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Imperial Hypocrisy of the US-China Climate Talks

by Megan Russell, submitted September 25, 2024 Earlier this month, US climate envoy John Podesta met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing to discuss climate financing for the upcoming years. The US has long criticized China’s approach to confronting the climate threat, and continuously pushes Chinese leaders to do more. At the same time, US leaders label China’s[…]

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Southern Command Launches an Attack on China and Russia in Latin America

by MissionVerdad, published on Resumen English, September 23, 2024 Laura Richardson, leader of the U.S. military’s Southern Command, recently called for the development of a new “Marshall Plan”, aimed at Latin America to counter the growing influence of Russia and China in the region. During the annual security forum of the Aspen Institute, a platform that has become one of the[…]

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How Did China Lose 1.4 Billion People’s Soybean Market to the US?

from The China Academy, published on the Orinoco Tribune, July 26, 2024 Editor’s note: This article is rather long, but it lays out the aggressive business practices of giant U.S. Corporations, showing how they take over entire global industries and undermine the economies of competitor countries.   These practices are used to dominate many resource rich third world countries, but as[…]

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USA Lets Athletes Cheat with Steroids, as it Accuses Russia & China of Violating Anti-doping Rules

by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, August 11, 2024 The World Anti-Doping Agency says the US has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to cheat by using prohibited drugs, while it hypocritically criticizes Russia and China. The United States has for a decade allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to use prohibited[…]

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NYTimes Ignites China Doping Controversy Leading Into the Olympics

by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, May 10, 2024 I chose this article because it was full of details about the original incident and following attacks in the New York Times.   Following the Paris Olympics, Rick discussed this issue on the most recent China Report, a podcast from Breakthrough News: Western accusations of doping by Chinese swimmers threaten to[…]

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Confrontation of NATO vs. SCO – Two Radically Different Summits

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 27, 2024 Two major security alliances held summits in July. Each summit consisted of a bloc of major powers and nearby countries. Both alliances hold military exercises. Each summit meeting included guest and observer countries. The two summits could not have been more different in tone and in purpose. The Shanghai Cooperation[…]

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Philippine Ambassador Raises Spectre of Nuclear War with China

by Peter Symonds, published on the World Socialist Web Site, Jun 27, 2024 The Philippine ambassador to Washington has warned of the danger of a US-led nuclear war against China as tensions intensify over the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Clashes between Chinese coast guard ships and Philippine vessels seeking to take supplies and materials to[…]

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Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign

by Megan Russell, published on Countercurrents, July 9, 2024 Good to know we have some educated people keeping an eye on our decidedly uneducated congress.  [jb] On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare.” This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at[…]

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From Bad to Worse: Tariffs on Chinese Green Tech Cause Massive Treasuries Dump

by Eve Ottenberg, published on Counterpunch, May 21, 2024 So, after egregious theft of foreign reserves and promiscuous abuse of sanctions, Joe “Not the Climate President” Biden slapped huge tariffs on Chinese green tech and guess what? Beijing turned around May 18 and dumped $53 billion-worth of U.S. Treasuries for gold. Are alarm bells going off in federal financial centers[…]

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Mapping the Parallels of US Conflict: From Vietnam to the War on China

by Megan Russell, May 31, 2024 On August 4th, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood in front of the American public and stated, “We Americans know, as do others though some may forget, the risk of spreading conflict. […] I shall immediately request Congress to pass a resolution to make it clear that our government is united in its determination[…]

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