Daily Archives: November 16, 2021

2021-11-16: News Headlines

Pivot to Peace (2021-11-16). Statement: Why President Biden Must Abide by the "One-China Policy" and Stop Meddling in the Affairs of China-Taiwan Relations. peacepivot.org Do we have better things to do than go to war with China over Taiwan, a mere province of China?

Staff (2021-11-16). China's Xi outlines vision for relations with US in 1st virtual sit-down with Biden. rt.com Chinese President Xi Jinping urged for closer ties and improved cooperation with the United States during his first formal meeting with President Joe Biden, but said that any change in relations must be based on mutual respect. | The two leaders sat down for virtual talks on Monday to discuss a range of issues, with both Xi and Biden opening the meeting on a cordial note. Calling his US counterpart an "old friend," Xi argued that a "healthy and stable" relationship is needed to address global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, noting that he would like to steer US-China ties in a "positi…

_____ (2021-11-16). Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China? strategic-culture.org The world would benefit enormously if Joe Biden terminated its ascent by coming to terms with China and Russia, Brian Cloughley writes. | At the recent semi-successful United Nations COP26 conference on climate change there was an unexpected revelation that the U.S. and China had

WSWS (2021-11-16). Biden infrastructure bill targets China. wsws.org While Biden signed the bill at a ceremony dominated by union officials, his top aides were emphasizing the anti-China thrust of any effort to rebuild ports, roads and airfields.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-15). The Covid-19 Pandemic Does Not Exist. globalresearch.ca At the outset of the corona crisis, the number of confirmed cases was abysmally low. 83 positive cases outside China (6.4 billion people), were used to justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency, leading up to the official announcement of a pandemic in March 2020…

Kim Petersen (2021-11-15). Planning for a New, Better Future. dissidentvoice.org As the world prepares to depart 2021 and head into 2022, it is clear that the United States is a declining economic power and that China continues its rapid upward trajectory. While homelessness and poverty sully the debt-laden US, China has eliminated extreme poverty. What is the American response to economic disparities domestically? Institute a …

_____ (2021-11-15). Rebuild America and Fight China? strategic-culture.org By Eric MARGOLIS | In an age of TV politicians, President Joe Biden is a figure from another age. He is deeply unexciting and suffering from advanced age — a time in life which the great Charles de Gaulle compared to a 'shipwreck.' | No mobs of baseball hat-wearing yahoos are about to storm the Capitol for Biden's sake. However unexciting he may be, President Biden has acted with courage and foresight to enact what America so badly needed: moving away from a wartime to a peacetime economy. | America's economy has been on a full wartime footing since the Vietnam War. The US Navy alone operates 11 big deck at…

Devin Cole (2021-11-15). First clinic for transgender youth established in China. workers.org The Children's Hospital of Fudan University, located in Shanghai, has announced the establishment of a health clinic to safely manage and maintain the gender transition of transgender youth and adolescents. (globaltimes.cn, Nov. 4) China's famous transgender female artist, Jin Xing. Photo credit: VCG The clinic is a response to issues . . . |

teleSUR (2021-11-15). US Business Groups Urge Reducing Tariffs On Chinese Goods. telesurenglish.net In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, about two dozen U.S. business associations led by the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) urged President Joe Biden's administration to reduce tariffs on Chinese goods to provide relief to Americans amid rising inflation pressures. | RELATED: | "Tariffs put in place over the last several years continue to disproportionately cause economic harm to U.S. businesse…

teleSUR (2021-11-15). XI Calls for Sound, Steady China-U.S. Relationship. telesurenglish.net Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for developing a sound and steady China-U.S. relationship during a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden. | Xi said China and the United States should respect each other, coexist in peace, pursue win-win cooperation, and manage domestic affairs well while shouldering international responsibilities. | Xi pointed out that both China and the U.S. are at critical stages of development, and the "global village" of humanity faces multiple challenges. | As the world's two largest economies and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and the U.S. need…

_____ (2021-11-15). The Economic Dimension of China-North Korea Relations. journal-neo.org Much of the talk about how long the DPRK regime will last under sanctions and the country's "self-isolation" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is rooted in the question of what role Beijing will play in supporting Pyongyang. In 2019, China accounted for about 95 per cent of North Korea's total trade, according to …

_____ (2021-11-15). Chronicles of the Taiwan Issue. journal-neo.org The various developments accompanying the Taiwan issue, the most dangerous one on today's political map of the world, require constant attention and as accurate a description as possible. That is, without distortion, and with the minimum author's comments. Their simple chronological presentation speaks for itself. It depicts the relations between the two leading world powers, …

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