Daily Archives: August 10, 2022

2022-08-10: News Headlines

____ (2022-08-09). Over 1 mln tonnes of goods transported on China-Laos Railway. ecns.cn The total volume of imported and exported goods transported via the China-Laos Railway has reached 1.02 million tonnes since the railway's opening eight months ago, with total worth of about 9.14 billion yuan (about 1.35 billion U.S. dollars).

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-10). Pelosi Says Taiwan Trip 'Worth It' Despite Unprecedented Chinese Drills. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Leading up to her trip, China made clear that it would respond militarily, and the Biden administration warned it could spark a major crisis across the Taiwan Strait. "I think it was worth it," Pelosi said in her first interview since returning from Asia. | Pelosi pointed out that she received "overwhelmi…

____ (2022-08-09). U.S. massacres civilians in wars in the Middle East: report. ecns.cn The United States has committed crimes by launching wars in the Middle East and surrounding regions that have caused mass killing of civilians, said a report released Tuesday by the China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS).

____ (2022-08-09). Russian youth protest against U.S. provocation. ecns.cn Russian youth protested on the streets against America's provocative Taiwan trip and showed their support for China on August 4 in Russia.

____ (2022-08-09). More than 170 countries voice staunch support for China on Taiwan question: FM Spokesperson. ecns.cn

____ (2022-08-09). Comicomment: It's time to wake up from their imperial dream. ecns.cn We no longer live in a world where the imperialist powers could run roughshod over Chinese people on Chinese soil. Today's China is not the old China humiliated and bullied over 100 years ago. It is time for these people to wake up from their imperial dream.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-09). The Intricate Fight for Africa: The Legacy of the Soviet Union vs Western Colonialism. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent tour in Africa was meant to be a game changer, not only in terms of Russia's relations with the continent, but in the global power struggle involving the US, Europe, China, India, Turkey and others. Many media reports and analyses placed Lavrov's visit to Egypt, the Republic of Congo,…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-09). Biden Signs $280 Billion CHIPS and Science Act Meant to Counter China. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Monday The bill includes nearly $53 billion in funds to subsidize the domestic production of semiconductors,

Staff (2022-08-09). China diplomat clarifies goals of military drill near Taiwan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) — Beijing is conducting military drills around Taiwan to give a warning to the United States and teach a lesson to "Taiwanese separatists," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Tuesday.

____ (2022-08-09). Diplomat reiterates opposition to AUKUS nuclear sub pact. ecns.cn A senior Chinese diplomat on Monday reiterated China's opposition to nuclear submarine cooperation between the U.S., Britain and Australia and warned Japan and related countries not to replicate "nuclear sharing" in the Asia-Pacific region.

____ (2022-08-09). U.S. commits serious human rights violations in the Middle East and beyond: report. ecns.cn The China Society for Human Rights Studies (CSHRS) on Tuesday released a report, revealing that U.S. crimes have not only led to frequent and repeated wars in the Middle East and other places, plunging them into the quagmire of conflict and security dilemmas, but seriously undermined the right to life, health, personal dignity, freedom of religious belief, survival and development.

TeleSUR (2022-08-09). China Launches Emergency Response for Typhoon and Floods. telesurenglish.net China activated a level-IV emergency response on Tuesday as the seventh typhoon of this year approaches the country's southern coastal areas. | RELATED: | The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters initiated the emergency response in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and other provinces, in light of gales and heavy rains triggered by the typhoon Mulan, which is likely to make landfall from the northeastern coast of Hainan island to the western coast of…

Infobrics (2022-08-09). For US, confronting China is more important than fighting terrorism. infobrics.org CIA is applying counterterrorism budget into new anti-China project.

_____ (2022-08-09). China Gives America a Taste of its own Geopolitics. journal-neo.org Under the US' own one China policy, Washington recognizes there is only one China, that Taiwan is a part of China, and that there is only one government of China, the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing. Despite this, the US undermines Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan by treating the island as a de facto …

_____ (2022-08-09). Another Delegation of Japan Visited Taiwan. journal-neo.org It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the most high-profile action of world politics in recent months carried out (and probably planned) in the style of a Hollywood hard thriller was the visit to Taiwan of the speaker of the lower house of the US parliament Nancy Pelosi. But the information noise raised by …

TeleSUR (2022-08-09). China Urges Advancing Two-State Solution in Palestine Issue. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, urged the international community to take substantive steps to advance the two-state solution to settle the Palestinian issue at an early date. | RELATED: | Zhang chaired an emergency opening meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, in his capacity as council presid…

WSWS (2022-08-09). In wake of Pelosi visit, US-China military standoff continues. wsws.org The American nuclear aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagan and its strike group have been ordered to remain in waters near Taiwan, as the Chinese military yesterday announced ongoing military drills.

____ (2022-08-09). Qinghai Lake: mirror of the sky. ecns.cn Aerial view of Qinghai Lake, dubbed the "Most beautiful lake in China", in Gonghe County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 8, 2022.

____ (2022-08-09). Alibaba's dual primary listing in Hong Kong gains final approval. ecns.cn Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Monday night its voluntary conversion to a dual primary listing in Hong Kong has been confirmed by the Hong Kong stock exchange.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-09). China prolonga por sexto día sus maniobras militares en Taiwán. telesurtv.net Se practican operaciones por aire y por mar de defensa y bloqueo de la isla, que China considera parte de su territorio.

____ (2022-08-08). Hainan helps tourists stranded amid outbreak. ecns.cn The authorities in Hainan province are working hard to assist tourists who have been stranded amid a new outbreak of COVID-19 that has so far affected 13 cities and counties across the island.

____ (2022-08-09). China's new energy sector moves into high gear amid pursuit for carbon goals. ecns.cn As construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power bases accelerates, China's new energy sector is expected to have greater growth potential this year amid efforts to achieve "dual carbon" goals.

____ (2022-08-09). Comicomment: It's time to wake up from imperial dream. ecns.cn We no longer live in a world where the imperialist powers could run roughshod over Chinese people on Chinese soil. Today's China is not the old China humiliated and bullied over 100 years ago. It is time for these people to wake up from their imperial dream.

Isabella Arria (2022-08-09). Confrontación China-EE.UU.: Ayer estábamos al borde del precipicio, øY hoy? globalizacion.ca La visita a Taiwán de la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, la octogenaria Nancy Pelosi, duró menos de 24 horas, pero sus consecuencias serán profundas y se harán sentir, al menos, en el mediano plazo. Para…

____ (2022-08-09). China's first permanent maglev-suspension monorail completes trial run in Jiangxi. ecns.cn The "Xingguo" train features a suspended monorail structure and is designed to run at a speed of 80 km/h.

____ (2022-08-09). China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y3 launches three satellites. ecns.cn China on Tuesday launched its CERES-1 Y3 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest of China.

____ (2022-08-08). Experts: Countermeasures justified. ecns.cn China's countermeasures against the United States in the law enforcement and judiciary sectors are justified, and the US should take full responsibility for damaging the foundation of bilateral cooperation in these sectors.

____ (2022-08-09). Applicability of one-China principle is universal, unconditional, indisputable: FM Spokesperson. ecns.cn

____ (2022-08-08). Xi extends condolences to Cuban president over fuel farm explosions. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, sent a message of condolence on Monday to Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel over explosions at a fuel storage facility in Cuba.

____ (2022-08-09). China's space station lab module Mengtian arrives at launch site. ecns.cn Mengtian, the second lab module of China's space station, has been shipped to the launch site in southern China's Hainan province, the China Manned Space Agency said Tuesday.

____ (2022-08-09). Mengtian lab module arrives at Wenchang launch center. ecns.cn Mengtian, the second lab module of China's Tiangong space station, has completed its development work and arrived at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, said the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) Tuesday.

____ (2022-08-08). China urges support for Africa to enhance capacities. ecns.cn Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the UN Security Council for August, on Monday called on the international community to support Africa in enhancing capacities to secure durable peace in a comprehensive approach.

____ (2022-08-09). Diplomats from 30 Islamic countries visit Xinjiang. ecns.cn

____ (2022-08-09). Baidu starts first fully driverless Robotaxi Service in two Chinese cities. ecns.cn Chinese tech giant Baidu received permits to commercially operate five fully autonomous vehicles with no human assistants on board in Chongqing and Wuhan, marking a first for the country.

____ (2022-08-08). One-China principle clearly violated by trip. ecns.cn It's natural for China to feel angry and oppose the recent visit to Taiwan by United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, because the trip openly violates the one-China principle and challenges China's territorial integrity and sovereignty.

____ (2022-08-08). 90 pct of China import expo exhibition area booked. ecns.cn Ninety percent of the planned enterprise exhibition area has been booked for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE).

____ (2022-08-08). Chinese envoy urges U.S. political decisions to revive Iran nuke deal. ecns.cn China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, Wang Qun, on Monday urged the United States to make immediate political decisions to help promote an early agreement in the Iran nuclear talks.

____ (2022-08-09). Poyang Lake enters dry season at earliest recorded date. ecns.cn China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, entered dry season on Saturday, the earliest date since records started in 1951, according to the local hydrological monitoring center.

____ (2022-08-08). Work starts on nation's 2nd domestically built cruise ship. ecns.cn China's second domestically built cruise ship began construction on Monday, as the nation's shipbuilding industry has basically mastered core technologies in cruise design and construction, officials and industry experts said.

____ (2022-08-09). China launches three satellites in one rocket. ecns.cn Taijing-1 01/02 satellites will provide commercial remote sensing services, and Donghai-1 satellite will be used to verify the multi-mode remote sensing technology of the polarization camera.

____ (2022-08-09). Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for overseas arrivals. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will cut hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals infected with COVID-19 from seven days to three days, HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee announced at a press conference Monday.

Jorge Elbaum (2022-08-09). Nancy Pelosi en Taiwán: Jugar con fuego. globalizacion.ca Estados Unidos busca diversificar los conflictos para oponerse a un nuevo centro de poder global. El jueves, el expresidente argentino Mauricio Macri participó de un almuerzo en la embajada de Alemania, junto a varios representantes de los países que conforman…

____ (2022-08-09). Kuwait firmly supports one-China principle. ecns.cn Kuwaiti Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Majdi Ahmed Al-Dhafiri has said his country firmly supports the one-China principle.

____ (2022-08-09). Hainan to eliminate COVID-19 cases at community level by Friday. ecns.cn South China's Hainan Province announced that it will eliminate all COVID-19 cases at the community level as of Friday, according to its working group for response to COVID-19 on Monday.

____ (2022-08-08). China, Mongolia reach broad consensuses on strengthening ties. ecns.cn China and Mongolia have reached a wide range of consensuses during the visit of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Ulan Bator on Sunday and Monday.

____ (2022-08-09). PLA Eastern Theater Command continues joint exercises around Taiwan. ecns.cn The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) continued its joint combat exercises and training on Tuesday in the waters and airspace around the Taiwan Island.

Staff (2022-08-09). China UN envoy urges US to make immediate decisions in Vienna. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) — China's Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna says the United States must abandon politicization and make immediate political decisions to help bring about an early agreement in the Vienna talks.

____ (2022-08-08). Ministry dismisses West's accusations over tensions. ecns.cn China will continue to lodge stern representations with the United States over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, urging Washington to refrain from conniving with and supporting "Taiwan independence" forces and to stop playing the "Taiwan card" to contain China.

____ (2022-08-09). China's second lab module Mengtian delivered to launch site. ecns.cn Mengtian, meaning "Dreaming of Heavens", the second lab module of China's Tiangong Space Station, is transported from its production site to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province.

____ (2022-08-08). Attempts to distort one-China principle doomed to fail: spokesperson. ecns.cn China on Monday expressed firm opposition to certain countries' attempt to distort, obscure and hollow out the one-China principle, calling such practices illegal as well as null and void.

____ (2022-08-09). Chongqing grants first unmanned driving permits. ecns.cn Chongqing's Yongchuan district granted China's first unmanned autonomous driving permits to five Baidu taxis on Wednesday, allowing for no human driver or safety operator to be in the vehicle on public roads for the first time.

Staff (2022-08-09). China continuará sus ejercicios militares en torno a Taiwán. cubadebate.cu La Fuerza Aérea y la Armada de China continuarán con sus ejercicios militares conjuntos en el espacio aéreo y las aguas alrededor de Taiwán, según lo anunció este martes Pekín. De acuerdo con el Comando del Teatro Oriental del Ejército Popular de Liberación, los simulacros estarán enfocados a la práctica de operaciones conjuntas de "defensa" y "bloqueo".

Staff (2022-08-09). EEUU anuncia un plan estratégico para àÅfrica, para contrarrestar "avance de China y Rusia" cubadebate.cu La Casa Blanca publicó una nueva estrategia para àÅfrica subsahariana con el objetivo de promover los intereses estadounidenses en materia de seguridad nacional en el continente durante los próximos cinco años mediante la colaboración de socios regionales y mundiales. El documento forma parte de la Estrategia de Defensa Nacional 2022.

____ (2022-08-09). Asian Games-themed airplane unveiled in Hangzhou. ecns.cn The Asian Games Hangzhou 2022-themed airplane was unveiled on Monday. The plane features artwork themed around the Asian Games, including slogans and mascots.

____ (2022-08-09). China intensifies crackdown on cryptocurrency hype, speculation. ecns.cn China's internet watchdog on Tuesday said it had intensified a crackdown on illegal online information that may lead to speculation and fraud involving cryptocurrency.

____ (2022-08-09). Maglev line opens to tourists in Fenghuang. ecns.cn Fenghuang in Hunan province has become the first county-level area in the country to open a magnetic levitation, or maglev, railway line.

____ (2022-08-09). PLA to conduct live-fire exercises in South China Sea. ecns.cn The Chinese military is scheduled to carry out live-fire exercises in the South China Sea from Tuesday to Thursday, according to the Guangdong Provincial Maritime Safety Administration.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-09). China acoge cita de medios de prensa sobre la Franja y la Ruta. telesurtv.net El foro se dedica a la cooperación regional y al diálogo de medios de comunicación sobre esta iniciativa de desarrollo global.

____ (2022-08-08). New demand may boost future exports. ecns.cn China's exports are expected to become more resilient as demand from emerging markets such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India expands rapidly, experts said on Monday after reviewing official data that Customs released on Sunday.

_____ (2022-08-08). Webinar: What Could Trigger Nuclear War With Russia And China? popularresistance.org Washington has called Russia and China 'existential threats' to the US. NATO is expanding up to Russia's border and the war in Ukraine is escalating as the US-UK-NATO continue to ship weapons to Kiev. At the same time NATO is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region closing the military circle around Beijing. How should peace people interpret and react to these dangerous developments? Join us for an informative presentation & discussion with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.

_____ (2022-08-08). The Intricate Fight For Africa. popularresistance.org Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's recent tour in Africa was meant to be a game changer, not only in terms of Russia's relations with the continent, but in the global power struggle involving the US, Europe, China, India, Turkey and others. | Many media reports and analyses placed Lavrov's visit to Egypt, the Republic of Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia within the obvious political context of the Russia-Ukraine war. The British Guardian's Jason Burka summed up Lavrov's visit in these words: "Lavrov is seeking to convince African leaders and, to a much lesser extent, ordinary people that Moscow cannot be blamed ei…

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