Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-31: News Headlines

____ (2023-01-31). China denounces U.S. claim of support for Russia on Ukraine issues. ecns.cn

infobrics (2023-01-31). Russian Railways Plans to Increase Container Traffic to China. infobrics.org Russian Railways has plans to negotiate an increase in the number of container trains via Zabaikalsk with Chinese partners to ten ones per day…

____ (2023-01-31). China denounces U.S. claim of support for Russia on Ukraine issues. ecns.cn

infobrics (2023-01-31). Russian Railways Plans to Increase Container Traffic to China. infobrics.org Russian Railways has plans to negotiate an increase in the number of container trains via Zabaikalsk with Chinese partners to ten ones per day…

Conrad Schuhler (2023-01-31). Democracies against Autocracies. indybay.org "We are striving for close transatlantic coordination in China policy and are seeking cooperation with like-minded countries in order to reduce strategic dependencies. Indeed, relations with China must be 'shaped in the dimensions of partnership, competition and system rivalry'."

Daniel Larison (2023-01-31). Bolton's Big Error on China and North Korea. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-31). China logs increasing online retail sales of agricultural products in 2022. ecns.cn Online sales of China's farm produce rose 9.2 percent year on year to 531.38 billion yuan (about 78.58 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Monday.

____ (2023-01-31). China's January box office soars to record high. ecns.cn Driven by the robust ticket sales of the Spring Festival holiday movies, China's January box office totaled approximately 10 billion yuan (1.48 billion U.S. dollars) as of Tuesday afternoon, a record high for the month.

____ (2023-01-31). U.S. cannot demand cooperation from China while interfering in its internal affairs: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday at a regular press briefing that the U.S."We are firmly against those sanctions and urge the United States to reflect on its inadequate counternarcotics efforts instead of deflecting the blame," Mao said.

____ (2023-01-31). China's manufacturing PMI rises to 50.1 in January. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector rose to 50.1 in January from 47.0 in December 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-31). China's tax, fee income stands at 31.7 trillion yuan. ecns.cn China's tax, fee income in 2022 stood at 31.7 trillion yuan(about $4.69 trillion), among which the tax income registered 16.1 trillion yuan (without the deduction of export tax rebates) and social insurance premium 7.4 trillion, according to the State Tax Administration on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-31). IMF projects China's economic growth to reach 5.2 pct in 2023. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday projected China's economy will grow by 5.2 percent in 2023, 0.8 percentage points higher than October 2022 forecast, according to a newly released update to its World Economic Outlook report.

____ (2023-01-31). China's PMI for manufacture returns to expansion territory in January. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 50.1 in January, 3.1 higher than last month, returning to expansion territory for the first time since September 2022, according to data jointly released by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-31). China's services activity warms up in January. ecns.cn China's services activity logged a strong recovery in January thanks to a robust consumer market during the week-long Spring Festival holiday.

____ (2023-01-31). Despite COVID-19 pandemic, China remains important engine for global growth. ecns.cn As the seven-day Spring Festival holiday ended on Friday, millions of Chinese packed into train stations, airports and bus terminals with large wheeled suitcases and bags stuffed with food and gifts. For many of them who had relived the travel rush and returned home from family reunion, a brand-new day of work was waiting ahead.

____ (2023-01-31). China expresses concern over reports of Huawei export curbs. ecns.cn China is concerned about media reports the United States has stopped approving licenses for US companies to export products to Chinese tech company Huawei, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-31). China condemns mosque attack in Pakistan. ecns.cn China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns a deadly attack at a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-31). Mortgage loan rates frequently adjusted for first-home buyers in China. ecns.cn As China established a dynamic mortgage rate adjustment mechanism on mortgage rates for first-time home buyers, more and more cities cuts the interest rates of housing loans after the spring festival.

____ (2023-01-31). COVID-19 virus enters low prevalence state in China: official. ecns.cn At present, the COVID-19 virus has entered a low prevalence state in China, and the epidemic situation is getting steadier across the country, said Mi Feng,spokesperson with the National Health Commission, at a press conference on Monday.

____ (2023-01-31). Chinese tax authorities uncover six tax evasion cases by entertainers, online influencers in 2022. ecns.cn The State Taxation Administration of China on Tuesday said it has revealed six cases of tax evasion cases by entertainers and online influencers in 2022.

____ (2023-01-31). Xi encourages Hungarian youths to learn more about China, become envoys of friendship. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged Hungarian youths to learn more about China and become envoys of the China-Hungary friendship in a recent reply letter.

____ (2023-01-31). Tourists enjoy boat rides in Pingshan canyon in C China's Hubei. ecns.cn Tourists enjoy boat rides in the Pingshan canyon, a tourist attraction famous for its limpid water, in Hefeng County, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 30, 2023.

____ (2023-01-31). World sees a jubilant and vibrant China during this year's Spring Festival. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-31). U.S. cannot demand cooperation from China while interfering in its internal affairs: FM. ecns.cn

Hans Bohler, Klaus von Dohnanyi (2023-01-31). There is nothing to fear from China. indybay.org Non-interference in the affairs of other states and emphasis on what united them for mutual benefit were thus an important element of Chinese notions of cooperation from very early on, just as in Chinese philosophy existence presupposes coexistence. Individual rationality was supplemented in China early on by relational rationality.

WSWS (2023-01-31). Concern and anger in China over ending of zero-COVID policy. wsws.org Comments on social media in China after the government's sudden lifting of COVID restrictions leading to rapidly escalating infections and deaths indicate the widespread concern and hostility among working people to the change.

Staff (2023-01-31). Develan en China sobre conmemorativo por la visita de Díaz-Canel a ese país. cubadebate.cu Autoridades de Cuba y China develaron hoy en Beijing un sobre en tributo a la visita que el presidente de la isla Miguel Díaz-Canel realizó al país asiático en noviembre de 2022, como parte de su gira internacional. El sobre lo confeccionó la Oficina de Correos Temáticos de la Amistad Internacional del museo de Jintai.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-01-31). Minera Las Bambas cesará actividades ante protestas en Perú. telesurtv.net "Si la situación no cambia, la mina no podrá continuar la producción de cobre a partir del 1 de febrero", informó MMG.

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2023-01-30: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-30). War With China Could Come As Soon As 2025. popularresistance.org Aim for the head." This is the message blasted out by four star Air Force general and Air Mobility Command head General Michael A. Minihan about the preparation needed for a potential war between the US and China in two years. | Gen. Minihan's rhetoric is reminiscent of his keynote speech at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air Space & Cyber Conference in September. In that address, Minihan expresses his aggressive mentality stating, "Lethality matters most…When you can kill your enemy, every part of your life is better. Your food tastes better. Your marriage is stronger." | A memo obtained by NBC…

Staff (2023-01-30). China could respond militarily to NATO buildup in East Asia: ex-colonel. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostJanuary 29, 2023 As Nato chief visits South Korea and Japan, China will be high on agenda Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg's trip to South Korea and Japan next week is expected to lay the groundwork for their Indo-Pacific security partnership to guard against a "systemic challenge" from China. Stoltenberg will meet South …




infobrics (2023-01-30). Lula proposes BRICS currency, but makes unfriendly comments towards Russia and China. infobrics.org His government is evidently polarized between pro-Western and pro-BRICS groups.

____ (2023-01-30). Chinese Lunar New Year parade kicks off in Chicago. ecns.cn A parade celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year was held on Sunday in Chinatown on the South Side of Chicago, the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city.

infobrics (2023-01-30). Lula proposes BRICS currency, but makes unfriendly comments towards Russia and China. infobrics.org His government is evidently polarized between pro-Western and pro-BRICS groups.

____ (2023-01-30). Chinese Lunar New Year parade kicks off in Chicago. ecns.cn A parade celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year was held on Sunday in Chinatown on the South Side of Chicago, the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city.

_____ (2023-01-30). China's New Foreign Minister Tours Africa. journal-neo.org On January 9 of this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang began an eight-day trip to the African continent, having been appointed to…

____ (2023-01-30). China logs increasing online retail sales of agricultural products in 2022. ecns.cn Online sales of China's farm produce rose 9.2 percent year on year to 531.38 billion yuan (about 78.58 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Monday.

____ (2023-01-30). 6.1-magnitude earthquake hits Xinjiang: CENC. ecns.cn A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Shaya County of Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 7: 49 a.m. Monday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

____ (2023-01-30). Covid to affect people who haven't been infected most: expert. ecns.cn Currently, the COVID-19 epidemic will mostly affect the group that has not been infected yet, which accounts for about 15 to 20 percent of the total population in China, said Professor Lu Mengji from the Institute for Virology of the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany on Sunday.

____ (2023-01-30). Xinjiang plans to invest over 80 bln yuan in road construction. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to invest 83.2 billion yuan (about 12.3 billion U.S. dollars) in road construction in 2023, according to the regional transport department.

____ (2023-01-30). China's cultural, tourist market rebounds during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn If there is one phrase to describe the past Spring Festival holiday, it is "Ren Shan Ren Hai," a Chinese idiom meaning there are many people out there.

____ (2023-01-30). China's mobile IoT connections account for 70% of world's total. ecns.cn China's mobile Internet of Things(IoT) users have expanded rapidly. As of the end of 2022, the number of IoT connections has reached 1.845 billion, an increase of 447 million from the end of 2021, accounting for 70 percent of the world's total, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information.

____ (2023-01-30). Mortgage loan rates frequently adjusted for first-home buyers in China. ecns.cn As China established a dynamic mortgage rate adjustment mechanism on mortgage rates for first-time home buyers, more and more cities cuts the interest rates of housing loans after the spring festival.

____ (2023-01-30). COVID-19 virus enters low prevalence state in China: official. ecns.cn At present, the COVID-19 virus has entered a low prevalence state in China, and the epidemic situation is getting steadier across the country, said Mi Feng,spokesperson with the National Health Commission, at a press conference on Monday.

____ (2023-01-30). China resumes issuing port visas for Japanese citizens. ecns.cn China's immigration authorities announced on Sunday the resumption of the issuance of port visas and the 72/144-hour visa-free transit policy for Japanese citizens.

____ (2023-01-30). China's central bank to extend lending tools for carbon reduction. ecns.cn China's central bank said on Sunday it will extend three lending tools for carbon reduction as part of its efforts to support green development.

____ (2023-01-30). They Say: It doesn't make sense to impose travel restrictions targeting China. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-30). Traditional Shehuo parade held in NW China's Xining. ecns.cn The Shehuo parade, a time-honored performance enjoying widespread popularity in rural areas across China, originated from ancient sacrificial activities to pray for a good harvest about 2,000 years ago.

____ (2023-01-30). China's Spring Festival sets off consumption boom. ecns.cn The film market also witnessed a "good start". As of Jan. 27, China's movie box office revenue reached nearly 6.76 billion yuan (about $998.5 million).

____ (2023-01-30). Hainan reports growing offshore duty-free sales during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn During the week-long Spring Festival holiday, which ended on Friday, duty-free shopping boomed in South China's island province of Hainan as its tourism gradually rebounded, unleashing new consumption vitality.

Hans Bohler, Klaus von Dohnanyi (2023-01-30). There is nothing to fear from China. indybay.org Non-interference in the affairs of other states and emphasis on what united them for mutual benefit were thus an important element of Chinese notions of cooperation from very early on, just as in Chinese philosophy existence presupposes coexistence. Individual rationality was supplemented in China early on by relational rationality.

WSWS (2023-01-30). Sweden discovers major rare earth deposits in Arctic region. wsws.org The US and its European allies hope to use the reserve to develop alternative supply chains for the manufacturing of batteries and military equipment that exclude China.

WSWS (2023-01-30). Chinese health authorities declare COVID infection peak has passed. wsws.org Chinese health authorities estimate that over 80 percent of China's population has been infected and COVID is in retreat.

WSWS (2023-01-30). Indian foreign minister visits Sri Lanka to strengthen strategic ties. wsws.org New Delhi, which is a key player in Washington's preparations for war against China, is determined to undermine Beijing's influence in Sri Lanka.

____ (2023-01-30). China surpasses U.S. in key innovation metric, Washington report says. ecns.cn A study finds China has surpassed the US in one key measure of innovation and is making major strides in another, SCMP reported on Jan 24.

____ (2023-01-30). Tensions in the Asian Trinity: China Japan U.S.A. transcend.org 26 Jan 2023 – After five years of growing tensions among China Japan and the U.S.A., U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make an official visit to Beijing on 5-6 February 2023. There is a long list of possible issues to discuss although the list of common actions may be much shorter.

____ (2023-01-30). Rare scene of a golden eagle 'taking a lamb for a ride' in Beijing. ecns.cn A photographer captured rare footage of two golden eagles swooping down on domesticated lambs in a mountainous area of Beijing's Fangshan District, leaving onlookers in awe as one of the giant birds of prey flew away clutching a helpless lamb.

____ (2023-01-30). Zhang Yimou's new film brings 50,000 tourists to Yue Fei Temple in Hangzhou. ecns.cn About 50,000 tourists came to the Yue Fei Temple as Zhang Yimou's new film Man Jiang Hong, or Full River Red, stood out among all leading Chinese New Year movies, reaching the highest number in the past three years.

____ (2023-01-30). Shanghai launches action plan to stabilize growth, boost development. ecns.cn The municipal government of Shanghai on Sunday launched an action plan to expand demand, stabilize growth and promote development.

____ (2023-01-30). Mainland pledges to continue facilitating import of Taiwan food. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland remains committed to the promotion of economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait and will continue to facilitate the import of Taiwan food products, a mainland spokesperson said Sunday.

____ (2023-01-30). Popular TV soap sends hordes of tourists Dali's way. ecns.cn The appeal of country life and finding inner peace in a quiet, ancient town close to grasslands and lakes, far from vehicles and laptops, drew large numbers of tourists to Yunnan province's Dali Bai autonomous prefecture during this year's Spring Festival.

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2023-01-29: News Headlines

____ (2023-01-29). 6 tourists trapped in Hainan mountains saved by firefighters during Spring Festival. ecns.cn Six tourists trapped in Wuzhishan (aka Five Finger Mountain) in south China's Hainan were successfully saved by firefighters on Monday afternoon after 21 hours.

____ (2023-01-29). Herd immunity impedes spread of COVID-19 in China: expert. ecns.cn With most people in China having been infected with COVID-19, herd immunity has been reached and the transmission ability of the epidemic gradually weakens, said Fang Bangjiang, a doctor from Longhua Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, on Friday.

____ (2023-01-29). 6 tourists trapped in Hainan mountains saved by firefighters during Spring Festival. ecns.cn Six tourists trapped in Wuzhishan (aka Five Finger Mountain) in south China's Hainan were successfully saved by firefighters on Monday afternoon after 21 hours.

____ (2023-01-29). Herd immunity impedes spread of COVID-19 in China: expert. ecns.cn With most people in China having been infected with COVID-19, herd immunity has been reached and the transmission ability of the epidemic gradually weakens, said Fang Bangjiang, a doctor from Longhua Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, on Friday.

____ (2023-01-29). 133rd Canton Fair to resume offline exhibition in mid-April. ecns.cn The 133rd China Import and Export Fair, or the 133rd Canton Fair, will resume offline exhibition on April 15 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, said Chu Shijia, director of China Foreign Trade Center, on Saturday.

____ (2023-01-29). Per capita disposable income in Shanghai, Beijing exceeds $10,000 in 2022. ecns.cn Over 20 provinces and municipalities in China have released per capita disposable income data for 2022, with figures in Shanghai and Beijing exceeding 70,000 yuan (about $10,300), far ahead of other provinces and municipalities.

____ (2023-01-29). Gwadar to act as business hub of Pakistan: traders. ecns.cn Traders from Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province have said the coastal city of Gwadar will act as a business hub of Pakistan under the project of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, an official statement said.

____ (2023-01-29). Chinese mainland Taiwan affairs official meets former KMT chairperson. ecns.cn Song Tao, head of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, met on Saturday with Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.

____ (2023-01-29). China to boost economic rebound, stabilize foreign trade, investment. ecns.cn China will continue to focus on its economic and social development and facilitate the steady recovery and growth of its economy at the beginning of this year, according to a State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday.

____ (2023-01-29). China's Lushan Scenic Area announces free admission for all. ecns.cn Lushan Scenic Area in east China Jiangxi province on Saturday announced free admission from Feb. 1 to March 15 for visitors from across the globe.

____ (2023-01-29). Zhang Yimou's latest movie sparks controversy amid box office success. ecns.cn Full River Red, the latest historical suspense comedy film directed by Zhang Yimou, has topped China's seven-day Spring Festival holiday box office rankings, raking in 20.93 billion yuan as of Sunday.

____ (2023-01-29). China records 226 mln passenger trips in Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn About 226 million passenger trips were made during the just-concluded Spring Festival holiday, official data showed Saturday.

____ (2023-01-29). They Say: Fake news attemps to make people forget China's contribution to the global COVID-19 fight. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-29). Torch festival held to celebrate Chinese New Year in Guangdong. ecns.cn Villagers attended a celebration of a torch festival in Yangmei village, Jieyang City, southern China's Guangdong Province on Friday.

____ (2023-01-29). Hundreds of blossom-headed parakeets spotted in SW China. ecns.cn Hundreds of rare blossom-headed parakeets have been spotted in Ruili City, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, setting a new record for the species' population observed in China.

____ (2023-01-29). China's homegrown C919 makes first flight in the Year of the Rabbit. ecns.cn The world's first C919 domestic aircraft of the China Eastern Airlines, flight number MU7817 landed smoothly at Nanchang Changbei International Airport in east China's Jiangxi Province on Saturday.

____ (2023-01-29). China sees 308 million domestic trips during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn This year's Spring Festival holiday has seen 308 million domestic trips, up 23.1 percent year-on-year, recovering to 88.6 percent for the same period in 2019, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.

____ (2023-01-29). China's Spring Festival box office tops $998.5 million. ecns.cn

Hans Bohler, Klaus von Dohnanyi (2023-01-29). There is nothing to fear from China. indybay.org Non-interference in the affairs of other states and emphasis on what united them for mutual benefit were thus an important element of Chinese notions of cooperation from very early on, just as in Chinese philosophy existence presupposes coexistence. Individual rationality was supplemented in China early on by relational rationality.

____ (2023-01-29). China speeds up post-holiday production with renewed vigor. ecns.cn In Shanghai, more than 30 operators worked with a giant shield tunneling machine of 14.5 meters in diameter to form a solid lining structure at a tunnel construction site.

____ (2023-01-29). 2, 0 km high-speed rail lines to operate across China in 2023. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-29). They Say: China has kept the world economy going. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-29). Chongqing sees strong tourism rebounds during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn Popular scenic spots such as Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street and Hongyadong attracted many tourists and citizens. The average daily flow of people in the Jiefangbei Central Business District reached 518,000.

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2023-01-28: News Headlines

____ (2023-01-28). China sees over 300 mln domestic trips during Spring Festival, generating $55.5 bln revenue. ecns.cn More than 300 million domestic trips have been made in China during the Spring Festival, with the tourism revenue reaching 375.84 billion yuan (about $55.5 billion), said China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.

____ (2023-01-28). Offshore duty-free sales in Hainan hit $248 million during Chinese New Year. ecns.cn Sales of 12 offshore duty-free shops in south China's Hainan hit 1.685 billion yuan (about $248 million) from Jan. 21 through 25, growing by 325 percent from that of 2019, said Hainan Commerce Department on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-28). China sees over 300 mln domestic trips during Spring Festival, generating $55.5 bln revenue. ecns.cn More than 300 million domestic trips have been made in China during the Spring Festival, with the tourism revenue reaching 375.84 billion yuan (about $55.5 billion), said China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday.

____ (2023-01-28). Offshore duty-free sales in Hainan hit $248 million during Chinese New Year. ecns.cn Sales of 12 offshore duty-free shops in south China's Hainan hit 1.685 billion yuan (about $248 million) from Jan. 21 through 25, growing by 325 percent from that of 2019, said Hainan Commerce Department on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-28). 6 tourists trapped in Hainan mountains saved by firefighters during Spring Festival. ecns.cn Six tourists trapped in Wuzhishan (aka Five Finger Mountain) in south China's Hainan were successfully saved by firefighters on Monday afternoon after 21 hours.

____ (2023-01-28). Herd immunity impedes spread of COVID-19 in China: expert. ecns.cn With most people in China having been infected with COVID-19, herd immunity has been reached and the transmission ability of the epidemic gradually weakens, said Fang Bangjiang, a doctor from Longhua Hospital Affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, on Friday.

____ (2023-01-28). Local govt's stepping up growth incentives. ecns.cn A number of regional economic powerhouses across China are rolling out substantial new policies to revive growth during the ongoing holiday period, aiming to provide a significant boost to recovery.

____ (2023-01-28). Nation sees therapeutics success. ecns.cn China will create broad-spectrum treatments to tackle mutated strains of the COVID-19 virus and develop drugs with novel mechanisms to fight the pathogen, according to a document provided to China Daily.

____ (2023-01-28). Nepali envoy hopes Chinese return en masse. ecns.cn Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, the ambassador of Nepal to China, said the Chinese government's adjustment of its COVID-19 response measures is a very important step that helps to promote economic development both for China and the world, enhance people-to-people exchanges and boost tourism.

____ (2023-01-28). China's tourism and film industries recover during spring festival: report. ecns.cn During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit, China's domestic demands for tourism and film consumption have recovered, bringing confidence to markets, according to a latest spring festival report published by Alibaba on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-28). China's 2023 college graduates to reach 11.58 million. ecns.cn China's college graduates in 2023 are expected to reach 11.58 million, an increase of 820,000 year on year.

____ (2023-01-28). China's Lushan Scenic Area announces free admission for all. ecns.cn Lushan Scenic Area in east China Jiangxi province on Saturday announced free admission from Feb. 1 to March 15 for visitors from across the globe.

____ (2023-01-28). Bill Gates says 'China's rise' is a 'huge win for the world'. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-28). They Say: Fake news attemps to make people forget China's contribution to the global COVID-19 fight. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-28). Torch festival held to celebrate Chinese New Year in Guangdong. ecns.cn Villagers attended a celebration of a torch festival in Yangmei village, Jieyang City, southern China's Guangdong Province on Friday.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-28). China-Latin America and Caribbean Ties To Enter New Era of Equality, Openness, Mutual Benefit. orinocotribune.com Taking the joint building of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the lead, China and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have worked together to promote the high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation over the years, writing a new chapter for building a China-LAC community with a shared future. | When delivering a video address at the seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said LAC countries are important members of the developing world and take an active part in global governance and make important contr…

Xin Ni, Zhe Li, Yingying Liu, Guoliang Bai, Xinping Li, Xiao Zhang (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Improving childhood cancer care in China — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Yaping Wang and Jue Liu for their Correspondence in response to our Article1 about socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence and access to health services faced by Chinese children and adolescents.

Yaping Wang, Jue Liu (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Improving childhood cancer care in China. thelancet.com We read with interest Xin Ni and colleagues'1 study on cancer incidence, and the association between incidence and inaccessibility of health services among children and adolescents in China. The authors found that an estimated 121‚Äà145 cancer cases were diagnosed among children and adolescents in China between 2018 and 2020, and found a positive association between cancer incidence and regional socioeconomic status (p<0 ∑0001).

____ (2023-01-28). Night view of Hongya Cave draws tourists to Chongqing. ecns.cn Hongya Cave, formerly known as Hongya Gate, is one of the city gates of ancient Chongqing. Despite the name, this destination isn't really a cave—it's a commercial area. From the bottom, Hongya Cave resembles a series of wooden structures trying to cling to the side of a cliff.

____ (2023-01-28). Policies boost Huangshan's tourism. ecns.cn When Feng Jiapeng, a 36-year-old robotics engineer from Foshan, Guangdong province, stepped into a bed-and-breakfast called Alina's Garden in Huangshan, Anhui province, which was renovated from a Huizhou-style building from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), he felt secluded from the outside world and everything slowed down.

Staff (2023-01-28). Donación china beneficia a Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Holguín. cubadebate.cu La Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de la nororiental provincia de Holguín recibió una donación china de carros especializados en la mañana de este viernes, para dar cumplimiento a las actividades de objeto social de la entidad. La donación cuenta con tres tipos de carros: pipas de agua, carros limpia fosas y carros desobstructores.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-27). US Marines Open New Base on Guam to Prepare for Future War with China. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-27). Foreign leaders extend best wishes for Chinese New Year of Rabbit. ecns.cn As the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit arrives, many foreign leaders have sent their Chinese New Year greetings to the country, the Chinese people and overseas Chinese, and expressed their hope for stronger cooperation with China towards a better future.

Staff (2023-01-27). Crypto Convulsions Reflect Capitalism's Tendency to Breed Instability, w/ Ramaa Vasudevan. youtube.com Bitcoin, Stablecoin, Tether, Blockchain, Coinbase, Binance, Etherium, Luna, Celsius, Circle, FTX, NFTs: What's all this crypto jargon really about? What stage of capitalism does it mean we're in? How has digital currency been impacted by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine? What are the geopolitical implications for the US cold war with China? And …

Alasdair Macleod (2023-01-27). Russia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Are Considering Using Gold for Pan-Asian Trade. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-27). Australia aims at strengthening its ties with Indonesia. journal-neo.org The Republic of Indonesia does not actively participate in the present geopolitical game being played on the world stage and strives to maintain harmonious ties with both its immediate neighbors and powerful nations like China, the United States, and Russia. Meanwhile, the fact that Indonesia is a pretty large state with 275 million citizens and …

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: China's ability to implement controls demonstrates a breakthrough ability in governance. ecns.cn

Suheir Sheikh (2023-01-27). What will the Year of the Rabbit bring for China's economy? america.cgtn.com China's economic prospects in 2023 look promising according to Anthony Chan, former Chief Economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., as the country reopens to the world. "Assuming the number of COVID infections during the new year is manageable," 4.4% growth as the IMF projects …

____ (2023-01-27). China's coal output increases in December 2022. ecns.cn China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in December 2022, official data showed.

____ (2023-01-27). Pakistan-China red chili project to help uplift Pakistan's agriculture sector. ecns.cn On a fine January morning, Muhammad Sajjad was all smiles after seeing thriving saplings of the Chinese sweet chili at a nursery in a remote farming land of Pakistan's eastern city of Multan.

Alex Kimani (2023-01-27). Why We Shouldn't Underestimate China's Petro-Yuan Ambitions. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-27). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

____ (2023-01-27). China's postal industry registers stable growth in 2022. ecns.cn China's postal industry saw steady expansion in terms of both business revenue and parcels handled in 2022, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) shows.

____ (2023-01-27). China key contributor to Cambodia's development: Cambodian senior official. ecns.cn China is a key contributor to Cambodia's socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Economy and Finance Ministry's Standing Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: Some developed countries keep unhappy whether China shifts COVID poliy or not. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-27). China's power use up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, maintained stable growth in 2022, official data shows.

____ (2023-01-27). China remains Germany's main supplier of rare earths. ecns.cn Germany's imports of rare-earth metals from China amounted to 49.3 million euros (53.7 million U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months of 2022, accounting for two-thirds of the total imports, the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-27). China issues blue alert for cold wave. ecns.cn China's meteorological authority on Monday issued its blue alert for a cold wave, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across most of the central and eastern regions of the country.

____ (2023-01-27). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

____ (2023-01-27). Clean energy warms up remote mountain village. ecns.cn Home appliances hanging on the wall stood out in many rural houses in Hantianling Village, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

____ (2023-01-27). China's box office bounces back during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn On Sunday, Chinese Lunar New Year, a young moviegoer named Lian Cheng watched multiple films at three cinemas near his home in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-27). Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival holiday amid optimized COVID response. ecns.cn Following the downgrading of China's management of COVID-19, people across the country are merrily celebrating the Spring Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, with their families.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-01-27). "Chinese aggression" sure looks an awful lot like U.S. aggression. mronline.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Frances Kuo (2023-01-27). Hong Kong tailors livestream to maintain business. america.cgtn.com The pandemic hit Hong Kong's tailoring industry hard. Many tailors are struggling to stay afloat. Find out how.

Staff (2023-01-26). NATO to hold unprecedented/unparalleled strategic talks with India. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com MintJanuary 26, 2023 India, Nato to hold strategic talks; focus on regional security, China New Delhi is set to host a rare strategic dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) focused on regional security issues in a development with potential global ramifications. The dialogue is expected to be held in early March, said people …

Ben Norton (2023-01-26). Exaggerating China's Military Spending. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-26). Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China. scheerpost.com The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire is all about Chinese "aggression."

____ (2023-01-26). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

_____ (2023-01-26). 'Chinese Aggression' Sure Looks an Awful Lot Like U.S. Aggression. strategic-culture.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-26). Lula reitera en Uruguay intención de fortalecer el Mercosur. telesurtv.net Se reúne con el presidente Luis Lacalle. Expresa que Brasil desea desarrollar el bloque integracionista y concretar un acuerdo con China.

2023-01-28 08:30:36 | 08:30 EST | jz | 52 | 8 | 24 | 38 | 0 

2023-01-27: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-27). US Marines Open New Base on Guam to Prepare for Future War with China. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-27). Foreign leaders extend best wishes for Chinese New Year of Rabbit. ecns.cn As the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit arrives, many foreign leaders have sent their Chinese New Year greetings to the country, the Chinese people and overseas Chinese, and expressed their hope for stronger cooperation with China towards a better future.




_____ (2023-01-27). Australia aims at strengthening its ties with Indonesia. journal-neo.org The Republic of Indonesia does not actively participate in the present geopolitical game being played on the world stage and strives to maintain harmonious ties with both its immediate neighbors and powerful nations like China, the United States, and Russia. Meanwhile, the fact that Indonesia is a pretty large state with 275 million citizens and …

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: Some developed countries keep unhappy whether China shifts COVID poliy or not. ecns.cn

_____ (2023-01-27). Australia aims at strengthening its ties with Indonesia. journal-neo.org The Republic of Indonesia does not actively participate in the present geopolitical game being played on the world stage and strives to maintain harmonious ties with both its immediate neighbors and powerful nations like China, the United States, and Russia. Meanwhile, the fact that Indonesia is a pretty large state with 275 million citizens and …

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: Some developed countries keep unhappy whether China shifts COVID poliy or not. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-27). China key contributor to Cambodia's development: Cambodian senior official. ecns.cn China is a key contributor to Cambodia's socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Economy and Finance Ministry's Standing Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-27). China's postal industry registers stable growth in 2022. ecns.cn China's postal industry saw steady expansion in terms of both business revenue and parcels handled in 2022, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) shows.

____ (2023-01-27). China remains Germany's main supplier of rare earths. ecns.cn Germany's imports of rare-earth metals from China amounted to 49.3 million euros (53.7 million U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months of 2022, accounting for two-thirds of the total imports, the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-27). Clean energy warms up remote mountain village. ecns.cn Home appliances hanging on the wall stood out in many rural houses in Hantianling Village, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

____ (2023-01-27). China's power use up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, maintained stable growth in 2022, official data shows.

____ (2023-01-27). They Say: China's ability to implement controls demonstrates a breakthrough ability in governance. ecns.cn

____ (2023-01-27). Pakistan-China red chili project to help uplift Pakistan's agriculture sector. ecns.cn On a fine January morning, Muhammad Sajjad was all smiles after seeing thriving saplings of the Chinese sweet chili at a nursery in a remote farming land of Pakistan's eastern city of Multan.

____ (2023-01-27). Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival holiday amid optimized COVID response. ecns.cn Following the downgrading of China's management of COVID-19, people across the country are merrily celebrating the Spring Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, with their families.

____ (2023-01-27). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

____ (2023-01-27). China's box office bounces back during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn On Sunday, Chinese Lunar New Year, a young moviegoer named Lian Cheng watched multiple films at three cinemas near his home in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-27). China's coal output increases in December 2022. ecns.cn China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in December 2022, official data showed.

____ (2023-01-27). China issues blue alert for cold wave. ecns.cn China's meteorological authority on Monday issued its blue alert for a cold wave, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across most of the central and eastern regions of the country.

____ (2023-01-27). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-01-27). "Chinese aggression" sure looks an awful lot like U.S. aggression. mronline.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Staff (2023-01-26). NATO to hold unprecedented/unparalleled strategic talks with India. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com MintJanuary 26, 2023 India, Nato to hold strategic talks; focus on regional security, China New Delhi is set to host a rare strategic dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) focused on regional security issues in a development with potential global ramifications. The dialogue is expected to be held in early March, said people …

Ben Norton (2023-01-26). Exaggerating China's Military Spending. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-26). Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China. scheerpost.com The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire is all about Chinese "aggression."

____ (2023-01-26). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

_____ (2023-01-26). 'Chinese Aggression' Sure Looks an Awful Lot Like U.S. Aggression. strategic-culture.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-26). Lula reitera en Uruguay intención de fortalecer el Mercosur. telesurtv.net Se reúne con el presidente Luis Lacalle. Expresa que Brasil desea desarrollar el bloque integracionista y concretar un acuerdo con China.

infobrics (2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…

_____ (2023-01-25). Top 20 Military Powers in 2023. strategic-culture.org The 2023 Military Strength Ranking by Globalfirepower.com shows that the United States, Russia, and China have remained the world's top military powers with China continuing its climb to the No.2 spot. | (Click on the image to enlarge)…

Staff (2023-01-25). Japan, South Korea: NATO firms up eastern outposts. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostJanuary 24, 2023 Nato cements ties with South Korea, Japan as security challenges mountNato chief's visits to Seoul and Tokyo next week reflect the greater emphasis the transatlantic partnership is putting on East Asia, an analyst said Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is set to visit South Korea and Japan from Monday …

____ (2023-01-25). Lowest temperature recorded in China's northernmost city. ecns.cn The minimum temperature in Mohe, China's northernmost city, fell to minus 53 degrees Celsius Sunday, marking the lowest temperature ever recorded, according to the local weather bureau.

____ (2023-01-25). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

Michael Klare (2023-01-25). The Pentagon's Massive Intelligence Failure on China. fpif.org Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be

____ (2023-01-25). Chinese sci-fi blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth II' hits North American big screen. ecns.cn China's homemade sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" opened Sunday, the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day, in a limited theatrical release in North America.

____ (2023-01-25). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

____ (2023-01-25). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-25). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). Dead on Arrival: The West's B3W Initiative to Rival China's BRI. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil While Washington is focused on establishing rival 'global' projects to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, most of these drive profits and benefits right back to the United States. The plan for a large infrastructure project by the US and G7 to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to have died a…

Editor (2023-01-25). Exaggerating China's military spending, St. Louis Fed breaks all statistical rules with misleading graph. mronline.org The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly misleading graph that portrays China as spending more on its military than the U.S. In reality, the Pentagon's budget is roughly three times larger.

_____ (2023-01-25). Yet another chronicle of the Taiwan situation. journal-neo.org The penultimate chronicle of events accompanying the development of the Taiwan problem, discussed more or less regularly in the NEO, described the state of the initial reaction of politicians, both in Taiwan itself and among leading players in the world, to the rather unexpected results of local authorities elections on the island in late November. …

Staff (2023-01-25). Presidente de China exalta rol de la Celac en la cooperación Sur-Sur. cubadebate.cu El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, subrayó hoy que la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) evolucionó hasta convertirse en una fuerza indispensable de la cooperación Sur-Sur y ratificó la voluntad de trabajar juntos por un mundo más inclusivo. También resaltó el rol del grupo en la protección de la paz regional.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-01-25). Cuba y China fortalecen estrategia de desarrollo. globalizacion.ca Cuba fue el primer país del Hemisferio Occidental en establecer relaciones diplomáticas con la República Popular China y desde hace 62 años han atravesado las vicisitudes de la coyuntura internacional, y se han mantenido unidos para convertirse en un ejemplo…

2023-01-27 18:04:03 | 18:04 EST | jz | 46 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 0 

2023-01-26: News Headlines

teleSUR, JDO (2023-01-26). Lula reitera en Uruguay intención de fortalecer el Mercosur. telesurtv.net Se reúne con el presidente Luis Lacalle. Expresa que Brasil desea desarrollar el bloque integracionista y concretar un acuerdo con China.

infobrics (2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…




_____ (2023-01-25). Top 20 Military Powers in 2023. strategic-culture.org The 2023 Military Strength Ranking by Globalfirepower.com shows that the United States, Russia, and China have remained the world's top military powers with China continuing its climb to the No.2 spot. | (Click on the image to enlarge)…

Staff (2023-01-25). Japan, South Korea: NATO firms up eastern outposts. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostJanuary 24, 2023 Nato cements ties with South Korea, Japan as security challenges mountNato chief's visits to Seoul and Tokyo next week reflect the greater emphasis the transatlantic partnership is putting on East Asia, an analyst said Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is set to visit South Korea and Japan from Monday …




Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). Dead on Arrival: The West's B3W Initiative to Rival China's BRI. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil While Washington is focused on establishing rival 'global' projects to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, most of these drive profits and benefits right back to the United States. The plan for a large infrastructure project by the US and G7 to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to have died a…

____ (2023-01-25). China's coal output increases in December 2022. ecns.cn China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in December 2022, official data showed.




____ (2023-01-25). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-25). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

____ (2023-01-25). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-25). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

____ (2023-01-25). Chinese sci-fi blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth II' hits North American big screen. ecns.cn China's homemade sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" opened Sunday, the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day, in a limited theatrical release in North America.

____ (2023-01-25). Pakistan-China red chili project to help uplift Pakistan's agriculture sector. ecns.cn On a fine January morning, Muhammad Sajjad was all smiles after seeing thriving saplings of the Chinese sweet chili at a nursery in a remote farming land of Pakistan's eastern city of Multan.

____ (2023-01-25). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

____ (2023-01-25). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

____ (2023-01-25). China's box office bounces back during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn On Sunday, Chinese Lunar New Year, a young moviegoer named Lian Cheng watched multiple films at three cinemas near his home in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-25). China's power use up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, maintained stable growth in 2022, official data shows.

____ (2023-01-25). China key contributor to Cambodia's development: Cambodian senior official. ecns.cn China is a key contributor to Cambodia's socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, Cambodian Economy and Finance Ministry's Standing Secretary of State Vongsey Vissoth said here on Wednesday.

____ (2023-01-25). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

____ (2023-01-25). Lowest temperature recorded in China's northernmost city. ecns.cn The minimum temperature in Mohe, China's northernmost city, fell to minus 53 degrees Celsius Sunday, marking the lowest temperature ever recorded, according to the local weather bureau.

____ (2023-01-25). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

____ (2023-01-25). Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival holiday amid optimized COVID response. ecns.cn Following the downgrading of China's management of COVID-19, people across the country are merrily celebrating the Spring Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, with their families.

____ (2023-01-25). China issues blue alert for cold wave. ecns.cn China's meteorological authority on Monday issued its blue alert for a cold wave, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across most of the central and eastern regions of the country.

Michael Klare (2023-01-25). The Pentagon's Massive Intelligence Failure on China. fpif.org Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be

____ (2023-01-25). China's postal industry registers stable growth in 2022. ecns.cn China's postal industry saw steady expansion in terms of both business revenue and parcels handled in 2022, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) shows.

____ (2023-01-25). China remains Germany's main supplier of rare earths. ecns.cn Germany's imports of rare-earth metals from China amounted to 49.3 million euros (53.7 million U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months of 2022, accounting for two-thirds of the total imports, the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.

____ (2023-01-25). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

_____ (2023-01-25). Yet another chronicle of the Taiwan situation. journal-neo.org The penultimate chronicle of events accompanying the development of the Taiwan problem, discussed more or less regularly in the NEO, described the state of the initial reaction of politicians, both in Taiwan itself and among leading players in the world, to the rather unexpected results of local authorities elections on the island in late November. …

Staff (2023-01-25). Presidente de China exalta rol de la Celac en la cooperación Sur-Sur. cubadebate.cu El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, subrayó hoy que la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) evolucionó hasta convertirse en una fuerza indispensable de la cooperación Sur-Sur y ratificó la voluntad de trabajar juntos por un mundo más inclusivo. También resaltó el rol del grupo en la protección de la paz regional.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-01-25). Cuba y China fortalecen estrategia de desarrollo. globalizacion.ca Cuba fue el primer país del Hemisferio Occidental en establecer relaciones diplomáticas con la República Popular China y desde hace 62 años han atravesado las vicisitudes de la coyuntura internacional, y se han mantenido unidos para convertirse en un ejemplo…

_____ (2023-01-24). The Missing Story In The Global Firepower Ranking. popularresistance.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. | The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, the organization that compiled the report, of being biased, sloppy and highly politicized. | For example, while Russia maintained its former position as the second strongest military in the world, Ukraine jumped by seven spots, to occupy the 15th posi…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India-Russia Trade May Increase Despite Global Trade to Face Stagnant Decade. infobrics.org Russia's trade with China and India will increase by USD 110 billion, "including USD 90 billion with China alone," according to Boston Consulting Group…

_____ (2023-01-24). St. Louis Fed Breaks All Statistical Rules With Misleading Graph. popularresistance.org In an attempt to grossly exaggerate China's defense spending, and simultaneously downplay the US military budget, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly deceptive graph. | If a student presented this in a statistics 101 class, the teacher would likely give them an F. But because it involves Washington's public enemy number one, Beijing, the US regional reserve bank was awarded a Golden Star for exemplary service in the New Cold War. | The St. Louis Fed listed the world's top six countries by military expenditures, but used two separate axes: the spending of China, Russia, Britain, India,…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-24). US Sanctions on Chinese Panels Cripple Its Own Green Agenda and Harm Americans. orinocotribune.com Thanks to political games and the fossil fuel lobby, Washington is shooting itself in the foot on clean energy | According to a recent South China Morning Post This is set to benefit the world and mainly Europe,…

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-24). The Heat: Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com China celebrates its Lunar New Year and welcomes the Year of the Rabbit. Chinese both at home and around the world are celebrating Spring Festival. 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. And festivities got underway with China Media Group's major Spring Festival Gala. The …

_____ (2023-01-24). Can You Smell What the Year of the Rabbit Is Cooking? strategic-culture.org The New Silk Roads, or BRI, as well as the integration efforts of BRICS+, the SCO and the EAEU will be on the forefront of Chinese policy. | Liu He studied economics at Renmin University in China and got a Master's from Harvard. Since 2018, he's one of China's Vice Premiers — along with Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, and Hu Chunhua. He's a Director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission and heads the China Financial Stability and Development Committee. Anyone around the world who wants to know what will drive China's economy in the Year of the Rabbit must pay attention to Liu He. | Davos 2023 ha…

WSWS (2023-01-24). China's massive COVID-19 death toll: Social murder at the behest of imperialism. wsws.org Acting in direct response to demands from giant corporations and imperialist governments, the Beijing bureaucracy has unleashed a wave of infection and death.

____ (2023-01-24). China's digital yuan proves its cash-like qualities with offline payments. ecns.cn "Only by taking into account these scenarios, will the digital yuan be readily available, just like paper currency.""Plus, those who have lost their phone can suspend the offline payment function by logging into the app from another mobile phone," he added.

Editor (2023-01-24). Stepping out of the pandemic, Chinese style. mronline.org On January 6, 2023, China's National Health Commission (NHC) and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued China's 10th edition of its diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus infection.

____ (2023-01-24). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

____ (2023-01-24). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

Peter Koenig (2023-01-24). China's Economy Outlook 2023 in the Context of the World Economy. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). China in the Year of the Rabbit. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The New Silk Roads, or BRI, as well as the integration efforts of BRICS+, the SCO and the EAEU will be on the forefront of Chinese policy. Liu He studied economics at Renmin University in China and got a Master's from Harvard. Since 2018, he's one of China's Vice Premiers — along with…

____ (2023-01-24). Domestic sci-fi hit leads China's advance holiday box office. ecns.cn As of 12 a.m. Sunday, advance box office sales for China's Spring Festival holiday hit 901 million yuan (nearly 133 million U.S.The prequel to China's all-time highest-grossing sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth" raked in 257 million yuan, accounting for about 28 percent of total bookings.

unitedEditor (2023-01-24). China: A coherent strategy that encourages Africans to turn their backs on the West. uwidata.com New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's choice of Africa as the destination of his first foreign tour, since taking office late last year, came as no surprise. Qin's visit started on January 9. The trip included Ethiopia, the headquarters of the African Union, Gabon, Angola and Benin, Cairo and the headquarters of the League of …

Franc Contreras (2023-01-24). Mexico welcomes the Spring Festival. america.cgtn.com Mexico is welcoming China's Spring Festival— the Year of the Rabbit.

____ (2023-01-24). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

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2023-01-25: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…

Staff (2023-01-25). Japan, South Korea: NATO firms up eastern outposts. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com South China Morning PostJanuary 24, 2023 Nato cements ties with South Korea, Japan as security challenges mountNato chief's visits to Seoul and Tokyo next week reflect the greater emphasis the transatlantic partnership is putting on East Asia, an analyst said Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is set to visit South Korea and Japan from Monday …




____ (2023-01-25). China's box office bounces back during Spring Festival holiday. ecns.cn On Sunday, Chinese Lunar New Year, a young moviegoer named Lian Cheng watched multiple films at three cinemas near his home in Shanghai.

____ (2023-01-25). China remains Germany's main supplier of rare earths. ecns.cn Germany's imports of rare-earth metals from China amounted to 49.3 million euros (53.7 million U.S. dollars) in the first eleven months of 2022, accounting for two-thirds of the total imports, the country's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Tuesday.




____ (2023-01-25). Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival holiday amid optimized COVID response. ecns.cn Following the downgrading of China's management of COVID-19, people across the country are merrily celebrating the Spring Festival, one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals, with their families.

____ (2023-01-25). China's postal industry registers stable growth in 2022. ecns.cn China's postal industry saw steady expansion in terms of both business revenue and parcels handled in 2022, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) shows.




____ (2023-01-25). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

____ (2023-01-25). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

____ (2023-01-25). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

____ (2023-01-25). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

____ (2023-01-25). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

____ (2023-01-25). China's power use up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, maintained stable growth in 2022, official data shows.

____ (2023-01-25). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

____ (2023-01-25). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

____ (2023-01-25). China's coal output increases in December 2022. ecns.cn China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in December 2022, official data showed.

____ (2023-01-25). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

____ (2023-01-25). Lowest temperature recorded in China's northernmost city. ecns.cn The minimum temperature in Mohe, China's northernmost city, fell to minus 53 degrees Celsius Sunday, marking the lowest temperature ever recorded, according to the local weather bureau.

____ (2023-01-25). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-25). Chinese sci-fi blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth II' hits North American big screen. ecns.cn China's homemade sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" opened Sunday, the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day, in a limited theatrical release in North America.

____ (2023-01-25). China issues blue alert for cold wave. ecns.cn China's meteorological authority on Monday issued its blue alert for a cold wave, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across most of the central and eastern regions of the country.

Staff (2023-01-25). Presidente de China exalta rol de la Celac en la cooperación Sur-Sur. cubadebate.cu El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, subrayó hoy que la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) evolucionó hasta convertirse en una fuerza indispensable de la cooperación Sur-Sur y ratificó la voluntad de trabajar juntos por un mundo más inclusivo. También resaltó el rol del grupo en la protección de la paz regional.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-01-25). Cuba y China fortalecen estrategia de desarrollo. globalizacion.ca Cuba fue el primer país del Hemisferio Occidental en establecer relaciones diplomáticas con la República Popular China y desde hace 62 años han atravesado las vicisitudes de la coyuntura internacional, y se han mantenido unidos para convertirse en un ejemplo…

_____ (2023-01-24). The Missing Story In The Global Firepower Ranking. popularresistance.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. | The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, the organization that compiled the report, of being biased, sloppy and highly politicized. | For example, while Russia maintained its former position as the second strongest military in the world, Ukraine jumped by seven spots, to occupy the 15th posi…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India-Russia Trade May Increase Despite Global Trade to Face Stagnant Decade. infobrics.org Russia's trade with China and India will increase by USD 110 billion, "including USD 90 billion with China alone," according to Boston Consulting Group…

_____ (2023-01-24). St. Louis Fed Breaks All Statistical Rules With Misleading Graph. popularresistance.org In an attempt to grossly exaggerate China's defense spending, and simultaneously downplay the US military budget, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly deceptive graph. | If a student presented this in a statistics 101 class, the teacher would likely give them an F. But because it involves Washington's public enemy number one, Beijing, the US regional reserve bank was awarded a Golden Star for exemplary service in the New Cold War. | The St. Louis Fed listed the world's top six countries by military expenditures, but used two separate axes: the spending of China, Russia, Britain, India,…

____ (2023-01-24). China's digital yuan proves its cash-like qualities with offline payments. ecns.cn "Only by taking into account these scenarios, will the digital yuan be readily available, just like paper currency.""Plus, those who have lost their phone can suspend the offline payment function by logging into the app from another mobile phone," he added.

Franc Contreras (2023-01-24). Mexico welcomes the Spring Festival. america.cgtn.com Mexico is welcoming China's Spring Festival— the Year of the Rabbit.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). China in the Year of the Rabbit. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The New Silk Roads, or BRI, as well as the integration efforts of BRICS+, the SCO and the EAEU will be on the forefront of Chinese policy. Liu He studied economics at Renmin University in China and got a Master's from Harvard. Since 2018, he's one of China's Vice Premiers — along with…

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-24). The Heat: Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com China celebrates its Lunar New Year and welcomes the Year of the Rabbit. Chinese both at home and around the world are celebrating Spring Festival. 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. And festivities got underway with China Media Group's major Spring Festival Gala. The …

____ (2023-01-24). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

____ (2023-01-24). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

____ (2023-01-24). Domestic sci-fi hit leads China's advance holiday box office. ecns.cn As of 12 a.m. Sunday, advance box office sales for China's Spring Festival holiday hit 901 million yuan (nearly 133 million U.S.The prequel to China's all-time highest-grossing sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth" raked in 257 million yuan, accounting for about 28 percent of total bookings.

WSWS (2023-01-24). China's massive COVID-19 death toll: Social murder at the behest of imperialism. wsws.org Acting in direct response to demands from giant corporations and imperialist governments, the Beijing bureaucracy has unleashed a wave of infection and death.

____ (2023-01-24). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

_____ (2023-01-24). Can You Smell What the Year of the Rabbit Is Cooking? strategic-culture.org The New Silk Roads, or BRI, as well as the integration efforts of BRICS+, the SCO and the EAEU will be on the forefront of Chinese policy. | Liu He studied economics at Renmin University in China and got a Master's from Harvard. Since 2018, he's one of China's Vice Premiers — along with Han Zheng, Sun Chunlan, and Hu Chunhua. He's a Director of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission and heads the China Financial Stability and Development Committee. Anyone around the world who wants to know what will drive China's economy in the Year of the Rabbit must pay attention to Liu He. | Davos 2023 ha…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-24). US Sanctions on Chinese Panels Cripple Its Own Green Agenda and Harm Americans. orinocotribune.com Thanks to political games and the fossil fuel lobby, Washington is shooting itself in the foot on clean energy | According to a recent South China Morning Post This is set to benefit the world and mainly Europe,…

Editor (2023-01-24). Stepping out of the pandemic, Chinese style. mronline.org On January 6, 2023, China's National Health Commission (NHC) and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued China's 10th edition of its diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus infection.

Peter Koenig (2023-01-24). China's Economy Outlook 2023 in the Context of the World Economy. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-23). There is a Country that Receives $100 Million in Military Aid per Year from the Biden Administration While It Engages in Ethnic Cleansing and Literally Tries to Starve Another People to Death. covertactionmagazine.com Not surprisingly, the main motive for the military aid is oil. The Biden administration's hypocrisy knows no bounds when it comes to human rights. Nearly every day, we hear pious condemnations of Russia and China for their human rights abuses—whether in Ukraine or toward the Uyghurs—and sermons about how the U.S. has to fight a …

Staff (2023-01-23). Will 2023 Be the Year of Backfiring Sanctions for the Overstretched US Empire? youtube.com The year 2022 was defined by the war in Ukraine, the expansion of NATO, and continued encirclement of China as the U.S. prepares for "great power conflict." But the US empire is so overstretched, that sanctions have become the favorite form of warfare— to disrupt and isolate many countries at once. Could they backfire in …

_____ (2023-01-23). Can Serbia Survive EU's Economic Ultimatum? strategic-culture.org By Branko MILANOVIC | (I am writing this article in English although my main audience is in Serbia. But I am doing it also because very few people in the world, preoccupied by other world crises, such as the war in Ukraine, US-China issues, covid and the like, know what is happening in the Balkans and what is the nature of the EU game there.) | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and Kosovo). T…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-23). Missing story about power: Strong militaries equal weak societies. peoplesworld.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, …

infobrics (2023-01-23). South Korea increasingly aligned with US Indo-Pacific goals, discussing nuclearization. infobrics.org With an American green light for a nuclear option, the updated THAAD and now an embrace of the Indo-Pacific concept, Seoul is in a confrontation course with Beijing.

Ningshun Chen, Max Delafosse-Brown (2023-01-23). Corporate developers target Philly's Chinatown for destruction with new arena. liberationnews.org A broad movement to fight back and save the neighborhood has emerged in the months since the arena proposal first became public.

Luis Chirino (2023-01-23). Cuba welcomes Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com Havana's Chinatown and its Chinese community are welcoming in the Year of the Rabbit with cultural celebrations this weekend. The festivities are part of the close relationship between the two countries.

Ben Norton (2023-01-23). Exaggerating China's military spending, St. Louis Fed breaks all statistical rules with misleading graph. geopoliticaleconomy.com The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly misleading graph that portrays China as spending more on its military than the US. In reality, the Pentagon's budget is roughly three times larger.

Rania Khalek (2023-01-23). Who's Responsible for Africa's Debt Trap: China or the West? thealtworld.com U.S. politicians and corporate media blame China for debt crises in African countries, yet African governments owe three times more debt to private Western lenders than to China. Furthermore, interest rates on Western private loans are almost double those on Chinese loans. | Tim Jones, Head of Policy at Debt Justice in the UK, explains the reality behind the African debt and how the only just way forward is its cancellation.

____ (2023-01-23). Spending on R&D in China hits new high. ecns.cn China spent a record 3.09 trillion yuan ($443 billion) on research and development in 2022, a 10.4 percent year-on-year increase that came from the nation's accelerated efforts to enhance its innovation capability for more breakthroughs.

____ (2023-01-23). They Say: More investors from Laos want to invest in China in future. ecns.cn China has eased its pandemic control policy, which is very good news for us. We expect more communication from people-to-people to cultural exchanges.

____ (2023-01-23). Xi urges hard work for bright future. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on the whole nation to work hard for an even brighter future on Friday, saying that China will deepen reform and opening up across the board,strive to attain better performance of the economy and keep improving the living standards of the people in 2023.

Michael T. Klare (2023-01-23). Pentagon's Report on China Doesn't Say a Word About Threat of Climate Crisis. truthout.org Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be baseless — that its leader, Saddam Hussein… |

____ (2023-01-23). FM expresses appreciation to diplomats. ecns.cn China will deepen friendship and cooperation with all countries to jointly make new and greater contributions to world peace and prosperity, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday in a festive greeting message to diplomatic corps in China.

Michael T. Klare (2023-01-23). Pentagon No Match for Biggest China Threat: Massive Carbon Emissions. commondreams.org

Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be

____ (2023-01-23). U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher. ecns.cn U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Friday, with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China index ending the day on an upbeat note.

_____ (2023-01-23). On the first steps of the People's Republic of China's updated foreign leadership policy. journal-neo.org One of the most significant outcomes of the CPC's 20th Congress, held at the end of September, and the 1st Plenum of the Central Committee of the ruling party in China, held a month later, was a radical change in personnel, both in the leadership and in the state administration that implements the party's decisions. …

WSWS (2023-01-23). Pandemic deaths in China hit 700,000 since end of Zero-COVID policy, according to modeling estimates. wsws.org Revised estimates by British based analytics company Airfinity place cumulative deaths in China at 708,000 deaths since the beginning of December.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-23). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" 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. The Chinese Government has now acknowledged that is was based on fake science.

Jim Spellman (2023-01-23). Chinese American Museum helps boost China-U.S. people to people exchange. america.cgtn.com The Chinese American Museum in Washington, D.C. features permanent exhibits that tell the stories of the many contributions Chinese people have made to American culture: prominent trailblazers and everyday families. From the formation of the United States straight through to today.

____ (2023-01-23). IMF predicts better prospects for world economy. ecns.cn The global economic outlook might not be as bad as previously feared, with China's optimized COVID-19 measures expected to boost growth, said the IMF chief on Friday.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). Report: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Plans to Visit Taiwan. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is planning to visit Taiwan later this year, and the Pentagon is preparing for his trip, Punchbowl News reported on Monday. The report said that the trip would likely take place in the spring, and the Biden administration is looking to be more proactive about McCarthy's visit than it was …

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2023-01-24: News Headlines

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-24). The Heat: Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com China celebrates its Lunar New Year and welcomes the Year of the Rabbit. Chinese both at home and around the world are celebrating Spring Festival. 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. And festivities got underway with China Media Group's major Spring Festival Gala. The …

infobrics (2023-01-24). India-Russia Trade May Increase Despite Global Trade to Face Stagnant Decade. infobrics.org Russia's trade with China and India will increase by USD 110 billion, "including USD 90 billion with China alone," according to Boston Consulting Group…




____ (2023-01-24). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

____ (2023-01-24). China's postal industry registers stable growth in 2022. ecns.cn China's postal industry saw steady expansion in terms of both business revenue and parcels handled in 2022, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) shows.




____ (2023-01-24). China's coal output increases in December 2022. ecns.cn China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in December 2022, official data showed.

Franc Contreras (2023-01-24). Mexico welcomes the Spring Festival. america.cgtn.com Mexico is welcoming China's Spring Festival— the Year of the Rabbit.




WSWS (2023-01-24). China's massive COVID-19 death toll: Social murder at the behest of imperialism. wsws.org Acting in direct response to demands from giant corporations and imperialist governments, the Beijing bureaucracy has unleashed a wave of infection and death.

____ (2023-01-24). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

WSWS (2023-01-24). China's massive COVID-19 death toll: Social murder at the behest of imperialism. wsws.org Acting in direct response to demands from giant corporations and imperialist governments, the Beijing bureaucracy has unleashed a wave of infection and death.

____ (2023-01-24). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

____ (2023-01-24). Chinese sci-fi blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth II' hits North American big screen. ecns.cn China's homemade sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" opened Sunday, the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day, in a limited theatrical release in North America.

____ (2023-01-24). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

____ (2023-01-24). China's digital yuan proves its cash-like qualities with offline payments. ecns.cn "Only by taking into account these scenarios, will the digital yuan be readily available, just like paper currency.""Plus, those who have lost their phone can suspend the offline payment function by logging into the app from another mobile phone," he added.

____ (2023-01-24). China issues blue alert for cold wave. ecns.cn China's meteorological authority on Monday issued its blue alert for a cold wave, forecasting big temperature drops and gales across most of the central and eastern regions of the country.

____ (2023-01-24). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

____ (2023-01-24). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

____ (2023-01-24). Lowest temperature recorded in China's northernmost city. ecns.cn The minimum temperature in Mohe, China's northernmost city, fell to minus 53 degrees Celsius Sunday, marking the lowest temperature ever recorded, according to the local weather bureau.

____ (2023-01-24). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

____ (2023-01-24). Domestic sci-fi hit leads China's advance holiday box office. ecns.cn As of 12 a.m. Sunday, advance box office sales for China's Spring Festival holiday hit 901 million yuan (nearly 133 million U.S.The prequel to China's all-time highest-grossing sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth" raked in 257 million yuan, accounting for about 28 percent of total bookings.

____ (2023-01-24). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-24). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

____ (2023-01-24). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

____ (2023-01-24). China's power use up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, maintained stable growth in 2022, official data shows.

____ (2023-01-24). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…

Staff (2023-01-23). Will 2023 Be the Year of Backfiring Sanctions for the Overstretched US Empire? youtube.com The year 2022 was defined by the war in Ukraine, the expansion of NATO, and continued encirclement of China as the U.S. prepares for "great power conflict." But the US empire is so overstretched, that sanctions have become the favorite form of warfare— to disrupt and isolate many countries at once. Could they backfire in …

_____ (2023-01-23). Can Serbia Survive EU's Economic Ultimatum? strategic-culture.org By Branko MILANOVIC | (I am writing this article in English although my main audience is in Serbia. But I am doing it also because very few people in the world, preoccupied by other world crises, such as the war in Ukraine, US-China issues, covid and the like, know what is happening in the Balkans and what is the nature of the EU game there.) | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and Kosovo). T…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-23). There is a Country that Receives $100 Million in Military Aid per Year from the Biden Administration While It Engages in Ethnic Cleansing and Literally Tries to Starve Another People to Death. covertactionmagazine.com Not surprisingly, the main motive for the military aid is oil. The Biden administration's hypocrisy knows no bounds when it comes to human rights. Nearly every day, we hear pious condemnations of Russia and China for their human rights abuses—whether in Ukraine or toward the Uyghurs—and sermons about how the U.S. has to fight a …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-23). Missing story about power: Strong militaries equal weak societies. peoplesworld.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, …

infobrics (2023-01-23). South Korea increasingly aligned with US Indo-Pacific goals, discussing nuclearization. infobrics.org With an American green light for a nuclear option, the updated THAAD and now an embrace of the Indo-Pacific concept, Seoul is in a confrontation course with Beijing.

Luis Chirino (2023-01-23). Cuba welcomes Chinese New Year. america.cgtn.com Havana's Chinatown and its Chinese community are welcoming in the Year of the Rabbit with cultural celebrations this weekend. The festivities are part of the close relationship between the two countries.

Ningshun Chen, Max Delafosse-Brown (2023-01-23). Corporate developers target Philly's Chinatown for destruction with new arena. liberationnews.org A broad movement to fight back and save the neighborhood has emerged in the months since the arena proposal first became public.

Ben Norton (2023-01-23). Exaggerating China's military spending, St. Louis Fed breaks all statistical rules with misleading graph. geopoliticaleconomy.com The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly misleading graph that portrays China as spending more on its military than the US. In reality, the Pentagon's budget is roughly three times larger.

Rania Khalek (2023-01-23). Who's Responsible for Africa's Debt Trap: China or the West? thealtworld.com U.S. politicians and corporate media blame China for debt crises in African countries, yet African governments owe three times more debt to private Western lenders than to China. Furthermore, interest rates on Western private loans are almost double those on Chinese loans. | Tim Jones, Head of Policy at Debt Justice in the UK, explains the reality behind the African debt and how the only just way forward is its cancellation.

Michael T. Klare (2023-01-23). Pentagon's Report on China Doesn't Say a Word About Threat of Climate Crisis. truthout.org Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be baseless — that its leader, Saddam Hussein… |

Jim Spellman (2023-01-23). Chinese American Museum helps boost China-U.S. people to people exchange. america.cgtn.com The Chinese American Museum in Washington, D.C. features permanent exhibits that tell the stories of the many contributions Chinese people have made to American culture: prominent trailblazers and everyday families. From the formation of the United States straight through to today.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-23). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" 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. The Chinese Government has now acknowledged that is was based on fake science.

____ (2023-01-23). They Say: More investors from Laos want to invest in China in future. ecns.cn China has eased its pandemic control policy, which is very good news for us. We expect more communication from people-to-people to cultural exchanges.

Michael T. Klare (2023-01-23). Pentagon No Match for Biggest China Threat: Massive Carbon Emissions. commondreams.org

Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be

____ (2023-01-23). IMF predicts better prospects for world economy. ecns.cn The global economic outlook might not be as bad as previously feared, with China's optimized COVID-19 measures expected to boost growth, said the IMF chief on Friday.

____ (2023-01-23). Spending on R&D in China hits new high. ecns.cn China spent a record 3.09 trillion yuan ($443 billion) on research and development in 2022, a 10.4 percent year-on-year increase that came from the nation's accelerated efforts to enhance its innovation capability for more breakthroughs.

____ (2023-01-23). FM expresses appreciation to diplomats. ecns.cn China will deepen friendship and cooperation with all countries to jointly make new and greater contributions to world peace and prosperity, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday in a festive greeting message to diplomatic corps in China.

____ (2023-01-23). U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher. ecns.cn U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Friday, with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China index ending the day on an upbeat note.

_____ (2023-01-23). On the first steps of the People's Republic of China's updated foreign leadership policy. journal-neo.org One of the most significant outcomes of the CPC's 20th Congress, held at the end of September, and the 1st Plenum of the Central Committee of the ruling party in China, held a month later, was a radical change in personnel, both in the leadership and in the state administration that implements the party's decisions. …

WSWS (2023-01-23). Pandemic deaths in China hit 700,000 since end of Zero-COVID policy, according to modeling estimates. wsws.org Revised estimates by British based analytics company Airfinity place cumulative deaths in China at 708,000 deaths since the beginning of December.

____ (2023-01-23). Xi urges hard work for bright future. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on the whole nation to work hard for an even brighter future on Friday, saying that China will deepen reform and opening up across the board,strive to attain better performance of the economy and keep improving the living standards of the people in 2023.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). Report: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Plans to Visit Taiwan. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is planning to visit Taiwan later this year, and the Pentagon is preparing for his trip, Punchbowl News reported on Monday. The report said that the trip would likely take place in the spring, and the Biden administration is looking to be more proactive about McCarthy's visit than it was …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard. globalresearch.ca

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2023-01-23: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…

_____ (2023-01-23). Can Serbia Survive EU's Economic Ultimatum? strategic-culture.org By Branko MILANOVIC | (I am writing this article in English although my main audience is in Serbia. But I am doing it also because very few people in the world, preoccupied by other world crises, such as the war in Ukraine, US-China issues, covid and the like, know what is happening in the Balkans and what is the nature of the EU game there.) | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and Kosovo). T…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…

_____ (2023-01-23). Can Serbia Survive EU's Economic Ultimatum? strategic-culture.org By Branko MILANOVIC | (I am writing this article in English although my main audience is in Serbia. But I am doing it also because very few people in the world, preoccupied by other world crises, such as the war in Ukraine, US-China issues, covid and the like, know what is happening in the Balkans and what is the nature of the EU game there.) | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and Kosovo). T…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-23). Missing story about power: Strong militaries equal weak societies. peoplesworld.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, …

infobrics (2023-01-23). South Korea increasingly aligned with US Indo-Pacific goals, discussing nuclearization. infobrics.org With an American green light for a nuclear option, the updated THAAD and now an embrace of the Indo-Pacific concept, Seoul is in a confrontation course with Beijing.

Ningshun Chen, Max Delafosse-Brown (2023-01-23). Corporate developers target Philly's Chinatown for destruction with new arena. liberationnews.org A broad movement to fight back and save the neighborhood has emerged in the months since the arena proposal first became public.

Ben Norton (2023-01-23). Exaggerating China's military spending, St. Louis Fed breaks all statistical rules with misleading graph. geopoliticaleconomy.com The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly misleading graph that portrays China as spending more on its military than the US. In reality, the Pentagon's budget is roughly three times larger.

_____ (2023-01-23). On the first steps of the People's Republic of China's updated foreign leadership policy. journal-neo.org One of the most significant outcomes of the CPC's 20th Congress, held at the end of September, and the 1st Plenum of the Central Committee of the ruling party in China, held a month later, was a radical change in personnel, both in the leadership and in the state administration that implements the party's decisions. …

____ (2023-01-23). Chinese sci-fi blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth II' hits North American big screen. ecns.cn China's homemade sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" opened Sunday, the Chinese Lunar New Year's Day, in a limited theatrical release in North America.

____ (2023-01-23). Lowest temperature recorded in China's northernmost city. ecns.cn The minimum temperature in Mohe, China's northernmost city, fell to minus 53 degrees Celsius Sunday, marking the lowest temperature ever recorded, according to the local weather bureau.

____ (2023-01-23). Clean energy playing growing role in ensuring China's energy supply. ecns.cn Wind and energy are playing growing roles in ensuring China's energy supply, thanks to their continuous scale expansion.

____ (2023-01-23). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-23). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" 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. The Chinese Government has now acknowledged that is was based on fake science.

WSWS (2023-01-23). Pandemic deaths in China hit 700,000 since end of Zero-COVID policy, according to modeling estimates. wsws.org Revised estimates by British based analytics company Airfinity place cumulative deaths in China at 708,000 deaths since the beginning of December.

____ (2023-01-23). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

____ (2023-01-23). Domestic sci-fi hit leads China's advance holiday box office. ecns.cn As of 12 a.m. Sunday, advance box office sales for China's Spring Festival holiday hit 901 million yuan (nearly 133 million U.S.The prequel to China's all-time highest-grossing sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth" raked in 257 million yuan, accounting for about 28 percent of total bookings.

____ (2023-01-23). IMF predicts better prospects for world economy. ecns.cn The global economic outlook might not be as bad as previously feared, with China's optimized COVID-19 measures expected to boost growth, said the IMF chief on Friday.

____ (2023-01-23). U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher. ecns.cn U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Friday, with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China index ending the day on an upbeat note.

____ (2023-01-23). FM expresses appreciation to diplomats. ecns.cn China will deepen friendship and cooperation with all countries to jointly make new and greater contributions to world peace and prosperity, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday in a festive greeting message to diplomatic corps in China.

____ (2023-01-23). China's digital yuan proves its cash-like qualities with offline payments. ecns.cn "Only by taking into account these scenarios, will the digital yuan be readily available, just like paper currency.""Plus, those who have lost their phone can suspend the offline payment function by logging into the app from another mobile phone," he added.

____ (2023-01-23). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

____ (2023-01-23). They Say: More investors from Laos want to invest in China in future. ecns.cn China has eased its pandemic control policy, which is very good news for us. We expect more communication from people-to-people to cultural exchanges.

____ (2023-01-23). Xi urges hard work for bright future. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on the whole nation to work hard for an even brighter future on Friday, saying that China will deepen reform and opening up across the board,strive to attain better performance of the economy and keep improving the living standards of the people in 2023.

____ (2023-01-23). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

____ (2023-01-23). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

____ (2023-01-23). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-23). Spending on R&D in China hits new high. ecns.cn China spent a record 3.09 trillion yuan ($443 billion) on research and development in 2022, a 10.4 percent year-on-year increase that came from the nation's accelerated efforts to enhance its innovation capability for more breakthroughs.

____ (2023-01-23). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). Report: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Plans to Visit Taiwan. news.antiwar.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is planning to visit Taiwan later this year, and the Pentagon is preparing for his trip, Punchbowl News reported on Monday. The report said that the trip would likely take place in the spring, and the Biden administration is looking to be more proactive about McCarthy's visit than it was …

_____ (2023-01-22). Multipolar Economic Order. popularresistance.org The international economic system had been dominated for decades by the United States, but this financial architecture is rapidly fracturing with the creation of new institutions in the Global South. | The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is working "to develop a fairer system of monetary exchange", to challenge the "dominance of the dollar", South Africa's foreign minister has revealed. | Saudi Arabia publicly confirmed that it is considering selling its oil in other currencies. China's President Xi Jinping said Beijing will buy energy from the Persian Gulf states in its own currency,…

____ (2023-01-22). Green light for pursuit of sustainable development. ecns.cn China's State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "China's Green Development in the New Era" on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-22). China trims U.S. Treasury bond holdings. ecns.cn China continued to lower its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its hawkish stance over the following months, market observers said on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-22). China tops world in key green areas, report says. ecns.cn With intensified efforts to promote green transitions, China has topped the world in many fields concerning environmental conservation and low-carbon development, according to a white paper released on Thursday by the State Council Information Office.

____ (2023-01-22). XAY.2 variant not detected in China. ecns.cn The COVID-19 XAY.2 variant has not been detected in China yet and the country will continue to trace it and make scientific analysis, said Chang Zhaorui from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an interview with Xinhua.

____ (2023-01-22). Fuxing bullet train runs in nation's coldest region. ecns.cn A Fuxing CR400BF-GZ train — the smartest and most frost-resistant bullet train model of the Fuxing family — left Harbin Railway Station at 9: 30 am on Thursday for the city of Shuangyashan, starting its service in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

____ (2023-01-22). Ethnic groups in Guangxi welcome Chinese New Year. ecns.cn People of Zhuang, Miao, Yao and Dong ethnic groups put on their costumes and dance together to welcome Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, at an village in Rongan county, Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, Jan. 18, 2023.

_____ (2023-01-22). China is becoming increasingly involved in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Over the last two decades, China's economic and political rise has made it a key player in global politics, particularly for neighboring Central Asia (CA). China's desire for active economic cooperation with the region, as well as its willingness to invest large sums in the implementation of projects that Central Asian countries require, are encouraging …

____ (2023-01-22). COVID's peak behind us, officials say. ecns.cn China has passed its recent peak COVID-19 period for fever clinic and emergency room visits and intensive care unit admissions, and concerted efforts are being made to protect the nation's vast rural areas against the disease ahead of a major holiday, officials said on Thursday.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-22). "It's Not Socialism": China is a Capitalist Cheap Labour Economy, Based on Exceedingly Low Wages. globalresearch.ca

mforinoco (2023-01-22). The IMF's Ironic Take on the Looming World Recession. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patanik — Jan 16, 2023 | The admission that the US labor market's resilience greatly determines the recovery of the world economy fundamentally runs counter to the IMF's own neoliberal agenda. | International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of the world will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product. This is because all three major economic powers in the world—the US, the European Union, and China—will witness slowd…

____ (2023-01-22). HK places high value on traditions. ecns.cn The topic of intangible cultural heritage, or ICH, is as crucial to Hong Kong as a cup of milk tea, one of the city's favorite beverages.

____ (2023-01-22). Xi unanimously elected NPC deputy. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected on Thursday as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

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2023-01-22: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-22). China is becoming increasingly involved in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Over the last two decades, China's economic and political rise has made it a key player in global politics, particularly for neighboring Central Asia (CA). China's desire for active economic cooperation with the region, as well as its willingness to invest large sums in the implementation of projects that Central Asian countries require, are encouraging …

____ (2023-01-22). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

_____ (2023-01-22). China is becoming increasingly involved in Central Asia. journal-neo.org Over the last two decades, China's economic and political rise has made it a key player in global politics, particularly for neighboring Central Asia (CA). China's desire for active economic cooperation with the region, as well as its willingness to invest large sums in the implementation of projects that Central Asian countries require, are encouraging …

____ (2023-01-22). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

____ (2023-01-22). China Focus: Chinese rejoice in first holiday after COVID response change. ecns.cn Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese.

____ (2023-01-22). China rallies past South Korea for women's curling gold at Winter World University Games. ecns.cn China rallied past South Korea 6-4 in the final in Lake Placid on Saturday to win the women's curling gold medal of the 31st Winter World University Games.

____ (2023-01-22). Domestic sci-fi hit leads China's advance holiday box office. ecns.cn As of 12 a.m. Sunday, advance box office sales for China's Spring Festival holiday hit 901 million yuan (nearly 133 million U.S.The prequel to China's all-time highest-grossing sci-fi epic "The Wandering Earth" raked in 257 million yuan, accounting for about 28 percent of total bookings.

____ (2023-01-22). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

____ (2023-01-22). China's digital yuan proves its cash-like qualities with offline payments. ecns.cn "Only by taking into account these scenarios, will the digital yuan be readily available, just like paper currency.""Plus, those who have lost their phone can suspend the offline payment function by logging into the app from another mobile phone," he added.

____ (2023-01-22). Green light for pursuit of sustainable development. ecns.cn China's State Council Information Office released a white paper titled "China's Green Development in the New Era" on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-22). IMF predicts better prospects for world economy. ecns.cn The global economic outlook might not be as bad as previously feared, with China's optimized COVID-19 measures expected to boost growth, said the IMF chief on Friday.

____ (2023-01-22). Spending on R&D in China hits new high. ecns.cn China spent a record 3.09 trillion yuan ($443 billion) on research and development in 2022, a 10.4 percent year-on-year increase that came from the nation's accelerated efforts to enhance its innovation capability for more breakthroughs.

____ (2023-01-22). Ethnic groups in Guangxi welcome Chinese New Year. ecns.cn People of Zhuang, Miao, Yao and Dong ethnic groups put on their costumes and dance together to welcome Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, at an village in Rongan county, Liuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, Jan. 18, 2023.

____ (2023-01-22). China CDC releases monthly COVID-19 figures. ecns.cn China reported 12,658 COVID-19 related deaths at hospitals from Jan 13 to 19, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.As of Jan 19, there were nearly 472,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China including about 51,700 in severe condition.

____ (2023-01-22). Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese, urging solid work to create better future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Friday at a reception in Beijing.

____ (2023-01-22). XAY.2 variant not detected in China. ecns.cn The COVID-19 XAY.2 variant has not been detected in China yet and the country will continue to trace it and make scientific analysis, said Chang Zhaorui from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an interview with Xinhua.

____ (2023-01-22). China trims U.S. Treasury bond holdings. ecns.cn China continued to lower its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its hawkish stance over the following months, market observers said on Thursday.

mforinoco (2023-01-22). The IMF's Ironic Take on the Looming World Recession. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patanik — Jan 16, 2023 | The admission that the US labor market's resilience greatly determines the recovery of the world economy fundamentally runs counter to the IMF's own neoliberal agenda. | International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of the world will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product. This is because all three major economic powers in the world—the US, the European Union, and China—will witness slowd…

____ (2023-01-22). COVID's peak behind us, officials say. ecns.cn China has passed its recent peak COVID-19 period for fever clinic and emergency room visits and intensive care unit admissions, and concerted efforts are being made to protect the nation's vast rural areas against the disease ahead of a major holiday, officials said on Thursday.

____ (2023-01-22). China tops world in key green areas, report says. ecns.cn With intensified efforts to promote green transitions, China has topped the world in many fields concerning environmental conservation and low-carbon development, according to a white paper released on Thursday by the State Council Information Office.

____ (2023-01-22). U.S.-listed Chinese firms trade mostly higher. ecns.cn U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher on Friday, with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China index ending the day on an upbeat note.

____ (2023-01-22). Fuxing bullet train runs in nation's coldest region. ecns.cn A Fuxing CR400BF-GZ train — the smartest and most frost-resistant bullet train model of the Fuxing family — left Harbin Railway Station at 9: 30 am on Thursday for the city of Shuangyashan, starting its service in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

____ (2023-01-22). FM expresses appreciation to diplomats. ecns.cn China will deepen friendship and cooperation with all countries to jointly make new and greater contributions to world peace and prosperity, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday in a festive greeting message to diplomatic corps in China.

____ (2023-01-22). They Say: More investors from Laos want to invest in China in future. ecns.cn China has eased its pandemic control policy, which is very good news for us. We expect more communication from people-to-people to cultural exchanges.

____ (2023-01-22). Xi urges hard work for bright future. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping called on the whole nation to work hard for an even brighter future on Friday, saying that China will deepen reform and opening up across the board,strive to attain better performance of the economy and keep improving the living standards of the people in 2023.

____ (2023-01-22). Xi unanimously elected NPC deputy. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected on Thursday as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

____ (2023-01-22). HK places high value on traditions. ecns.cn The topic of intangible cultural heritage, or ICH, is as crucial to Hong Kong as a cup of milk tea, one of the city's favorite beverages.

____ (2023-01-21). Restrictions on Chinese tourists discriminatory, will do no good. ecns.cn Most countries have welcomed China's move to optimize its pandemic prevention and control measures, but some have adopted discriminatory entry measures against Chinese tourists in violation of science and facts.

Dongsheng News (2023-01-21). Historic Population Decline. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ GDP increased 3% in 2022 ‚Ä¢ Historic population decline ‚Ä¢ Nearly 60,000 COVID-19 related deaths in the last month ‚Ä¢ The 'Three Body Problem' debuts on TV…

americanthinker (2023-01-21). Nobody mentioned China at Davos. americanthinker.com The big problem is China, and no one wants to say it.

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-21). The Heat: World Economic Forum. america.cgtn.com The World Economic Forum closes in Davos, after candid talks about the global economy, China's reopening and climate change. Global leaders and business executives gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, to discuss some of the biggest issues of 2023. Among the …

Helena Hui Wang, Esther Lau, Baoguo Jiang, Richard Horton (2023-01-21). [Comment] Winner of the 2022 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize: the dutiful son by his father's bedside. thelancet.com The 2022 Wakley—Wu Lien Teh Prize invited submissions sharing ideas of "a heart full of great compassion and empathy" in modern Chinese clinical practice.1 We are pleased and grateful to have received 187 submissions—twice the number of submissions in 2021—telling touching and provocative stories about all aspects of medical practice in China. Essays were shortlisted by two editors at The Lancet Group and anonymised essays were sent to external advisers in China for their reflections and thoughts.

____ (2023-01-21). China secures maximum outcomes at minimum costs with COVID response. ecns.cn Over the past three years, China made the best efforts to save lives and protect public health, while keeping the social and economic impacts of the pandemic at the lowest possible levels.

____ (2023-01-21). Xi Jinping unanimously elected deputy to 14th NPC. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress on Thursday.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-01-21). Asciende a 13 los fallecidos por avalancha en el Tíbet, China. telesurtv.net Los servicios de emergencia han rescatado a 53 personas, cinco con lesiones graves, mientras continúan las labores.

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