China
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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 The law was retracted and the large protests have since died down.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
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China reacts to J&K, India demands reciprocity
In the aftermath of the Modi government’s decision to remove ‘special status’ for J&K and bifurcate the state into two union territories, the most keenly awaited regional and international reaction — and a hugely consequential one — would be that of China’s, not the US’ or even of the other three P5 member states. Continue reading
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China Considers To Protect Its Ships From … U.S. Piracy
6 August 2019 — Moon of Alabama Will China join the U.S. led ‘coalition’ to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz? It sounds unlikely but this Reuters piece claims that China is thinking about it: Continue reading
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China News Links 5 August 2019
5 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 The Global Currency War Has Begun. China’s Yuan Breaks the 7 to $1 Band. Why is The Dollar Rising? https://www.globalresearch.ca/china-yuan-breaks-7-1-band-global-currency-war-has-begun/5685617 Currency War Begins: Chinese Yuan Crashes to New Record Low… Continue reading
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China’s Yuan Breaks the 7 to $1 Band–The Global Currency War Has Begun
Over this weekend, China’s Yuan currency broke out of its band and devalued to more than 7 to $1. At the same time China announced it would not purchase more US agricultural goods. The Trump-US Neocon trade strategy has just imploded. As this writer has been predicting, the threshold has now been passed, from a… Continue reading
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Violent ‘Color Revolution’ In Hong Kong Fails Despite Strong NYT Support
When the U.S. instigates its so called ‘color revolutions’, the transatlantic main stream media are usually supportive. But the support is rarely as extreme as the extraordinary one the New York Times gives to the rioters in Hong Kong. Continue reading