Editor (2022-06-06). U.S. wants to surround China with missiles—but can't find Asian country to host them. mronline.org The United States plans to spend billions of dollars to surround China with missiles. But a US military-sponsored study concluded its Pacific allies South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Australia are unlikely to host the offensive weapons.
_____ (2022-06-06). On Anthony Blinken's Speech at George Washington University. journal-neo.org The end of May saw a number of striking developments in Washington's foreign policy in relation to China, the USA's main geopolitical foe. Several of these developments took place during President Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan. Particularly worthy of note were the US President's long-anticipated announcement about the launch of the Indo-Pacific …
____ (2022-06-06). Chinese mainland reports 25 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Of the new local infections, 16 were reported in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 5 in Beijing, and 4 in Shanghai.
____ (2022-06-06). Over half of Hong Kong citizens get booster shot. ecns.cn As another 24,373 people got vaccinated on Sunday, nearly 60 percent of citizens in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) have received their booster shot against COVID-19, according to the official website of Hong Kong newspaper Wen Wei Po.
Pepe Escobar (2022-06-06). The Sanctioned Ones: How Iran-Russia are Setting New Rules. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar  ; | While China, keen to ward off US sanctions as long as possible, is lagging, its RIC partners Iran and Russia are doing the legwork to break the west's global financial grip. | The first Sergei Glazyev, Russia's Minister in Charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), is coordinating the drive to design an alternative m…
WSWS (2022-06-06). In White House visit, New Zealand PM joins escalating US offensive in the Pacific. wsws.org Amid Washington's escalating war drive in Europe and the Indo-Pacific, the meeting between Biden and Ardern saw a hardening of the alliance between the two countries against China.
____ (2022-06-06). China vows to improve eye care services for children, seniors. ecns.cn Monday marks the 27th National Eye Care Day in China. Among the country's efforts to provide more extensive eye care services that cover people's whole life cycle, the eye health of children and elderly people has been a focus.
____ (2022-06-06). IOC lauds Beijing 2022 for its green, sustainable steps. ecns.cn On the occassion of World Environment Day, the International Olympic Committee has praised Beijing 2022 for its efforts in low carbon, environmental protection and sustainable development in an article published on its official website.
____ (2022-06-06). Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter space station core module. ecns.cn Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on June 5, 2022 shows three Chinese astronauts, Chen Dong (C), Liu Yang (R) and Cai Xuzhe, saluting after entering the space station core module Tianhe.
____ (2022-06-06). Magical two-colored water lily blooms in Nanjing. ecns.cn A rare white and red water lily is in full bloom at Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 6, 2022.
____ (2022-06-06). Investigation sought after train derailment. ecns.cn Services resumed on a high-speed rail line in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Sunday, a day after a train derailment killed the train driver and injured eight others. The railway operator has vowed to immediately investigate the cause of the accident.
TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-06). China lanza con éxito nave espacial Shenzhou-14. telesurtv.net Esta es la primera misión tripulada de China de este año, que se espera finalice la construcción de la Estación Espacial.
____ (2022-06-06). Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter Tianzhou-4 cargo craft. ecns.cn The Shenzhou-14 crew has entered the Tianzhou-4 cargo craft after successfully opening the hatch of it and finishing the environmental tests, the China Manned Space Agency said on Monday.
____ (2022-06-06). Tibetans enjoy leisure time in Lhasa. ecns.cn Residents enjoy leisure time in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 5, 2022. Tibetans went outdoors during the festival to have a picnic, which is traditionally know as "Linka Festival"
____ (2022-06-06). High schools welcome back second and third years' students in Shanghai. ecns.cn High school students in their second year and third year returned to campus in Shanghai starting from Monday after nearly three months' online classes.
____ (2022-06-06). Restaurants resume dine-in service after over month long suspension in Beijing. ecns.cn Customers queue to scan health codes to enter a restaurant at midnight after over month-long dine-in service suspension in Beijing, June 6, 2022.
____ (2022-06-06). Dentist's experience in Guizhou a bridge for cross-Straits unity. ecns.cn Huang Cheng-wei, a 35-year-old man from Taiwan who came to Jiangsu province to study when he was 18, didn't imagine he would become so deeply rooted in the mainland in the following years.
____ (2022-06-06). China ascends global innovation ranking. ecns.cn China ranks 12th in the 2021 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) report released by the World Intellectual Property Right Organization (WIPO), moving up 20 spots from 2012, said Wang Gang, the head of China's Science and Technology Ministry, on Monday.
____ (2022-06-06). Wheat harvest underway in Hebei. ecns.cn A harvester collects wheat in a wheat field in Beijie village, Xingtai, north China's Hebei Province, June 5, 2022. Farmers have started to harvest wheat in Hebei.
____ (2022-06-06). Cutting-edge scientific testing to be undertaken. ecns.cn Upon its completion by the end of this year, the Tiangong space station will extensively advance science and technology, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy head of the China Manned Space Agency.
____ (2022-06-06). Lotus flowers bloom in Haikou. ecns.cn Several hectares of blooming lotus flowers attract visitors in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, June 5, 2022.
____ (2022-06-06). Charity workers' assistance helps ease departures. ecns.cn Over the past two weeks, a number of employees of the Shanghai Charity Foundation's branch in Changning district have been voluntarily helping passengers at the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in a bid to help facilitate departures from the city.
____ (2022-06-06). Ancient petroglyphs depicting animals found in NW China. ecns.cn A new petroglyphs complex site has been discovered at Helan Mountain in Shizuishan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, after one was found there more than two months ago, said the local cultural relic department.
____ (2022-06-06). Ray McGovern and Scott Ritter on Ukraine, Russia, China. transcend.org 29 May 2022 – Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern discuss China relations with Taiwan and the US, the lemming-like bloc heads now leading the NATO bloc, and Russian forces on the ground in Ukraine.
____ (2022-06-06). Collapse of the Us Dollar. transcend.org 1 Jun 2022 – Two years ago I wrote that the dollar would lose its global role and be devalued. Reasons: the bloated military budget and national debt to pay for it, the blow-back effect of U.S. sanctions on other countries, and the reaction of countries such as Russia, China, Turkey and India to trade their dollars for gold. According to Zero Hedge, this trend has intensified.
____ (2022-06-05). China's State Grid to invest over 0 bln yuan in power grid projects in 2022. ecns.cn The State Grid Corporation of China said that it will invest an all-time high of more than 0 billion yuan (about 74.5 billion U.S. dollars) in power grid projects in 2022 to help bolster the country's economic growth amid the COVID-19 epidemic.
_____ (2022-06-05). Iran Proposes New Currency For Trade With China, Russia, India, And Pakistan. popularresistance.org Iran has proposed creating a new currency to do trade with China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). | Tehran sent a letter to the SCO in early 2022 suggesting that a new currency could help the Eurasian nations strengthen their bilateral trade with each other, according to Iran's foreign minister for economic diplomacy, Mehdi Safari. | A Eurasian currency would also make it easier for these countries to circumvent unilateral Western sanctions, which are illegal under international law. | Such a development would directly challenge the US-dominated financial…
_____ (2022-06-05). The Myth-Making Around Tiananmen Square. popularresistance.org Most western accounts claim that on the midnight of June 3, 1989, the People's Liberation Army moved with full force to Tiananmen square where students were peacefully protesting for democracy and against the authoritarian regime in China. The students were supposedly inspired by the democracies in the west and were heroes standing up to the illiberal communist rule. According to this narrative, the communist leadership under Deng Xiaoping ordered the army to open fire, killing hundreds or thousands of unarmed students at the square. Thus, the Chinese communist party leadership was responsible for the killing and…
____ (2022-06-05). China's e-commerce logistics activities rebound in May. ecns.cn Following a contraction in the previous month, China's e-commerce logistics sector rebounded in May largely due to preventative measures against the COVID-19 epidemic, industry data showed.
JANET (2022-06-05). 1989: Tiananmen Square 'massacre' was a myth. iacenter.org By Deirdre Griswold June 3, 2022 The article below was first published June 29, 2011, following a release from WikiLeaks confirming that U.S. media claims of a "massacre" in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989 were false. How many times have we been told that the U.S. is an "open" society and the media are "free"? Usually such claims are made when criticizing other countries for not being "open," especially countries that don't follow Washington's agenda. If you live in the United States and depend on the supposedly "free" and "open" commercial media for information, you would without a doubt believe that the Chi…
____ (2022-06-05). Comicomment: The U.S. does not care about the truth at all. ecns.cn The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visited China from May 23 to 28. Bachelet visited Kashi, Urumqi and other places, walked into the cotton fields. The High Commissioner also said at the press conference that she had unsupervised and extensive meetings during the visit.
Anonymous811 (2022-06-05). Chinese Naval Power Growing: Third Modern Aircraft Carrier to Be Launched Soon. southfront.org Type 003 PLAN | China will soon have another aircraft carrier. Chinese shipbuilders are currently manufacturing the aircraft carrier at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. It is also noteworthy that this event is steeped in symbolism because the CPC was founded in 1921 by Chen Duxu in Shanghai. It was decided to postpone the ceremony to July 1, the day of the founding of the PLA. The aircraft carrier is called "Type 003 PLAN". | The aircraft carrier is unique. It belongs to the second generation of Chinese aircraft carriers. It uses the CATOBAR system (a system that launches fighters into the air with a cat…
Rqorinoco (2022-06-05). Tiananmen Protests Reading List. orinocotribune.com By Qiao Collective — Jun 4, 2022 | More than thirty years later, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 remain a touchstone of a Western mythology spun to challenge the fundamental legitimacy of the Communist Party of China. By collapsing the diverse and often contradictory demands of protesters into a simplistic call for Western-style capitalist democracy, the West's selective memory of June 4 continues to inform liberal platitudes to "stand with the Chinese people" against their government, reifying the universality of Western capitalism and U.S. global hegemony in the process. This reading list compile…
TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-05). China y Timor Oriental acuerdan impulsar cooperación bilateral. telesurtv.net El canciller Wang se reunió con el presidente, José Ramos-Horta, en Dili, capital del país del Golfo Pérsico…
____ (2022-06-05). The green modernization for a beautiful China, world. ecns.cn In 1972, the United Nations designated June 5 as World Environment Day to foster environmental awareness and prompt action. China, the second-largest economy in the world, has celebrated the annual event with solid steps in environmental protection.
____ (2022-06-05). China launches Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft. ecns.cn A Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying the crewed Shenzhou-14 spacecraft blasted off at 10: 44 a.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sunday.
____ (2022-06-05). (W.E. Talk) How does the 'Dual Carbon' target demonstrate China's leadership on climate change. ecns.cn As the global weather conditions are worsening, where's global climate governance heading to? And how should the developed countries better cooperate with the developing counterparts? And why does China's "Dual Carbon" target demonstrate China's leadership on climate change?
TeleSUR, JCM (2022-06-05). Descarrilamiento de tren deja un muerto y ocho heridos en China. telesurtv.net Todos los heridos sufrieron lesiones que no ponen en peligro la vida y han sido hospitalizados.
____ (2022-06-05). China, Timor-Leste agree to strengthen regional cooperation, safeguard multilateralism. ecns.cn President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos-Horta and visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday expressed common willingness to strengthen regional cooperation and safeguard multilateralism.
____ (2022-06-05). Mudslide derails high-speed train in SW China, killing driver. ecns.cn A high-speed train derailed on Saturday due to a mudslide in southwest China's Guizhou Province, killing a driver and injuring an attendant and seven passengers onboard, the China Railway Chengdu Group Co. said on its Weibo account on Saturday.
____ (2022-06-05). Chinese, Iraqis celebrate Dragon Boat Festival in Baghdad. ecns.cn The Iraqi-Chinese Friendship Association on Saturday held an event here to celebrate China's traditional Dragon Boat Festival, as part of its efforts to promote cultural exchanges between the two countries.
____ (2022-06-05). China, Timor-Leste to further enhance win-win cooperation. ecns.cn Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday held talks with Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Adaljiza Magno, with both sides agreeing to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation.
____ (2022-06-05). China to launch Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship on June 5. ecns.cn China will launch its Shenzhou-14 crewed spaceship at 10: 44 a.m. Beijing Time on June 5 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, the China Manned Space Engineering Office said at a press conference on Saturday.
____ (2022-06-05). 1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China. ecns.cn A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10: 30 a.m.on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
____ (2022-06-05). China's warehouse storage sector rebounds in May. ecns.cn China's warehouse storage sector expanded in May, according to a survey jointly released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and CMST Development Co., Ltd.
____ (2022-06-05). China, Malaysia vow to safeguard ASEAN-centered regional cooperation framework. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked over phone Saturday with Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, and both sides pledged to safeguard the mature ASEAN-centered regional cooperation framework.
Andrew Wong (2022-06-05). On the US attempts to deter China in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. indybay.org The US Administration declared its commitment to deepen interaction with countries of the southern part of the Pacific Ocean and warned them against cooperation with Beijing.
____ (2022-06-05). PNG FM hails cooperation with China. ecns.cn Soroi Eoe, minister of foreign affairs and international trade of Papua New Guinea (PNG), has hailed the win-win cooperation between PNG and China.
Alasdair Baverstock (2022-06-04). China develops inhaled COVID-19 vaccine. america.cgtn.com The COVID-19 virus has changed the way many people around the world think about vaccinations. The pandemic raised questions about treatment and health care. Mexico played a key role in testing a Chinese-made vaccine. Vaccine technology will most certainly be an important part of …
WSWS (2022-06-04). Australia's new Labor foreign minister back in the Pacific on US-instigated anti-China mission. wsws.org Penny Wong has visited the Pacific Islands twice in a fortnight, threatening its governments with "consequences" if they turn to China, and functioning as an emissary of the Biden administration.