Chinese Tensions
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Nato issued a new “strategic concept” document last week at its summit in Madrid, declaring for the first time that China poses a “systemic challenge” to the alliance
Peace among the capitalists is a continuation of their wars
It is not just the South China Sea that the Chinese government wants, but according to NASA chief, it is the Moon.
In an interview with a German newspaper, Bild, he cautioned, “We must be very concerned that China is landing on the Moon and saying: ‘It’s ours now and you stay out.’”
War criminal Blair warns of Chinese ‘threat’
How many more atomic bombs do they need ? Just one or two are enough to wipe out most human beings. Chinese capitalism is a threat to the economical interests of the western capitalists. They might remove their crown
The Trade War
https://countercurrents.org/2022/07/weaponising-trade-and-its-new-enemy/
“…In recent times and with the rise of China as a dominant economic power, “weaponizing trade” has gained new impetus and focus, especially in the context of the US/China relations…”
The same thing as Donald Trump who also initiated a trade war against China
Again, using the trade war as cover and ignoring its own exploitation of migrant workers, both official and unofficial, the USA accuses both China and Russia of facilitating human trafficking.
In regards of the Chinese-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of infrastructure projects around the world
“PRC [People’s Republic of China] and host country nationals employed in some BRI construction projects, mining operations, and factories in African, European, Middle Eastern, Asian, Pacific, Latin American, and Caribbean countries experience deceptive recruitment into debt bondage, arbitrary wage garnishing or withholding, contract irregularities, confiscation of travel and identity documentation, forced overtime, and resignation penalties,” the report said.
Workers also faced “intimidation and threats, physical violence, denial of access to urgent medical care, poor working and living conditions, restricted freedom of movement and communication, and retaliation for reported abuses”, it added.
The annual report also accuses Beijing of “government policy or pattern of widespread forced labor, including through the continued mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, ethnic Kyrgyz, and members of other Turkic and/or Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang”.
A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington said, “If the US wants to call out countries that engage in human trafficking, it should firstly point fingers at itself,”
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/how-common-is-chid-labor-in-the-us/383687/
Human trafficking and child labor in the USA is an epidemic, as well, most of the USA corporations in Central America are using child labor in many factories and some are performing very dangerous job such as cane cutting using machetes and mochas. The us of immigrants to perform works at the farms is human trafficking and most of those workers are approved by the department of labor and they receive very low salary, without any benefits and deplorable living conditions
An article on AUKUS and how little the change of Australia’s government has changed the situation
The propaganda of war
US military officials have raised alarms about the possibility that China could invade Taiwan – possibly by 2027.
The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the United States’ top military officer, Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said
Roads emptied and people were ordered to stay indoors in parts of Taiwan, including its capital Taipei, on Monday for an air-raid exercise as the island steps up preparations in the event of a Chinese attack.
“The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the United States’ top military officer, Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said”
When will the Guardian ever have an article with this title: ‘The US military has become a lot more aggressive and dangerous since WWII’? Answer: On the 6th of never.
You have to wonder if the Guardian reporters own an atlas since they cannot see that on a map the China South Sea corresponds to the Chinese as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean does for the USA, which has the whole wide Pacific Ocean separating the USA from the China South Sea.
An educational video on why Taiwan thinks it’s China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQTtwh2GRME
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