(2022-01-14). Xinjiang airports resume int'l cargo operations. ecns.cn Airports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have resumed their international cargo operations as part of efforts to stabilize global industrial and supply chains.
(2022-01-14). New cargo air route links Kashgar, Islamabad. ecns.cn A cargo flight departed the Kashgar International Airport, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region for Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Wednesday.
(2022-01-13). Why Xinjiang Has Been a Touchy Subject in China for Centuries. independentmediainstitute.org For over a decade, increasing international attention has been focused on China's treatment of Xinjiang's Uyghur population. While Beijing is wary of all forms of separatism—Hong Kong and Tibet being its other major concerns in this regard—maintaining an iron grip on Xinjiang is of utmost importance. The Xinjiang region's natural resource deposits, strategic location in …
(2022-01-13). None Dare Call It "Encirclement" tomdispatch.com The word "encirclement" does not appear in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 27th, or in other recent administration statements about its foreign and military policies. Nor does that classic Cold War era term "containment" ever come up. Still, America's top leaders have reached a consensus on a strategy to encircle and contain the latest great power, China, with hostile military alliances, thereby thwarting its rise to full superpower status. The gigantic 2022 defense bill — passed with overwhelming support from both parties — provid…
(2022-01-13). Why Washington's Focus on 'Credibility' is a Recipe for War. libya360.wordpress.com Jonathan Cook The world is entering what looks like a new, even more complex cold war, in which any misunderstanding, mishap or false move could rapidly escalate into nuclear confrontation The most pressing threat to global security right now isn't so-called "provocations" by either Russia or China. It is the United States' misplaced obsession with…
(2022-01-13). Tomgram: Michael Klare, Welcome to the New Cold War in Asia. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. For a moment, imagine an upside-down military world. Instead of U.S. guided-missile destroyers and other ships regularly carrying out "freedom of navigation operations" near Chinese-claimed islands in the South China Sea and such destroyers no less regularly passing …