China

It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions

July 9, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Economics, War and Peace

by Richard Wolff, published on Countercurrents, July 7, 2023 The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists[…]

Chinese-American Worker and Activist Arrested for Advocating for Peace Between US and China

June 26, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Labor, Protest, Racism, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, War on the Poor

by Natalia Marques, published on People’s Dispatch, June 22, 2023 Labor leaders and organizers are banding together to demand justice for Chinese-American unionized worker and activist Li Tang “Henry” Liang. Liang was indicted and then arrested in early May in Boston in retaliation for exercising his free speech rights. “The federal government has targeted Liang for advocating peaceful relations between[…]

Chinese Translation Available: ‘Metal of Dishonor, Depleted Uranium’

June 24, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Citizen Diplomacy, Depleted Uranium, US Hypocrisy, War on the Earth

by Janet Mayes, published on Workers World, June 15, 2023 As NATO forces resume using radioactive weapons, now shipping them to Ukraine, China has translated “Metal of Dishonor,” a groundbreaking book compiled 25 years ago by the International Action Center warning of the devastating consequences of deploying depleted uranium (DU) munitions. The danger of these weapons spreading radioactive material was[…]

A Visit to Xinjiang, China Accomplishments Belie U.S. Propaganda

June 16, 2023 UNAC Editor China, UNAC on the Road

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, June 9, 2023 Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced[…]

Media Organizations From Global South Discuss Solidarity and Standing Up to Sanctions

June 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Democracy and Consent, Free Speech, Imperialism, Journalism, Multipolar World, Regional Solutions

by Mauro Ramos, published on People’s Dispatch, May 8, 2023 The latest development in the multipolar world is coordination and cooperation between the Global South, East and West. [jb] At an event in Shanghai, representatives of media organizations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America highlighted the need for learning from and working with each other and building infrastructure to resist[…]

1989: Tiananmen Square ‘Massacre’ Was a Myth

June 5, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, China

by Dierdre Griswold, published on International Action Center, June 3, 2023 The article below was first published June 29, 2011, following a release from WikiLeaks confirming that U.S. media claims of a “massacre” in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989 were false. How many times have we been told that the U.S. is an “open” society and the media are[…]

China’s Report on U.S. Cyber Attacks Only Scratches Surface of Washington’s Impunity

May 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Anti-Imperialism, China, Cyber Weapons, Imperialism, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Danny Haiphong, published on Black Agenda Report, May 10, 2023 Originally published inCGTN . China has been the victim of US espionage and cyber attacks, despite claims that it is “stealing” US technology. U.S. political leaders and media analysts often hype “threats” from abroad in order to justify an increasingly aggressive foreign policy. China is now considered a top “threat”[…]

Protests Erupt Against U.S. Military Exercises and Expansion of U.S. Military Footprint in The Philippines

May 7, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia, Asia Pivot, China, Japan, Taiwan, The Philippines, U.S. Aggression

by Jeremy Kuzmarov, published on CovertAction Magazine, May 2, 2023 Filipinos Don’t Want to Be Used as a “Footstool for American Power Projection and Provocation” Says Filipino Peace Activist This past month, more than 3,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers participated in a three-week live-fire military exercise called Balikatan, which included a drill to blow up a mock Chinese warship in[…]

Taiwan—A Pawn for U.S. War on China

April 30, 2023 UNAC Editor Asia Pivot, China, Taiwan

by Sara Flounders, published in CovertAction Magazine, April 27, 2023 While the U.S.-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine continues unabated, the U.S. is preparing at breakneck speed for war with China, using Taiwan as the excuse. Taiwan, like Ukraine, is a pawn. The military and economic threats on both China and Russia are a desperate bid to quash the emergence[…]

Imperialist Relations are Never Based on ‘Trust’

April 19, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Cost of War, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, Interview, US Meddling in Europe, Whistleblowers

Journalist Wang Wenwen Interviews Sara Flounders, published by Global Times, April 13, 2023 Editor’s Note: The recent leak of highly classified Pentagon documents is yet another proof that the US is the world’s No.1 spying empire. Washington spies not only on its perceived adversaries, but also its allies, which puts the US’ foreign relations in jeopardy. How will the leak[…]