2021-10-30: News Headlines

Dongsheng News (2021-10-30). News on China | No. 73. dissidentvoice.org China breaks the US-led blockade to assume its UN seat 50 years ago. A 10% drop in magnesium production has occurred. China accounts for 85% of global magnesium production. Pang Jianwei and collaborating scientists have established the first integrated quantum communication network, an "unhackable" network.

Staff (2021-10-30). Beijing dismisses 'unscientific' report on Covid-19 origins by US intelligence community. rt.com The US is using "intelligence apparatus instead of scientists" to determine the origins of Covid-19, undermining genuine research, Beijing said in response to the declassification of an ODNI report. | On Friday, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its

WSWS (2021-10-30). Biden again lashes out against China over Taiwan. wsws.org Biden's remarks are the latest in a rising drumbeat of inflammatory statements from Washington that undermine the diplomatic and strategic status quo in the Taiwan Strait that has existed for four decades.

sputniknews (2021-10-30). China Calls Report of US Intelligence Community on COVID-19 Origin Unscientific. sputniknews.com BEIJING (Sputnik) – The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, Liu Pengyu, called the report on the origin of COVID-19 by the American intelligence service unscientific, South China Morning Post reported on Saturday.

WSWS (2021-10-30). US records lowest growth rate in pandemic "recovery" wsws.org The US slowdown follows lower growth in China and a cut this week by the German government in its growth forecast—meaning the world's first, second and fourth largest economies respectively all reported lower growth this month.

Anonymous103 (2021-10-29). Unsubstantiated Rumors About Test Of Hypersonic Missile Leads To Escalation Of Tensions Between US And China. southfront.org Illustrative Image Washington compares alleged Chinese hypersonic missile with Sputnik satellite launch. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | While the fight against fake news becomes one of the main agendas in the Western world, the hegemonic media continues to disseminate unproven information with the aim of attacking non-aligned governments. In October, several Western media agencies published a report about an alleged launch of a Chinese hypersonic missile, whose technology would be able to evade the entire apparatus of the current Amer…

Staff (2021-10-29). Headlines for October 29, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Unveils Stripped-Down Build Back Better Act After Sens. Manchin, Sinema Demand Cuts, Big Oil Executives Grilled by House Democrats over Deception on Climate Crisis, As Climate Crisis Worsens, 10 World Heritage Forests Become Net Carbon Emitters, China Won't Commit to New Emissions Targets Ahead of COP26 Climate Summit , Protesters at Site of COP26 Climate Summit Demand Real Action to Limit Warming to 1.5 ∞C, Ahead of G20, Protesters Demand Biden Make COVID-19 Vaccines Available to Poor Countries, Sudanese Protester Deaths Mount After Monday's Military Coup, Guantánamo Bay Prisoner Describes Surviving…

Ann Brown (2021-10-29). 5 Things To Know About What Elijah Muhammad And Malcolm X Said About Chinese Communist Party. moguldom.com Like many Black liberation activists and scholars, leaders of the Nation of Islam had a friendly relationship with Communist China. W.E.B. DuBois, for example, spent his birthday in 1959 celebrating in China. NOI head Elijah Muhammad and his one-time protege, Malcolm X, often spoke in glowing terms of China. Muhammad even held an audience with a group …

Ron Forthofer (2021-10-29). US undercuts the rules-based order. dissidentvoice.org The US has been targeting China by expressing a concern that China does not or will not act according to a 'rules-based' order. This column examines how well the US follows the rules, especially international laws, it played a key role in developing. For example, two key articles in the United Nations Charter stress the …

Staff (2021-10-29). Covid-19 neither bioweapon nor genetically engineered, US intel says, but hints if China doesn't cooperate it can reconsider. rt.com The virus that causes Covid-19 was neither developed as a bioweapon nor genetically engineered, according to an intelligence community assessment that appears to come loaded with veiled threats. | The US has let up from the Trump administration's 'Blame China' explanation for the novel coronavirus outbreak, releasing an "updated assessment on Covid-19 origins" that suggests the virus was "not developed as a biological weapon," "probably not genetically engineered," and probably not known of by China before the "initial outbreak" of Covid-19. | SARS-CoV-2 "probably emerged and infected humans through an initial…

Dave DeCamp (2021-10-29). FBI Asks US Businesses to Work Closely With the Agency to Counter China. news.antiwar.com

Chris Kanthan (2021-10-29). Okay to be #2 — Lessons for America and China. nationofchange.org The geopolitical rivals need to abandon the obsession to be #1, prioritize sustainable growth, focus on cooperation, and find a way to defuse the escalating tensions.

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-29). EUCOM/NATO commander hosts top brass for Russia Strategic Roundtable, China Strategic Roundtable. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The commander of U.S. European Command is also the top military commander of NATO: Supreme Allied Commander Europe. ==== USEUCOM Commander Hosts Russia Strategic Roundtable Commander of U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), Air Force General Tod D. Wolters, hosted a senior U.S. military leader forum focused on global campaigning and integrated deterrence at the Pentagon today. …

Editor2 (2021-10-29). China Moves Onto USA's Doorstep by Signing Up Cuba to Belt & Road. Will it Cause a Standoff Like the 1962 Missile Crisis? orinocotribune.com By Tom Fowdy — Oct 21, 2021 | As the United States ratchets up its support for Taiwan as a regional chess piece against China, Beijing may also be positioning Havana as a counterweight. The move is sure to enrage Washington. | Cuba this week signed up to China's Belt and Road (BRI) Energy Partnership, which is expected to see Beijing invest in the island's energy industries with a focus on renewables. | Cuba's ambassador to China stated that the agreement ratified his country's commitment to the Belt and Road Initiative and called for the building of an international mega-platform for economic exchanges, und…

sputniknews (2021-10-29). India Deploys US Weapons, Including Chinook Helicopters, to Ramp Up Defence at Disputed China Border. sputniknews.com India has increased its defence purchases from the US over the last five years, buying about $3.4 billion worth of armaments between 2016 and 2020. The country was designated as a "major defence partner" of the US in 2016. In 2018, the US granted it "license-free access" to a range of military and dual-use technologies that are otherwise regulated.

WSWS (2021-10-29). Scientist Peter Daszak refutes false media allegations about Wuhan research. wsws.org In a letter to the National Institutes of Health made public Thursday, zoologist Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance refuted claims that his organization failed to keep the US government appraised of coronavirus research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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