(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 | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and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…
(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 | The current EU ultimatum, delivered three days ago, to Serbia and Kosovo, whose exact content is unpublished (at the request of the EU delegation) is the result of more than 20 years of frustrations in the relations between EU and Serbia (and also between EU and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…
(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, …
(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.
(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.
(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).
(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). 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.
(2023-01-23). US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard. globalresearch.ca
(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.
(2023-01-22). "It's Not Socialism": China is a Capitalist Cheap Labour Economy, Based on Exceedingly Low Wages. globalresearch.ca
(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.