(2022-07-09). Xinjiang farmers live better life thanks to local industries. ecns.cn Abdul Saimat Maxirap is the first farmer growing cherry at his village in Shache County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This year, with a good harvest of his cherry orchard, he has earned 160,000 yuan ($23,866.7)…
(2022-07-08). NATO's 2022 plan declares second cold war on Russia and China. multipolarista.com 
NATO's 2022 "strategic concept," its first new plan since 2010, declares Russia a "threat" and China "systemic challenge." It demonizes the Eurasian powers as "authoritarian actors" and "strategic competitors," essentially declaring a second cold war to maintain Western hegemony.
(2022-07-07). Fueling the Warfare State. tomdispatch.com This March, when the Biden administration presented a staggering $813 billion proposal for "national defense," it was hard to imagine a budget that could go significantly higher or be more generous to the denizens of the military-industrial complex. After all, that request represented far more than peak spending in the Korean or Vietnam War years, and well over $100 billion more than at the height of the Cold War. It was, in fact, an astonishing figure by any measure — more than two-and-a-half times what China spends; more, in fact, than (and hold your hats for this one!) the national security budgets of th…