Daily Archives: June 26, 2022

2022-06-26: News Headlines

TeleSUR, ldp, SH (2022-06-26). Presidente Joe Biden arriba a Alemania para la cumbre del G7. telesurtv.net El mandatario estadounidense pretende demostrar a sus aliados que enfrentarse a Rusia y China son objetivos complementarios.

____ (2022-06-26). Sixth World Intelligence Congress opens in China's Tianjin. ecns.cn The sixth World Intelligence Congress (WIC), a major artificial intelligence (AI) event in China, kicked off in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Friday.

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese people are in no hurry to tie the knot. ecns.cn The average age of first marriage of Chinese people stood at 28.67 in 2020 after continuously rising since 2010, China News Service reported on Friday, citing the statistical yearbook released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently.

____ (2022-06-26). Xi stresses need to build basic data systems, enhance administrative division management. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, chairman of the Central Military Commission, and head of the Central Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, presided over the commission's 26th meeting on Wednesday afternoon. At the meeting, the commission reviewed and adopted a guideline on building the basic systems for data and making better use of data resources, a guideline on improving the work related to administrative divisions, a work plan on trials of reforming the evaluation of scientific and technological personnel, and a work plan…

____ (2022-06-26). Xinjiang slams Uyghur labor act. ecns.cn Xinjiang strongly condemns and firmly opposes the United States' "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act", said a spokesman for the Uyghur autonomous region's government on Friday, adding that the act would seriously undermine the stability of international industrial and supply chain.

____ (2022-06-26). Shanghai reports no confirmed local COVID-19 cases on Saturday. ecns.cn China's Shanghai reported no locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases or local asymptomatic carriers on Saturday, the municipal health commission said Sunday.

____ (2022-06-26). Chinese mainland reports 2 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland Saturday reported two locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, which were in Beijing and Guangdong respectively, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

____ (2022-06-26). 914 cultural relics from Beijing to be on display in Hong Kong. ecns.cn A total of 914 cultural relics from the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing are to be on display in the Hong Kong Palace Museum.

____ (2022-06-26). China pays UN peacekeeping dues in full. ecns.cn China on Thursday paid in full its assessments for the 12 UN peacekeeping operations for fiscal year 2021/2022, said the Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

____ (2022-06-26). Beijing bourse sees 100 IPOs in seven months. ecns.cn China's Beijing Stock Exchange (BSE) embraced the listing of the 100th firm Friday as the newly established bourse attracts innovative smaller enterprises with its listing efficiency and smooth operation.

____ (2022-06-26). Cradle of Civilization: Taosi Site. ecns.cn The Taosi site, dating back 4,300 to 3,900 years, is located in Xiangfen County, Linfen City of Shanxi Province.

____ (2022-06-26). Xi Jinping: Only Through Continuous Development Can the People's Dream for a Better Life and Social Stability Be Realized. ecns.cn On the evening of June 24, Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired the High-level Dialogue on Global Development in Beijing via video link and delivered important remarks. President Xi Jinping recounted the story and his experience of being a farmer on the Loess Plateau.

____ (2022-06-26). Hong Kong Palace Museum to open on July 2. ecns.cn Located in West Kowloon Cultural District, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is expected to open to the public in July. A total of 914 cultural treasures from the Palace Museum in Beijing will be on display at the opening exhibition of the museum. The museum covers an area of 13,000 square meters and the total construction area is about 30,000 square meters. It has seven floors and nine exhibition halls, with a total exhibition area of 7,800 square meters.

____ (2022-06-26). Beijing-Hebei section of Grand Canal opens to traffic. ecns.cn The Grand Canal is the longest canal or artificial river in the world and a famous tourist destination. Starting at Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou, linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-06-25). Terrapiattismo geopolitico dell'Italia. globalresearch.ca L'Italia, mentre chiede a Washington di essere ammessa alla Five Eyes, la più potente alleanza spionistica mondiale a guida Usa, boicotta il Forum economico internazionale di San Pietroburgo a scapito dei propri interessi nazionali. | Due eventi — uno a Occidente …

Scorinoco (2022-06-25). Building the 'New Three Rings': China's Choice in the Face of Possible Complete Decoupling. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece is very important and pertinent. | By Cheng Yawen — Jun 2, 2022 | Since the beginning of the 2018 US-China trade war, Western countries have sought to decouple from China in terms of economic, technological, and people-to-people exchanges. The recent Russian-Ukrainian conflict marks the end of the US-led globalization wave. Facing the possibility of full decoupling by the West in the future, China urgently needs to make…

_____ (2022-06-25). Alternatives to a world at war divided in two. popularresistance.org The withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan marked the end of an era: the Global War on Terror. Back in 2018, the Trump administration announced that the entire US effort would be directed at preventing Russia and China from consolidating as world powers. That idea of multipolarity — of a world with several poles developing and cooperating in peace — had to be destroyed to secure US global domination. We can also not forget that the announcement of the new US strategy came hand in hand with its withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a key agreement of Gorbachev and Rea…

John Catalinotto (2022-06-25). Antiwar protest planned for NATO Summit in Madrid — WW commentary. workers.org The most aggressive and powerful military alliance in the history of humanity, NATO is holding a summit June 29-30 in Madrid to plan its next confrontations with Russia and China — and to reinforce its domination of the world, despite contradictions within the imperialist camp. In opposition to these plans, . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-25). US Commander Says Russia and China's Partnership Means US Must Prepare for Attack on Guam. news.antiwar.com The head of US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) on Friday Adm. John Aquilino said China's actions mean the US should spend more money on building up Guam's defenses. INDOPACOM is seeking additional funds for a program known as the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, and part of the plan is to buildup US military facilities in Guam. | "Guam has a 360-degree threat, so our ability to defend it and to be able to…

Anonymous811 (2022-06-25). Chinese Drills Near Taiwan: Clear Sign To Rivals. southfront.org The South China Sea area is still extremely unstable. China seems to be preparing for dramatic changes in the region. In the face of accelerated training of Taiwanese troops, Beijing in turn is conducting military exercises. The drills are a strong signal to other countries in the region, such as Japan and the United States, that Beijing considers the Taiwan issues an internal Chinese problem. | Chinese authorities claim that "the drills are defensive…

Editor (2022-06-25). The United States- the Pacific bully. mronline.org The US dominates the Pacific Islands to an extent China can never hope to achieve. With Australia's support, the US is now engaged in an arms build-up in its Pacific territories and de-facto colonies in a little known boost to its containment of China.

Gavin O'Reilly (2022-06-25). Victoria electoral de Gustavo Petro: øRumbo a un cambio de régimen en Colombia? globalizacion.ca La victoria de Gustavo Petro en las elecciones presidenciales de Colombia del domingo, que marca la primera vez que Bogotá elige a un jefe de estado de izquierda, no fue el único evento geopolítico de gran alcance que tuvo lugar…

WSWS (2022-06-25). US-China tensions flare over Taiwan Strait. wsws.org The US Navy provocatively flew a US Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane over the Taiwan Strait yesterday to underscore its rejection of Chinese claims that the Taiwan Strait falls within its jurisdiction.

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2022-06-25). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

____ (2022-06-25). China adopts amendment to anti-monopoly law. ecns.cn Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to pass an amendment to the Anti-monopoly Law, which will take effect on Aug. 1, 2022, at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Australian defence minister cajoles India over Russia and China. wsws.org While insisting that he was not "lecturing" India, Marles called on the Indian government of Narendra Modi to align against Moscow as well as Beijing.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-06-25). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

Staff (2022-06-25). China lanza acuerdo de libre comercio Brics en el camino hacia un cambio de liderazgo mundial. telesurtv.net China, como gran potencia y con una visión amplia, no puede dejar de sorprender a Occidente con su astucia.

____ (2022-06-25). China passes new law to strengthen black soil protection. ecns.cn China's top legislature on Friday passed a law on black soil conservation, as part of efforts to ensure the country's grain security and protect the ecosystem.

WSWS (2022-06-25). Wave of protests against India's new military recruitment scheme driven by anger over mass unemployment. wsws.org The Modi government and military view the recruitment scheme as critical to freeing up funds to acquire new weapons systems and aggressively pursue India's great-power ambitions, including against its principal rivals China and Pakistan.

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