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China Newslinks 21 May 2019
21 May 2019 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Roger Stone Shines New Light on Russia-Gate Hoax https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/05/21/roger-stone-shines-new-light-on-russia-gate-hoax/ A China Food Crisis More Dangerous than Trade War? The African Swine Fever (ASF) Outbreak https://www.globalresearch.ca/china-food-crisis-more-dangerous-than-trade-war/5677967 Continue reading
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China Newslinks 19-20 May 2019
20 May 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day US’s moves against Huawei will spur on new tech development in China https://www.rt.com/news/459840-huawei-google-/ Forevergate: The Pernicious Persistence of the Russian Collusion Delusion https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/forevergate-the-pernicious-persistence-of-the-russian-collusion-delusion/ Continue reading
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Trump manoeuvres in economic war against China By Nick Beams
The Trump administration has reached an agreement with Canada and Mexico for the removal of tariffs on steel and aluminium and decided to put on hold a decision on whether to impose a 25 percent tariff on European and Japanese autos, and auto parts for at least six months. Continue reading
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What Putin and Pompeo did not talk about By Pepe Escobar
Even veiled by thick layers of diplomatic fog, the overlapping meetings in Sochi between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov still offer tantalizing geopolitical nuggets. Continue reading
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DEBATE: Is The Belt & Road Initiative a global game changer or trillion-dollar blunder
The debate: Is China’s Belt & Road Project a global game changer or a trillion-dollar blunder? Intelligence Squared hosts a lively panel discussion on this important geopolitical topic. Continue reading
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BRI Forum Shanghai: How Western “Reports” Smear China By Andre Vltchek
The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is about to open in Beijing. It will take place from 25th to 27th April, 2019. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver the keynote address. Continue reading
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Planning Can Save the Planet: China Chooses Renewable Energy By Sara Flounders
The very corporations that are responsible for the problem are denying global warming, with immediate consequences for the whole world. Continue reading
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China’s Belt and Road Continues to Win Over Europe While Technocrats Scream and Howl By Matthew Ehret
On April 10th, China’s Premier Li Keqiang celebrated the completion of the 1st phase of the 2.5 kilometer Chinese-built Pelgesac Bridge in Croatia across the Bay of Mali Ston alongside Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. This ceremony marked a striking victory as the following day ushered in an important 16+1 Heads of State summit that saw Greece inducted as… Continue reading
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China – and Macron’s U-Turn By Peter Koenig
Less than a week ago, President Macron was lambasting Italy for signing agreements with China in the context of their New Silk Road, alias President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), in the same breath he was criticizing China for attempting to undermine Europe with new trade individual country deals under the pretext of… Continue reading
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The US has Locked China as its Enemy No. 1 By Salman Rafi Sheikh
Although a South China Morning Post news article of March 9 tried to dismiss a popular notion that there is going on a ‘clash of civilisations’ between the US and China and further showed that the present conflict between the two states could potentially be resolved by “reaching for universalist rather than nationalist values and… Continue reading
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All roads lead to Rome for Xi By Pepe Escobar
All (silk) roads do lead to Rome, as this Saturday Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will sign a memorandum to adhere to the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Continue reading
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Can China and Russia Survive in this Unharmonious World? By Andre Vltchek
Does it pay ‘to be good’? Is it still possible to play by the rules in this mad world, governed by brigands?What if the rules are defined and ratified by all countries of the world, but a small group of the strongest (militarily) nations totally ignores them, while using its professional propagandists to reinterpret them… Continue reading
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Washington is Waging a New Dimension War Against China – and will Lose out Bitterly By Peter Koenig
Once the all-encompassing chittering and chattering about tariffs on Chinese imports by the western corporate media subsided, Trump, egocentric businessman rather than the President of the Empire, “out of the blue”, one could almost say, under the pretext of ‘unfair’ Chinese trading, launches a new ferocious and as usual totally illegal campaign of aggression against… Continue reading
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Canada gives go-ahead for Huawei executive’s extradition to US By Nick Beams
Canadian authorities have given the go ahead for the extradition of Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to face charges brought by US authorities that the Chinese firm breached unilateral American-imposed sanctions against Iran and that it stole trade secrets from the telecom firm T-Mobile. Continue reading
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MAGA Misses the Eurasia Train By Pepe Escobar
We should know by now that the heart of the 21stCentury Great Game is the myriad layers of the battle between the United States and the partnership of Russia and China. Continue reading
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In broadside against China, White House levels criminal charges against Huawei By Andre Damon
US officials announced Monday a series of trumped-up criminal charges against Huawei, the world’s largest telecommunications company and second-largest smartphone maker, and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, who is currently under house arrest in Canada. Continue reading
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Russia, China, India and Iran: The Magic Quadrant That is Changing the World By Federico PIERACCINI
With the end of the unipolar moment, which saw Washington dominate international relations, the richest and most powerful Eurasian countries are beginning to organize themselves into alliance structures and agreements that aim to facilitate trade, development and cooperation. Continue reading
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Hypersonic Weapons Unlikely To Become A Bargaining Chip by Vladimir Kozin
There is a marked unease in US military and defence industry circles regarding advances in high-precision hypersonic weapons that they believe are being actively developed in Russia and the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading
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US Snatching Chinese Executive Sets Dangerous Precedent By Tony Cartalucci
Claiming that prominent Chinese telecommunications company Huawei had violated US sanctions on Iran – Canada was requested to arrest and hand over Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, who was transferring planes in Vancouver. Continue reading
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Chinese scholar offers insight into Beijing’s strategic mindset By Pepe Escobar
The top story of 2019 – and the years ahead – will continue to revolve around the myriad, dangerous permutations of the economic ascent of China, the resurgence of nuclear superpower Russia and the decline of the US’s global hegemony. Continue reading
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