(2023-10-08). A Decade of BRI Development Transforms China's Xinjiang Region Into a Core Area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. orinocotribune.com 
By Li Xuanmin — Oct 1, 2023 | A decade of BRI development transforms the region into a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. | On Sunday morning, workers were harvesting grapes on farmland in Yining county in Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The freshly-picked fruit was then uploaded onto a truck, headed to Kazakhstan via highway, and within six hours, it would be delivered to the Kazakhstani market and sold to the local consumers. | "It used to take two to three days to ship goods from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan, but the time has been reduced to only…
(2023-10-07). Autumn harvest in full swing in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Xinjiang welcomes a bumper harvest season in October. White cotton, red chili peppers and green pears offer stunning colors in Xinjiang.
(2023-10-07). Snowy peaks of Tianshan Mountains in clouds. ecns.cn Magnificent view of snowy peaks of Tianshan Mountain in a sea of clouds in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
(2023-10-07). Autumn scenery of desert poplar forest along Tarim River in Xinjiang. ecns.cn The populus euphratica forest along the Tarim River, China's longest inland river, is the largest natural forest containing this plant species.
(2023-10-08). Snowy peaks of Tianshan Mountains in clouds. ecns.cn Magnificent view of snowy peaks of Tianshan Mountain in a sea of clouds in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
(2023-10-08). Autumn scenery of desert poplar forest along Tarim River in Xinjiang. ecns.cn The populus euphratica forest along the Tarim River, China's longest inland river, is the largest natural forest containing this plant species.
(2023-10-07). China and the Purity Fetish of Western Marxism. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Oct 4, 2023 | The stakes of the imperialist West's New Cold War against China are as great as they can get. This means that the Western left's role as controlled counter-hegemony and left-wing delegitimizers of socialist states — a role ideologically grounded in their purity fetish outlook — is as dangerous as it can get. In our current geopolitical climate, all progressive forces in the West should unite against the US and NATO's anti-China rhetoric and actions. Unfortunately, what we find from large portions of this Western left is parroting of state-department narratives…
(2023-10-08). New Zealand's 'Russian Edits Scandal'. popularresistance.org In this tumultuous time of war and global conflict, where pervasive propaganda campaigns mask geopolitical machinations of the powerful and serve their interests, mainstream journalists' ability to counter these campaigns have never been more limited. | Gone are the days when John Pilger was able to have a story attacking George W. Bush and Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq on the front page of the British tabloid, the Daily Mirror. | We live in a time of state surveillance and creeping restrictions on freedom of speech, where whistleblowers are criminalised and publishers like Julian Assange face persecution and lif…