_____ (2021-11-22). The Middle East: Who is Setting Fire to the Entire Region? journal-neo.org Representatives of Iran and the G4+1 (Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia) are expected to hold the seventh round of discussions on lifting US sanctions against the Islamic Republic in Vienna on November 29. Negotiations were suspended in June when the Islamic Republic held presidential elections. Since then, the new Iranian administration has reviewed the details …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-22). NAM and India's Attempts to Nurture Asian-African Ties. libya360.wordpress.com ND Jayaprakash After the ceasefire agreement came into force in Korea on 27 July 1953, the United States shifted its attention to Indo-China to prevent the defeat of France in its colonial war of over seven years. On 18 May 1953, United States Secretary of State John Dulles had already expressed alarm. He said, "…all…

Kim Petersen (2021-11-22). Jumping to China-bashing Conclusions. dissidentvoice.org Peng Shuai, a highly successful tennis player from China is currently at the center of a western media maelstrom. This maelstrom stems from a 2 November post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo. Peng is said to have publicly accused the former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli of raping her in 2018. The timing, …

_____ (2021-11-21). There's A Good Case To Be Made For Central Bank Digital Currencies. popularresistance.org Whether the U.S. should have its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) is hotly debated. Several countries, including China, already have CBDCs in operation; but the U.S. Federal Reserve is proceeding with caution. Prof. Saule Omarova, President Biden's nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, is in favor of a CBDC and has made a strong case for it; but many conservative commentators are opposed, and her nomination remains in doubt.

Staff (2021-11-21). General explains why US lags behind China & Russia in hypersonic missiles. rt.com The US is behind China and Russia when it comes to hypersonic weapons, a top Space Force general has said, citing bureaucracy and concerns over spending as some of the reasons for the lag. | "We're not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs," General David Thompson, the vice chief of space operations, told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday. "We have catching up to do very quickly." | Read more | | Thompson mentioned bureaucrac…

Florence CGTN (2021-11-21). Revamping Chinatown neighborhoods in NYC. america.cgtn.com Earlier this month, Chinatown in Manhattan was awarded a $20 million state grant to help redevelop New York's oldest Asian American neighborhood. It's hoped the work will help attract more visitors to the area, which has been hit by both the economic impact of …

_____ (2021-11-21). There's A Good Case To Be Made For Central Bank Digital Currencies. popularresistance.org Whether the U.S. should have its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) is hotly debated. Several countries, including China, already have CBDCs in operation; but the U.S. Federal Reserve is proceeding with caution. Prof. Saule Omarova, President Biden's nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, is in favor of a CBDC and has made a strong case for it; but many conservative commentators are opposed, and her nomination remains in doubt.

Staff (2021-11-21). General explains why US lags behind China & Russia in hypersonic missiles. rt.com The US is behind China and Russia when it comes to hypersonic weapons, a top Space Force general has said, citing bureaucracy and concerns over spending as some of the reasons for the lag. | "We're not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs," General David Thompson, the vice chief of space operations, told an audience at the Halifax International Security Forum on Saturday. "We have catching up to do very quickly." | Read more | | Thompson mentioned bureaucrac…

Brendan Devlin (2021-11-20). Time to reset Canada-China relations on a path to peace. mronline.org To date, the Canadian government has acted as a reliable ally in the U.S.'s New Cold War against China. The need for Canada to change course is dire, but prospects are grim. Canada needs to break with this dangerous path and set course for peace and cooperation with China.

Dongsheng News (2021-11-20). News on China | No. 76. dissidentvoice.org Chairman Xi Jinping and president Joe Biden met despite the US imposing new sanctions on Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE a few days prior. Nonetheless, Taiwan was affirmed as a part of China.

Jeff J. Brown (2021-11-20). Women's Tennis Association and the West Will Make a Mess of Peng Shuai's Disappearance. dissidentvoice.org You can choose to like or not China's millennial system of justice and redress, nonetheless this is what you need to know about tennis star Peng Shuai and why she disappeared. Peng Shuai is a world ranked tennis player in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), with Wimbledon (2013) and French Open (2014) doubles championship trophies …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-11-20). NAM and Nehru's Principled Stand. libya360.wordpress.com ND Jayaprakash One development that had a significant bearing on shaping a non-aligned policy was Nehru's visit to the United States in October 1949. The US administration timed the visit to coincide with the ascendancy of the Communist Party to power in China. According to Prof HW Brands of the University of Texas at Austin,…

WSWS (2021-11-20). Biden revives North American Leaders' summit, presses Trudeau on China, Obrador on refugees. wsws.org Thursday's "Three Amigos" summit was meant to draw a stark contrast with the state of North American relations under Trump. In reality, the difference is one more of style than substance.

WSWS (2021-11-20). New study supports natural origins of COVID-19, sources close to WHO team say. wsws.org A landmark new study published in Science is another nail in the coffin of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, concocted by the fascist ideologue Stephen K. Bannon and promoted by the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Dongsheng News (2021-11-20). News on China | No. 76. dissidentvoice.org Chairman Xi Jinping and president Joe Biden met despite the US imposing new sanctions on Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE a few days prior. Nonetheless, Taiwan was affirmed as a part of China.

Jeff J. Brown (2021-11-20). Women's Tennis Association and the West Will Make a Mess of Peng Shuai's Disappearance. dissidentvoice.org You can choose to like or not China's millennial system of justice and redress, nonetheless this is what you need to know about tennis star Peng Shuai and why she disappeared. Peng Shuai is a world ranked tennis player in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), with Wimbledon (2013) and French Open (2014) doubles championship trophies …

WSWS (2021-11-20). Biden revives North American Leaders' summit, presses Trudeau on China, Obrador on refugees. wsws.org Thursday's "Three Amigos" summit was meant to draw a stark contrast with the state of North American relations under Trump. In reality, the difference is one more of style than substance.

WSWS (2021-11-20). New study supports natural origins of COVID-19, sources close to WHO team say. wsws.org A landmark new study published in Science is another nail in the coffin of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, concocted by the fascist ideologue Stephen K. Bannon and promoted by the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Editor2 (2021-11-19). China and Solutions to Climate Change. orinocotribune.com By K.J. Noh and Michael Wong — Nov 16, 2021 | The Earth's greenhouse gas concentrations are at their highest levels in 2 million years, driving catastrophic climate change, and creating an existential threat to the planet. But there is a way out. | Last year, President Xi Jinping, pledged that China's CO2 emissions would peak before 2030, and China would become carbon neutral before 2060. | China has a track history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible goals and then achieving them—often before deadline—so this pledge is significant. Under the CPC, China has already created "an economic miracl…

WSWS (2021-11-19). Australian PM touts sweeping character of AUKUS pact aimed at preparing war with China. wsws.org Morrison stressed that Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines was just one aspect of an all-sided alliance with Britain and the US, which will involve stepped-up military-intelligence collaboration across the board.

Brittani Banks (2021-11-19). What China Learned From U.S. Capitalism's Development. independentmediainstitute.org U.S. capitalism was, in certain ways, the world's most successful capitalism until recently. Better than the capitalist systems of Britain, Germany, and Japan, U.S. capitalism avoided two key traps. First, it found a remarkable way to manage the capitalist-worker class struggle for a long time before it lost that capacity. The United States also found …

Amanda Mills (2021-11-19). China's governmental policies have helped save the nearly extinct Amur tigers. nationofchange.org "There is still a long way to go to build a viable future for tigers in northeast China, but the situation looks good."

Hendrik Sybrandy (2021-11-19). U.S Olympic alpine ski team preps for Beijing 2022. america.cgtn.com U.S. Olympians are getting ready to head to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Editor2 (2021-11-19). China and Solutions to Climate Change. orinocotribune.com By K.J. Noh and Michael Wong — Nov 16, 2021 | The Earth's greenhouse gas concentrations are at their highest levels in 2 million years, driving catastrophic climate change, and creating an existential threat to the planet. But there is a way out. | Last year, President Xi Jinping, pledged that China's CO2 emissions would peak before 2030, and China would become carbon neutral before 2060. | China has a track history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible goals and then achieving them—often before deadline—so this pledge is significant. Under the CPC, China has already created "an economic miracl…

WSWS (2021-11-19). Australian PM touts sweeping character of AUKUS pact aimed at preparing war with China. wsws.org Morrison stressed that Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines was just one aspect of an all-sided alliance with Britain and the US, which will involve stepped-up military-intelligence collaboration across the board.

Eric Zuesse (2021-11-18). The Russia-China-Iran Alliance. dissidentvoice.org NATO, the U.S. Government, and all other "neoconservatives" (adherents to Cecil Rhodes's 1877 plan for a global U.S. empire that would be run, behind the scenes, by the UK's aristocracy) have been treating Russia, China, and Iran, as being their enemies. In consequence of this: Russia, China, and Iran, have increasingly been coordinating their international …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2021-11-18). Bloomberg CIA Apologia accidentally vindicates China's strict domestic policies. mronline.org Beijing's anti-corruption crackdowns, widespread surveillance and strict control over Chinese society is making it harder for the CIA to undermine that nation, and now the CIA is expressing its frustration through the billionaire media.

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). Healthy China-U.S. ties benefit whole world, say experts. ecns.cn The sound and steady development of the China-U.S. relationship is beneficial to the two countries and the rest of the world"ÄÇ…

_____ (2021-11-18). The Russia — China — Iran Alliance. strategic-culture.org By Eric ZUESSE | NATO, the U.S. Government, and all other "neoconservatives" (adherents to

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2021-11-18). Australian war propaganda keeps getting crazier. mronline.org 60 Minutes Australia has churned out yet another fearmongering war propaganda piece on China, this one so ham-fisted in its call to beef up military spending that it goes so far as to run a brazen advertisement for an actual Australian weapons manufacturer disguised as news reporting.

Sean Callebs (2021-11-18). The Heat: U.S. President Biden signs Infrastructure Bill into law. america.cgtn.com A much-anticipated virtual meeting between the leaders of China and the U.S. And, U.S. President Biden signs his Infrastructure bill into law.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Anti-China propaganda gone mad: The bizarre case of the "Corgi killers" wsws.org A minor incident in China involving the death of a pet, while no doubt distressing to its owner, has been inflated for political purposes out of all proportion in the American and international media.

Tom Engelhardt (2021-11-18). Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Are Imperial World Orders Heading for Extinction? warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. I have to admit that, in 2018, when I first read in the Guardian that, later in this century, the deadliest place for climate-change-induced heat waves could prove to be the North China plain, I was shocked. After …

WSWS (2021-11-18). Washington Post calls for a COVID-19 cover-up. wsws.org The commission advocated by the Washington Post will be aimed at shielding the government and corporate officials responsible for the deaths of more than one million Americans, while scapegoating China for the pandemic.

New Atlas (2021-11-18). China Completes Vietnam Metro as US Accuses Beijing of "Bullying" Region. newatlas.report November 18, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi — home to over 8 million people — saw the opening of its first ever metro line. The line was financed and built by China and features rolling stock from China's state-owned CRRC. The metro was under construction starting in 2011 …

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). New drug shows promise in treating COVID-19. ecns.cn DXP-604, a new neutralizing antibody medicine to treat COVID-19 which has been approved for compassionate use with patients at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, has shown good results in phase 2 clinical trials, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). New drug shows promise in treating COVID-19. ecns.cn DXP-604, a new neutralizing antibody medicine to treat COVID-19 which has been approved for compassionate use with patients at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, has shown good results in phase 2 clinical trials, Science and Technology Daily reported on Thursday.

Eric Zuesse (2021-11-18). The Russia-China-Iran Alliance. dissidentvoice.org NATO, the U.S. Government, and all other "neoconservatives" (adherents to Cecil Rhodes's 1877 plan for a global U.S. empire that would be run, behind the scenes, by the UK's aristocracy) have been treating Russia, China, and Iran, as being their enemies. In consequence of this: Russia, China, and Iran, have increasingly been coordinating their international …

ecns.cn (2021-11-18). Healthy China-U.S. ties benefit whole world, say experts. ecns.cn The sound and steady development of the China-U.S. relationship is beneficial to the two countries and the rest of the world"ÄÇ…

New Atlas (2021-11-18). China Completes Vietnam Metro as US Accuses Beijing of "Bullying" Region. newatlas.report November 18, 2021 (Brian Berletic — NEO) — The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi — home to over 8 million people — saw the opening of its first ever metro line. The line was financed and built by China and features rolling stock from China's state-owned CRRC. The metro was under construction starting in 2011 …

WSWS (2021-11-18). Anti-China propaganda gone mad: The bizarre case of the "Corgi killers" wsws.org A minor incident in China involving the death of a pet, while no doubt distressing to its owner, has been inflated for political purposes out of all proportion in the American and international media.

WSWS (2021-11-18). Washington Post calls for a COVID-19 cover-up. wsws.org The commission advocated by the Washington Post will be aimed at shielding the government and corporate officials responsible for the deaths of more than one million Americans, while scapegoating China for the pandemic.

Sean Callebs (2021-11-18). The Heat: U.S. President Biden signs Infrastructure Bill into law. america.cgtn.com A much-anticipated virtual meeting between the leaders of China and the U.S. And, U.S. President Biden signs his Infrastructure bill into law.

Staff (2021-11-17). Headlines for November 17, 2021. democracynow.org Pfizer Seeks Approval For COVID Pill, Agrees to Deal To Make it Available in 95 Poorer Countries, Record Flooding Kills One Person, Displaces 1,000s in British Columbia, Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World's Largest Coal Port For 11 Straight Days, Jury in Rittenhouse Trial Enters Second Day of Deliberations, Medical Examiner Says Ahmaud Arbery Shot at Close Range as Prosecution Rests Case, Julius Jones Set to Be Executed on Nov. 18 Unless Clemency Granted, Despite Evidence of Innocence, U.S. and China Agree to Hold Nuclear Talks, Burmese Coup Leaders Levy New Charges Against Aung San Suu Kyi; Freed U.S.

Morning Star (2021-11-17). Xi-Biden virtual summit raises hopes for improved China-U.S. relations. peoplesworld.org China said Tuesday that a virtual meeting between President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden had sent a strong signal to the world following a candid and constructive exchange between the two leaders. The positive description of the talks contrasted sharply with heated exchanges between Washington and Beijing earlier this year, raising hopes …

Staff (2021-11-17). Pentagon's top general reveals whether China can hit US first. rt.com US Air Force General John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the Pentagon is "very concerned" about China's recent hypersonic missile test. He called it a "first use" weapon in a potential nuclear clash. | "That's a very significant capability that has the potential to change a lot of things," Hyten told CBS News in an exclusive interview aired Tuesday evening. According to him, China launched a long-range missile that "around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that glided all the way back to China," where it made an impact. | Asked if the warhead hit the target, Hyten repli…

_____ (2021-11-17). Wang Yi's visit to Seoul and Other Aspects of Relations between China and South Korea. journal-neo.org Unlike the relationship between China and North Korea, which demonstrates a long-standing traditional friendship, the situation with South Korea is more complicated. On the one hand, high-ranking officials of China openly criticize the policy of the ROK, thereby Seoul periodically starts to claim Beijing's interference in the internal affairs of the country. Thus, on June …

WSWS (2021-11-17). Mounting pressure on China to abandon its zero-COVID policy. wsws.org Amid all the talk in the media that it is impossible to eliminate COVID-19, the experience in China demonstrates the opposite. Elimination is possible, but only if carried out on a co-ordinated international basis.

Newsclick (2021-11-17). COP26: Taking forward agenda of developed countries? peoplesdispatch.org NewsClick's editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and D. Raghunandan of Delhi Science Forum talk about the hits and misses of the COP26 summit and how the developed countries may have emerged as the winners yet again…

_____ (2021-11-17). Wang Yi's visit to Seoul and Other Aspects of Relations between China and South Korea. journal-neo.org Unlike the relationship between China and North Korea, which demonstrates a long-standing traditional friendship, the situation with South Korea is more complicated. On the one hand, high-ranking officials of China openly criticize the policy of the ROK, thereby Seoul periodically starts to claim Beijing's interference in the internal affairs of the country. Thus, on June …

WSWS (2021-11-17). Mounting pressure on China to abandon its zero-COVID policy. wsws.org Amid all the talk in the media that it is impossible to eliminate COVID-19, the experience in China demonstrates the opposite. Elimination is possible, but only if carried out on a co-ordinated international basis.

Pivot to Peace (2021-11-16). Statement: Why President Biden Must Abide by the "One-China Policy" and Stop Meddling in the Affairs of China-Taiwan Relations. peacepivot.org Do we have better things to do than go to war with China over Taiwan, a mere province of China?

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-16). China, U.S. discuss cooperation and communication in virtual meet and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the virtual summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden; the condition of migrants stranded at the Poland-Belarus border as the European Union announces sanctions against Minsk; an ongoing strike by MSRTC bus drivers in the Indian state of Maharashtra to demand their company's merger with the state government for better salaries, etc.; and the eviction being enforced by Indigenous peoples in the Wet'suwet'en territory against the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia, Canada.

Staff (2021-11-16). Headlines for November 16, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Signs $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Build Back Better Act Remains Stalled in Senate, Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping Pledge Cooperation in U.S.-China Virtual Summit, Three Killed and Dozens Wounded as Suicide Bombers Strike Ugandan Capital City, Spanish Coast Guard Rescues More Refugees in Waters Near Canary Islands , Polish Border Guards Fire Tear Gas and Water Cannons at Asylum-Seekers , Thai Protesters Call for Reforms to Monarchy After Court Rules Against Activists, U.S. Condemns Russia Over "Dangerous and Irresponsible" Anti-Satellite Missile Test, Biden Proposes Drilling Ban Near Sacred Indig…

Staff (2021-11-16). Historian Alfred McCoy Predicts the U.S. Empire is Collapsing as China's Power Grows. democracynow.org President Joe Biden's virtual summit Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping follows the two countries' announcement just days earlier they will work together to confront the climate emergency after Xi did not attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Tension has been mounting between the two superpowers, especially over Taiwan and Hong Kong, with some speculating that a new Cold War is developing. "The United States, in the immediate future, is faced with the possibility of fighting a war over Taiwan … that it would probably lose," says Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madiso…

_____ (2021-11-16). China's Sponge Cities Are A 'Revolutionary Rethink' To Prevent Flooding. popularresistance.org A 'sponge city' is a nature-based solution which uses the landscape to retain water at its source, slow down water flow and clean it throughout the process. The focus is to retain rainwater in urban areas by waterproofing the paved floor so that part of it evaporates and the rest is gradually drained. As well as proofing the roads and pavements, more trees are planted and smart buildings are constructed to adapt to the city's sponge. This means roofs are covered in grass for greater absorption of water and buildings are also painted in light colours to reflect more heat instead of absorbing it.

_____ (2021-11-16). China's Sponge Cities: A 'Revolutionary Rethink' To Prevent Flooding. popularresistance.org The survival and development of human society depends on water. In fact, global water demand increased nearly eightfold between 1900—2010 as a result of factors like population growth, economic development and a shift in diet. | But in China, one of the world's fastest growing economies, the vital resource is running out. The country's 1.4 billion population needs water to thrive but it has become limited and unevenly distributed. | After decades of urbanisation and pollution, the country is now faced with both water shortages and flooding – only made worse by the effects of climate change. | And pollution…

Staff (2021-11-16). China's Xi outlines vision for relations with US in 1st virtual sit-down with Biden. rt.com Chinese President Xi Jinping urged for closer ties and improved cooperation with the United States during his first formal meeting with President Joe Biden, but said that any change in relations must be based on mutual respect. | The two leaders sat down for virtual talks on Monday to discuss a range of issues, with both Xi and Biden opening the meeting on a cordial note. Calling his US counterpart an "old friend," Xi argued that a "healthy and stable" relationship is needed to address global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, noting that he would like to steer US-China ties in a "positi…

Staff (2021-11-16). Biden reveals US Taiwan policy after call with Xi. rt.com The US remains committed to the 'One-China policy' in the Taiwan Relations Act and opposes any attempts to alter the status quo in the region, President Biden said after a lengthy phone call with China's Xi Jinping. | "We are not going to change our policy at all," Biden told reporters on Tuesday at an event in New Hampshire. "We made very clear we support the Taiwan [Relations] Act and that's it." | Read more | | Biden also denied the US was supporting Taiwan's aspiratio…

_____ (2021-11-16). Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China? strategic-culture.org The world would benefit enormously if Joe Biden terminated its ascent by coming to terms with China and Russia, Brian Cloughley writes. | At the recent semi-successful United Nations COP26 conference on climate change there was an unexpected revelation that the U.S. and China had

WSWS (2021-11-16). Biden infrastructure bill targets China. wsws.org While Biden signed the bill at a ceremony dominated by union officials, his top aides were emphasizing the anti-China thrust of any effort to rebuild ports, roads and airfields.

_____ (2021-11-16). China Completes Vietnam Metro as US Accuses Beijing of "Bullying" Region. journal-neo.org The Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi — home to over 8 million people — saw the opening of its first ever metro line. The line was financed and built by China and features rolling stock from China's state-owned CRRC. The metro was under construction starting in 2011 and was the target of criticism particularly in …

Sean Callebs (2021-11-16). The Heat: Xi-Biden meeting. america.cgtn.com The Presidents of China and the United States hold a major virtual meeting. What will it mean for China-U.S. relations?>

teleSUR (2021-11-16). Globalink | Expert View on Xi-Biden Virtual Meeting. telesurenglish.net After the virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, experts from various countries talked to Xinhua about the importance of the meeting and their opinions on the future of China-U.S. ties. | Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Joe Biden via video link, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 16, 2021.

Pivot to Peace (2021-11-16). Statement: Why President Biden Must Abide by the "One-China Policy" and Stop Meddling in the Affairs of China-Taiwan Relations. peacepivot.org Do we have better things to do than go to war with China over Taiwan, a mere province of China?

Staff (2021-11-16). China's Xi outlines vision for relations with US in 1st virtual sit-down with Biden. rt.com Chinese President Xi Jinping urged for closer ties and improved cooperation with the United States during his first formal meeting with President Joe Biden, but said that any change in relations must be based on mutual respect. | The two leaders sat down for virtual talks on Monday to discuss a range of issues, with both Xi and Biden opening the meeting on a cordial note. Calling his US counterpart an "old friend," Xi argued that a "healthy and stable" relationship is needed to address global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, noting that he would like to steer US-China ties in a "positi…

_____ (2021-11-16). Will the Military Industrial Complex Permit Good Relations Between the U.S. and China? strategic-culture.org The world would benefit enormously if Joe Biden terminated its ascent by coming to terms with China and Russia, Brian Cloughley writes. | At the recent semi-successful United Nations COP26 conference on climate change there was an unexpected revelation that the U.S. and China had

WSWS (2021-11-16). Biden infrastructure bill targets China. wsws.org While Biden signed the bill at a ceremony dominated by union officials, his top aides were emphasizing the anti-China thrust of any effort to rebuild ports, roads and airfields.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-11-15). The Covid-19 Pandemic Does Not Exist. globalresearch.ca At the outset of the corona crisis, the number of confirmed cases was abysmally low. 83 positive cases outside China (6.4 billion people), were used to justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency, leading up to the official announcement of a pandemic in March 2020…

Kim Petersen (2021-11-15). Planning for a New, Better Future. dissidentvoice.org As the world prepares to depart 2021 and head into 2022, it is clear that the United States is a declining economic power and that China continues its rapid upward trajectory. While homelessness and poverty sully the debt-laden US, China has eliminated extreme poverty. What is the American response to economic disparities domestically? Institute a …

_____ (2021-11-15). Rebuild America and Fight China? strategic-culture.org By Eric MARGOLIS | In an age of TV politicians, President Joe Biden is a figure from another age. He is deeply unexciting and suffering from advanced age — a time in life which the great Charles de Gaulle compared to a 'shipwreck.' | No mobs of baseball hat-wearing yahoos are about to storm the Capitol for Biden's sake. However unexciting he may be, President Biden has acted with courage and foresight to enact what America so badly needed: moving away from a wartime to a peacetime economy. | America's economy has been on a full wartime footing since the Vietnam War. The US Navy alone operates 11 big deck at…

Devin Cole (2021-11-15). First clinic for transgender youth established in China. workers.org The Children's Hospital of Fudan University, located in Shanghai, has announced the establishment of a health clinic to safely manage and maintain the gender transition of transgender youth and adolescents. (globaltimes.cn, Nov. 4) China's famous transgender female artist, Jin Xing. Photo credit: VCG The clinic is a response to issues . . . |

teleSUR (2021-11-15). US Business Groups Urge Reducing Tariffs On Chinese Goods. telesurenglish.net In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, about two dozen U.S. business associations led by the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) urged President Joe Biden's administration to reduce tariffs on Chinese goods to provide relief to Americans amid rising inflation pressures. | RELATED: | "Tariffs put in place over the last several years continue to disproportionately cause economic harm to U.S. businesse…

teleSUR (2021-11-15). XI Calls for Sound, Steady China-U.S. Relationship. telesurenglish.net Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for developing a sound and steady China-U.S. relationship during a virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden. | Xi said China and the United States should respect each other, coexist in peace, pursue win-win cooperation, and manage domestic affairs well while shouldering international responsibilities. | Xi pointed out that both China and the U.S. are at critical stages of development, and the "global village" of humanity faces multiple challenges. | As the world's two largest economies and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and the U.S. need…

_____ (2021-11-15). The Economic Dimension of China-North Korea Relations. journal-neo.org Much of the talk about how long the DPRK regime will last under sanctions and the country's "self-isolation" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is rooted in the question of what role Beijing will play in supporting Pyongyang. In 2019, China accounted for about 95 per cent of North Korea's total trade, according to …

_____ (2021-11-15). Chronicles of the Taiwan Issue. journal-neo.org The various developments accompanying the Taiwan issue, the most dangerous one on today's political map of the world, require constant attention and as accurate a description as possible. That is, without distortion, and with the minimum author's comments. Their simple chronological presentation speaks for itself. It depicts the relations between the two leading world powers, …

teleSUR (2021-11-15). US Business Groups Urge Reducing Tariffs On Chinese Goods. telesurenglish.net In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, about two dozen U.S. business associations led by the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) urged President Joe Biden's administration to reduce tariffs on Chinese goods to provide relief to Americans amid rising inflation pressures. | RELATED: | "Tariffs put in place over the last several years continue to disproportionately cause economic harm to U.S. businesse…

Editor2 (2021-11-14). Why Western Marxism Misunderstands China's Usage of Markets. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Nov 12, 2021 | I have elsewhere

Editor2 (2021-11-14). Why Western Marxism Misunderstands China's Usage of Markets. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Nov 12, 2021 | I have elsewhere

K.J. Noh, Michael Wong (2021-11-13). China and Solutions to Climate Change. dissidentvoice.org The Earth's greenhouse-gas (GHG) concentrations are driving catastrophic climate change, and creating an existential threat to the planet. But there is a way out. Last year, President Xi Jinping pledged that China's carbon-dioxide emissions would peak before 2030, and that the country would become carbon-neutral before 2060. China has a history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible …

teleSUR, SH (2021-11-13). Joe Biden y Xi Jinping se volverán a reunir el 15 de noviembre. telesurtv.net La reunión del próximo 15 de noviembre responde al interés de Washington de mantener abierta la comunicación con China al más alto nivel.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-13). China, stupidity and Paul Keating. greenleft.org.au Paul Keating has been outspoken against the AUKUS security alliance that, he argues, will break a 'strong proud history of engagement with Asia and including China'. Binoy Kampmark reports.

WSWS (2021-11-13). Ex-Australian PM denounced for calling for coexistence with China. wsws.org The AUKUS focus on the provision of nuclear-powered long-range attack submarines to Australia marked a naked shift to war preparations, Keating observed.

_____ (2021-11-13). Political Dimensions of Bilateral Ties between the PRC and the DPRK during Spring-fall of 2021. journal-neo.org Throughout 2021, Pyongyang and Beijing continued to actively demonstrate their long-standing traditional friendship by exchanging messages and holding ceremonial events. On February 19, it was reported that Pyongyang appointed Ri Ryong-nam, a former vice-premier in charge of trade policy in North Korea's Cabinet from June 2016 to January 2021, as ambassador to China. Previously, Ri …

Dongsheng News (2021-11-13). News on China | No. 75. dissidentvoice.org China is now the world's largest exporter of vaccines. China's earlier smog problems caused the Chinese leadership to aim for high-quality economic growth, thereafter easing particulate emissions.

_____ (2021-11-13). China And Solutions To Climate Change. popularresistance.org Last year, President Xi Jinping, pledged that China's CO2 emissions would peak before 2030, and China would become carbon neutral before 2060. | China has a track history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible goals and then achieving them–often before deadline–so this pledge is significant. Under the CPC, China has already created "an economic miracle" in transforming China into the largest economy in the world. It ended extreme poverty while creating the largest middle class in the world. It has virtually eradicated Covid through non-pharmaceutical methods, while vaccinating up to 20 million people daily, an…

_____ (2021-11-13). Political Dimensions of Bilateral Ties between the PRC and the DPRK during Spring-fall of 2021. journal-neo.org Throughout 2021, Pyongyang and Beijing continued to actively demonstrate their long-standing traditional friendship by exchanging messages and holding ceremonial events. On February 19, it was reported that Pyongyang appointed Ri Ryong-nam, a former vice-premier in charge of trade policy in North Korea's Cabinet from June 2016 to January 2021, as ambassador to China. Previously, Ri …

WSWS (2021-11-13). Ex-Australian PM denounced for calling for coexistence with China. wsws.org The AUKUS focus on the provision of nuclear-powered long-range attack submarines to Australia marked a naked shift to war preparations, Keating observed.

teleSUR, SH (2021-11-13). Joe Biden y Xi Jinping se volverán a reunir el 15 de noviembre. telesurtv.net La reunión del próximo 15 de noviembre responde al interés de Washington de mantener abierta la comunicación con China al más alto nivel.

Dongsheng News (2021-11-13). News on China | No. 75. dissidentvoice.org China is now the world's largest exporter of vaccines. China's earlier smog problems caused the Chinese leadership to aim for high-quality economic growth, thereafter easing particulate emissions.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-13). China, stupidity and Paul Keating. greenleft.org.au Paul Keating has been outspoken against the AUKUS security alliance that, he argues, will break a 'strong proud history of engagement with Asia and including China'. Binoy Kampmark reports.

John Bachtell (2021-11-12). China and U.S. announce climate cooperation as world receives dire warning. peoplesworld.org

Brittani Banks (2021-11-12). How China Is Addressing Education Inequality. independentmediainstitute.org In China, the educational pressure on children is intense, and it begins when they are very young. A mother living in Shanghai describes the demands of her six-year-old child's education, saying, "In kindergarten, children already need to spend the whole weekend learning pinyin." Pinyin is the system of romanization of the characters based on their …

Nicolás Centurión (2021-11-12). Uruguay: Lacalle Pou y el péndulo entre China y Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca América Latina es otro de los escenarios de la disputa entre las dos potencias más poderosas del momento: Estados Unidos y China. La disputa que vienen desarrollando estos dos gigantes, con múltiples facetas y aristas, emerge en esta región de…

WSWS (2021-11-12). SEP electoral members denounce Australian government's "woeful" response to the pandemic. wsws.org "China built new hospitals in response to the pandemic. We have tacked on party hire tents to existing hospitals."

Anand Naidoo (2021-11-12). The Heat: CPC Central Committee adopts landmark resolution. america.cgtn.com The sixth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee adopted a communique Thursday, acknowledging China's achievements over the last 100 years.

sputniknews (2021-11-12). Chinese Communist Party Brands Upcoming US Democracy Summit as 'Ironic'. sputniknews.com BEIJING (Sputnik) – The idea of the United States holding a democracy summit at the time when a whole range of democratic issues is mounting in Western nations is very ironic, Jiang Jinquan, head of the Chinese Communist Party's (CPC) Central Committee's policy research office, said on Friday.