ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Chinese Consulate-General in Osaka organizes second visit to Xinjiang region for Japanese. ecns.cn The Chinese Consulate-General in Osaka, Japan on Wednesday invited more Japanese to visit Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in early September.

_____ (2023-07-12). Iraq Turns to Qatar, Turkmenistan to Reduce Reliance on Iranian Gas. strategic-culture.org Iraqis are suffering from soaring summer temperatures amid electricity shortages caused by reduced supplies of Iranian gas. | Join us on , , and . | Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani held an emergency meeting on 1…

ecns.cn (2023-07-13). Military alliance urged to uphold peace. ecns.cn NATO is being "extremely hypocritical" by making unfounded accusations against China's nuclear capabilities, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday, urging the bloc to take concrete measures to maintain world and regional peace.

midwesternmarx (2023-07-13). Can China and the United States Establish Mutual Respect to Lessen Tensions? By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com ​On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) and speeded across its path. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command released a statement saying that the Chinese ship "executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner." The spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, responded that the United States …

ecns.cn (2023-07-13). China does not accept nor recognize so-called award on South China Sea arbitration: spokesperson. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbing on Wednesday claimed that the so-called award on the South China Sea arbitration, which is illegal and void, violates the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and general international law.

ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Magical beauty of sunset over Kashgar. ecns.cn Sunset illuminates ancient city of Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, July 11, 2023.

_____ (2023-07-12). Iraq Turns to Qatar, Turkmenistan to Reduce Reliance on Iranian Gas. strategic-culture.org Iraqis are suffering from soaring summer temperatures amid electricity shortages caused by reduced supplies of Iranian gas. | Join us on , , and . | Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani held an emergency meeting on 1…

ecns.cn (2023-07-12). Senior diplomat Wang Yi to attend meetings on East Asian cooperation. ecns.cn Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will attend the ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting and the ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia from July 13 to 14, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-11). Northwest China's Xinjiang region to optimize cotton planting structure in 2023. ecns.cn Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will further optimize its cotton planting structure and ramp up output of top-quality cotton products, with 16 groups of Xinjiang's Production and Construction Corps to exit from cotton planting, according to a recent notice released by the region.

Moon of Alabama. (2023-07-11). Yellen's Visit To China Has Failed. popularresistance.org Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen visited China. There she tried to press the worlds biggest economy on several issues. Yellen's visit failed to achieve anything. She had some talks with Chinese officials but achieved nothing. She lectured and made demands that no one in China will be willing to fulfill. The Chinese side for one seems unimpressed by her performance: | Yellen mentioned multiple times the US is seeking a healthy competition with China rather than a "winner-take-all" approach. While this may sound good, the key lies in how we define "healthy competition." Is it a US-style one in which the geopoliti…

Fight Back (2023-07-08). Book review: "The East is Still Red" fightbacknews.org The new book, The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century, by Carlos Martinez and published by Praxis Press, is a valuable and important defense of socialism in the People's Republic of China today. As the U.S. ramps up propaganda and aggression against China, this book addresses an important need, for everyone who wants a better world, to understand and defend China. | The book begins by acknowledging that there is a great deal of ignorance and confusion, especially in the imperialist countries, about China. Martinez writes, "Even among socialists and communists, there are misconceptions and imp…

_____ (2023-07-08). The West Continues to Dominate the Global Arms Trade. strategic-culture.org NATO, EU and their allies account for the lion's share of the global weapons sales with the United States being the unquestionable leader. Non-western countries taken together (including Russia and China) sell five times less weapons globally. The measure used is SIPRI TIV, which measures transfers of military capability rather than the financial value of arms transfers. All data is for December 2022 except for Serbia and Indonesia (December 2021).

ecns.cn (2023-07-07). Dragon-like road in Xinjiang features 600 hairpin turns. ecns.cn With a total length of 75 kilometers and more than 600 hairpin turns, the road takes on a panlong, an aquatic dragon in Chinese mythology, like form in Xinjiang.

ecns.cn (2023-07-07). Dragon-like road in Xinjiang features 600 hairpin turns. ecns.cn With a total length of 75 kilometers and more than 600 hairpin turns, the road takes on a panlong, an aquatic dragon in Chinese mythology, like form in Xinjiang.

ecns.cn (2023-07-06). 'Mirror of sky' on Nalati grassland in Xinjiang. ecns.cn A small lake with reflection of mountains, clouds and blue sky in the water looks like a mirror inlaid on the Nalati grassland in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

ecns.cn (2023-07-06). Xinjiang adds record installed new energy capacity. ecns.cn The newly installed new energy capacity in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region hit 7.02 million kilowatts in the first half of this year, marking a record high and a 10.5-fold increase compared to the same period in 2022.

ecns.cn (2023-07-06). Afghanistan After Action Review report lacks true review and reflection: Chinese FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Issues that truly call for review and reflection of the U.S. were not touched upon in the After Action Review on Afghanistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated at a press conference on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-06). IAEA report should not be 'shield' for Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water: ministry. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin made remarks on the Comprehensive Report on the disposal of nuclear-contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station released by the IAEA.

ecns.cn (2023-07-04). Pastoral picture in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Fish ponds and lush green fields form a unique pastoral picture in Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Changji, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

ecns.cn (2023-07-04). Chinese analysts refute rumors on Xinjiang, Tibet at UN meeting. ecns.cn Chinese analysts shared their views on the concept and practices of human rights in China and refuted disinformation spread by anti-China forces.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-04). India leads Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. plenglish.com Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed their participation in the event, according to recent information. Dignitaries from Iran, Belarus and Mongolia will participate as observers, and Turkmenistan will attend as a guest, as usual. | Leaders of the organization and of the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Independent States of the Commonwealth, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Eurasian Economic Union and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia will also participate. | At the initia…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-04). Canada and the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk and Henry Heller Why is Canada confronting China? The Canadian government is directing a huge amount of resources toward confronting China. This confrontation goes way beyond the judicial kidnapping of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou—it is military, economic, and political in nature, with far-reaching ramifications for Canada's foreign and domestic policy. It is done in full coordination…

ecns.cn (2023-07-04). China urges Japan, ROK to bolster regional solidarity. ecns.cn China, Japan and the Republic of Korea should continue to respect one another and coexist in peace, senior diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday, calling on the three countries to bolster solidarity and oppose Cold War mentality and coercion.

teleSUR (2023-07-04). SCO Summit: Russia and China Reject Economic Protectionism. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China rejected the new forms of economic protectionism and the degradation of global peace and security. | RELATED: | During the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Putin denounced the "hybrid war" being waged by the United States and its allies against the Russian people, which exacerbates geopolitical contradictions and degrades globa…

ecns.cn (2023-07-03). Lithium carbonate project starts operation in Xinjiang, to boost output of NEV batteries. ecns.cn The first phase of the largest domestic single-unit lithium carbonate project, a key raw material of lithium-ion batteries, was put into operation on Sunday in Northwest China's Xinjiang.