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Co-opted: The UN’s misguided mission to Xinjiang
The UN’s high commissioner for human rights, has been sitting for many months on a report on Chinese policy in Xinjiang.
BRI Belt and Road Initiative Commitment
The BRI offers opportunities for economic progress and true investment in all areas social and economic development.
New World: India Has to Play a Key Role
India, the government of Narendra Modi, has been firmly in the U.S. camp, reviving the Quad and signing three foundational defense agreements.
Myanmar People Fight
In Myanmar, since the military staged the coup in February 2021, the military has killed around 1500 protestors including more than 150 children
Remembering My Khala and Hyderabad’s Hidden Massacre
I think of my aunt and her colonial history, much of it shrouded in secrecy – the civilian resistance, the death squads, and the mass graves – as we watch scenes unfolding in Ukraine with the advance of the Russian military.
Beijing, Beijing
Kylin Gao: The dragon heads chiseled on white stones are lasting reminders of the park’s first owners–the Mongols who conquered Beijing and founded their Dynasty.
Olympics Boycott Not About Not China's Muslims
Ramzy Baroud: The American diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Chinese Olympics is an example of a politically-motivated boycott.
Welcome to the New Cold War in Asia
Michael Klare: The goal is to enable Washington to barricade that country’s military inside its own territory and potentially cripple its economy in any future crisis.
US Policies Must Change for End-of-War Declaration with North Korea to Succeed
Colleen Moore: Declaring an end to the Korean War is a first step on the long road toward a lasting peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
South Korean Dictator Chun Doo-hwan
Kiji Noh: Chun took power in a coup in 1979, and during his presidency he perpetrated the largest massacre of Korean civilians since the Korean war.
War With China in 2027?
Michael Klare: If you stick with the Pentagon’s way of thinking, things look grim. You would have to assume that Taiwan will continue its present course and that Beijing’s urge to secure the island’s integration with the mainland will only intensify.
Indian Farmers Defend Rights of Farmers Everywhere
Vijay Prashad: Farmers know what they want, and they have said so clearly: price supports, loan waivers, withdrawal of electricity price hikes, repeal of the labor codes, subsidized costs of fuel, and so on.
The Secret Speech of Jen Psaki
John V. Walsh: Because you handled the Covid-19 pandemic so well, your economy kept plugging along and we Americans got a bigger supply of cheap goods which of course helps to keep prices in line.
Virtual Summit: “Low Expectations” and “Lower Temperature,” But “No Illusions”
Dee Knight: The Senate also wants a “Countering Chinese Influence Fund” of $300 million per year just to administer the government’s anti-China programs.
China and Solutions to Climate Change
K.J. Noh and Michael Wong: China has a track history of setting ambitious, nearly impossible goals and then achieving them—often before deadline—so this pledge is significant.
Cover-up of U.S. Nuclear Sub Collision in South China Sea
John Walsh: When a US nuclear submarine with such capabilities has a collision capable of killing U.S. sailors and spilling radioactive materials in the South China Sea, it should be front page news on every outlet in the U.S.
When It Comes to China, Biden Builds Back Worse
David Vine: Do we want the United States and its supposed enemy to once again squander untold trillions of dollars on military expenditures while neglecting basic human needs?
Does Propaganda War against China Aim to Eradicate Socialism?
Danny Haiphong: Built into this war is the fundamental quest to keep China and the rest of the world in a state of dependency on U.S. hegemonic interests.
Dissecting North Korea’s Missile Tests
Mel Gurtov: North Korea might also hope that China will urge South Korea and the US to pay attention to North Korea’s security concerns.
Imagine a World with US-China Cooperation
Lawrence Wittner: Instead of denouncing one another for human rights violations, they could admit that they both had oppressed their racial minorities, announce plans for ending this mistreatment, and provide reparations to its victims.
Democracy and Human Rights: China vs. USA
Dee Knight: Xi emphasized that “Democracy is not a special right reserved for any individual country but a right for the people of all countries to enjoy.”
Revenge of White Colonialism Motivates AUKUS Alliance Against China
Danny Haiphong: The AUKUS alliance of white colonial states wishes for the evisceration of peaceful socialist development itself
AUKUS: Myth of a New “Cold War” Between the U.S. and China/Russia
Jeff Mackler: Behind the hoopla about a “new Cold War” is the unrelenting economic competition between the leading world capitalist-imperialist nations
AUKUS: Empire & Decline—or Survival?
Charles Fredricks: Time and again, when the foreign government of a smaller country tries a little too hard to serve its people, it finds itself in the crosshairs of our country’s policymakers.