2022-02-23: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2022-02-23). China rejects unilateral sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying on Wednesday rejected imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia and reiterated that the country's tensions with Ukraine should be resolved through dialogue and consultation.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-23). India, China in Europe's crisis. mronline.org The key elements conform to a principled stance—and a balanced one. India's stance so far has been one of a 'standoffish' attitude that basically absolves Delhi of the need to take a position on which its key ally the United States and the time-tested Russian friend have locked horns.

Matthew J.L. Ehret (2022-02-23). Today's Emergencies Act, and Anti-Russian False Flags Echo the Gouzenko Hoax That Unleashed the Cold War. dissidentvoice.org Today, a new coordinated psychological operation has been sprung to convince every living patriot across the Five Eyes sphere of influence that the enemy of the free world who lurks behind every conspiracy to overthrow governments, and western values are Russia and China. Over the past months, slanderous, and often conjectural stories of Chinese and …

ecns.cn (2022-02-23). (W.E.Talk) How is China's development model different from the west?>. ecns.cn China has become a key strategic player on the international chessboard and its development models – both the political-economic and the organizational ones – are increasingly studied and taken as examples to follow.

Florence CGTN (2022-02-23). 50th Anniversary of Nixon's Visit to China. america.cgtn.com A look back on Nixon's China visit U.S. President Richard Nixon had a historic trip to China in 1972. Take a look back on the week that changed the world. China's role at the UN President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972 …

Ken Moak (2022-02-23). Why US cannot stifle China's rise. asiatimes.com The US is increasingly belligerent in its efforts to stifle China's rise and pressure its allies to do the same. But none of the tactics — trade wars, "freedom of navigation" operations (FONOPs), pushing allies to ditch Huawei equipment or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), etc — have worked. Indeed, one could even argue …

Staff (2022-02-23). Headlines for February 23, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Imposes Sanctions, Ukraine Calls for Stronger Action After Russian Recognition of Breakaway Areas, Jury Finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 Murderers Guilty of Federal Hate Crimes, Trial for Ex-Cop Brett Hankison, Who Shot into Breonna Taylor's Home During Fatal Raid, Starts in KY, U.N. Report Warns of Climate Disaster-Fueled "Global Wildfire Crisis", Mining Companies, Foreign Investors Driving Destruction of Amazon, Violation of Indigenous Rights, Hong Kong to Conduct Mass COVID Testing on Entire Population; U.K. Removes All Pandemic Restrictions, Israeli Forces Kill 14-Year-Old Palestinian; Isr…

_____ (2022-02-22). Sino-Russia Energy Deals to Defeat US/NATO Expansionism. journal-neo.org While the recent meeting between Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi in Beijing may not in itself be an extra-ordinary event, its significance against the backdrop of the on-going tussle between Russia and the US/NATO is quite unmistakable — not only for Russia itself, but for the US/NATO as well. Even though Russia does not …

_____ (2022-02-22). American Athletes Subverted The US'S Information War Against Beijing. popularresistance.org Few events have been more politicized than the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. New cold warriors and atrocity propagandists led by the United States did everything in their power to generate popular support for a full boycott of the Games. NED-backed organizations formed a coalition for the cause, the corporate media engaged in a full-scale "China bad" propaganda blitz, and the political establishment got busy crafting several pieces of legislation to respond to the so-called "China threat." Their efforts failed. To save face, the U.S. implemented a non-consequential "diplomatic boycott" that found support from onl…

Jeff Pao (2022-02-22). China takes rare earth aim at Raytheon and Lockheed. asiatimes.com Beijing has announced sanctions on two American defense contractors while its top diplomat accused the United States of using Taiwan to suppress mainland China. China's Foreign Ministry said Monday it would impose sanctions on Lockheed Martin Corp, the maker of F-35 fighter jets, and Raytheon Technologies Corp, the world's largest producer of guided missiles. Early …

Nathan King (2022-02-22). A look back on Nixon's China visit. america.cgtn.com U.S. President Richard Nixon had a historic trip to China in 1972. Take a look back on the week that changed the world.

Anand Naidoo (2022-02-22). The Heat: 50 Years — Nixon's Visit to China. america.cgtn.com It is now 50 years since former U.S. President Richard Nixon made his historic visit to China in February 1972. He was welcomed to Beijing by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Nixon also met with Chairman Mao Zedong. The high-stakes engagement would lead to the …

Owen Fairclough (2022-02-22). Nixon's visit to China: 50 years on. america.cgtn.com 50 years ago, U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China to try to find, as he described it, common ground. Relations between the two countries had been frozen by the Cold War. The historic meeting with Chinese leader Mao Zedong paved the way for the world's …

WSWS (2022-02-22). Australian government accuses China of "aggression" over naval laser incident. wsws.org Without providing any evidence to back his charge, Prime Minister Morrison branded the mere pointing of a laser rangefinder at a patrol spy plane as an "act of intimidation" that could have killed the flight crew.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Beijing Warns US That 'Bitter Competition' With China May Escalate Into Full-Fledged Confrontation. sputniknews.com Chinese authorities previously announced that they will take countermeasures in response to US weapons sales to Taiwan and promised to slap sanctions on Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies.

sputniknews (2022-02-22). Hunter Biden's Former Girlfriend Secretly Testifies in POTUS Son's Tax Probe, Report Says. sputniknews.com In December 2020, Hunter Biden confirmed that he was under federal investigation over what he described as "tax affairs" pertaining to his business dealings in Ukraine and China.

Ian Goodrum (2022-02-22). There were two Olympics in Beijing — the real one, and a media fantasyland. peoplesworld.org For the last month, I've felt like I've been living in two worlds. There was the world I could see, hear, and touch with my own eyes and ears. In that world, I was living in Beijing during the 2022 Winter Olympics and things seemed to be going quite well. I'd occasionally walk by a …

Staff (2022-02-22). Valieva & Putin are 'two most popular people in Russia' — skating icon. rt.com Tatiana Navka commented on the teenage figure skating sensation after her Olympic heartbreak | Figure skater Kamila Valieva has become even more beloved in her Russian homeland after her Olympic ordeal and now has popularity on a par with President Vladimir Putin, ice dancing queen Tatiana Navka has said. | Valieva saw her Olympic dream turn into a nightmare in Beijing after she won gold in the team event only to be caught up in the middle of a doping case based on a sample taken back in December. | The drama surrounding the 15-year-old became the biggest talking of the Beijing Games, and although the star ret…

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