mforinoco (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…

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

ecns.cn (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.

Carlos L. Garrido (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…

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (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…

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). BRI proves beneficial for Xinjiang. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has provided the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with unprecedented opportunities for development and has helped improve the livelihoods of the residents, a senior official of the region said.

ecns.cn (2023-10-06). Picturesque autumn scenery along Duku Highway in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn The Duku Highway, deemed one of China's most beautiful roads, snaked through picturesque autumn scenery and snow-covered mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in recent days, attracting flocks of tourists.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). BRI proves beneficial for Xinjiang. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has provided the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with unprecedented opportunities for development and has helped improve the livelihoods of the residents, a senior official of the region said.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). Journalists hail Xinjiang's development and culture during 9-day visit. ecns.cn A group of 22 journalists from 17 countries spoke highly of the development of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region during a nine-day visit recently.

ecns.cn (2023-10-05). Picturesque autumn scenery along Duku Highway in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn The Duku Highway, deemed one of China's most beautiful roads, snaked through picturesque autumn scenery and snow-covered mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in recent days, attracting flocks of tourists.

Daniel Warner (2023-10-06). Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: a Cold War Debate Re-ignites in Geneva. counterpunch.org If you think China is competing with the West only geopolitically in the South China Sea and materially in advanced technology, you are partially mistaken. As the Geneva Observer revealed, at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Chinese are proposing a resolution to prioritize economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights ahead of the traditional

midwesternmarx (2023-10-05). China and the Purity Fetish of Western Marxism. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com In honor of the anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China Earlier this week, we are republishing the third chapter from Garrido's The Purity Fetish and the Crisis of Western Marxism, which you may find HERE. 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 ideo …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-10-06). If You Buy Into The Anti-China Propaganda You're Just A Stupid Asshole. caitlinjohnstone.com.au We've seen them do this so many times to so many countries by now, if you still fall for it at this point you're just a stupid asshole who deserves to have their feelings hurt. All out of patience for this bullshit.

Dae-Han Song, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-05). Okinawa: A Bastion For Peace? popularresistance.org Recently, in Taiwan, the government unveiled its first home-built submarine. In Japan, the government will upgrade civilian airports and seaports to dual military use in preparation for conflict in Taiwan. The U.S. and allies maneuver to contain China, Russia, and North Korea, while the latter band together against the former's economic sanctions and military threats. Both blocs test the strength and resilience of the region's stability. And while North Korea has been the regional bogeyman for decades, if war breaks out, it will likely be in Taiwan. | While China has called for an "indivisible security" where sec…

ecns.cn (2023-10-03). Journalists hail Xinjiang's development and culture during 9-day visit. ecns.cn A group of 22 journalists from 17 countries spoke highly of the development of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region during a nine-day visit recently.

Federico Fuentes, Ammar Ali Jan (2023-10-03). Pakistani socialist: 'The danger is the Global South will get caught up in this New Cold War'. greenleft.org.au Ammar Ali Jan is general secretary of the anti-capitalist Haqooq-e-Khalq Party in Pakistan. He spoke with Green Left's Federico Fuentes about growing US-China tensions, its impacts on Pakistan and implications for anti-imperialism in the Global South.

Editor (2023-10-02). Oct 2, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Jean Sibelius, Valse Triste (Herbert von Karajan) Pepe Escobar: Russia-China Partnership Defangs US Empire The Mad Propaganda Push To Normalize War Profiteering In Ukraine, by Caitlin Johnstone This Trump Thing: Aspects of a Wrecking Ball, by Fred Reed Impeachment: 'Cognitive Warfare' on Capitol Hill, by Patrick Lawrence The Western World Is Now a Tyranny, by Paul Craig Roberts The 21st century Opium War, by Alex Krainer Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail, by Chris Hedges Gang/Counter-gang Operations: Dearlove's Sleight of Hand and the Wuhan Lab Psyop, by Matthew Ehret The Cluster B Society…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-02). China rechaza que haya gastado miles de millones en propaganda. telesurtv.net Algunos políticos estadounidenses reconocen que su Gobierno "es el mayor propagador de desinformación en la historia del mundo", señalaron desde el Ministerio de Exteriores chino.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-10-01). China rechaza que haya gastado miles de millones en propaganda. telesurtv.net Algunos políticos estadounidenses reconocen que su Gobierno "es el mayor propagador de desinformación en la historia del mundo", señalaron desde el Ministerio de Exteriores chino.

Adi Saleem (2023-09-29). The Trial of Subhas Nair: Race, Class, and Ideology in Singapore. counterpunch.org On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Subhas Govin Prabhakar Nair, the Indian Singaporean rapper more commonly known as Subhas, was found guilty on four counts of "promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of race and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony" under section 298A(a) of the Penal Code 1871. On September 5, 2023, Subhas was sentenced to six weeks in prison. Subhas had previously been issued a two-year conditional warning by the Singapore Police for a satirical rap video he released with his sister Preeti Nair, commonly known as Preetipls, critiquing a Havas advertisement for Nets, a Singapore…

ecns.cn (2023-09-24). 80% of funds allocated for Xinjiang used for people's livelihoods: statistics. ecns.cn According to official statistics, since 2013, nearly 170 billion yuan （$233 million）has been invested in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) and eighty percent of the funds were utilized at the county level and below for improving people's livelihood.

ecns.cn (2023-09-24). China's home-developed ARJ 21 aircraft carries out flights in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Chengdu Airlines has opened four new routes, covering 11 regional airports since September and will increase its fleet to five by the end of 2023 in Xinjiang…

ecns.cn (2023-09-24). 80% of funds allocated for Xinjiang used for people's livelihoods: statistics. ecns.cn According to official statistics, since 2013, nearly 170 billion yuan （$233 million）has been invested in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) and eighty percent of the funds were utilized at the county level and below for improving people's livelihood.

ecns.cn (2023-09-24). China's home-developed ARJ 21 aircraft carries out flights in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Chengdu Airlines has opened four new routes, covering 11 regional airports since September and will increase its fleet to five by the end of 2023 in Xinjiang…

ecns.cn (2023-09-23). 80% of funds allocated for Xinjiang used for people's livelihoods: statistics. ecns.cn According to official statistics, since 2013, nearly 170 billion yuan （$233 million）has been invested in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps) and eighty percent of the funds were utilized at the county level and below for improving people's livelihood.

ecns.cn (2023-09-23). China's home-developed ARJ 21 aircraft carries out flights in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Chengdu Airlines has opened four new routes, covering 11 regional airports since September and will increase its fleet to five by the end of 2023 in Xinjiang…

ecns.cn (2023-09-23). 22 reporters from 14 countries tour Xinjiang. ecns.cn A group of 22 journalists from 14 countries concluded a trip to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday, after gaining firsthand knowledge about the region's development and diverse culture.

Ben Norton (2023-09-23). Chinese Balloon Was Not Spying, US Gov't Admits Months After Manufactured Crisis. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Sep 20, 2023 | The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. But Washington and the media milked this manufactured scandal for new cold war propaganda. | The US government has admitted that severe accusations it made against China were just a lot of hot air. | The highest-ranking official in the US military has clarified that a

Alastair Crooke (2023-09-24). Blinken's 'Variable Geometry' for a New Cold War. thealtworld.com What is clear is that the ruling strata in Washington are settled on the primacy of containing China. | Last week, Secretary of State Blinken, in a speech at Johns Hopkins University, said bluntly: | "What we're [facing], is no test of…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-09-20). Fighting the Diaspora: India's Campaign Against Khalistan. dissidentvoice.org Diaspora politics can often be testy. While the mother country maintains its own fashioned narrative, governed by domestic considerations, the diaspora may, or may not, be in accord with the agreed upon story. While countries such as China and Iran are seen as the conventional bullies in this regard, spying and monitoring the activities of …

ecns.cn (2023-09-18). Kashgar cashes in on cross-border trade. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has provided significant momentum to the development of foreign trade in the Kashgar region of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

ecns.cn (2023-09-18). Autumn scenery on Bosten Lake with flowering reed. ecns.cn Flowering reed swings in the wind on Bosten Lake, China's largest inland freshwater lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Sept. 16, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-09-19). Sales of Xinjiang's aquatic products surge. ecns.cn Sales of aquatic products from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have jumped in recent days after going viral on Chinese social media platforms, sparking discussion and buying interest among Chinese netizens.

ecns.cn (2023-09-18). Sales of Xinjiang's aquatic products surge. ecns.cn Sales of aquatic products from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have jumped in recent days after going viral on Chinese social media platforms, sparking discussion and buying interest among Chinese netizens.

ecns.cn (2023-09-19). 2023 wingsuit flying championship held in Hunan. ecns.cn A competitor jumps off the cliff and flies during the 2023 Wingsuit Flying World Championship on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central Chinas Hunan Province, Sept. 18, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-09-18). 2023 wingsuit flying championship held in Hunan. ecns.cn A competitor jumps off the cliff and flies during the 2023 Wingsuit Flying World Championship on Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, central Chinas Hunan Province, Sept. 18, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-09-16). Crystal-clear river meanders through valleys of Tianshan mountains. ecns.cn A stream is surround by Tianshan Mountains in Jinghe County, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous prefecture, northwest of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Gabriel Vera Lopes (2023-09-16). In final declaration, G77 rejects "digital monopolies" and calls for "reform" of the financial system. peoplesdispatch.org In the final declaration, the G77+China Summit highlighted the importance of technology for development, the impacts of climate change, and called for a reform of the international economic system. The event ended on Saturday September 16 in Havana, the capital of Cuba, and was attended by heads of state from Latin America, Africa, and Asia including Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as well as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and diplomats and delegations from more than 100 countries. | The summit is the larges…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-16). G77 Final Declaration Rejects "Digital Monopolies" and Calls for "Reform" of the Financial System. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Vera LopesCuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the host and president of the G77+ group, addresses the summit. Photo: Presidencia Cuba Declaration of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of 77 and China on "Current development challenges: the role of science, technology and innovation" In the final declaration, the G77+China Summit…