TJ Coles (2021-12-31). Using and abusing Djibouti: How the US transformed a tiny African state into a hub of imperial aggression. thegrayzone.com From Djibouti, the US trains proxies and bombs strategically-important countries in the name of democracy and counterterrorism. To justify the country's militarization, Washington hypes fears over China's regional ambitions. In a blatant threat to China's presence, Djibouti recently hosted the US-led "Allied Appreciation Day," in which Britain, France, and Japan showcased "a variety of equipment that is part of their military operations in the Horn of Africa" (HOA). The Pentagon's Combined Joint Task Force-HOA reported that the events fused Armistice, …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-12-31). Biden's First Year Foreign Policy Record May Be Worse than Trump's. covertactionmagazine.com His administration has escalated dangerous conflicts with Russia and China while increasing the military budget, expanding deadly sanctions and sustaining …

Victor Grossman (2021-12-31). A Shuffling of the Cards in Germany. zcomm.org German foreign policy has long been divided between the "Atlanticist" position and the commercial position, reflecting the need for trade with Russia and even more with China…

_____ (2021-12-31). Legislative Election Held in Hong Kong. journal-neo.org Election to the Legislative Council, the local parliament in Hong Kong, was held on December 19 of this year — an event that observers outside China should be interested in from an academic point of view. It is always curious to see how one of the two leading world powers solves its internal problems, which …

Editor (2021-12-31). China Sends Bolivia 3 Million COVID-19 Vaccines. mronline.org Bolivia has received three million Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from China, the largest delivery of vaccines to arrive in Bolivia from the Asian superpower.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-12-30). FBI is Recklessly Misusing Trump-Era Espionage Policy to Create "Climate of Fear" Among Scientists—Terrorizing Families and Ruthlessly Destroying Careers. covertactionmagazine.com The Justice Department's China Initiative Was Established by the Trump Administration to Crackdown on Chinese Economic and Scientific Espionage However, …

Editor (2021-12-30). A red under every bed? Canada, racial profiling, and the Five Eyes. mronline.org Amid the wreckage of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and its allies have turned their sights on China. University of Victoria professor emeritus and historian John Price examines the rise of the coalition of Anglo settler colonial states of Canada, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, and how they are today fomenting conflict in the Asia Pacific.

_____ (2021-12-30). America's Malaise and Its 'Failure of National Purpose' — 'Things Are Not Getting Better'. strategic-culture.org Does Biden have a choice? Can he acquiesce to a negotiated settlement with all three of America's self-defined adversaries: Russia, China and Iran? | Former thrice-time U.S. Presidential candidate and now political commentator, Pat Buchanan,

_____ (2021-12-30). The China Distraction and U.S. Destabilization. strategic-culture.org Today's war is a class war of the super elites, and this can be fought and won by the great masses of people against their own oligarchs. | The American deep state is playing upon the public's distaste of China towards its own ends, and just as with the present global mystery illness, they will blame China for a social credit system which in reality was made in the USA. We can deconstruct the anatomy of this scam through the handling of Covid and biological warfare in general. | This same deep state is trying to springboard or otherwise utilize the incessantly bad behaviour of its own rapacious oligarchy, who it…

teleSUR (2021-12-30). China and Russia To Cooperate Against US Domination. telesurenglish.net Beijing's representative in Moscow, Zhang Hanhui, considers that Russia-China cooperation must exist to fight the pressure established by U.S. hegemony. | RELATED: | The U.S. government is imposing pressure on China and Russia at every turn. On Thursday, Beijing's ambassador to Russia declared that the two nations must continue to cooperate to face all the pressure imposed on all fronts. | Hanhui said on Thursday t…

Staff (2021-12-30). Chomsky Blasts the "Torture" of Julian Assange & Biden's Provocative Acts Against China. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky decries what he calls the torture of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He also critiques the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous."

teleSUR (2021-12-30). China to Defend Fairness and Justice in Multilateral Arena. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi said that China would pull together with most countries to defend fairness and justice and do the right thing for humanity. | RELATED: | He made these remarks when asked to talk about the situation that the United States and its allies are seeking to spread Western values and stoke ideology-driven divisions, and there were lots of encounters between various different fo…

Editor (2021-12-30). Cuba eyes cooperation with China on clean energy. mronline.org Facing the challenges of an aging energy infrastructure, Cuba is looking to new energy sources with help from the Belt and Road Initiative to strengthen its power production capacity and move away from fossil fuels.

Editor (2021-12-30). Cuba eyes cooperation with China on clean energy. mronline.org Facing the challenges of an aging energy infrastructure, Cuba is looking to new energy sources with help from the Belt and Road Initiative to strengthen its power production capacity and move away from fossil fuels.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-30). FBI is Recklessly Misusing Trump-Era Espionage Policy to Create "Climate of Fear" Among Scientists—Terrorizing Families and Ruthlessly Destroying Careers. libya360.wordpress.com Jeremy Kuzmarov [Source: justice.gov] The Justice Department's China Initiative Was Established by the Trump Administration to Crackdown on Chinese Economic and Scientific Espionage.However, its primary targets have been academics prosecuted for failing to properly disclose their connection to Chinese universities on grant forms and it has led to numerous miscarriages of justice On the Tuesday…

Staff (2021-12-30). Chomsky Blasts the "Torture" of Julian Assange & Biden's Provocative Acts Against China. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky decries what he calls the torture of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He also critiques the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous."

Editor (2021-12-30). A red under every bed? Canada, racial profiling, and the Five Eyes. mronline.org Amid the wreckage of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and its allies have turned their sights on China. University of Victoria professor emeritus and historian John Price examines the rise of the coalition of Anglo settler colonial states of Canada, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, and how they are today fomenting conflict in the Asia Pacific.

Ian Goodrum (2021-12-29). With latest Five-Year Plan, China takes bold step into 2022—and beyond. peoplesworld.org

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-29). Russia-China Relations: History in the Making. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara One of the relevant geopolitical issues of 2021 has been the strengthening of China-Russia relations. A strategic partnership that is the result of Russian policies in international matters, which are aimed at building a multipolar world, in addition to being evidently a counterweight to the U.S. strategy of containment in an open policy…

Nathan King (2021-12-29). China-U.S. relations in 2021. america.cgtn.com See how China-U.S. relations are in the Biden era in 2021. Where Is the relationship heading in 2022?>

_____ (2021-12-29). Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Olympics is Washington's Self-inflicted Wound. journal-neo.org The confrontation with China taken by Washington in recent years is being pursued not only on the economic front, with numerous sanctions against Chinese companies, but in politics as well, with the US creating various anti-Chinese blocs, such as AUKUS, provoking Taiwanese separatism, launching an information campaign criticizing alleged human rights violations in the Xinjiang …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-29). A Soft Civic-Military Coup in Argentina? libya360.wordpress.com Germán Gorraiz López The Pacific Alliance was born in 2011 with Mexico, Peru, Chile and Colombia as founding States, the USA and China as observers and Australia and Canada as future associated States and currently represents 41% of Latin America's GDP and 57% of its foreign trade with a potential market of about 230 million…

Xiaolu Sun (2021-12-29). USA Ski Jumping athletes prepare for Beijing Olympics. america.cgtn.com The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are less than two months away. CGTN's Caroline Malone visits Lake Placid in New York to find out the latest preparation work of USA Ski Jumping athletes.

_____ (2021-12-28). Eighth Round Of JCPOA Revival Talks Begin. popularresistance.org "Today all parties have agreed to come back to activate the eighth round of negotiations even in (the) Christmas and New Year's holiday. This in itself fully shows a greater sense of urgency on the part of all parties concerned," Wang Qun, China's ambassador to the United Nations institutions headquartered in Vienna, Austria, which includes the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) nuclear watchdog, told reporters on Monday. | China is just one of several parties to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal, who also include Russia, France, Germany, the UK, the European Union, the US, and…

_____ (2021-12-28). PEN America And The Betrayal Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures to denounce the judicial lynching of Julian Assange. Melzer's integrity and courage, for which he has been mercilessly attacked, stand in stark contrast to the widespread complicity of many human rights and press organizations, including PEN America, which has become a de facto subsidiary of the Democratic National Committee. | Those in power, as Noam Chomsky points out, divide the world into "worthy" and "unworthy" victims. They weep crocodile tears over the plight of Uyghur Muslims persecuted in China while demoniz…

Tridivesh Singh Maini (2021-12-28). UAE's reasons for cancelling the agreement for purchase of F35. moderndiplomacy.eu Days after the UAE's decision to cancel the agreement regarding purchase of F35 jets from the US, a CNN report (December 23, 2021) stated that assessments of senior US officials suggested that transfers of sensitive ballistic missiles had taken place between China and Saudi Arabia. One of the reasons for UAE to cancel the deal …

Florence CGTN (2021-12-28). Special Program: China's 50 years at the UN. america.cgtn.com It's been 50 years since China's lawful seat was restored at the United Nations. In a special program to celebrate China's 50 years at the UN, CGTN America speaks to global leaders and UN officials about China's roles and contributions to boost international development …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-12-28). China Cooperating With Africa's Health Sector. moderndiplomacy.eu China and Africa will always be a community of a shared future. At least, its policy is directed at addressing sustainable development, and China has in deed proved, over the years, in many aspect of dealing with Africa. Results are seen especially with all kinds of infrastructure that have been built these years. And, of …

Marlee Kokotovic (2021-12-28). China pledges to go greener by planting forests the size of Belgium over the next five years. nationofchange.org "By 2035, the quality and stability of national forest, grassland, wetland and desert ecosystems will have been comprehensively upgraded."

WSWS (2021-12-28). More workers died of COVID-19 at one Michigan auto plant than all of China in 2021. wsws.org Xavier Anderson, a worker at Stellantis' Sterling Stamping Plant north of Detroit, is the fifth to die from COVID-19 at the plant.

teleSUR (2021-12-28). Beijing: Asks US To Take Protective Measures for Space Station. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Chinese government called on Washington to take action to protect its space station and taikonauts from the various satellites put into orbit by US defense contractor SpaceX, given the two separate near-collisions earlier this year. | Spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lijian Zhao, ask for Washington to take preventing measures in order to protect its space station. Dec. 28, 2021.

_____ (2021-12-28). If You Haven't Researched Arguments Disputing a Western Narrative, You Don't Understand the Issue. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | It's a question that can be applied to any disputed western narrative about any government the US-centralized empire doesn't like. Russia is engaging in aggressive provocations. Assad is using chemical weapons. There's a genocide in Xinjiang. Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Maduro is deliberately starving his people. Whatever's the Official Imperial Line of the Day about the Official Bad Guy of the Day. | What I've found interesting about this exercise is that while I would've correctly predicted that those questioned had done zero research into the opposing viewpoints of the issue they…

_____ (2021-12-28). A Referendum that was Held in Taiwan. journal-neo.org On December 18, a referendum was held in Taiwan, to which four questions were submitted. Since both leading parties of the country, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the Chinese National Party (Kuomintang), in increasingly tough opposition to each other in almost all aspects of domestic and foreign policy, called for directly opposite answers to …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-12-28). China Cooperating With Africa's Health Sector. moderndiplomacy.eu China and Africa will always be a community of a shared future. At least, its policy is directed at addressing sustainable development, and China has in deed proved, over the years, in many aspect of dealing with Africa. Results are seen especially with all kinds of infrastructure that have been built these years. And, of …

WSWS (2021-12-28). More workers died of COVID-19 at one Michigan auto plant than all of China in 2021. wsws.org Xavier Anderson, a worker at Stellantis' Sterling Stamping Plant north of Detroit, is the fifth to die from COVID-19 at the plant.

Florence CGTN (2021-12-28). Special Program: China's 50 years at the UN. america.cgtn.com It's been 50 years since China's lawful seat was restored at the United Nations. In a special program to celebrate China's 50 years at the UN, CGTN America speaks to global leaders and UN officials about China's roles and contributions to boost international development …

_____ (2021-12-28). A Referendum that was Held in Taiwan. journal-neo.org On December 18, a referendum was held in Taiwan, to which four questions were submitted. Since both leading parties of the country, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the Chinese National Party (Kuomintang), in increasingly tough opposition to each other in almost all aspects of domestic and foreign policy, called for directly opposite answers to …

Eric Zuesse (2021-12-27). Why India will likely ally with China, not with U.S. moderndiplomacy.eu India — like the USA that used-to-be — was born out of a revolution (in 1776 in U.S.; in 1947 in India) against imperialism (in fact, against British imperialism, the very same master; i.e., enemy; as the American public had and — ever since 1945 — still has, though this time in the form of …

ecns.cn (2021-12-27). Snow-capped village in SW China looks picturesque. ecns.cn Snow-capped Shadong village looks picturesque at the foot of Fanjing Mountain in the southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 26, 2021.

Staff (2021-12-27). Headlines for December 27, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket as Omicron Spreads at Unprecedented Pace, China Orders Lockdown for 13 Million in Xi'an; Pope Francis Calls for Universal Access to Vaccines, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Who Battled Apartheid and Championed Human Rights, Dies at 90, Israel Plans to Double Population of Illegal Settlements in Occupied Golan Heights, Burmese Military Accused of Massacring Dozens of Civilians , Iraqi Kurds Hold Funerals for Family Members Who Drowned Crossing English Channel , Dams Burst After Torrential Rains in Brazil; U.S. Records Record High December Temperatures, Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully…

Yaroslav Lissovolik (2021-12-27). BRICS+2.0: Integration Reloaded. moderndiplomacy.eu The coming of China's chairmanship in the BRICS grouping in 2022 is likely to provide a fresh impulse to the BRICS+ initiative that was launched during the Xiamen summit in 2017. A lot has changed in the course of this 5-year period and, if anything, these developments have reinforced the need for BRICS countries to …

teleSUR (2021-12-27). US Sanctions Undermine Global Cotton Industry Chain. telesurenglish.net A report about the impact of U.S. Xinjiang-related sanctions on the global cotton industrial chain was released in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Sunday. | RELATED: | The report, titled "Hindering Trade, Increasing Costs and Disrupting the Industrial Chain: Impacts of U.S. Xinjiang-Related Sanctions on Global Cotton Industrial Chain," was issued by the Institute for Communication and Borderland Governance, Jinan Univer…

ecns.cn (2021-12-27). Snow-capped village in SW China looks picturesque. ecns.cn Snow-capped Shadong village looks picturesque at the foot of Fanjing Mountain in the southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 26, 2021.

Staff (2021-12-27). Headlines for December 27, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases Skyrocket as Omicron Spreads at Unprecedented Pace, China Orders Lockdown for 13 Million in Xi'an; Pope Francis Calls for Universal Access to Vaccines, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Who Battled Apartheid and Championed Human Rights, Dies at 90, Israel Plans to Double Population of Illegal Settlements in Occupied Golan Heights, Burmese Military Accused of Massacring Dozens of Civilians , Iraqi Kurds Hold Funerals for Family Members Who Drowned Crossing English Channel , Dams Burst After Torrential Rains in Brazil; U.S. Records Record High December Temperatures, Sarah Weddington, Who Successfully…

Max Parry (2021-12-26). China Will Overtake the US In the Course of the Next Ten Years: Max Parry. globalresearch.ca The US is faced with a long list of hot-spots and tensions. Beginning with the situation in Iraq, where the Parliament has asked the US troops to leave. However, the …

_____ (2021-12-26). CO2 Emissions Per Capita Across G20 Countries. strategic-culture.org This infographic shows per capita CO2 emissions across the G20 countries. Even as China and India are major emitters in absolute figures, they lag behind such countries as Australia and Canada in per capita terms. | (Click on the image to enlarge)…

Fight Back (2021-12-26). A great read from Mao Zedong on his birthday. fightbacknews.org To mark the 128th anniversary of the birth of Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong on December 26, 2021, Fight Back News Service is circulating his famous 1939 article "In memory of Norman Bethune." | Comrade Norman Bethune, a member of the Communist Party of Canada, was around fifty when he was sent by the Communist Parties of Canada and the United States to China; he made light of travelling thousands of miles to help us in our War of Resistance Against Japan. He arrived in Yenan in the spring of last year, went to work in the Wutai Mountains, and to our great sorrow died a martyr at his post. What kind of spirit i…

Dmitri Trenin (2021-12-26). Russia-India: From Rethink to Adjust to Upgrade. moderndiplomacy.eu Russian-Indian relations are traditionally good. The chemistry between the leaders is excellent, and members of the public are well disposed toward each other. Economic ties have long been stalling, however, and mutual suspicions have recently been creeping in over India's relations with America, and Russia's with China. To make the good relationship truly great, Moscow …

Steven Sahiounie (2021-12-26). China Will Overtake the US In the Course of the Next Ten Years: Max Parry. globalresearch.ca : | The US is faced with a long list of hot-spots and tensions. Beginning with the situation in Iraq, where the Parliament has asked the US troops to leave. However, the …

Fight Back (2021-12-26). A great read from Mao Zedong on his birthday. fightbacknews.org To mark the 128th anniversary of the birth of Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong on December 26, 2021, Fight Back News Service is circulating his famous 1939 article "In memory of Norman Bethune." | Comrade Norman Bethune, a member of the Communist Party of Canada, was around fifty when he was sent by the Communist Parties of Canada and the United States to China; he made light of travelling thousands of miles to help us in our War of Resistance Against Japan. He arrived in Yenan in the spring of last year, went to work in the Wutai Mountains, and to our great sorrow died a martyr at his post. What kind of spirit i…

New Atlas (2021-12-25). New US Embargo on Cambodia Over Friendship with China. newatlas.report December 25, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The United States continues a process of targeting and isolating nations around the globe increasingly choosing to do business with Beijing rather than Washington. The most recent of these is the Southeast Asia nation of Cambodia. For years Cambodia has incrementally pivoted from once serving US foreign …

Nikita Triandafillidis (2021-12-25). Brains Before Brawn: The Noopolitik Approach to China. moderndiplomacy.eu The containment of China has been a riddle to solve for the West and it's clear that traditional political approaches are not sufficient enough. Noopolitik is referred to as the political strategy that focuses on the use and exploitation of the power of information. If we can agree with the remarks of neuroscientist James Giordano, …

Eric Zuesse (2021-12-25). China's success against covid dwarfs The West's. Here's how & why. moderndiplomacy.eu Libertarians/neoliberals in The West can't believe the enormous extent of China's success at keeping down the rates of disease, and of death, and of unemployment, from covid-19, because China's policies on covid are, and have been, the exact opposite of libertarian/neoliberal. (What's called "libertarian" in America is called "neoliberal" throughout the rest of the world.) …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-12-25). Cuba and China Sign Cooperation Plan for Joint Promotion of Belt & Road Initiative. libya360.wordpress.com Cuba-China bilateral economic relations have hit an important milestone with the signing of a Cooperation Plan for the joint promotion of the Silk and Road Initiative. The document was signed on Friday, between the governments of Cuba and China, by Cuban Deputy Prime Minister, Ricardo Cabrisas, and President of National Development and Reform Commission, He…

_____ (2021-12-25). Maturity Is Realizing That Propaganda Isn't Something That Only Happens to Other People. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | What I find interesting is that it's not just coming from complete mainstream normies; a lot of the pushback I'm getting comes from people who've succeeded in seeing through other western propaganda narratives on fronts like Russia, Syria, or Julian Assange. They're just as brainwashed about China as any uncritical consumer of TV news, but because they get their information from people like Tucker Carlson and other so-called "right-populists" who have disputed those other narratives, they assume they are safe from mass media indoctrination. | And a liberal who gets their information from Th…

Bejoy Sebastian (2021-12-25). Nothing left of democracy in Hong Kong. moderndiplomacy.eu Hong Kong is no longer what it was known for a few years back. The Chinese Communist Party continues to dismantle the city's democratic ethos, the latest being the drama of Legislative Council polls. Beijing has also managed to erase its bloody past from public memory. *** A week ago, on December 19, the people …

New Atlas (2021-12-25). New US Embargo on Cambodia Over Friendship with China. newatlas.report December 25, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The United States continues a process of targeting and isolating nations around the globe increasingly choosing to do business with Beijing rather than Washington. The most recent of these is the Southeast Asia nation of Cambodia. For years Cambodia has incrementally pivoted from once serving US foreign …

Eric Zuesse (2021-12-25). China's success against covid dwarfs The West's. Here's how & why. moderndiplomacy.eu Libertarians/neoliberals in The West can't believe the enormous extent of China's success at keeping down the rates of disease, and of death, and of unemployment, from covid-19, because China's policies on covid are, and have been, the exact opposite of libertarian/neoliberal. (What's called "libertarian" in America is called "neoliberal" throughout the rest of the world.) …

Editor2 (2021-12-24). University of the Pool Political Report — December 2021. orinocotribune.com By University of the Poor — December 2021 | The University of the Poor Political Coordination Committee has drafted this political report as a basis for debate, discussion and coordination throughout our network. It's not meant as an official position paper of the University of the Poor, or as our final word on these important questions, but as a contribution to our leaders' ability to make concrete analysis of the concrete situation. We plan to develop and publish these political reports regularly moving forward. | International Situation and China | We are living in a period of a significant change in worl…

_____ (2021-12-24). Western Expansionism Turns Russia-China to a Strategic Partnership. journal-neo.org In its latest meeting, the G7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the USA and the High Representative of the European Union — "condemned Russian military build-up" on the Ukrainian border. While the statement does show the growing anti-Russia rhetoric in the West, the meeting drastically failed to contextualise how the West itself …

Derek Royden (2021-12-24). Talon Anvil, Task Force 9 and the terrible cost of the air offensive in Syria. nationofchange.org Subsidizing militarism in search of monsters overseas seems more and more like the American way. With the new focus on near peer competitors like Russia and China, the dangers are only growing.

Dr.Nadia Helmy (2021-12-24). The repercussions of the American presence in the Middle East on China and Russia. moderndiplomacy.eu There are many potential repercussions of the US presence in the Middle East, with direct impacts on both China and Russia. Here, the most important priorities of the new US administration in the Middle East are represented in (negotiating over the Iranian nuclear program), which threatens Israel's security and destabilizes the region, according to American …

Dr.Nadia Helmy (2021-12-24). The benefits of China and Russia from the United States' disengagement from the Middle East. moderndiplomacy.eu Russia and China, as two countries that compete with the United States and the European Union on the international scene, are trying to find a foothold in the Middle East, and the new Chinese and Russian strategy is represented in (restricting and curtailing American influence in the Middle East due to the direct American penetration …

Gerald Tan (2021-12-24). Tso'l Food in LA — Water Boiled Beef. america.cgtn.com Sichuan cuisine is taking the U.S. by storm! And it's raining peppercorns in this episode of Tso'l Food, where a dish so dramatic in presentation and personality takes center stage. Watch CGTN's Gerald Tan on Tso'l Food — an American journey through the Chinese kitchen, …

Dr.Nadia Helmy (2021-12-24). The repercussions of the American presence in the Middle East on China and Russia. moderndiplomacy.eu There are many potential repercussions of the US presence in the Middle East, with direct impacts on both China and Russia. Here, the most important priorities of the new US administration in the Middle East are represented in (negotiating over the Iranian nuclear program), which threatens Israel's security and destabilizes the region, according to American …

Staff (2021-12-23). China and Nicaragua Sign Media Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com The China Media Group (CMG) has inaugurated its bureau in Managua. | Representatives from CMG and Nicaragua's Communications Affairs Council signed a memorandum of cooperation at an inauguration ceremony on December 15th. It marks the first cooperation agreement in the media field since the resumption of China-Nicaragua diplomatic relations. | "Our priority task is co-responsibility. It will be active in cooperation exchanges with the main Nicaraguan media. We will have contacts through mutual exchange and we will promote the exchange and the development process," stated Zhu Boying, China Media Group's Director f…

Newsroom (2021-12-23). Structural Reforms Can Ease China's Transition to High-Quality Growth. moderndiplomacy.eu To achieve quality growth over the medium-term, China will need to rebalance its economy across several dimensions, according to Rebalancing Act, From Recovery to High-Quality Growth, the latest China Economic Update released today by the World Bank. Following a strong rebound in the first half of 2021, economic activity in China cooled rapidly in the …

_____ (2021-12-23). New US Embargo on Cambodia Over Friendship with China. journal-neo.org The United States continues a process of targeting and isolating nations around the globe increasingly choosing to do business with Beijing rather than Washington. The most recent of these is the Southeast Asia nation of Cambodia. For years Cambodia has incrementally pivoted from once serving US foreign policy objectives in the region, to striking a …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2021-12-23). Absurd Guardian article declares China world's only imperialist power. mronline.org Another cartoonishly ridiculous anti-China propaganda piece has been published in the western mass media, this time by The Guardian, which at this point could arguably be labeled the single most destructive promulgator of empire propaganda in the western world.

Noam Chomsky (2021-12-23). US-China Cooperation Is Essential to Avert a New Cold War. zcomm.org The main lesson from the Cold War era is that it's a virtual miracle that we have survived…

WSWS (2021-12-23). Anti-China witch-hunt: Harvard chemistry professor convicted for lying to federal authorities. wsws.org The persecution of Dr. Charles Lieber is meant to foster an atmosphere of intimidation among academics and researchers who participate in scientific projects with their Chinese colleagues.

_____ (2021-12-23). New US Embargo on Cambodia Over Friendship with China. journal-neo.org The United States continues a process of targeting and isolating nations around the globe increasingly choosing to do business with Beijing rather than Washington. The most recent of these is the Southeast Asia nation of Cambodia. For years Cambodia has incrementally pivoted from once serving US foreign policy objectives in the region, to striking a …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2021-12-23). Absurd Guardian article declares China world's only imperialist power. mronline.org Another cartoonishly ridiculous anti-China propaganda piece has been published in the western mass media, this time by The Guardian, which at this point could arguably be labeled the single most destructive promulgator of empire propaganda in the western world.

Newsroom (2021-12-23). Structural Reforms Can Ease China's Transition to High-Quality Growth. moderndiplomacy.eu To achieve quality growth over the medium-term, China will need to rebalance its economy across several dimensions, according to Rebalancing Act, From Recovery to High-Quality Growth, the latest China Economic Update released today by the World Bank. Following a strong rebound in the first half of 2021, economic activity in China cooled rapidly in the …

Staff (2021-12-23). China and Nicaragua Sign Media Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com The China Media Group (CMG) has inaugurated its bureau in Managua. | Representatives from CMG and Nicaragua's Communications Affairs Council signed a memorandum of cooperation at an inauguration ceremony on December 15th. It marks the first cooperation agreement in the media field since the resumption of China-Nicaragua diplomatic relations. | "Our priority task is co-responsibility. It will be active in cooperation exchanges with the main Nicaraguan media. We will have contacts through mutual exchange and we will promote the exchange and the development process," stated Zhu Boying, China Media Group's Director f…

WSWS (2021-12-23). Anti-China witch-hunt: Harvard chemistry professor convicted for lying to federal authorities. wsws.org The persecution of Dr. Charles Lieber is meant to foster an atmosphere of intimidation among academics and researchers who participate in scientific projects with their Chinese colleagues.

Noam Chomsky (2021-12-23). US-China Cooperation Is Essential to Avert a New Cold War. zcomm.org The main lesson from the Cold War era is that it's a virtual miracle that we have survived…

WSWS (2021-12-22). Two Olympic boycotts: Human rights in the service of imperialist gangsterism. wsws.org The 1980 boycott of the Moscow games was bound up with the US agenda of weakening and fracturing the former Soviet Union, which is precisely the Biden administration's strategy toward China in its boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

New Atlas (2021-12-22). The US Fights Asia, Not Just China. newatlas.report December 22, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cut short his tour of Southeast Asia due to concerns over COVID-19, the New York Times would report. The aborted trip comes at a time when the US finds itself struggling for relevance in a region it had once held considerably more …

Monica Cruz (2021-12-22). 2021: A year of US warmongering against China. peoplesdispatch.org The US-led aggression against China, termed by some to be "A New Cold War", is advancing with much of the

_____ (2021-12-22). Democracy Summit: Joe Biden Draws a New 'Iron Curtain' on China and Russia. journal-neo.org The so-called 'Democracy Summit' that the Biden administration recently held was not only divisive, but was also more of a geo-political rather than a normative event aimed at deliberating about the state of democracy as a system of government and politics. The fact that the US deliberately excluded certain countries and then used the summit …

Vladimir Petrovsky (2021-12-22). When and how will the Korean War end? moderndiplomacy.eu This issue is gaining momentum again, after reports that Beijing supports Seoul's plans to officially confirm the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War. A statement to this effect was made by Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Yang Jiechi as he met with Chief of South Korean National Security Agency Suh Hoon. Diplomats from …

Dana Sanchez (2021-12-22). Crypto Pioneer Arthur Hayes' BitMEX Exchange Plans To Launch Its Own Token, BMEX. moguldom.com BitMEX, the cryptocurrency exchange co-founded by crypto pioneer Arthur Hayes, announced in a tweet Tuesday that it is launching its own token, BMEX — "The Token for True Believers". BitMEX was founded in Hong Kong in 2014 by Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed, making it one of the earliest crypto derivatives exchanges. It is …

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Seven world cultural heritage sites in China roll out preferential policies. ecns.cn Northwest China's Gansu launched a series of Silk Road tour choices and preferential policies starting from this winter to spring in 2022.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). China makes remarkable progress in gender equality, women empowerment. ecns.cn The average female life expectancy in China has exceeded 80 years, according to the report on China National Program for Women's Development (2011-2020) released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Afghanistan receives new batch of China-donated supplies. ecns.cn The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has received a batch of assistance donated by the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC).

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). China's growth likely to moderate next year, World Bank says. ecns.cn China's economic growth is projected to moderate to 5.1 percent in 2022, after achieving 8 percent this year as predicted.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). China develops complete BDS industrial chain. ecns.cn China has developed a complete industrial chain of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), according to the China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO).

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). China offers more assistance to Philippine typhoon victims. ecns.cn Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian announced the assistance at the handover ceremony of the rice, the last batch of the 10,000 tons that China donated to the Philippines.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Exquisitely preserved oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo found. ecns.cn This undated illustration shows a close-to-hatching oviraptorosaur dinosaur embryo, which is found in the Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, southern China.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). China's first mermaid contest kicks off in Hainan. ecns.cn China's first mermaid contest kicked off in Sanya on Tuesday. The contest had three events — men's single, women's single and four-person team — with a total of 41 contestants participating in it.

WSWS (2021-12-22). Two Olympic boycotts: Human rights in the service of imperialist gangsterism. wsws.org The 1980 boycott of the Moscow games was bound up with the US agenda of weakening and fracturing the former Soviet Union, which is precisely the Biden administration's strategy toward China in its boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

New Atlas (2021-12-22). The US Fights Asia, Not Just China. newatlas.report December 22, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cut short his tour of Southeast Asia due to concerns over COVID-19, the New York Times would report. The aborted trip comes at a time when the US finds itself struggling for relevance in a region it had once held considerably more …

Staff (2021-12-22). Perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in egg. rt.com A perfectly preserved fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up inside its egg has been rediscovered at the back of Chinese museum, having been mislaid for years, shedding new light on the links between Mesozoic-era creatures and birds. | In a paper The 70-million-year-old fossil has been nicknamed Baby Yingliang, after the Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum where it was found. The fo…

Staff (2021-12-22). Harvard professor convicted over China & Wuhan university ties. rt.com The former head of Harvard University's chemistry department has been convicted for lying to authorities about his connections to China and the Wuhan Institute of Technology. | Professor Charles Lieber, 62, was found Lieber also aided…

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Octogenarian volunteers to train ice sports talents. ecns.cn Wu Zhinai, 86, puts on his sports gear before playing in an ice hockey match at an ice stadium in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province. He comes here every week to act as a referee and play ice hockey.

TASS (2021-12-22). Ice hockey matches at 2022 Olympics in China to be played without NHL players. tass.com The statement said that the decision was made "because the League's regular-season schedule has been disrupted as a result of increasing COVID-19 cases and a rising number of postponed games"

TASS (2021-12-22). Gazprom, China discussing LPG, helium supplies from Amur GPP. tass.com Three contracts on pre-project research for the creation of an underground gas storage facility on Chinese territory have been concluded by subsidiaries of Gazprom and China's CNPC, the head of Gazprom's representative office in China Viktor Kovtun said…

teleSUR, JDO, JCM (2021-12-22). China confina a 13 millones de personas en Xi'an por Covid-19. telesurtv.net En fecha reciente se han detectado 149 positivos en la provincia de Shaanxi, de los cuales 143 corresponden a la ciudad de Xi'an.

sputniknews (2021-12-22). Chinese Army Reportedly Improving Its Electronic Warfare Capabilities Near South China Sea. sputniknews.com Beijing remains embroiled in a protracted dispute with Washington and a number of Asia-Pacific countries on the territorial status of islands in the South China Sea, where the US often conducts "freedom of navigation" missions.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Ambassador Qin Gang Attends the Virtual Meeting on Covid-19 Omicron Variant Held by the U.S. Side. ecns.cn On December 21, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken‚Äöhosted the Virtual Meeting on COVID-19 Omicron Variant, which is joined by several foreign ministers and representatives of regional organizations, discussing issues such as the global impact of and response to the Covid-19 Omicron Variant. Ambassador Qin Gang, as Representative of State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, attended the meeting and delivered remarks.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). No 'forced labor' in Xinjiang: A revealing trip to U.S.-sanctioned silicon factory. ecns.cn The vast expanses of Gobi deserts in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region are normally devoid of life, yet this is where numerous tall futuristic iron structures glow in the dark throughout the night.

sputniknews (2021-12-22). Harvard Professor Lieber Convicted in US for Covering Links to China. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States has convicted Harvard University professor Charles Lieber of concealing his affiliation with China's Thousand Talents Programme and the Wuhan University of Technology, the US Department of Justice said.

sputniknews (2021-12-22). Perfectly Preserved Dinosaur Embryo Inside Fossilised Egg Discovered in China. sputniknews.com According to new findings published in the iScience journal, the fossilised egg is about 17 cm long and the baby dinosaur curled inside it is estimated to have a length of 27 cm from head to tail.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Chinese 'artificial sun' kicks off new rounds of experiments. ecns.cn A new round of experiments for an advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) or the "Chinese artificial sun" kicked off at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in December.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Taiwan export orders from mainland, Hong Kong up 25.3 pct in November. ecns.cn Taiwan companies received export orders from the mainland and Hong Kong worth 16.08 billion U.S. dollars in November, an increase of 25.3 percent year on year, the island's economic affairs department said.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Superconducting cable operational in Shanghai. ecns.cn A high-capacity superconducting power line was put into operation in Shanghai on Wednesday, according to the Shanghai branch of the State Grid.

ecns.cn (2021-12-22). Shenyang Museum opens for visitors. ecns.cn Shenyang Museum opened on Tuesday. This comprehensive museum covers an area of about 22,000 square meters, with about 2,535 pieces (sets) of cultural relics, which show the history and culture of the Shenyang region.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). China sends aid, offers condolences to typhoon victims in Philippines. ecns.cn The Chinese government on Tuesday started distributing relief supplies to help thousands of victims of Typhoon Rai that battered the central and parts of the southern Philippine regions last week.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Int'l community commends successful LegCo election in Hong Kong. ecns.cn All the 90 members of the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) had been elected by Monday.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Xi extends congratulations on 40th anniversary of Xiamen SEZ. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in east China's Fujian Province.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Hong Kong students excel at International Junior Science Olympiad. ecns.cn A team of six students representing China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) achieved remarkable results in the 18th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO 2021) by winning two gold and four silver medals.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). China's central bank issues 5 bln yuan of bills in Hong Kong SAR. ecns.cn China's central bank on Tuesday issued 5 billion yuan (about 784.57 million U.S. dollars) worth of six-month renminbi central bank bills in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), with an interest rate of 2.5 percent.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). China makes major progress in nuclear power tech. ecns.cn China-developed nuclear power plant demonstration project, High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM), at the Shidaowan plant in China's Shandong province has been connected to the grid, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on Monday.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Life expectancy of Chinese women exceeds 80: NBS. ecns.cn The average female life expectancy in China has exceeded 80 years, according to the report on China National Program for Women's Development (2011-2020) released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Memorable moments of China's space exploration in 2021. ecns.cn Here are the highlights of China's space exploration in 2021.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). China issues commemorative banknotes for Beijing Winter Olympics. ecns.cn China's central bank issued a set of commemorative banknotes for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on Tuesday. The set, including a polymer note and a paper note, features a figure skater and a freestyle skiing athlete, respectively.

Staff (2021-12-21). West not qualified to teach 'democracy,' China declares. rt.com Beijing has fired back at concerns over recent elections in Hong Kong voiced by the Five Eyes countries, the EU and the G7. It insists the West is using 'democracy' as a pretext to interfere in its internal affairs. | The sharp retort came on Monday courtesy of Zhao Lijian, the spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry. Reacting to claims that Beijing had undermined Hong Kong's democratic electoral system with its overhaul in March, the official said the West did not, in fact, care about democracy in China's special administrative region, but was rather just using it as a pretext to "interfere in Hong Kong's p…

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). China takes reciprocal countermeasures against U.S. sanctions. ecns.cn China decided to take reciprocal countermeasures and sanction four U.S. individuals in response to the U.S. sanctions against four Chinese officials over issues related to Xinjiang.

Dr. Andrey KORTUNOV (2021-12-21). 8 Years Have Passed, Western Leaders' Lack of Vision Continues from Sochi to Beijing. moderndiplomacy.eu The US recently confirmed that it would not send any official or diplomatic representatives to the Winter Olympic Games and Paralympics in February 2022 due to China's alleged "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other human rights abuses." Make no mistake—this tough language does not imply a total boycott of the Games—US …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-12-21). Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital and Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital in China join Mayo Clinic Care Network. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Xi'an, China, and Rochester, Minn. — Xi'an International Medical Center Hospital and Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital, in Shaanxi, China, are the newest members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a group of carefully vetted health care organizations that have special access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and expertise. The two hospitals remain independent health care providers. Through the membership, their physicians can combine their understanding of their patients' medical needs with Mayo Clinic expertise so patients get…

sputniknews (2021-12-21). Beijing Takes 'Reciprocal Countermeasures' in Response to US Anti-China Sanctions Over Uyghur Issue. sputniknews.com Earlier this month, the US slapped a new package of sanctions on China, alleging that Beijing has been using the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang Province as forced labour, claims the Chinese government rejects.

sputniknews (2021-12-21). Meeting Between Dalai Lama, RSS Chief Reflects India's 'Evolving Approach' on Tibet, Reckons Expert. sputniknews.com China describes the highest Tibetan spiritual leader — the Dalai Lama — as a "dangerous splittist" and has asked foreign governments to not provide a platform for his "separatist activities". Like most of the global community, India adheres to the One-China policy and respects Beijing's sovereignty over the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).

Editor2 (2021-12-21). Want to Know How to Beat COVID? Look at China. orinocotribune.com By Scott Scheffer — Dec 17, 2021 | The world is now nearing the end of the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States has the highest death toll in the world — 823,390 as of Dec. 16. | With all the scientific resources available, and billions of dollars in the vaults of the richest capitalist class in history, the U.S. should have been able to succeed in a vaccination campaign and treat everyone before they were infected. Vaccines should have made their way throughout the world, including the global south where the challenges of poverty magnify the horrors of the pandemic. | Instead, the W…

James O'Neill (2021-12-21). United States and Israeli Intransigence vis-à -vis Iran. dissidentvoice.org In 2015, the United States signed what is popularly referred to as the JCPOA (the joint comprehensive plan of action) a deal involving Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) designed to limit the capacity of Iran to develop nuclear weapons. In exchange for their signature, the …

teleSUR, DRL -JCM (2021-12-21). China sanciona a cuatro funcionarios de EE.UU. en represalia. telesurtv.net Beijing congeló los activos de estos funcionarios y prohibió su entrada en su territorio, incluido Macao y Hong Kong.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Archaeologists unearth evidence of Beijing's construction history 3,000 years ago. ecns.cn Inscriptions on a bronze ware unearthed from the Liulihe site in Fangshan District, Beijing, were revealed on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Athletes from all around the world welcome to compete in Beijing Olympic Games: FM. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2021-12-21). Xinjiang will only make progress in its prosperity and development:FM. ecns.cn Xinjiang will only make progress in its prosperity and development: FM…

_____ (2021-12-21). Even More Chronicles of the Taiwan Issue. journal-neo.org Last time the author left the Taiwan problem with a sense of faint hope for possible glimpses into the general gloom which has been lingering for a long time. But nothing particularly reassuring happened either then or as a result of subsequent contradictory events, which have been flowing around the almost central point of the …