(2023-08-13). Envoys hail Xinjiang role in reviving Silk Road. ecns.cn Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is witnessing increasing economic and cultural exchanges with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, and they expect more BRI cooperation, particularly with Xinjiang, to revive the centuries-old Silk Road.
(2023-08-14). McCarthyism Is Back, And It's Coming For The Peace Movement. popularresistance.org Defending Rights & Dissent condemns in the strongest possible terms the increasing McCarthyite attacks on leftwing and peace groups critical of US-policy towards China. As tensions between the US and China escalate, we have unsurprisingly seen attacks against those who dissent from the prevailing foreign policy orthodoxy. Over the weekend, the New York Times published an inflammatory regurgitation of innuendo, aspersions, and propaganda focusing on a number of groups, including Code Pink and the People's Forum. With the "paper of record" giving these smears a veneer of legitimacy, Senator Marco Rubio sent a…