(2021-12-09). China Winter Olympics: US Boycott. dissidentvoice.org 
President Biden, in full mood of marking "red lines" against Russia and Ukraine in a virtual meeting with Vladimir Putin, does not forget the importance of boycotting China's Winter Olympic Games. It's a diplomatic boycott only, so says Madame Jen Psaki, White House press secretary. Nevertheless, she and Biden are wishing the US sport-participants best …
(2021-12-09). Laos' Railway Opens: The West Kicks and Screams as China and Laos Move Forward Together. newatlas.report December 9, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The China-Laos railway, connecting the landlocked Southeast Asian nation of Laos with China, has finally begun operations. This historic moment marked a new chapter for Laos which remains one of the poorest nations in the region. Besides the devastation wrought by US war with neighboring Vietnam last …
(2021-12-09). China Plays a Crucial Role Supporting Progress and Sovereignty in Latin America. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Dec 6, 2021 | In the last two decades, economic links between Latin America and the People's Republic of China have been expanding at a dizzying rate. | Bilateral trade in 2000 was just $12 billion (1 per cent of Latin American's total trade); now it stands at $315bn. In the same time period, China's foreign direct investment in Latin America has increased by a factor of five. | Since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, 19 of the 33 countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region have signed up to the China-led global infrastructure development strategy. | Infrastruc…
(2021-12-09). The Deadliest Enemies: China's Overseas Military Bases in Central Asia and Uyghur's Turkestan Islamic Party. moderndiplomacy.eu Amid the burgeoning sentimental relationship between Beijing and the resurrected Taliban's Emirate 2.0, the al Qaeda-affiliated Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) has aggravated its propaganda war against Communist China, hence cleverly concealing its historically faithful jihadi bonds with the Afghan Taliban. Despite the Taliban's assurances of non-interference in China's internal affairs, Beijing is building up its …
(2021-12-09). Ineffectual Boycotts: The Beijing Winter Olympics. dissidentvoice.org Making moral statements in the blood and gristle of international relations can often come across as feeble. In doing so, the maker serves the worst of all worlds: to reveal a false sense of assurance that something was done while serving no actual purpose other than to provoke. Anger, and impotence, follow. The Biden administration …
(2021-12-08). China says U.S. 'diplomatic boycott' of Olympics based on 'lies and rumors'. peoplesworld.org 
China is hitting back at the U.S. government's decision to stage a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, saying Washington was acting "out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumors." The Biden administration said on Monday that its diplomats would stay away from the February games in protest at what it said …
(2021-12-08). There's a nonsensical propaganda campaign to make China look bad in Uganda. peoplesdispatch.org Despite strident denials by both Ugandan and Chinese officials, an misinformation campaign is being carried out which alleges that Chinese authorities are going to take control of the Entebbe International Airport due to a loan default…
(2021-12-08). The case of Peng Shuai and U.S. hypocrisy — a WW commentary. workers.org 
U.S. and Western imperialism are super-obsessed with finding any angle to demonize and smear the People's Republic of China, politically, economically and culturally. A main strategy for these anti-communist attacks on China has been accusations of so-called human rights abuses. Peng Shuai For example, President Joe Biden has gone on . . . |
(2021-12-08). The case of Peng Shuai and U.S. hypocrisy. workers.org U.S. and Western imperialism are super-obsessed with finding any angle to demonize and smear the People's Republic of China, politically, economically and culturally. A main strategy for these anti-communist attacks on China has been accusations of so-called human rights abuses. Peng Shuai For example, President Joe Biden has gone on . . . |
(2021-12-08). China Condemns US Attempt To Disrupt Beijing Olympics. popularresistance.org On Monday, the current U.S Joe Biden administration confirmed it would not be sending any government officials to the Beijing Olympics. In response, the Chinese Foreign Minister declared the move a statement of ideological prejudice. Jen Psaki, Press Secretary for the White House alleged as the reason for this diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics, supposed crimes against humanity committed by Chinese authorities and abuses of human rights.
(2021-12-08). China-Laos Railway Roars in Full Swing, Brings Laos Into Modern Transport era amid BRI Endeavor. orinocotribune.com 
The 1,035-kilometer-long China-Laos Railway, a signature project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, officially went into full operation on Friday, catapulting the landlocked Southeast Asian nation into a Chinese standard-powered modern railway era that honors China's promise of enabling inclusive growth along the BRI routes. | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith witnessed the opening of the railway via video link. | The opening of the China-Laos Railway will make Laos' dream of becoming a land-linked hub come true. China will ensure the maintenance and security of th…
(2021-12-08). Conservative Elites Join up for Campaign to Force Canada to Violate the One-China Principle. orinocotribune.com By William Ging Wee Dere — Dec 5, 2021 |
(2021-12-08). Germany's New Green Foreign Minister Baerbock threatens Russia and China with nuclear weapons. wsws.org With an aggressiveness that is otherwise seen only from extreme right-wing and militarist circles, Annalena Baerbock linked Germany's ability to pursue an aggressive foreign and great power policy with nuclear rearmament.
(2021-12-08). Uganda: A Nonsensical Campaign to Tarnish China's Image. libya360.wordpress.com Vijay Prashad The Entebbe International Airport in 2009. Photo: By PetterLundkvist — Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7028754 Despite strident denials by both Ugandan and Chinese officials, an misinformation campaign is being carried out which alleges that Chinese authorities are going to take control of the Entebbe International Airport due to a loan default On…
(2021-12-08). Texas mask mandate ban reinstated by federal appeals court. wsws.org The Texas government's machinations to hinder public safety in the face of a deadly pandemic are not popular, with a majority of voters in the state supporting mask requirements in public places as well as schools.
(2021-12-08). The US boycott of the Beijing Olympics: A murderous state speaks of "human rights" wsws.org In boycotting the Winter Olympics in Beijing, US President Joe Biden is pointing his finger at China from atop a mountain of corpses.
(2021-12-08). A new turn in China's Evergrande crisis. wsws.org A restructuring process has begun after the debt-ridden property developer announced it feared it could not meet a $260 million financial obligation.
(2021-12-08). Promoters of "Wuhan lab" conspiracy theory fume as their claims fall apart. wsws.org As scientific studies continue to undermine the conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2 is a genetically engineered virus, journalist Glenn Greenwald has accused the New York Times and Washington Post of being insufficiently faithful to the lab leak "theory."
(2021-12-08). How not to win an Olympic gold medal. strategic-culture.org In the annals of diplomacy, the White House official confirmation of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing might qualify at best as a disc thrower being hit by a boomerang. | Realpolitik minds struggle to find a point in this gratuitous provocation, intervening less than two months before the start of the show, on February 4, 2022 at the Bird's Nest in Beijing. | According to White House reasoning, "the Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, given the PRC's ongoing genocide and crimes against huma…