2022-04-05: News Headlines

_____ (2022-04-05). Washington is Trying to Open a "Second Front" in Central Asia against Russia and China. journal-neo.org The events in Kazakhstan conspired by the United States and the UK in January and the ongoing pressure of external factors experienced by the Central Asian region, primarily from the United States and a number of its Western allies, indicate the presence of continuing threats here. The escalation of US-Chinese conflict, and the special military operation …

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China slams EU agency for 'selective blindness' over its position on Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn China on Monday expressed "strong disapproval" of claims by the EU's anti-disinformation agency that it says deliberately distort its position on the Ukraine crisis.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine receives approval for clinical trial application in China. ecns.cn Chinese vaccine developer CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine has received approval for clinical trial application in China, the company announced on Monday, an encouraging step for domestic mRNA vaccine R&D amid the recent infection wave across China.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China's RMB cross-border payments soar in 2021: report. ecns.cn The business volume of cross-border payments of the Chinese currency renminbi (RMB) grew rapidly in 2021, a report from the People's Bank of China showed.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Over 38k medical workers deployed to aid Shanghai. ecns.cn At least 38,000 medical workers from across China have been deployed to aid Shanghai as of Monday in the fight against the Omicron variant, the largest number of nationwide medical aid since Wuhan in early 2020.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China, Hungary agree to enhance cooperation in various fields. ecns.cn China and Hungary on Monday pledged to continue to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields to build a stronger comprehensive strategic partnership.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Nomination period of HKSAR chief executive election begins. ecns.cn The nomination period for the chief executive election of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has begun on Sunday and will run through April 16.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Peace is the 'only goal' that China hopes for, FM says. ecns.cn China does not seek selfish geopolitical gains or to do anything that adds fuel to the fire over the Ukraine crisis, and peace is the only goal that the nation has been hoping for, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Monday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China to pilot digital yuan in more cities. ecns.cn China's central bank announced Saturday that its digital yuan pilot program will be expanded to more domestic cities following its successful operation over the past years.

____ (2022-04-05). English language instructor who lived through China's Zero COVID program speaks to the Global Workers Inquest. wsws.org "We were united in a common sense driven determination to keep ourselves and others safe in the face of a sudden, novel, and terrifying virus outbreak. Among friends, colleagues, and neighbors, the sense that we were working collectively for the safety of the whole community was universal," she said.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China's BYD ceases to produce gasoline-powered vehicles. ecns.cn Chinese auto manufacturer BYD announced Sunday that it has already ceased the production of traditional gasoline-powered vehicles starting from March.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China sincerely wants peace in Ukraine: FM. ecns.cn China hopes Russia and Ukraine would stick to peace talks until a ceasefire agreement is reached and the only thing that China wants is peace in Ukraine, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Overseas listing rules for Chinese firms to be revised. ecns.cn China has announced its plan to revise confidentiality rules for Chinese companies listing overseas, paving the way for China-U.S. cooperation on auditing supervision.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). China-Laos Railway sees brisk passenger, cargo transport over inaugural 4 months. ecns.cn As of Sunday, the China-Laos Railway has handled over 2.25 million passenger trips and transported 1.31 million tonnes of cargo since its launch in December, official data showed.

Staff (2022-04-05). Hong Kong Police arrest 4 activists behind banned Tiananmen Square vigil: Report. aninews.in Hong Kong, September 8 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have arrested four key members of the pro-democracy group behind the city's annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Health official clarifies quarantine rules for children. ecns.cn A health official in Shanghai said children infected with COVID-19 will be taken care of under different categories based on current laws and protocols of epidemic prevention.

Ann Brown (2022-04-04). Do Hunter Biden's Deals In Ukraine And China Matter? The U.S Government And Feds Think So. moguldom.com President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden is feeling the heat as a federal investigation into his international deals intensifies. The U.S. Justice Department is looking into Hunter Biden's business activities in China and Ukraine. The investigation, which began as early as 2018, concerns several financial and business deals Hunter made in foreign countries when his …

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Chinese FM holds talks with Philippine counterpart on bilateral ties. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks on Sunday with visiting Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin in Tunxi, east China's Anhui Province.

____ (2022-04-04). The MADness of the Resurgent U.S. Cold War on Russia. transcend.org 28 Mar 2022 – The war in Ukraine has placed U.S. and NATO policy toward Russia under a spotlight: How they expanded NATO right up to Russia's borders, backed a coup and now a proxy war in Ukraine, imposed waves of economic sanctions, and launched a debilitating trillion-dollar arms race. The goal is to pressure, weaken and eliminate Russia, or a Russia-China partnership, as a strategic competitor to U.S. imperial power.

____ (2022-04-04). Geopolitics and the Rise of China. transcend.org Let's start with a reverse order as the rise of China has a direct impact on how we perceive geopolitics today. It is unique by the historical situation in which it is couched.

themoscowtimes (2022-04-04). Russia Scraps Covid Flight Restrictions for 'Friendly' Countries. themoscowtimes.com The countries include Argentina, India, China and South Africa.

____ (2022-04-04). 67 Years Late: Machinations of the Lynching Law. transcend.org "Lynching was pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone belongs in USA, not everyone is created equal."

_____ (2022-04-04). Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's Visit to India. journal-neo.org It is now possible to be cautiously optimistic about relations between China, India and Japan, which may soon be put on a normal, stable footing — an essential prerequisite if we are to see an improvement in the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific region. That is despite the fact that the recent visit by Japanese …

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Thousands of medical workers nationwide rushing to aid Shanghai in COVID-19 response. ecns.cn Around 10,000 medical workers from several regions across China have arrived in Shanghai in recent days to help the fight against COVID-19 as the city has seen surging infections, local health authorities said Sunday.

_____ (2022-04-04). Why the US Must Practice Restraint. commondreams.org Why Russia fumbled in Ukraine, China lost its way, and America should exercise restraint.

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Baby white rhino born at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou. ecns.cn A white rhino Wei Wei gave birth to a male calf at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday. The newborn is doing well.

_____ (2022-04-04). Radio Free Asia Slanders Russia and China. journal-neo.org The depths to which American propagandists descend have been noted by observers for a very long time. We have witnessed and experienced it our entire lives and the lives of those before us. Enabled by their dominant economic and military power since the Second World War, their propaganda has been an important element of their …

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Ceremony held to mark goddess Mazu returning home in Fujian. ecns.cn A ceremony celebrating sea goddess Mazu returning home was staged both on- and offline in Meizhou Island, east China's Fujian Province on April 1.

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Hong Kong to remove constrains on TCM development: Carrie Lam. ecns.cn Carrie Lam said on Sunday that the HKSAR government will relax restrictions on current systems and policies to provide more opportunities for the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Hong Kong.

rqorinoco (2022-04-04). The U.S. empire uses engineered destabilization to delay its full demise. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Mar 30, 2022 | When it comes to the decline of U.S. hegemony, there are two sides to the story, one hopeful and the other bleak. One pertains to all of the ways that the empire's power is unambiguously diminishing, and to how this is opening the potential for workers democracy to spread to every part of the world. To how Washington has been unable to use its fascist Ukrainian proxy to crush the independence of the Donbass peoples, how Washington's subversion efforts in places like Hong Kong have failed, how the 2019 coup in Bolivia has been reversed, and other such positive developments. Th…

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Vice Premier Sun calls for all-out efforts to curb pandemic in Shanghai. ecns.cn Vice Premier Sun Chunlan urged resolute and swift moves to control the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai in the shortest time possible during an inspection visit to the city on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-04). Shanghai launches citywide antigen testing amid COVID-19 resurgence. ecns.cn Shanghai will conduct citywide antigen testing on Sunday and nucleic acid testing on Monday amid efforts to contain the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the metropolis, according to local authorities.

____ (2022-04-04). Shanghai under citywide lockdown as COVID-19 cases continue to climb. wsws.org Sunday saw a single-day high of new cases with more than 13,000 infections. Shanghai is now under a citywide lockdown as authorities attempt to contain the spread of infections.

Editor (2022-04-04). Briefing: World hunger and the war in Ukraine. mronline.org The New Cold War is rapidly heating up, with severe consequences for people around the world. Our new series, Briefings, provides the key facts on these matters of global concern.

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