Daily Archives: July 7, 2022

2022-07-07: News Headlines

Staff (2022-07-07). Iran, Russia & China to Carry Out Military Drills in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Iran, Russia, and China are preparing to carry out a series of trilateral military exercises in Latin America, in a show of force against the US. | Venezuela is scheduled to host military exercises in mid-August and Iran, Russia, and China, along with 10 other nations, intend to send their armed forces to the Western Hemisphere to participate in these exercises, the conservative North American website Washington Free Beacon reported on Tuesday, July 5, citing a report by the Center for a Secure Free Society. | According to the US website, the joint military drills, called "Sniper Frontier," are the clearest sign…

____ (2022-07-07). China's second 'cave cloud' discovered in Guangxi. ecns.cn A joint Sino-French cave exploration team has discovered the rare "cave cloud" — a special kind of natural mineral deposit within a cave — in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

____ (2022-07-07). China ready to usher in new 'golden age' with Philippines: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Wednesday that China is willing to deepen pragmatic cooperation with the Philippines to usher in a new "golden age" in bilateral ties.

WSWS (2022-07-07). Why Australia's Labor government refuses to defend Julian Assange. wsws.org The Labor government is hostile to Assange, in direct proportion to its support for US-led militarism, including the confrontations with Russia and China that threaten nuclear war.

____ (2022-07-07). Vaccination to be required for public venues. ecns.cn Starting on Monday, those who haven't received a COVID-19 vaccine will be restricted from entering some public venues in Beijing, city officials said on Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-07). Shanghai shuts KTV bars in wake of virus. ecns.cn Karaoke bars in Shanghai have been ordered to close following a spike in new COVID-19 infections linked to such venues, local authorities announced on Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-07). 'Living will' regulation to debut in Shenzhen. ecns.cn Patients in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, will be allowed to decide, starting next year, whether they want to undergo certain lifesaving measures at the final stage of their life, according to a newly amended city regulation.

____ (2022-07-07). China's Chang'e-4 probe completes work for 44th lunar day. ecns.cn The lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have been switched to dormant mode for the lunar night after working stably for a 44th lunar day.

____ (2022-07-07). Innovative methanol ship delivered to owners. ecns.cn A new environmentally friendly, energy-saving vessel was delivered in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, in late June, an example of China's leadership in green shipbuilding.

____ (2022-07-07). Taikonauts to give lesson at China's space lab module. ecns.cn The Shenzhou-14 taikonauts will deliver a livestream science lecture at China's space station lab module Wentian, which is scheduled to be launched this month.

____ (2022-07-07). Airbus eyes local airlines to sell A220 planes. ecns.cn European aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it has been in close discussions with Chinese airlines, especially small and medium-sized carriers, for possible sales of its 100-to 150-seat, low-emission A220 aircraft, which are not yet in service in China.

____ (2022-07-07). College entrance exam kicks off in Shanghai. ecns.cn Shanghai postponed the 2022 college entrance examination one month from June 7-9 to July 7-9 due to the COVID-19 epidemic and more than 50,000 students took part in the exam.

____ (2022-07-07). Marine paint swells on surge of ship orders. ecns.cn China's major shipbuilders held executed orders for 102.2 million dead weight tons (DWT), up 20.2 percent on a yearly basis. These orders were mainly placed by foreign shipowners from Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

____ (2022-07-07). World's first 100% clean energy battery-swapping station goes operational in Tibet. ecns.cn The world's first battery-swapping station using 100 percent clean energy has been put into use in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-07). Honeysuckle enters harvest season in Guizhou. ecns.cn More than 11,000 hectares of honeysuckle has entered harvest season in Guizhou. The county is expected to reap nearly 2,000 metric tons of dried honeysuckle flowers in 2022.

____ (2022-07-07). Commercial space launch site begins construction. ecns.cn China's first space launch site dedicated to commercial missions started construction in Wenchang, a coastal city in Hainan province, on Wednesday, according to the provincial government.

____ (2022-07-07). China expresses appreciation for Pakistani efforts in bombing investigation. ecns.cn China expressed its appreciation after Pakistani authorities said on Tuesday that they had arrested a key orchestrator of the suicide attack that killed three Chinese teachers at Karachi University in April.

____ (2022-07-07). Shenzhou crew setting up Tiangong station. ecns.cn Crew members of the Shenzhou XIV mission spent a busy month inside the Tiangong space station after they arrived at the outpost, getting ready to oversee the station's in-orbit assembly, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

WSWS (2022-07-07). US extends economic war on Russia to China. wsws.org Increasingly openly the US is treating the military war against Russia and the mounting confrontation with China as part of a far broader conflict to weaken and subjugate potential rivals.

____ (2022-07-07). Shanghai reports 32 locally transmitted confirmed, 22 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. ecns.cn Shanghai reported 32 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, 22 asymptomatic cases, and 17 imported cases (including six asymptomatic cases) on Wednesday, according to the Shanghai Health Commission.

____ (2022-07-07). Analysts take U.S. to task on Xinjiang disinformation. ecns.cn The United States has been spreading disinformation about Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, including claiming that forced labor has been used, in an attempt to target and tarnish China's international image, analysts said.

Editor (2022-07-06). NATO officially adds China to its list of enemies. mronline.org Leaders of the member countries of the imperialist NATO military alliance concluded their annual summit in Madrid today. This summit was a clear display of NATO's commitment to continuously fuel the fire of international conflict as the major capitalist powers drag the world back into a Cold War-style period of global confrontation.

_____ (2022-07-06). Spanish Lawmaker: NATO Subordinates Europe To US. popularresistance.org A Spanish lawmaker has condemned the NATO summit that was held in Madrid this June, denouncing the US-led military alliance for advocating for more war and pushing to enrich the weapons industry while Europeans suffer from inflation and an energy crisis. | On the floor of Spain's parliament, leftist Deputy Gerardo Pisarello argued that "the NATO summit was not organized to strengthen the cause of peace," but rather "was organized basically to reinforce the geostrategic priorities of the United States… above all to weaken China."

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-06). UK refuses to admit Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, while condemning China and Russia. multipolarista.com While demonizing China and Russia as "threats" to "democracy," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss refused to admit that Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, declined to condemn the monarchy's execution of 81 people in one day, and would not acknowledge a single human rights abuse.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-06). UK foreign minister refuses to admit Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, while condemning China and Russia. multipolarista.com While demonizing China and Russia as "threats" to "democracy," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss refused to admit that Saudi Arabia is authoritarian, declined to condemn the monarchy's execution of 81 people in one day, and would not acknowledge a single human rights abuse.

WSWS (2022-07-06). Japan stepping up war planning following G7, NATO summits. wsws.org All sections of the Japanese political establishment support the military preparations for war against China.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-06). China Accuses US of 'Technological Terrorism' for Chip Restrictions. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, Beijing The US is reportedly pressing the Netherlands-based ASML Holding NV and the Japan-based Nikon Corporation not to sell the technology to China. If successful, the move would significantly widen US sanctions on China that intend to prevent the country from becomi…

Editor (2022-07-06). China Miéville: "If you don't feel despair, you're not opening your eyes" mronline.org The fantasy novelist and left activist on why Marx's 'Communist Manifesto' speaks to the crisis-ridden politics of the present.

____ (2022-07-06). Researchers ascertain forming of world's longest meteorite-strewn field. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have studied the large meteorite irons to ascertain the world's longest meteorite-strewn field in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

____ (2022-07-06). Li: Strengthen protection of intellectual property rights. ecns.cn Staff promote intellectual property rights at a sock market in the city of Zhuji, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 26, 2021.In this way, greater contributions will be made in boosting entrepreneurship and innovation, promoting the sustained healthy development of the economy and improving people's well-being, he said.

____ (2022-07-06). World's only COVID prevention medicine imported to China mainland. ecns.cn Evusheld, a medicine preventing COVID-19 infection, has been imported to the Chinese mainland for the first time, according to local customs authorities Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-06). Improved awareness on health grows life expectancy. ecns.cn Life expectancy in China has increased by over 0.6 of a year to 77.93 years as health awareness and access to fitness facilities have been greatly increased in recent years, authorities said on Tuesday.

____ (2022-07-06). First Historical Archives of China opens to public. ecns.cn The First Historical Archives of China opened to the public on Wednesday, offering visitors access to over 4.68 million archival documents, according to the National Archives Administration of China.

TeleSUR, hvh, JCM (2022-07-06). Canciller de China se reúne con presidente filipino, Marcos Jr. telesurtv.net Wang enfatizó que la relación con Filipinas atraviesa "una nueva etapa dorada" tras la victoria de Marcos Jr.

____ (2022-07-06). Swap Connect between Chinese mainland, Hong Kong to expand financial market access. ecns.cn Regulators on Monday announced the development of Swap Connect, a new mutual market access program between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the interbank interest rate swap markets.

____ (2022-07-06). Largest interdisciplinary research platform in the Greater Bay Area established. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Polytechnic University announced on Tuesday that it has established the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR), the largest interdisciplinary research platform in Hong Kong Special Administration Region and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

____ (2022-07-06). Chinese FM calls China-Thailand ties 'as close as one family'. ecns.cn Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Tuesday that the relations between China and Thailand are "as close as one family".

____ (2022-07-06). Construction of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site starts in Hainan. ecns.cn Construction of China's first commercial spacecraft launch site started Wednesday in Wenchang City, south China's island province of Hainan.

____ (2022-07-06). Video captures giant panda hugs a tree in Sichuan. ecns.cn Rare footage of a wild giant panda hugging a tree was captured at a conservation center in Sichuan Province.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-06). Iran, Russia, China to run war drills in Latin America. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) — Iran, Russia, and China are gearing up to run a series of major war drills in Latin America in a show of force meant to signal how these militaries can reach the United States, local media in the United States have said.

____ (2022-07-06). China cracks down on ecological damage through environmental inspections. ecns.cn China has implemented two rounds of nationwide inspections on ecological conservation and environmental protection in seven years and tackled problems in multiple fields, an official said Wednesday.

____ (2022-07-06). Shanghai conducts mass COVID-19 testing in related areas. ecns.cn Shanghai will conduct mass nucleic acid testing from Tuesday to Thursday in areas related to recent local COVID-19 cases.

____ (2022-07-06). China's digital economy reaches $6.7 trillion. ecns.cn China's digital economy has jumped from 11 trillion yuan ($1.64 trillion) to over 45 trillion yuan ($6.7 trillion) from 2012 to 2021, ranking second in the world, and the proportion of its digital economy in GDP has increased from 21.6 percent to 39.8 percent, data from the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows.

____ (2022-07-06). China's Hainan sees trade grow with RCEP members. ecns.cn South China's island province of Hainan saw its trade with members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) grow rapidly in the first five months of this year, local authorities said.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-06). China critica a EE.UU. de ejercer terrorismo tecnológico. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de Estados Unidos está en conversaciones con Países Bajos para que ASML detenga los envíos de suministros a China.

____ (2022-07-06). Construction of mega project in China's Greater Bay Area in full swing. ecns.cn Drone photo shows the construction site of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, a super sea-crossing project integrating bridges, islands, tunnels, and underwater channels in Zhongshan city, south China's Guangdong Province, July 5, 2022.

____ (2022-07-06). Wheels on China's Zhurong rover keep stable with novel material. ecns.cn New material has been maintaining high stability of the rover Zhurong on China's Tianwen 1 probe, according to the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

____ (2022-07-06). Scenery of Hukou Waterfall on Yellow River. ecns.cn The Hukou Waterfall is the largest waterfall on the Yellow River, the second largest waterfall in China, and the world's largest yellow waterfall.

____ (2022-07-06). New COVID outbreaks prompt swift response. ecns.cn Anhui province had reported 1,081 cases by the end of Monday, most of them asymptomatic. Infections were also found in Suzhou's Lingbi county and Yongqiao district, and in Mengcheng county in Bozhou.

____ (2022-07-06). Tourism resurgence tells of a flourishing, stable, open Xinjiang. ecns.cn * With China fine-tuning its COVID-19 prevention measures and Xinjiang offering a series of incentives, tourism is regaining vitality across the region.This is just one of the many instances indicating that with China fine-tuning its COVID-19 prevention measures and Xinjiang offering a series of incentives, tourism is regaining vitality across the region.

____ (2022-07-06). Over 8,000 evacuated as Typhoon hits South China. ecns.cn Affected by No. 3 Typhoon "Chaba" this year, most areas of Yulin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region suffered from rainstorms, and some areas suffered from mountain torrents, river floods, and other disasters.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-06). China rechaza que sea un desafío sistémico para Occidente. telesurtv.net El secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken se reunirá con el canciller chino Wang Yi, en el marco de la reunión del G-20 EN Bali.

Global Times (2022-07-05). Global Times interview: Brian Becker on socialism and the U.S. campaign against China. liberationnews.org "Clearly, the US is actually preparing for military confrontation with China."

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