Daily Archives: September 30, 2021

2021-09-30: News Headlines

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 …

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