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China Pushes Back US Empire

by Calvin Deutschbein, published on Workers World, July 31, 2020 The U.S. ruling class has increasingly turned to misinformation and propaganda to maintain control during the COVID-19 epidemic. This includes concocting imperialist conflict with China. In response, Chinese journalists have consistently pushed back. An article titled “Reality Check of US Allegations Against China on COVID-19” from Xinhua provides a comprehensive[…]

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No To the New Cold War With China

by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, July 29, 2020 The African radical, anti-imperialist, internationalist movement, sees the Chinese state and the Chinese people much differently than the U.S. state and its ruling class. “We must name the Pan-European white supremacist colonial/capitalist patriarchy as an existential threat to all of humanity.” The author delivered the following remarks on July[…]

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The Great American Firewall

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, July15, 2020 It should not surprise anyone that China would take protective measures against the threat of U.S. imperialism in the realm of cyber technology. “Censorship in the United States is rampant but the Great American Firewall is rarely discussed.” The Great Firewall in China is a hot button subject that unites[…]

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New Alliance Against China: D-10 Countries Threatened By China Unite Against It

by Vijay Prashad, published on Frontline, June 19, 2020 US Allies Unite Against China’s Growth As Global Economic Power. The Donald Trump administration’s trade war against China, occasioned by anxiety over the latter’s scientific and technological advances, is set to deepen in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In late May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom floated the idea[…]

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Hong Kong’s Pro Democracy Movement Allied with Right Wing Against BLM

by Ajit Singh, published on The Grayzone, June 9, 2020 A leading Hong Kong “pro-democracy” figure, Jimmy Lai, has denounced nationwide protests in the United States against police brutality and systemic racism, which were sparked by the police killing of an African-American man, George Floyd. Lai’s views reflect a significant segment of the city’s protest movement, who affirm the exceptionalist[…]

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U.S. Tries to Deflect COVID Fiasco Onto China

By Sara Flounders posted on Workers World, May 26, 2020 A growing world confrontation is roaring onto the political and economic scene. Not a day goes by without the corporate media in the U.S. carrying totally distorted and negative news attacks on the People’s Republic of China. Republicans and Democrats are trading barbs over who is “soft” on China. Business[…]

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U.S. Threatens New Nuclear Tests To Push China Into A Treaty It Does Not Want

by Bernhardt, published on Moon of Alabama, May 23, 2020 The Trump administration is hostile to any agreement that restricts its abilities to build, test and deploy nuclear weapons. It left the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement which limited nuclear missile deployments in Europe. It did so after accusing Russia of deploying missiles that exceed the range the INF treaty[…]

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American Exceptionalism and The American Left’s China Double Standard

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, May 20, 2020 The threat that the American Left sees in China aligns with the white supremacist underpinnings of American exceptionalism. “The American Left adopted a worldview that positions China as an existential threat to their goal of a better world.” The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the contradictions of U.S. imperialism,[…]

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