China
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The ‘Missing’ Star Athlete Peng Shuai Is Not Missing At All
The New York Times has falsely claimed that the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai accused her former lover of sexual assault. She did not do that. Continue reading
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Russia, China poised to forge alliance
The Chinese Communist Party newspaper Global Times has disclosed, citing [a] high-level “source”, that Beijing had no intentions to invite US and Western politicians to the 2022 Winter Olympics on February 4-20. This followed the US President Joe Biden’s innuendo that he’s considering a diplomatic boycott of the Games. Continue reading
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Sino-Russian collusion over Taiwan, Ukraine seems improbable but isn’t
US has whipped up war hysteria over satellite image of Russian military camp in Yelnya, over 500 kms from Ukraine border, to allege Moscow’s invasion plans and to justify NATO involvemenT Continue reading
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Bloomberg CIA Apologia Accidentally Vindicates China’s Strict Domestic Policies
In a new article promoting the CIA’s new mission center focused on China and the need to pour more resources into countering Beijing, Bloomberg also accidentally makes the case that many of the Chinese government’s controversial domestic policies are entirely justified and completely necessary. Continue reading
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America’s Eager European Provocateurs Visit Taiwan
In what at first glance looked like the European Union getting onboard with the US-led confrontation with China, a recent delegation led by Raphael Glucksmann sent to Taiwan supposedly representing the EU tells a story less of supposed mainland “interference” within the island territory, and instead, a story about US interference within the EU. Continue reading
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Uyghur Tribunal: US Lawfare at its Lowest
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – The so-called “Uyghur Tribunal” is promoted across the Western media as an “independent” tribunal. AP claims that it seeks to lay out evidence that will “compel international action to tackle growing concerns about alleged abuses in Xinjiang.” Continue reading
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China at a turning point?
The debt problems afflicting China’s real estate market deepened this week after another property developer defaulted on its bonds and the world’s most heavily indebted property group Evergrande extended a suspension of its shares into a second day without explanation. Fantasia Holdings, a mid-sized developer, that just weeks ago assured investors it had “no liquidity issue”, said… Continue reading
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US War Plans with China Taking Shape
The US and its allies continue beating the drums of war in regards to China, but how serious is this? Will it really lead to war, or is it merely posturing meant to give the US the most favorable position on the other side of a fully ascendant China? Continue reading
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Quad is turning & turning in widening gyre
By coincidence, perhaps, on the same day that President Biden hosted the first Quad summit, he also cleared the way for a senior executive of Huawei Technologies to return to Beijing — “removing one major irritant between the two superpowers,” as the New York Times put it. Continue reading
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The Fallout From The AUKUS Deal
The AUKUS deal allowed Australia to cancel an order for diesel driven submarines from France by taking up a U.S. and British offer to eventually acquire nuclear driven submarines. Continue reading
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Ruckus over AUKUS isn’t an edifying sight
The diplomatic fallout from the new security agreement between the Australia, United Kingdom and the United States [AUKUS] is just about beginning. The debris will take time to clean up. Might there be some lasting damage? Continue reading
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China: Not so Evergrande
China’s Evergrande Group is the second largest property developer in China and it is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Evergrande has hired ‘restructuring advisers’ and warned that its liquidity is under “tremendous pressure” from collapsing sales, facing protests by home buyers and retail investors. Based in Shenzhen in southern China, Evergrande is saddled with almost Rmb2tn… Continue reading
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Aukus Pact: An Alliance against China that Excludes Europe
Exactly one month after the fall of Kabul and the disgraceful withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the United States has come into the world limelight with the Aukus Pact, an alliance that takes the initials of the names of the three signatory countries (Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom), with which it… Continue reading
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China’s ‘mass line’ moves online
It’s no secret that the Chinese government harbors dreams of achieving a digital governance revolution. Over the past decade, authorities have steadily digitized many public-facing government services in a bid to both reduce bureaucratic costs and improve relations between government officials and citizens. Continue reading
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How US Media Misrepresent the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Laboratories and Safety Protocols
WUHAN, CHINA — While many people have already criticized the lack of evidence and scientific basis for the hypothesis that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a laboratory, both critics and proponents of the lab-leak theory appear to have uncritically accepted false or unproven premises regarding work done at the laboratory most often implicated in these speculations,… Continue reading
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U.S. “human rights” propagandists cover tracks of Uyghur terror
Faced with the shift towards a multi-polar world, one where China is increasingly enabled to act as a benevolent facilitator of Global South economic development and international peace, the U.S. empire is seeking to sabotage the game of geopolitics. To throw ever more parts of the globe into anarchy, or at least a state of… Continue reading
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China and common prosperity
Back in May the Chinese government set up a special zone to implement ‘common prosperity’ in Zhejiang province, which also happens to be the location of the headquarters of several prominent internet corporations– Alibaba among them. And last month, China’s President Xi Jinping announced plans to spread “common prosperity”, heralding a tough crackdown on wealthy elites –… Continue reading
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Biden gives green signal to US-China thaw
The visit to Tianjin by President Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry on September 1-3 is assuming a huge dimension holding promise as a defining moment in the tense bilateral relationship between China and the US. Unlike Kerry’s previous visit in April to Shanghai, his conversation has broadened and deepened this time around, going well beyond… Continue reading
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To Counter U.S. Hostility China Moves Towards People Centered Policies
In December 2001 China became a member of the World Trade Organization. That opened new markets for China’s industry and attracted a lot of foreign investment. The growth in GDP that China has achieved since is breathtaking. Continue reading
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China News Links 30 August – 1 September 2021
1 September 2021 — The New Dark Age Michael Hudson: Global Financial Empire, Parts 1-3 https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/michael-hudson-global-financial-empire-parts-1-3/ The ANZUS Security Treaty At 70 https://orientalreview.org/2021/09/01/the-anzus-security-treaty-at-70/ Continue reading
The New Dark Age 