2022-06-09: News Headlines

Staff (2022-06-09). China Displaces US in terms of Trade in Latin America. orinocotribune.com China has beaten the US in trade in much of Latin America during the presidency of current US President Joe Biden. | An exclusive analysis by the British news agency According to the analysis, except for Mexico, which is Washington's main trading partner, China has surpassed Washington trade with Latin America and has widened the gap more t…

Dave DeCamp (2022-06-09). Austin Expected to Hold First In-Person Meeting With Chinese Defense Minister. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected to hold his first in-person meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that starts this Friday. The meeting will come amid soaring tensions between the US and China over Taiwan. Wei is expected to ask Austin to clarify US …

____ (2022-06-09). Beijing reports 1 new local COVID-19 case, 26 patients discharged from hospital. ecns.cn Beijing reported one new locally transmitted COVID-19 case and no asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, said Beijing Municipal Health Commission on its official WeChat account on Thursday.

____ (2022-06-09). Beijing says it will stand firm beside its neighbors. ecns.cn China will stand with Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries to overcome difficulties, be it a natural disaster, financial crisis, or the COVID-19 epidemic, as the country has always done, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.

____ (2022-06-09). Reins tightened on medical practices. ecns.cn China will target violations related to COVID-19, medical insurance fraud and livestreaming sales that involve health workers during the latest crackdown on irregular practices in the healthcare sector.

WSWS (2022-06-09). China warns of US-led "provocative" military actions in South and East China Seas. wsws.org Chinese data pointed to a pattern of deliberately intrusive US, Canadian and Australian surveillance flights that could easily trigger military clashes with China.

____ (2022-06-09). Seedless lychee on the menu? China's scientists are making it happen. ecns.cn Lychee and longan experts at the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences have recently revealed that they have solved planting conundrums for unique lychee species that mainly grows in South China's Hainan Province.

____ (2022-06-09). Notable figures of medicine, arts pass away. ecns.cn China lost two outstanding figures in recent days who had made major contributions over many decades to the fields of medicine and the arts in the nation-Xin Yuling, a pioneer of thoracic surgery, and the well-known actor and director Lan Tianye.

____ (2022-06-09). New study hails effectiveness of China-made cancer drug. ecns.cn A clinical study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has shown that a China-developed pill containing third-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) can offer the longest progression-free survival among Chinese patients suffering from non-small cell lung cancer.

____ (2022-06-09). Annual college entrance exam concludes in most parts of China. ecns.cn Annual college entrance exam concluded on Wednesday in some parts of China. The exam, also known as the "gaokao," saw a record 11.93 million candidates sign up this year.

____ (2022-06-09). 'Different temperatures on the same train' of Chongqing's Rail Transit. ecns.cn The second phase of CRT Line 4 which is going to be put into operation soon has set up temperature management carriages. Passengers can choose warm or cold carriages according to personal preference.

____ (2022-06-09). U.S. ponders ending some tariffs against China to counter inflation: Commerce Secretary. ecns.cn The Biden administration is considering ending some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods in an attempt to control domestic inflation, local media recently quoted U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo as saying.

____ (2022-06-09). China adopts targeted measures to bolster foreign trade growth. ecns.cn In the face of increasing external and internal disruption factors, China has adopted a slew of targeted measures to bolster the growth of its foreign trade sector.

____ (2022-06-09). China's radio telescope detects first persistently active repeating fast radio burst from 3b light years away. ecns.cn An international team led by Chinese scientists discovered and located the first persistently active repeating fast radio burst (FRB) with the help of the world's largest radio telescope.

____ (2022-06-09). U.S. aims to suppress competitive edge of Xinjiang's PV industry by fabricating lie of 'forced labor': FM. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson refuted U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai's claim of "forced labor" in Xinjiang at a press conference on Wednesday.

____ (2022-06-09). Naked carps swim upstream to spawn in northwest China. ecns.cn Naked carps swim during their spawning season in northwest China's Qinghai Province, June 8, 2022.

____ (2022-06-09). Olympian Gu competes 'to inspire young girls'. ecns.cn Gu Ailing, the United States-born Olympic skiing gold medalist, who is also known as Eileen Gu, said that she competed for China to inspire the nation's young girls to get interested in the sport.

____ (2022-06-09). Public transportation resumes in most parts of Beijing's Chaoyang and Fengtai districts. ecns.cn Public transportation resumed normal operations in most part of Chaoyang and Fengtai districts on Wednesday, except those communities under closed-off management.

____ (2022-06-09). Xi, Georgian president exchange congratulations on 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Georgian counterpart, Salome Zurabishvili, exchanged congratulations Thursday on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China-Georgia diplomatic relations.

____ (2022-06-09). China's FAST telescope detects first persistently active repeating fast radio burst. ecns.cn An international team led by Chinese scientists discovered and located the first persistently active repeating fast radio burst (FRB) with the help of the world's largest radio telescope.

____ (2022-06-09). China paying close attention to Sri Lanka's current difficulties, challenges: spokesperson. ecns.cn China has been paying close attention to the current difficulties and challenges Sri Lanka faces and assisting the country within its capacity, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday.

Brian Berletic (2022-06-08). Washington's Shifting Taiwan Policy Aims for an Asian "Ukraine" asia-pacificresearch.com

John Feffer (2022-06-08). Biden's Golden Opportunity to Reverse Course on China. fpif.org Joe Biden has wrapped up his first trip to Asia. He met with new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to shore up the U.S.-ROK alliance. He traveled to Tokyo to reinvigorate the Quad grouping with Japan, Australia, and India. And he peddled the new Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, an attempt by the United States to reinsert itself into the Asian economy after the Trump administration's pullout from the Trans Pacific Partnership. | The headlines in the United States have all been about Ukraine, inflation, and gun violence. Biden's trip was designed to prove that the United States is in fact focused on one thing ab…

Sara Flounders (2022-06-08). Cuba-China cooperation leads to vaccine breakthrough. workers.org Cuba and China formally announced June 2 that they have filed for joint patent for a Pan-Corona vaccine. The new vaccine, a collaboration between the biotechnological sectors of the two countries, is the first patent for a single vaccine effective against the many variants of COVID-19. A collaboration between the . . . |

WSWS (2022-06-08). Podemos plans to join NATO summit in Madrid against Russia, China. wsws.org The reactionary operatives who run Podemos are trying to square the circle, claiming to be a party of the left and of opposition to NATO, while participating in waging NATO wars.

Paul Antonopoulos (2022-06-08). Filipino President-elect Bongbong Marcos Unlikely to Ignore Territorial Dispute with China. asia-pacificresearch.com

John Feffer (2022-06-08). Biden Has a Chance to Repair, Not Inflame, US Relations With China. commondreams.org Improving relations with China could lower inflation, isolate Vladimir Putin, and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future.

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