2022-02-24: News Headlines

Tom Engelhardt (2022-02-24). Tomgram: Alfred W. McCoy, A Planet on the Brink. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. We're in a time of growing belligerence of a kind unknown since the Cold War. It's already taken us to the edge of conflict with nuclear-armed great powers, whether in Ukraine or Taiwan and the South China Sea. …

WSWS (2022-02-24). Beijing condemns Washington's "irresponsible and immoral" behaviour in the Ukraine crisis. wsws.org Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the US was "raising tensions, creating panic, and even playing up the schedule of war."

_____ (2022-02-24). Olympic Hanbok Scandal, or Two Types of Nationalism. journal-neo.org In his previous material about the tricky relations between China and South Korea this author already mentioned how a demonstration of the traditional Korean clothes was viewed in South Korea. However, this is worth telling in greater detail as this story illustrates the conceptual difference between the two countries' national policies. So, South Koreans took offence …

_____ (2022-02-24). Diagnosis: Why the China Containment Policy is Failing. journal-neo.org For the past 4 years — especially since the US 'trade war' on China started by the Trump administration in 2017 — Washington has been seeking ways to contain, roll-back on its gains and encircle China. The US 'trade war' was not something entirely new; in fact, it was a continuation of the Obama administration's …

Staff (2022-02-24). China comments on Russian operation in Ukraine. rt.com The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Moscow does not need Beijing's backing | The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Moscow does not have or need the backing of Beijing for its military attack on Ukraine. | "As for the US suggestion that Russia has China's backing to act, I believe Russia will be very unhappy to hear such a statement," ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told the media during a regular press briefing. | Hua said that Russia is both an independent power and a permanent member of the UN Security Council. She claimed that Moscow's action is based entirely on its own judgement and national…

Luis Chirino (2022-02-24). See how Nixon's 1972 China trip affected Latin America. america.cgtn.com 50 years ago, U.S. President Richard Nixon made a historic trip to China. The impact of Nixon's trip and the establishment of ties were felt around the world. A number of Latin American countries watched the events unfold with keen interest.

WSWS (2022-02-24). US warns Nepal of serious consequences if aid program not ratified. wsws.org US threats are part of its ongoing efforts to lock the strategically-located Nepal into Washington's war preparations against China.

_____ (2022-02-23). Is The Crisis In Ukraine The Beginning Of A New World Order? popularresistance.org Just before the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping issued a joint statement on international relations and on co-operation between China and Russia. | It is a document of about 10 pages that comes at a time of great tensions with Nato over Ukraine and of a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games. | The text can be read as a plea for a new world order in which the US and its allies are no longer in charge, but in which the aim is to create a multipolar world, with respect for the sovereignty of countries. | "The sides oppose further enlargement of Nato and call on the…

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 …

Nino Brown (2022-02-23). THIS SUNDAY: Events in D.C. and San Francisco to demand "Peace, Not War with China!" answercoalition.org The ANSWER Coalition urges its supports to attend the following events hosted by

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Editor (2022-02-23). What accounts for Putin's assertiveness on Ukraine? mronline.org What about this China factor? Why do Western pundits/savants pay so little heed to this game-changer? It should not require my half-century of studying/reporting on Russia-China relations to notice that China and Russia have never been so strategically close as now.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-02-23). As U.S. threatens war with Russia, Biden administration unveils imperial strategy for Indo-Pacific that could lead to war with China. mronline.org Already threatening war with Russia, the White House this month has unveiled a new imperial grand strategy for the Indo-Pacific that raises the prospects of war with China.

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…

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