China
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Hidden Agenda behind America’s War on Africa: Containing China by “Fighting Al-Qaeda” By Ben Schreiner
France’s military intervention into Mali may at first glance appear to have little to do with the U.S. “pivot” to Asia. But as a French mission supposedly meant to bolster a U.N. sanctioned and African-led intervention has gone from “a question of weeks” to “the total re-conquest of Mali,” what may have begun as a… Continue reading
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Video: US AFRICOM Operation Underway in Mali. “Keeping China out of Africa” By Patrick Henningsen
As we predicted this past week, the theatrical upheaval in Mali was merely a nudging exercise to move forward the stated objectives laid down in US AFRICOM policy. Continue reading
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U.S. Building “Global First Strike Capacity” Against Russia and China By Hu Yumin
The US aims to combine PGS [Prompt Global Strike] with its space and anti-missile technologies to form an integrated defense system, which could render other countries’ strategic weapons, including nuclear arms, almost useless. This could put other countries in a dilemma: they either lose the capability to launch a strategic nuclear counterattack or use nuclear… Continue reading
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No Wonder China is Nervous as Obama Pivots By William Engdahl
To read the mainstream Western media, one would conclude that China has become an economic giant now intent on flexing its military muscle and making a massive arms buildup to do so. Continue reading
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China and Russia are Acquiring Gold, Dumping US Dollars By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
A large part of these Central Bank purchases of gold bullion are not disclosed. They are undertaken through third party contracting companies, with utmost discretion. Continue reading
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Obama’s Geopolitical China ‘Pivot’: The Pentagon Targets China By F. William Engdahl
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the nominal end of the Cold War some twenty years back, rather than reducing the size of its mammoth defense spending, the US Congress and all US Presidents have enormously expanded spending for new weapons systems, increased permanent military bases around the world and expansion of NATO… Continue reading
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Strong Russia Of Strategic Importance To China
Putin’s victory is a positive factor for the stability of China’s northern border and its global strategic environment. As China’s competition with the US intensifies, this becomes a valuable asset. China’s growing influence will also in turn provide support for Russia’s path ahead. Continue reading
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Syria: China Blocked New War, Global Bloodshed, Western Middle East Takeover
Sovereignty, independence and noninterference in internal affairs are the legal basis by which small and medium-sized countries survive within contemporary international relations. Ignoring that, the world will fall into turmoil, beleaguered by endless bloodshed and conflict. Continue reading
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Syria And Beyond: Most Serious East-West Confrontation Since End Of Cold War By Vladimir Radyuhin
The veto Russia slapped jointly with China on two United Nations Security Council resolutions that sought the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the most serious East-West confrontation since the end of the Cold War. Continue reading
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China: Western Historical Sympathy Is Too Much To Expect
External observers always listen to the powerful, and ignore the fear and anger of the weak. The Chinese should require themselves to remember history. There is too long a way to go before global justice and consciousness pay attention to those innocent victims. Continue reading
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American Unipolar Moment Has Ended, Global Multipolarity Emerges BY M Zarrar Haider
The last two decades witnessed the expression of unipolarity in terms of unilateralism with invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the endemic Global War on Terror (GWOT). We are now in a new, fast-evolving multipolar world in which some developing countries are emerging as economic powers; others are moving towards becoming additional poles of growth;… Continue reading
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Syria: China, Russia Won’t Allow Further Transformation Of UN Into West’s Bludgeon
Western powers are privileged to interpret interests and ethics at their own will due to their obvious dominance of public opinion. They label the 12 countries who voted differently to them at the UN as being ‘unethical.’ China should never be fooled by this hypocrisy. Continue reading
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China Steps Up in Syria
The conventional picture of US policy in the Middle East is of a hellbound train rushing toward war with Iran, pulling burning coaches filled with European passengers howling praise of Western values out the windows at horrified bystanders. Continue reading
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Apple’s China Comes Home to Haunt Us By Robert Scheer
Four decades ago Richard Nixon, a once famously hawkish Republican president, cut a deal with the Communist overlords of China to reshape the world. The result was a transformation of the global economy in ways that we are only now, with the sharp critiques of Apple’s China operation, beginning to fully comprehend. Continue reading
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Video: The Truth of the Apple iPad Behind Foxconn's Lies
Video produced by Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior Continue reading
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The Global Stagnation and China
The global economy has entered a dangerous and uncertain phase. Adverse feedback loops between the real economy and the financial sector have become prominent. And unemployment in the advanced economies remains unacceptably high. If we do not act, and act together, we could enter a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability, and a collapse in… Continue reading
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The Empire Strikes Back By Munir Akram
Today, around its periphery, China can count only two friends — Pakistan and North Korea. Myanmar dropped out of China’s circle into the western camp two months ago. Pakistan is under intense pressure to align itself with US strategic priorities. Continue reading
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Video: Senate Bill Threatens Currency War with China
Michael Hudson: Senate proposal based on junk economics and is illegal under international law Continue reading
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