Daily Archives: September 7, 2021

2021-09-07: News Headlines

New Atlas (2021-09-07). BBC Xinjiang/Uyghur Lies Spread to Afghanistan. newatlas.report September 7, 2021 (The New Atlas) — What happens when British state media — the BBC — combines its war propaganda in Afghanistan with its anti-China propaganda in Xinjiang? New Sinophobic narratives depicting Beijing as hunting Uyghurs down far beyond its borders and for apparently no real reason. References: BBC — Afghanistan's Uyghurs fear the …

New Atlas (2021-09-07). US Targets China with Mekong River Meddling. newatlas.report September 7, 2021 (The New Atlas) — The US is using multiple artificial crises to justify its continued meddling across the Indo-Pacific region. This includes interfering in nations through which the Mekong River flows — under the basis of "protecting" the environment and human rights. In reality, the US seeks simply to block infrastructure projects …

ecns.cn (2021-09-07). Jinan conference to seek global unity in fight against food waste. ecns.cn China will hold an international conference in Shandong province to bolster global cooperation in curbing food waste.

ecns.cn (2021-09-07). China to roll out pilot scheme for green power trading, build system focused on new energy. ecns.cn China will roll out a scheme of green power trading in an effort to build a new power system with new energy as a mainstay and achieve China's goals of peak emissions and carbon neutrality, the National Development of Reform Commission (NDRC) said on its website on Tuesday.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-07). NATO chief denounces China, North Korea over nuclear weapons. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From the head of history's only nuclear alliance. Nato chief alarmed by construction of new Chinese nuclear missile silos Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed concern about the construction of new missile silos by China that could significantly step up the country's nuclear capabilities. China was also rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal with more …

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-09-07). Chip War: Can the U.S. Really Gain From China's Pain? counterpunch.org With the U.S. imposing technology sanctions on China, the world's electronics industry is facing turbulent times. After the sanctions, Huawei has slipped from its number one slot as a mobile phone supplier—which the company held during the second quarter of 2020—to number seven currently. Commenting on this slide, Huawei's rotating chairman Guo Ping has said that the company's battle is for survival right now. According to Reuters, Guo in a note circulated internally maintained that Huawei "will not give up and plans to eventually return to the industry's 'throne.'" On that count, Huawei is not only s…

Tsvetana Paraskova (2021-09-07). Gazprom Neft Switches to Yuan Payments in China. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michael Hudson (2021-09-07). El sueño de Soros: Convertir a China en otro de sus negocios neoliberales. globalizacion.ca En un artículo del Financial Times, "Los inversores en la China de Xi se enfrentan a un rudo despertar" (30 de agosto de 2021), George Soros escribe que "la represión de Xi contra la empresa privada demuestra que no comprende…

Ann Garrison (2021-09-07). U.S. escalates threats to Ethiopian and Eritrean sovereignty. mronline.org The U.S. and its Western European allies have been trying to pass some kind of resolution censuring Ethiopia that will lead towards military intervention, but so far, they have not succeeded. Why? Because China and Russia have been blocking it. They say that this is Ethiopia's internal affair, and we shouldn't engage in any undue interference. Everyone is saying the same thing they have been saying all along.

Rubén Alexis Hernández (2021-09-07). Los talibanes, la decadencia estadounidense y el poder de China y Rusia. globalizacion.ca En términos generales, la derrota de Estados Unidos en Afganistán significa no sólo su fracaso militar local, sino que ha cedido terreno a sus rivales por el control asiático y mundial, en especial a China y Rusia. | *** | La retirada…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-09-06). Who Controls Afghanistan? The Panjshir Revolt "Becomes Footnote". The US, China, Russia, Iran, Turkey Powerplay. globalresearch.ca

Brian Berletic (2021-09-06). US vs. China: Where Does Vietnam Stand? asia-pacificresearch.com

ecns.cn (2021-09-06). China organizes international peacekeeping drill. ecns.cn "Shared Destiny-2021," an international peacekeeping drill, kicked off Monday in central China's Henan Province.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-09-06). New Details Emerge About Coronavirus Research at Chinese Lab. libya360.wordpress.com Sharon Lerner and Mara Hvistendahl Newly released documents provide details of U.S.-funded research on several types of coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. The Intercept has obtained more than 900 pages of documents detailing the work of EcoHealth Alliance, a U.S.-based health organization that used federal money to fund bat coronavirus research at the…

thelancet (2021-09-06). [Commentary] Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health. thelancet.com The UN General Assembly in September 2021, will bring countries together at a critical time for marshalling collective action to tackle the global environmental crisis. They will meet again at the biodiversity summit in Kunming, China, and the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK. Ahead of these pivotal meetings, we—the editors of health journals worldwide—call for urgent action to keep average global temperature increases below 1.5‚ÄØ ∞C, halt the destruction of nature, and protect health.

Michael Hudson (2021-09-06). George Soros dreams of turning China into a neoliberal grabitization opportunity. zcomm.org George Soros is obviously upset that President Xi is not Boris Yeltsin, and that China is not following the kleptocracy dependency that warped Russia's economy…

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