2022-11-16: News Headlines

____ (2022-11-16). Xinjiang foreign trade up 60.3 pct in first 10 months. ecns.cn Foreign trade volume of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region soared 60.3 percent year on year to 194.8 billion yuan (about 27.7 billion U.S. dollars) from January to October this year.

____ (2022-11-16). Sugar beets harvest in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Karamay planted a total of 186 hectares of sugar beets in 2022 and the estimated output of sugar beets will exceed 13,000 tons, hitting a record high.

____ (2022-11-15). Xinjiang's cotton harvest has largely completed, with mechanization rate hitting 95%: local newspaper. ecns.cn The cotton harvest in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has largely completed, with above 90 percent of regional cotton having been picked, the Xinjiang Daily reported on Tuesday.

_____ (2022-11-15). Biden and Burns in Double Act to Split Putin and Xi. strategic-culture.org Biden and Burns' clunky double act is likely to not impress anyone in Beijing and Moscow. | U.S. President Joe Biden apparently sought to lower tensions with China this week when he promised Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Washington was "not seeking a new Cold War" with Beijing. | The two leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia. It was their first face-to-face meeting since Biden took office in January 2021. While Biden was all smiles for a handshake photo-op, Xi looked noticeably reserved, like a guy who was bracing himself as one about to hear loads of bullshit. | After more than three…

Staff (2022-11-15). Headlines for November 15, 2022. democracynow.org U.N. General Assembly Calls on Russia to Pay Reparations for Ukraine Invasion, After Meeting Xi Jinping, Biden Says U.S. Won't Provoke New Cold War with China, Egyptian Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah Ends Hunger Strike, Israel Says It Won't Cooperate with FBI Probe into Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, Thousands Flee Fighting Between Congolese Army and M23 Rebels in Eastern DRC, Katie Hobbs Defeats GOP Election Denier Kari Lake to Win Arizona Governor Race, Arizona Voters Approve In-State College Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants, Second Federal Court Blocks Biden's Student Debt Relief Pro…

____ (2022-11-15). CNPC's Mozambique site yields first LNG shipment, advances green goals. ecns.cn The export of the first cargo shipment of China National Petroleum Corp's liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique will not only increase diversification of energy supplies, but also support a just and sustainable energy transition, said an analyst.

____ (2022-11-15). (100 great changes) Loveliest business card of China: giant panda. ecns.cn Before the National Day in 2022, 13 baby pandas born this year at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding formed the shape of "73", celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

____ (2022-11-14). Natural gas output at Kela-Keshen gas field exceeds 200 bln cubic meters. ecns.cn The cumulative natural gas output of the Kela-Keshen gas field, located in the Tarim Basin of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, has reached 200 billion cubic meters, said the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on Sunday.

Dave DeCamp (2022-11-14). Southeast Asian Leaders Don't Want Region to Be Frontline for New Cold War. news.antiwar.com Indonesia's President Joko Widodo took over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday and vowed not to let the region turn into a proxy between two powers, referencing the growing tensions between the US and China. "ASEAN must become a peaceful region and anchor for global stability, consistently uphold international law …

____ (2022-11-14). Xi replies to letter from young aviation workers, engineers in Aviation Industry Corporation of China. ecns.cn Xi Jinping on Saturday wrote back to young workers and engineers from the "Luo Yang Youth Commando, encouraging them to study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and contribute to China's aviation industry.

WSWS (2022-11-14). Japan, UK to sign military agreement next month. wsws.org The deal is part of efforts by Washington and its allies to further tighten the noose around China in preparation for war.

Brian Berletic (2022-11-14). Western Media Lies About China DESTROYED with Brian Berletic. thealtworld.com

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