China
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All along the watchtower: The follies of history
Stony smiles “all along the watchtower”, displayed as a living commentary on the rise and fall of empires, could easily connect, geopolitically, with a touch of Buddhist impermanence, to our turbulent times of Hybrid War. And to the current American empire. It’s always amusing to observe how US think tanks, such as CIA outlet Stratfor,… Continue reading
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Twitter purges 200,000 accounts “originating from China” By Oscar Grenfell
Twitter revealed on Monday that it had shut down 200,000 accounts that it claimed “originated in China,” over posts relating to the ongoing mass protests of workers and youth in Hong Kong. The purge is one of the largest in the history of the platform. Continue reading
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China News Links 19-20 August 2019
20 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Are Recessions Inevitable? https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/20/are-recessions-inevitable/ 11 Reasons Why So Many Experts Believe That a US Economic Crisis Is Imminent https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/20/11-reasons-why-so-many-experts-believe-that-a-us-economic-crisis-is-imminent/ Continue reading
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The Crisis in Hong Kong: Selected Stories
20 August 2019 — Global Research Hong Kong in the Crosshairs of Global Power and Ideological Struggles By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Hong Kong is one of the most extreme examples of big finance, neoliberal capitalism in the world. As a result, many people in Hong Kong are suffering from great economic insecurity in a city with 93 billionaires,… Continue reading
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Behind a made-for-TV Hong Kong protest narrative, Washington is backing nativism and mob violence
Hong Kong’s increasingly xenophobic protests are devolving into chaos with help from US government regime-change outfits and a right-wing local media tycoon with close ties to hardliners in Washington. Continue reading
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America’s “Hybrid War” against China has Entered a New Phase By Christopher Black
The hybrid war, being conducted against China by the United States and its gaggle of puppet states from the UK to Canada to Australia, has entered a new phase. Continue reading
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China News Links 16-17 August 2019
17 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back US Seeks to Become World Political Schemers https://journal-neo.org/2019/08/17/us-seeks-to-become-world-political-schemers/ US continues to have predominant military influence in Africa, expert says https://tass.com/world/1073849 Continue reading
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John Bolton visit – Forcing Britain’s hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal
By TruePublica: There were many public protests with the arrival of Donald Trump to the shores of Britain and contrary to his own beliefs, Trump is not well-liked at all by ordinary British citizens. What was strange though was the fact that there were no protests at all in Britain for the arrival of one… Continue reading
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China News Links 15 August 2019
15 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Hong Kong protests: UK should not interfere, says Chinese ambassador https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49356495 Russia to take part in China’s innovation week on Hainan https://tass.com/economy/1073653 Continue reading
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China News Links 14 August 2019
14 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Today’s Links 14 August 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_14.html Hong Kong: “path of no return” – either class struggle or defeat http://www.marxist.com/hong-kong-path-of-no-return-either-class-struggle-defeat.htm Continue reading
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Violent Protests In Hong Kong Reach Their Last Stage
The protests, as originally started in June, were against a law that would have allowed criminal extraditions to Taiwan, Macao and mainland China. The law was retracted and the large protests have since died down. What is left are a few thousand students who, as advertised in a New York Times op-ed, intentionally seek to… Continue reading
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Australia’s Pacific Play: Denying Climate Change and Boosting China’s Threat by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Australia has always nursed a contradictory, repressive relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Being a satrap of great powers, it has performed the role of gate keeper and monitor of regional instability, a condescending, often paternalistic agent. At stages, it has also entertained more direct colonial interests. For almost seven decades, Australia controlled Papua New Guinea,… Continue reading
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China News Links 12-13 August 2019
13 August 2019 • 19:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Trump delays some tariffs on Chinese imports https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49287494 Farmers Hit Back as USDA Chief Mocks Those Harmed by Trade War as “Whiners” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/tGWtQlhgn9U/farmers-hit-back-as-usda-chief-mocks-those-harmed-by-trade-war-as-whiners.html Continue reading
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NATO’s China Double-Think by Finian Cunningham
The U.S.-led NATO alliance this week designated a whole new hemisphere to itself for “security” operations. No longer merely an “Atlantic” organization, it’s assuming the role of policing the Pacific. Quite a self-promotion. Continue reading
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China News Links 11-12 August 2019
12 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Following AUSMIN talks, Australian politician compares China to Nazi Germany http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/hast-s10.html Could The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Contribute to Resolving the Kashmir Crisis https://www.globalresearch.ca/could-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-contribute-to-resolving-the-kashmir-crisis/5686223 Continue reading
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A Sino-Russian firewall against US interference By M.K. Bhadrakumar
China has explicitly accused the United States and Britain for fomenting the “pro-democracy” protests in Hong Kong. Beijing has taken up the matter via the diplomatic channel demanding that the US intelligence should stop inciting and abetting the Hong Kong protestors. Last week photographic evidence appeared in the media showing the political counsellor in the… Continue reading
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China News Links 10 August 2019
10 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Following AUSMIN talks, Australian politician compares China to Nazi Germany http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/10/hast-s10.html Desperation rules the US’ Iran policy https://journal-neo.org/2019/08/10/desperation-rules-the-u-s-iran-policy/ Continue reading
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China News Links 9 August 2019
9 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back NATO’s China Double-Think by Finian Cunningham + Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China by Ellen Brown https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/natos-china-double-think-by-finian-cunningham-neoliberalism-has-met-its-match-in-china-by-ellen-brown/ Today’s Links 9 August 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_9.html Continue reading
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The US-China Trade War: Selected Stories
8 August 2019 — Global Research “On a Scale of 1-10, It’s an 11” – Wall Street Reacts to China’s Retaliation By Zero Hedge One day after China finally snapped, and demonstratively refused to intervene and keep the CNH above 7.00 vs the dollar, escalating the trade war into a currency war, stocks are tumbling and Wall… Continue reading
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China News Links 6-7 August 2019
7 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Currency Manipulation or Currency War–radio interview https://jackrasmus.com/2019/08/07/currency-manipulation-or-currency-war-radio-interview/ Turkey – “Middle Kingdom” between the Two Camps https://journal-neo.org/2019/08/07/turkey-the-middle-kingdom-between-the-two-camps/ Continue reading
The New Dark Age 