Daily Archives: August 7, 2022

2022-08-07: News Headlines

____ (2022-08-07). Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a 'malicious provocation': Medvedev. ecns.cn Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan a "malicious provocation."

____ (2022-08-07). (W.E. Talk) How is China Playing an Active Role in Global Human Rights Governance. ecns.cn On February 28, 2022, Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, attended the High-level Segment of the 49th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Beijing via video link. In the Segment, he put forward China's four proposals for promoting and protecting human rights, stressing that China will hold fast to encouraging democratization and legalization of international relations, practicing true multilateralism, and moving global human rights governance toward a fairer, more reasonable and inclusive direction. China will uphold the current Chinese concept of huma…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-08-07). Video: America Is Preparing for Confrontation with Russia and China. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on December 14, 2018, of relevance to unfolding events | At first glance, it reads like the script for a Hollywood catastrophe movie. And yet it's one of the scenarios that is actually being considered in …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-07). The Strategies of Global Warfare: War with China and Russia? Washington's Military Design in the Asia-Pacific. globalresearch.ca Pivot to Asia: China is threatened by the US military in the South and East China Sea. War with China is currently on the drawing board of the Pentagon as outlined in a Rand Report commissioned by the US Army…

Labor Video Project (2022-08-07). SF Protest Against Nancy Pelosi For Pushing War Drive Against China. indybay.org There is growing anger against Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi for pushing for war in Asia and massive expansion of the military encirclement.Her trip to Taiwan has been strongly supported by the Republicans and she is supporting the Asian Pivot.

____ (2022-08-07). China denounces U.S. as 'unprovoked provocateur and creator of crisis'. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday that the context and the events that led to the tensions in the Taiwan Strait are crystal-clear. The U.S. is the unprovoked provocateur and creator of the crisis.

____ (2022-08-07). (W.E. Talk) Wolfram Elsner: Why has China found a way to peaceful rise, without repeating the previous hegemonic conflicts. ecns.cn

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-07). Taiwan: Washington Plays with Dragon's Fire. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic &#1 ; Aug 2, 2022 | Tensions continued to build between the United States and China with the recent trip of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan against Beijing's warnings. | The unfolding row is depicted with immense ambiguity by the Western media in what is otherwise a clear-cut case of America violating China's sovereignty. | US publication Newsweek in its

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-07). The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate". Engineered Depression of China's Economy? globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

_____ (2022-08-07). U.S. Military Activity Near Taiwan. popularresistance.org U.S. Navy ships and planes will transit the Taiwan strait in the next two weeks. | U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby condemned Chinese military drills in the area and said the Pentagon had ordered the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and her escorts to remain near Taiwan to "monitor the situation." | The USS Reagan and her accompanying ships are based in Japan and were deployed to the East China Sea in recent days, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid a visit to Taipei against Chinese objections. China has responded to Pelosi's visit by launching extensive drills around Taiwan and firing a dozen…

_____ (2022-08-07). Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan and Baltimore. popularresistance.org Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives, landed in Taiwan Province on August 2. Her trip is a dangerous provocation against the People's Republic of China. | Pelosi arrived on the 58th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin incident. In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson claimed Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin had attacked a U.S. Navy destroyer. | The Pentagon Papers later admitted this was a lie, a complete fabrication. That it was a lie didn't stop LBJ, who used the lie to start bombing Vietnam.

_____ (2022-08-07). President of Indonesia Widodo Visited China and Japan. journal-neo.org The visits of Indonesian President Joko Widodo to China and Japan conducted in a temporary tandem mode at the end of July this year seem to be a single important event that significantly characterizes the situation in the sub-region of Southeast Asia as a whole. At the same time, it should be noted that, in …

____ (2022-08-07). 30 years on, restaurateur Rennat Morel remains in love with Beijing. ecns.cn "Beijing has improved a lot," said Rennat Morel, owner of a well-known, western-style restaurant with a history of over 20 years in Beijing, when referring to changes in the city over the past few decades.

____ (2022-08-07). Miao people celebrate Chixin festival in Guizhou. ecns.cn People from the Miao ethnic group catch fish to celebrate the Chixin festival in Shibing county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 5, 2022. Chixin festival is a local celebration for good harvest.

____ (2022-08-07). HKSAR gov't fully supports countermeasures by central authorities in response to Pelosi's Taiwan visit. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government has reiterated it fully supports and facilitates countermeasures by the central authorities in response to the visit to China's Taiwan region by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S.

____ (2022-08-07). Cradle of Civilization: Yinxu Site. ecns.cn Lying about 2km northwest of Anyang City, Henan Province, the Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, cover an area of 36 square km.

____ (2022-08-07). China sees more railway trips, cargo transport in July. ecns.cn China's railway passenger trips and cargo transport surged in July, according to the country's railway operator.

____ (2022-08-07). People of Different Ethnic Groups in Xinjiang Express Legitimate Concerns through Real-life Experiences in Their Letters to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. ecns.cn It is understood that many people in Xinjiang have voluntarily sent email to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Madam Michelle Bachelet, where they have told their own stories, introduced the reality of Xinjiang, and expressed strong indignation at the discrediting and slandering of anti-China forces in the United States and some other Western countries.

____ (2022-08-07). Scenery of ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Tibet. ecns.cn Aerial view shows the ruins of ancient capital of Guge kingdom in Zanda county of Ngari prefecture of southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Aug. 4, 2022.

____ (2022-08-07). Archaeologists reveal history of millennium-old temple in China's Gansu. ecns.cn Archaeologists recently confirmed the construction period of an ancient temple in the ruins of Suoyang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, saying it was a high-level temple along the ancient Silk Road.

____ (2022-08-07). China's foreign trade up 10.4% Jan-July. ecns.cn China's foreign trade went up 10.4 percent year-on-year in the first seven months to 23.6 trillion yuan, customs data showed on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-07). Diplomats from 30 Islamic countries visit Xinjiang. ecns.cn Envoys from 30 Islamic countries visited northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Aug. 1 to 5 at the invitation of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-07). China continúa con ejercicios militares en cercanías de Taiwán. telesurtv.net Los ejercicios del ejército chino tuvieron lugar en las aguas y el espacio aéreo frente a las costas norteña, suroeste y oriental de la isla.

Staff (2022-08-07). Actividad mercantil de China creció 5,6 puntos en julio. cubadebate.cu China informó que su actividad mercantil subió 5,6 por ciento interanual en julio pasado y mantuvo así la recuperación tras el lento crecimiento reportado en abril por las interrupciones económicas asociadas a la pandemia. El volumen total del comercio exterior en ese período arrojó más de 564 mil millones de dólares.

Global Research (2022-08-07). Invitación a conferencia &#1 ; Confrontación China-EE.UU. Peligro de una Tercera Guerra Mundial. Crisis económica. globalizacion.ca La Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM) invita usted a unirse a la Conferencia magistral que será dictada por el Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, bajo el título: | "Confrontación China-EE.UU., Peligro de una Tercera Guerra Mundial, Crisis económica" | El evento…

Staff (2022-08-07). Se incendia y colapsa un puente de madera de unos 900 años en China. cubadebate.cu Un incendio en el puente de madera conocido como Wan'an, de unos 900 años de antigàºedad, ubicado en el condado de Pingnan, en la provincia china de Fujian, se produjo este sábado por la noche y ha provocado el colapso de la estructura. Autoridades pertinentes del condado anuncian que la causa del incendio sigue siendo investigada y agregó que no se han reportado víctimas.

____ (2022-08-07). . ecns.cn The United Nations (UN) Office at Vienna abides by relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and adheres to the one-China policy, the office's director-general reiterated on Saturday.

Connor Freeman (2022-08-06). Report: White House At Odds With Lawmakers Over Taiwan Policy Act. news.antiwar.com As tensions with China continue to rise to dangerous levels, President Joe Biden's administration is lobbying Senate Democrats to "put the brakes" on the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The bill was recently introduced by the hawkish Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lindsey Graham …

Staff (2022-08-06). Cuba gana el título en el C2-200 metros en el Campeonato Mundial de Velocidad de Canoa. cubadebate.cu Yarisleidis Cirilo y Katherin Nuevo ganaron para Cuba este sábado el título en el C2-200 metros durante la penúltima fecha del Campeonato Mundial de Velocidad de Canoa, en Halifax, que acoge Canadá. En el Lago Banook, Cirilo y Nuevo cruzaron la meta en 45.09 segundos, para dejar atrás a las chinas Shuai Changwen y Lin Wenjun (45.24).

_____ (2022-08-06). What Has 'Champion Of Democracy' Wrought? popularresistance.org Despite earnest counsel from many quarters against going to Taiwan, including threatening warnings of dire consequences from Beijing, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, insisted on making the trip. She landed in Taipei in pitch-black conditions near midnight on Tuesday. | Her plane landed on the little-used Songshan Airport close to the Taipei city center. The runway and other lights on the ground were lowered just in case. | Her flight path from Malaysia took an exaggerated circular route over Indonesia and then around the east coast of the Philippines and landed in Taipei from the eas…

WSWS (2022-08-06). New Zealand government nervous about US-China confrontation. wsws.org Notwithstanding the evident concern in ruling circles about the US-China confrontation, New Zealand is integrated into the US alliance, its war against Russia, and war plans against China.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-06). China's Taiwan Military Option — How and Why? libya360.wordpress.com Recent US-Chinese tensions centered on Taiwan has raised the prospect of a military confrontation. Let's try to answer the following questions: How and why would China launch military operations in regards to Taiwan? What sort of capabilities does the Chinese military possess? References + Time Stamps: @00: 00 Intro: How the US is Trying to Prevent…

_____ (2022-08-06). Big Chip In US-China Crisis. popularresistance.org One aspect of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi's trip coincided with U.S. efforts to convince TSMC — the world's largest chip manufacturer, on which the U.S. is heavily dependent — to establish a manufacturing base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese companies. | U.S. support for Taiwan has historically been based on Washington's opposition to communist rule in Beijing, and Taiwan's resistance to absorption by China. But in rec…

____ (2022-08-06). 'Colorful Guizhou Style' staged in Guizhou. ecns.cn The show, which debuted in 2006, has been performed over 5,000 times in over 40 cities across the country and in over 30 countries or regions worldwide.

Staff (2022-08-06). Amir-Abdollahian tells Yi Iran adheres to 'one-China policy'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Iran's Foreign Minister told his Chinese counterpart that the Islamic Republic of Iran adheres to the one-China policy in order to support regional stability.

WSWS (2022-08-06). US-China relations at breaking point. wsws.org US House Speaker Pelosi's trip to Taiwan is another major nail in the coffin of the One China policy that underpinned the establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and China in 1979.

____ (2022-08-06). FM spokesperson firmly refutes G7 statement on Taiwan. ecns.cn

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-06). China continuo ejercicios militares en torno a la isla de Taiwán. telesurtv.net Los ejercicios del ejército chino tuvieron lugar en las aguas y el espacio aéreo frente a las costas norteña, suroeste y oriental de la isla.

____ (2022-08-06). Rooftop transformed into shared garden in Chengdu. ecns.cn A rooftop garden is built atop an old residential building in Chongqing, Aug. 5, 2022. Residents of 60 households demolished the illegal facilities built on the rooftop and transformed it into a 1,100-square meter shared garden.

____ (2022-08-06). China, Thailand laud bilateral cooperation. ecns.cn Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai here on Thursday, with both sides speaking highly of bilateral cooperation.

TeleSUR, DRL (2022-08-06). China anuncia contramedidas por visita de Nancy Pelosi a Taiwán. telesurtv.net Incluye la cancelación de acuerdos bilaterales con EE. UU. y medidas personales contra la lideresa legislativa.

The Lancet (2022-08-06). [Editorial] 2022 heatwaves: a failure to proactively manage the risks. thelancet.com Human-induced climate change has made extreme heatwaves, wildfires, and flash floods substantially more likely and more severe. Yet, health impacts are widely underestimated. Most countries have failed to adequately plan, adapt, and use evidence-based information to protect their populations. For some countries, this is a dangerous failure of action, but others lack the adequate human and financial resources to respond. So far this year, India, Pakistan, the USA, China, and Europe have experienced extreme and dangerous heatwaves that damaged vital infrastructure and threatened to overwhelm emergency service capac…

____ (2022-08-06). Chinese Foreign Ministry summons European, Japanese envoys to protest against G7's wrong statement on Taiwan question, urging countries not to go further down dangerous path. ecns.cn China firmly opposes to the G7 statement and staged a solemn representation, Deng said, according to a statement issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday after Deng summoned relevant European envoys.

____ (2022-08-06). Detailed road information of Taiwan available on map app. ecns.cn Netizens said on social media Friday that a map search for Taiwan on Amap or Baidu shows detailed street information "right down to the traffic lights."

____ (2022-08-06). W.E. Talk – Why are Chinese students good at learning but not at becoming great mathematicians: Professor. ecns.cn Famous Chinese-American mathematician Shing-Tung Yau, who is also the first Chinese Fields Medal winner, had an exclusive interview with the "W.E. Talk" of China News Service recently.

Staff (2022-08-06). Taiwan claims China simulating attack on its main island. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — Amid escalation of tensions over Pelosi's provocative trip to Taiwan, the defense Ministry of Taiwan claimed Saturday that the Chinese army is simulating an attack on its main island.

____ (2022-08-06). China unveils bullet trains built for Indonesia. ecns.cn Bullet trains tailored for the high-speed railway network linking the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and the city of Bandung were unveiled on Friday in eastern China.

Staff (2022-08-06). China calls on world to unite against US 'reckless' pressure. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) — The Chinese authorities think it necessary for the intl. community to unite against the reckless pressure from the United States and its interference in other countries' internal affairs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry says.

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