2022-08-22: News Headlines

____ (2022-08-22). Positive conditions help stabilize prices. ecns.cn China has the conditions to keep prices stable for the rest of the year despite elevated global inflation, with consumer inflation likely remaining below the nearly 3 percent target for 2022, officials and experts said.

____ (2022-08-22). Three scientists win China's 2022 Future Science Prize. ecns.cn Three scientists on Sunday were awarded the 2022 Future Science Prize, the first Chinese non-governmental science award jointly initiated by groups of scientists and entrepreneurs.

____ (2022-08-22). Nation to drive growth of nonpublic sector. ecns.cn More efforts must be undertaken to drive the healthy development of the nonpublic sector and give full play to the dynamic role of private entrepreneurs so they will dare to make breakthroughs, China's top leadership said in recent high-level conferences.

____ (2022-08-22). Xiao Qi Ji celebrates 2-year-old birthday in U.S. ecns.cn Giant panda "Xiao Qi Ji" enjoys its birthday cake at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug. 21, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Mengtong)…

____ (2022-08-22). Beautiful scenery of tea plantation base in Jiangxi. ecns.cn Aerial view shows a tea plantation base in Jinxi county of Fuzhou city, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 20, 2022.

____ (2022-08-22). Wheat harvest hits 6.535 million tons in NW China's Xinjiang, up 2.1% y-o-y. ecns.cn The wheat harvest in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is drawing to a close, with observers expecting a bumper harvest this year at 6.535 million tons, up 2.1 percent year-on-year, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-22). Lin-gang driving Shanghai economic development. ecns.cn The friendly business environment featuring a higher level of opening-up has been nurtured in the Lin-gang Special Area since its launch three years ago, and efforts will continue to achieve more technological advances and systematic innovations in the area.

____ (2022-08-22). 103rd successful rocket launch breaks record. ecns.cn The Long March carrier rocket family, China's backbone launch vehicle fleet, has set a new record for successful consecutive launches after a Long March 2D launch over the weekend.

Lee Siu Hin, China-US Solidarity Network (2022-08-22). 8/20 LEE SIU HIN: Stupid Self-Defeating U.S. Sanctions Make China Even Stronger. indybay.org Why the latest desperate, racist and phony high-tech ban against China by the U.S. — the CHIPS Act — won't work and will only serve to put taxpayer money into the wallets of corporate America and the corrupt politicians.

____ (2022-08-22). Science, technology week gets underway nationwide. ecns.cn China's national science and technology week started on Saturday and will run until Aug 27, featuring exhibitions and events showcasing the latest scientific and technological achievements, from giant drones shaped like a dragonfly, to tiny artificial intelligence chips.

____ (2022-08-22). China has favorable conditions for overall price stability. ecns.cn Aside from the efforts to stabilize the commodity and food prices, there is no monetary basis for price hikes thanks to China's adherence to not resorting to the "flood-like stimulus," Fu Linghui said.

WSWS (2022-08-22). In wake of Pelosi visit, US announces trade talks with Taiwan. wsws.org The trade negotiations are one more element in the Biden administration's systematic undermining of the One China policy that has underpinned US-China diplomatic relations for decades.

____ (2022-08-22). 10,000 China-Europe freight train trips made in 2022. ecns.cn The number of China-Europe freight train trips in 2022 reached 10,000 on Sunday, 10 days earlier than last year, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway) shows.

____ (2022-08-22). 26 dead, 5 missing in flash floods in Qinghai. ecns.cn The search for people missing after a mountain flood triggered by heavy rainfall on Wednesday night is still ongoing in Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Qinghai province.

____ (2022-08-22). China begins shipment of high-speed trains to Indonesia. ecns.cn A high-speed electric passenger train and an inspection train, customized for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in Indonesia, left the port of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province on Sunday.

____ (2022-08-22). China's top space contractor CASC reveals new launch vehicle able to send Chinese to Moon by around 2030. ecns.cn China's new-generation manned rocket, which is currently under development, will possess the capability to send taikonauts to the Moon by around 2030.

WSWS (2022-08-22). Twitter falsely labels WSWS report on natural COVID-19 origins as "misleading" wsws.org On August 19 Twitter began flagging as "misleading" links to a WSWS article about two scientific studies substantiating the zoonotic origins of COVID-19 and debunking the lie that it was started in a Chinese biolab in the city of Wuhan.

____ (2022-08-22). China's Hainan to resume fishery production as COVID-19 wanes. ecns.cn Fishery production in south China's Hainan Province will be gradually resumed from Tuesday, as some areas on the island have seen no new COVID-19 cases in the community for several consecutive days.

____ (2022-08-22). Chongqing battles relentless wildfires amid heatwave. ecns.cn Several wildfires have been reported in mountain and forest areas in the Jiangjin, Dazu, Tongliang, and Banan districts of southwest China's Chongqing since Thursday, all due to high temperatures and drought.

____ (2022-08-22). Chinese team ranks first in relay race of Suvorov Onslaught. ecns.cn China team ranked first, also the best record, at the Suvorov Onslaught contest of the International Games 2022 on Sunday.

_____ (2022-08-21). US Encircles China through Provocations. journal-neo.org The US has recently carried out a deliberate effort to exert military and political pressure on Beijing, and organize provocations against the PRC from all sides along its national borders, as it is fearful of losing in its standoff with China and being stripped of its leading position in the world. To this end, the …

JANET (2022-08-21). Where it does not dominate, U.S. imperialism sows chaos. iacenter.org By Manuel Raposo August 17, 2022 U.S. military left Afghanistan in ruins. Above, the results of a 2017 bombing raid that killed 90. Raposo is editor of the Portuguese web magazine, jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published Aug. 10. Translation: John Catalinotto. While declaring itself ready to prolong the war in Ukraine, "for as long as necessary," U.S. imperialism is dedicating itself to creating new hotbeds of tension in various parts of the world, in a bid to threaten and show strength. Three events reveal this: the visit to Taiwan of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second in succession to the presid…

Staff (2022-08-21). Senator Rubio introduces Bills to prevent China's attempt to obtain US Genomic Data. aninews.in Washington [US] May 22 (ANI): US Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio has introduced two bills to counter China's efforts to collect US healthcare and genomics data both legally and illegally.

_____ (2022-08-21). China Forgives 23 Loans For 17 African Countries. popularresistance.org The Chinese government has announced that it is forgiving 23 interest-free loans for 17 African nations, while pledging to deepen its collaboration with the continent. | This is in addition to China's cancellation of more than $3.4 billion in debt and restructuring of around $15 billion of debt in Africa between 2000 and 2019. | While Beijing has a repeated history of forgiving loans like this, Western governments have made baseless, politically motivated accusations that China uses "debt-trap diplomacy" in the Global South. | The United States has turned Africa into a battleground in its new cold war on China an…

____ (2022-08-21). Shanghai to release consumption coupons on Sat. ecns.cn Shanghai authorities are planning to release 1 billion yuan worth of coupons in the coming months, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce announced on Wednesday.

____ (2022-08-21). Number of Chinese netizens exceeds 1 billion. ecns.cn China has seen a rapid growth of netizens over the past decade, along with a higher internet popularity rate, Niu Yibing, spokesman of the country's top cyberspace regulator, told a news conference on Fr…

____ (2022-08-21). Xinjiang's foreign trade up 38.1 pct in first seven months. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region recorded nearly 115.5 billion yuan (about 17 billion U.S. dollars) in foreign trade in the first seven months of this year, up 38.1 percent year on year.

____ (2022-08-21). China offers NE province financial support to restore flood-hit infrastructure. ecns.cn China's top economic planner has allocated a budgetary investment fund to help the flood-stricken northeastern Liaoning Province.

Staff (2022-08-21). China's illegal timber business is stripping Suriname's forests. aninews.in Paramaribo [Suriname], May 22 (ANI): China's hunger for timber is stripping Suriname's forests.

____ (2022-08-21). China launches S&T activities to inspire innovation. ecns.cn China on Saturday launched its national science and technology (S&T) week activities to inspire innovation throughout the society.

Staff (2022-08-21). US, S. Korea agree to cooperate on Taiwan Strait issue amid rising tensions. aninews.in Washington [US], May 22 (ANI): The United States and South Korea have agreed to cooperate on the Taiwan Strait issue, amid rising tensions in the 180-km wide waterways.

____ (2022-08-21). China sets up working group to promote talks on joining DEPA. ecns.cn China on Thursday set up a working group to advance talks on joining the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) after approval from the DEPA Joint Committee, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced on Friday.

____ (2022-08-21). Commissioner's office of Chinese Foreign Ministry in HKSAR urges external forces to stop meddling with Hong Kong's rule of law. ecns.cn The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly disapproved and firmly rejected attempts of a handful of U.S. and British politicians to interfere in Hong Kong's rule of law and to whitewash anti-China forces by making irresponsible rhetoric about judicial proceedings of the HKSAR.

____ (2022-08-21). Nearly 30 train passengers test positive for COVID-19. ecns.cn At least 27 passengers aboard a train that started from Lhasa in Tibet autonomous region on Monday and arrived in Beijing on Wednesday tested positive for COVID-19 after they disembarked at different stations.

____ (2022-08-21). (W.E. Talk) In the face of disruptors, why is cooperation the only way to achieve long-term stability in the South China Sea. ecns.cn Wu Shicun, the founding president of National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said in an exclusive interview with China News Service's "W.E. Talk" that U.S. policies and actions on the South China Sea, as well as its allies' military actions there, will become a destabilizing factor that will cause the situation to deteriorate. The only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the South China Sea is for neighboring countries to focus on functional cooperation, seeking common ground while shelving differences.

____ (2022-08-21). China to strengthen prevention, control of floods, droughts. ecns.cn Chinese authorities have urged efforts to enhance the prevention and control of floods and droughts, as recent overlapping events have posed severe challenges for disaster control.

____ (2022-08-21). China urges U.S. not to miscalculate resolve to defend sovereignty, territorial integrity. ecns.cn Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday urged the U.S. side not to miscalculate China's firm resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

____ (2022-08-21). China's social security fund reaps 4.27 pct investment return in 2021. ecns.cn China's social security fund saw a return on investments of 4.27 percent last year, according to the body that manages the fund's investment.

Staff (2022-08-21). China's carbon emissions soar to record high. aninews.in Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

Lee Siu Hin, China-US Solidarity Network (2022-08-21). 8/20 LEE SIU HIN: Stupid Self-Defeating U.S. Sanctions Make China Even Stronger. indybay.org Why the latest desperate, racist and phony high-tech ban against China by the U.S. — the CHIPS Act — won't work and will only serve to put taxpayer money into the wallets of corporate America and the corrupt politicians.

____ (2022-08-21). Work team sent to China's Qinghai to guide rescue efforts. ecns.cn A working team has been dispatched to northwest China's Qinghai Province after heavy rains triggered a mountain torrent disaster there.

____ (2022-08-21). (W.E. Talk) Liu Zhipeng: How to look back on the century since the Revolution of 1911 and the founding of the Communist Party of China. ecns.cn "We have long looked back on the past hundred years from a western viewpoint," said Liu Zhipeng, associate vice president and professor of history at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, in an exclusive interview with China News Service's "W.E. Talk". "When we re-examined it from the perspective of contemporary world history, what we learn is, of course, different from what we have seen in the last 100 years."

Staff (2022-08-21). France should avoid being dragged into US-China rivalry: Chief of Defense Staff. aninews.in Paris [France], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): France should avoid being drawn into the growing rivalry between China and the United States, which will become a central geopolitical confrontation of the future, General Francois Lecointre, Chief of the country's Defense Staff told a daily newspaper.

____ (2022-08-21). Cradle of Civilization: Peiligang Site. ecns.cn Peiligang Site, located in Xinzheng, Henan Province, covers an area of ,000 to 60,000 square meters.

____ (2022-08-21). First World Vocational College Skills Competition held in Tianjin. ecns.cn The first World Vocational College Skills Competition kicked off in Tianjin and Jiangxi province earlier this month, attracting participants from more than 100 countries.

____ (2022-08-21). Chinese embassies, consulates stand ready to help overseas Taiwan compatriots: spokesperson. ecns.cn Overseas Taiwan compatriots can contact and seek help from Chinese embassies and consulates when they encounter difficulties, a Chinese mainland spokesperson said Friday.

____ (2022-08-21). Comicomment: U.S. attempt to challenge one-China principle doomed to fail. ecns.cn The China-U.S. relationship is now at a critical juncture. Undermining the one-China principle is risky and irresponsible. The U.S. must not act recklessly or create bigger crises. Those who play with fire will not come to a good end.

____ (2022-08-21). (W.E. Talk) In the face of disruptors, why is cooperation the only way to achieve long-term stability in the South China Sea. ecns.cn Wu Shicun, the founding president of National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said in an exclusive interview with China News Service's "W.E. Talk" that U.S. policies and actions on the South China Sea, as well as its allies' military actions there, will become a destabilizing factor that will cause the situation to deteriorate. The only way to achieve lasting peace and stability in the South China Sea is for neighboring countries to focus on functional cooperation, seeking common ground while shelving differences.

____ (2022-08-21). China's ports log container throughput growth in first seven months. ecns.cn China's container throughput at ports maintained the trend of expansion in the first seven months of the year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.

____ (2022-08-21). China's NEV market to see rapid expansion in 2022-2026: report. ecns.cn China's new-energy vehicle (NEV) market is expected to expand rapidly during the 2022-2026 period, a report from the global market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) showed.

____ (2022-08-21). China's rail cargo volume up 5.9 pct in first seven months. ecns.cn China's rail freight volume, a key indicator of economic activities, rose 5.9 percent year on year in the first seven months of the year, continuing the trend of expansion in the first half of 2022, official data showed.

____ (2022-08-21). China has 475 mln 5G mobile users: ministry. ecns.cn The number of 5G mobile users in China had reached 475 million by the end of July, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Friday.

_____ (2022-08-20). Saudi Arabia's Influence in Central Asia Grows. journal-neo.org Recently, there has been a strong desire on the part of Saudi Arabia to extend its influence in Central Asia. This can be clearly seen in the intensification of business contacts and in the cultural, religious areas. There are two particular reasons for this: China and Iran. Thus, there is a clear desire on the …

_____ (2022-08-20). What The Media Gets Wrong About Taiwan's Place In China. popularresistance.org Most articles briefly explained that China claims Taiwan as its own territory, and then moved on without any further explanation. Some added that Taiwan will "be annexed by force if necessary," that China opposes visits by foreign governments and/or that China considers relations with Taiwan as an internal matter of sovereignty. Certain articles also briefly and selectively quoted Chinese officials to bolster the above points. | Meanwhile, many articles uncritically included claims that Taiwan is a sovereign country. When discussing China's response to Pelosi's visit, an Associated Press (AP) article published at…

Nathan King (2022-08-20). The Heat: Extreme weather. america.cgtn.com This summer extreme weather has left its mark across the globe. China, The United States and Europe have all endured heat waves, drought and wildfires.

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