amalgamation of the three nation's initials, as a tripartite "defense alliance." Despite claims that the alliance is aimed at no particular country (and no particular country was mentioned during its announcement), the Western media has …

ecns.cn (2021-09-21). Xinjiang residents debunk lies fabricated by Western politicians, anti-China forces. ecns.cn More than 20 residents in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region shared their personal experiences at a news conference via video link on Friday to expose the lies and fallacies of some Western politicians and anti-China forces.

ecns.cn (2021-09-21). Ties with China necessary, essential for Latin America, says Cuban academic. ecns.cn For Latin America, ties with China are necessary and essential, a Cuban academic said following Chinese President Xi Jinping's message to the recently concluded 6th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

WSWS (2021-09-21). The UN General Assembly and the threat of imperialist aggression against China. wsws.org The UN General Assembly opened in New York City under the shadow of the sudden announcement last week of the Australia-UK-US alliance aimed at China.

The Conversation (2021-09-21). China Emerging as Competitor to Tesla: Will it build the best Cars in the World? juancole.com By Tom Stacey " Europeans and other western nations have dominated automotive excellence for over a century. Whether it is the satisfying thud of the door closing on a Volkswagen from Wolfsburg, or the beauty of a Ferrari from Modena, these brands are iconic — and very lucrative for their manufacturers. When we think of …

Sun Lung (2021-09-21). Another US attempt to discredit China. indybay.org In July 2021 the Biden's administration once again criticized the Chinese leadership. This time China was charged with organizing illegal activities in cyberspace which, for its part, creates a serious threat to the US national security.

ecns.cn (2021-09-21). 4.4 mln doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Nepal. ecns.cn With the latest consignment of COVID-19 vaccines landing in Kathmandu on Friday, Nepal has now received all 6 million doses the government purchased from China in August, local media reported.

_____ (2021-09-20). AUKUS Expedites the Coming EU Army & NATO's Irrelevance. strategic-culture.org While AUKUS formally exists to counter China, it does so on the basis of shared history and spheres of influence. That means that the logic of containing China within such a framework also contains AUKUS. | The surprise announcement of the new AUKUS alliance has predictably provoked an outcry from the

WSWS (2021-09-20). French officials warn AUKUS alliance undermines US-Europe relations. wsws.org Paris denounced Washington's sudden announcement of an Australia-UK-US alliance targeting China, and the related cancellation of a French-Australian submarine sale.

Adriel Kasonta (2021-09-20). AUKUS the latest attempt to push for war with China. asiatimes.com Surprise, surprise! After a "candid" phone conversation with President Xi Jinping the previous week, aimed at "responsible managing the competition between the United States and the PRC" and ensuring it "does not veer into conflict," US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that his country was joining a new trilateral security coalition comprising Washington, London …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-20). China gives U.S. advice on how to preserve NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from The Global Times. An aggressive military bloc with thirty full members and forty partners on all inhabited continents which has waged unprovoked wars on three of them is evidently no problem to China, Russia, the United Nations, etc. Just business as usual. US-France tussle over AUKUS upsetting NATO, EuropeBy Cui HongjianThe author is …

Editor (2021-09-20). Stop U.S. submarine warfare! workers.org The Biden administration's latest foreign policy step has sharpened U.S. imperialism's global conflict with the People's Republic of China. It must be opposed by all those who want to reverse a new version of the 20th century's Cold War and avert a global war. Biden made this move official with . . . |

ecns.cn (2021-09-20). China stresses aircraft disinfection to prevent COVID-19 case import. ecns.cn China has rolled out a protocol on the disinfection of passenger aircraft arriving from outside the Chinese mainland to reduce the risk of COVID-19 case import.

Dana Sanchez (2021-09-20). Global Financial Markets And Crypto Wobble On China Credit Fears, Everything Goes Risk-Off. moguldom.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index fell 2.4-to-2.9 percent Monday along with consumer confidence, amid a storm of market risks including fears that contagion from China's property market could lead to a Chinese "Lehman moment". Bitcoin, which traded above $50,000 earlier this month, had a bad day, down 10 percent …

Mark Valencia (2021-09-20). US should beware of advice based on wishful thinking. asiatimes.com A recent article in the prestigious American journal Foreign Affairs made a series of recommendations for US policy in the South China Sea. However, US policymakers should beware of such recommendations based on questionable assumptions and wishful thinking. Following them could lead to another US foreign-policy failure. The article in essence supports the idea of …

Bertil Lintner (2021-09-20). US encircling China on multiple new Cold War fronts. asiatimes.com The Indo-Pacific's Cold War is heating up as the region splits ever more decisively into opposed camps with a loose alliance of US-led democratic powers on one side and authoritarian China and its aligned satellites on the other. And the first economic salvos of the contest launched by Donald Trump's trade war are becoming more …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-20). India Wants Quad To Get More Involved In Afghanistan. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe issue of the Taliban will be discussed in the first-ever Quad summit, and it is once again all about containing China. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | The US has announced the Quad's first-ever Leaders' Summit to take place at Washington D.C. on September 24. Last Friday, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) held summit meetings at Dushanbe, Tajikistan. India was represented in the latter occasion and shall be in the former also. Currently Taliban-controlled Afghanistan a…

ecns.cn (2021-09-20). China-donated vaccines arrive in Kenya amid intensified pandemic fight in Africa. ecns.cn Senior Kenyan government officials on Saturday received a batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses from China as the East African nation ramps up inoculations for high-risk populations against the virus, saying they would reinvigorate the pandemic fight in the country.

Thom Hartmann (2021-09-20). The Real Crime That General Milley Exposed. counterpunch.org Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley stepped outside the realm of his constitutional power to prevent Donald Trump from starting nuclear war with China or Iran. It was definitely unconstitutional and probably illegal. But he's not the true villain in this story; the true villain is almost never mentioned in the press. Trump's advisors aren't

_____ (2021-09-20). Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Real Legacy Is Anarchism In Practice. popularresistance.org Lenapehoking, Turtle Island (also known as New York City) — Since its demise in the Fall of 2012, various individuals, websites, social media accounts, and politicians have tried to claim the mantle of Occupy Wall Street. The associations are endless, from Bernie Sanders-aligned "socialists" to neoliberal Twitter accounts praising landlords for evicting people. Any journalist writing about the OWS movement should know its actual history, separated from the machinations of those who later tried to co-opt its message for themselves. OWS was anarchism in practice, and that is its legacy. | Several members of M…

WSWS (2021-09-20). Beijing condemns military pact between the US, Britain and Australia. wsws.org The Chinese regime fears that Biden is accelerating the confrontation with China and preparations for war that began with President Obama and was expanded under Trump.

_____ (2021-09-20). That 'Other' Reset Unfolding Across West & Central Asia. strategic-culture.org All of Central Asia is re-setting towards the SCO, EAEU, Russia and China. The former is now 'lost' to the U.S., Alastair Crooke writes. | The shock of Afghanistan imploding — as if blown away in a puff of wind — plus the frantic U.S. scramble to get away, even as loyal local retainers, and billions of dollars' worth of baggage were left abandoned on the tarmac, has triggered a political earthquake that is unfolding across Asia. The 'ground zero' (i.e. the U.S.) to a complex network structure has been pulled out on old and settled structures and relationships. | In a very real sense, Washington was th…