2022-01-14: News Headlines

_____ (2022-01-14). Why is the US Stirring Up Tibet as an 'Issue'? journal-neo.org More than a mere territorial and ethnic question, Tibet, for the US, is a geo-political opportunity to up the ante against China in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. The US decision to appoint a 'special envoy' for Tibetan 'issue' comes at a time when the US' anti-China rhetoric has persistently failed to drive a wave …

_____ (2022-01-14). What is Behind the "Persecution of K-pop" in China? journal-neo.org According to South Korean media reports of January 6, the Chinese Hunan TV and Mango TV streaming platforms began airing a South Korean drama Saimdang, Memoir of Colors, on January 4, 2022. The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) approved the series six years ago. On the other hand, Beijing was displeased with South Korea's …

Robert Hunziker (2022-01-14). The Oceans Are Overheating. dissidentvoice.org A polar bear and her cub on sea ice in the Arctic north of Svalbard (Image © Larissa Beumer / Greenpeace) The world's oceans in 2021 witnessed the hottest temperatures in recorded history. 1 According to the Ocean Conservancy: "From the beginning of industrialization until today, the ocean has absorbed more than 90 percent of the …

Kim Petersen (2022-01-14). The Battle at Lake Changjin: China's Anti-war Film. dissidentvoice.org For decades, Hollywood has produced a plethora of films extolling American military prowess in warfare. Aside from Oliver Stone films and a few others, e.g., Casualties of War, usually these Hollywood films depict the United States as a force for good defeating fascists and other evildoers. Never-ending US militarism has provided a cornucopia of potential …

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). China's 5G phone shipments soar 63.5 pct in 2021. ecns.cn Shipments of 5G phones in China skyrocketed by 63.5 percent year on year to reach 266 million units in 2021, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed.

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-14). After meeting with NATO military body, top Georgian brass join NATO-Georgia Commission meeting. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Commander of the Defense Forces attended the meeting of the NATO Military Committee in the format of the NATO-Georgia Commission The Commander of the Georgian Defense Forces, Major General Giorgi Matiashvili is paying an official visit to Brussels, Belgium together with his Deputy, Brigadier General Irakli Chichinadze. The Commander of the Defense Forces took part …

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Jinshan Temple 'afloat' on the water. ecns.cn Jinshan Temple is a tiny temple built on a small island in Fuzhou, Southeast China's Fujian Province.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). China's emerging first-tier cities most popular among new college graduates. ecns.cn China's emerging first-tier cities have become most popular destinations among fresh graduates seeking jobs, China Youth Daily reported on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). North China's Tianjin to launch 3rd citywide nucleic acid testing. ecns.cn North China's Tianjin Municipality will launch the third round of citywide nucleic acid testing at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-14). Implementing deals with China on agenda of Iran FM's trip. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that his trip to China will focus on implementing agreements with China, including the 25-year partnerships signed between two countries in 2020.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-01-14). Iran, China FMs discuss diverse issues in face-to-face talks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) — Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Chinese counterpart discussed a variety of issues in various political, economic, trade, consular and cultural fields in a meeting in East Asian country.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). East China's Hangzhou reports 1 new local COVID-19 case. ecns.cn A nurse from a local hospital in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, was identified as a mild COVID-19 case after testing positive for the virus during a routine nucleic acid testing on Thursday evening.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). China urges certain countries to stop stockpiling vaccines and live up to promises: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China calls on relevant countries to live up to promises of providing vaccines to the world, work with China to close the global "immunization gap" and make due contribution to humanity's early victory over the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese FM spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Thursday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). First China-Laos freight train in Jiangxi leaves for Vientiane. ecns.cn A China-Laos freight train departed Ganzhou International Land Port in Jiangxi Province for Vientiane, capital of Laoson on Wednesday.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-01-14). Comercio exterior de China crece 21,4 % en 2021. telesurtv.net Creció el superávit comercial con EE. UU., tras la caída de 2018 y 2019 debido a la guerra comercial impuesta por ese país.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Renewable power generation capacity of China Three Gorges Corporation tops 100 mln kw. ecns.cn Installed capacity of renewable energy operated by China Three Gorges Corporation has topped 100 million kilowatts, the company said Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Senior official of south China's Guangxi under probe. ecns.cn Liu Hongwu, vice chairman of the people's government of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is under probe by the country's top anti-graft body for suspected severe violations of discipline and the law.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). China ready to contribute to post-pandemic global development: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn A foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday said China will continue to maintain and practice true multilateralism, and is ready to enhance cooperation with all countries to contribute to…

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Xinjiang airports resume int'l cargo operations. ecns.cn Airports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have resumed their international cargo operations as part of efforts to stabilize global industrial and supply chains.

sputniknews (2022-01-14). Indian, Chinese Journalists Clash on Twitter Over 'Rumour' of PLA Troops Dying Due to 'Extreme Cold'. sputniknews.com The border standoff between India and China in the eastern Ladakh region erupted in 2020. It remains unresolved despite 14 rounds of military commander-level talks and several official meetings, including between the foreign ministers of both countries. Both sides blame each other for triggering the standoff.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Largest Middle Pleistocene skull excavated in China. ecns.cn A 1,700-milliliter human skull has been excavated at north China's Xujiayao site, the largest of its kind from the Middle Pleistocene.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). China's foreign trade hits new high in 2021. ecns.cn China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021 by exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time albeit the COVID-19 pandemic continued to weigh on the global trade, official data showed Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Pakistani PM to attend Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. ecns.cn Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, local media reported citing the country's foreign minis…

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Beijing Winter Olympics to build more bridges of friendship, platforms for cooperation: FM. ecns.cn The Beijing Winter Olympics will build more bridges of friendship and provide platforms for cooperation between the Chinese people and peoples of other countries, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Tibetan girls have fun in winter sports. ecns.cn Sixty Tibetan girls sponsored by the local Spring Buds Project are coached in a variety of winter sports to celebrate the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). New cargo air route links Kashgar, Islamabad. ecns.cn A cargo flight departed the Kashgar International Airport, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region for Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Heart-warming: Fujian firemen receive gifts from little girl. ecns.cn A fire station in Zhangzhou city has received heart-warming gifts from a little girl.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Lanzhou artist welcomes Chinese New Year with paper cutting. ecns.cn Paper cutting, as a type of intangible cultural heritage, presents the charm of traditional Chinese culture, along with elements of winter sports and Winter Olympics.

ecns.cn (2022-01-14). Canon to close production lines in Zhuhai. ecns.cn Japanese tech giant Canon Inc said on Friday it plans to close some of its production lines in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, which mainly produce digital cameras.

_____ (2022-01-13). China Tests 12.5 Million In Zhengzhou For Covid In Six Hours. popularresistance.org On Friday, Chinese health authorities began testing every single resident of Zhengzhou, the capital of China's central Henan Province, after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in the massive city of 12.5 million. Just six hours later, they were finished, achieving a rate of 2.1 million people tested per hour, or 583 residents per second, according to the Global Times. | For comparison, that is equal to New York City and Chicago combined. On Sunday, health officials set about trying to do it again with the even larger city of Tianjin, home to 14 million people. | China's National Health Commission reported…

Andy Kroll (2022-01-13). None Dare Call It "Encirclement" tomdispatch.com The word "encirclement" does not appear in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 27th, or in other recent administration statements about its foreign and military policies. Nor does that classic Cold War era term "containment" ever come up. Still, America's top leaders have reached a consensus on a strategy to encircle and contain the latest great power, China, with hostile military alliances, thereby thwarting its rise to full superpower status. The gigantic 2022 defense bill — passed with overwhelming support from both parties — provid…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-13). Yes There Really Were Only Two COVID Deaths in Mainland China in 2021 and Here's How They Did It. libya360.wordpress.com Rosa Astra and Benjamin Zinevich As the Omicron variant causes record levels of infection in the United States, the end of the pandemic seems as far away as ever. But far from preparing a robust response to defeat the virus, the Biden administration is preparing to surrender and encourage the public to "learn to live…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-01-13). Syria joins China's Belt and Road Initiative. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) — Syria on Wednesday joined China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which experts said is a great achievement of the BRI as it now has connected with the whole Middle East, demonstrating its influence and appeal.

Brittani Banks (2022-01-13). Why Xinjiang Has Been a Touchy Subject in China for Centuries. independentmediainstitute.org For over a decade, increasing international attention has been focused on China's treatment of Xinjiang's Uyghur population. While Beijing is wary of all forms of separatism—Hong Kong and Tibet being its other major concerns in this regard—maintaining an iron grip on Xinjiang is of utmost importance. The Xinjiang region's natural resource deposits, strategic location in …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-13). 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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-13). Why Washington's Focus on 'Credibility' is a Recipe for War. libya360.wordpress.com Jonathan Cook The world is entering what looks like a new, even more complex cold war, in which any misunderstanding, mishap or false move could rapidly escalate into nuclear confrontation The most pressing threat to global security right now isn't so-called "provocations" by either Russia or China. It is the United States' misplaced obsession with…

Tom Engelhardt (2022-01-13). Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Cold War in Asia. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. For a moment, imagine an upside-down military world. Instead of U.S. guided-missile destroyers and other ships regularly carrying out "freedom of navigation operations" near Chinese-claimed islands in the South China Sea and such destroyers no less regularly passing …

_____ (2022-01-13). MTC between India and Russia: A Stable Development Against the Backdrop of New Threats. journal-neo.org There has been global confrontation between the US and China for many years. Against this background, the regional confrontation between China and India continues. The two mighty neighboring Asian powers have long been competitors, having territorial issues and vying for influence in neighboring states. Fortunately, the struggle is mainly in the economic sphere, but to …

Editor (2022-01-13). Why the Anglosphere is united in an anti-China front. mronline.org Part five in an eight part series investigating the crisis in Canada-China relations…

_____ (2022-01-13). China and Latin America: Washington is Losing Ground. journal-neo.org The global Sino-American confrontation that has unfolded in recent years affects all spheres of the world economy and all regions. China stubbornly squeezes the United States in every area, including its traditional sphere of influence in Latin America. At the moment, the United States is the leading trading partner of Latin American countries as a …

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