(2022-06-03). Biden in Asia: Further Steps Toward War with China. orinocotribune.com By Brian Victoria  ; May 27, 2022 | For observers of President Biden's recent visit to Asia it will come as no surprise that, as in the past, the US sought to encourage Asian allies to join in further strengthening its political, economic and especially military containment of China. Like the US role in prolonging the war in Ukraine in order to weaken Russia, the US hopes to weaken China so that it will be unable to challenge American hegemony. | On Monday, May 23rd, when Biden was asked by a reporter if the United States would respond militarily if China attempted to invade Taiwan, the president responded, "Y…
(2022-06-03). US Official Can't Imagine the US and Russia Negotiating New START Replacement. news.antiwar.com A senior Biden administration official New START limits the number of missiles, bombers, and warheads the US and Russia can have deployed. President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to extend the treaty for five years back in January 2021. US and Russian officials had held arms control talks since then, but they fell apart afte…
(2022-06-03). While America Catches An Inflation Cold, Black America Gets Pneumonia. moguldom.com The U.S. economy saw a slight reprieve from inflation when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed a decrease from 8.5 percent in March to 8.3 percent in April, but inflation is still at a 40-year high. Even though it is good news, experts warn inflation is not going away anytime soon and Black communities are …
(2022-06-03). China leverages financial toolbox to spur domestic demand. ecns.cn Faced with resurgences of COVID-19 and external uncertainties, China is maneuvering monetary and fiscal policies to spur domestic demand.
(2022-06-03). (W.E. Talk) Covid-19 pandemic in U.S. politicized and polarized: U.S. professor. ecns.cn "Everything in the United States right now is politicized and polarized, and when it comes to the pandemic, that's of course even more unfortunate," said Professor Andreas Wimmer from Columbia University at the talk show "Cultural Relativity".
(2022-06-03). Paris Lost Direction or What's going on in Mali? journal-neo.org 
Franco-Mali relations have been feverish for the past two years, following the August (2020) coup in Mali, when President Ibrahim Boubacar KeàØta was replaced by the military. And for an outside observer it looks like a bout of split personality in Paris. France has announced, since June 2021, through the mouth of its President E. Macron, …
(2022-06-03). Origin and customs about Duanwu Festival. ecns.cn Duan means the "beginning of the month." Since Tang Dynasty, May and the fifth of a month are referred to as Wu, this is the origin of Duanwu. Since it contains two Wu, this day is also described as Double Wu.
(2022-06-03). China sends 9 satellites for autonomous cars into orbit. ecns.cn China sent nine satellites into orbit aboard a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 12: 00 p.m. on Thursday (BJT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Site in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
(2022-06-03). China's Long March-2C sends 9 satellites for autonomous cars into orbit. ecns.cn A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying nine GeeSAT-1 satellites blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in SiChuan Province at 12: 00 p.m. (BJT) on Thursday.
(2022-06-02). U.S. urged to take real responsibility for world peace, development. ecns.cn It is high time that the United States reflected on itself and took real responsibilities for world peace and development, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.
(2022-06-03). China calls on U.S. to prudently handle trade relations with Taiwan region. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Thursday protested the so-called "U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade" and expressed strong objections.
(2022-06-03). FM pledges more coordination with island countries. ecns.cn China will enhance coordination with island countries and help them accelerate independent and sustainable development, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday.
(2022-06-03). Some 14,400 people affected after earthquake hits China's Sichuan. ecns.cn Preliminary statistics show that 14,427 people have been affected after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday, according to the city's earthquake relief headquarters on Friday.
(2022-06-03). Culture Fact: Dragon Boat Festival. ecns.cn China's Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. The holiday falls on June 3 this year.
(2022-06-03). 2022 China Cross-Border E-commerce Trade Fair attracts 2,000 foreign suppliers. ecns.cn 2022 China Cross-Border E-commerce Trade Fair opened Wednesday in Fuzhou, Southeast China's Fujian Province.
(2022-06-03). Xinjiang boosts farmers' incomes with intelligent greenhouse system. ecns.cn The agricultural industrial park in Shache County of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has built 3000 intelligent greenhouses in the Gobi Desert, greatly boosting farming efficiency.
(2022-06-03). Diejiao dragon boat drifting practiced in Guangdong. ecns.cn People take part in night training of Diejiao dragon boat drifting to greet the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival or Duanwu Festival in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, June 1, 2022.
(2022-06-03). Endangered Chinese white dolphins spotted in Guangxi. ecns.cn Chinese white dolphins frolic in waters off Sanniang bay, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in late May, 2022. The number of white dolphins has surged to about 300 from 96 in the Beibu Gulf, south of the Sanniang bay, in 2004.
(2022-06-03). Tibet still among world's best regions in environment: report. ecns.cn Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region remains one of the best environmental areas in the world, with local biodiversity and ecosystems remaining stable in 2021, according to a report issued Thursday.
(2022-06-03). UN corporate sustainability initiative launches new strategy to increase engagement in China. ecns.cn UN Global Compact, a corporate sustainability initiative, launched a new strategy to scale the impact of businesses in China to drive progress toward meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
(2022-06-03). China to safeguard Chinese firms' rights: Ministry. ecns.cn China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng said at a news briefing on Thursday.
(2022-06-03). U.S. Buffalo mass shooting perpetrator indicted on 25 counts. ecns.cn The man who fatally shot 10 Black people and injured three others at a Buffalo supermarket in the U.S. state of New York on May 14 is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday afternoon on 25 counts of indictment, media reports said.
(2022-06-03). Dragon Boat Race builds bridge across Straits. ecns.cn The 2022 Cross-Straits Dragon Boat Race started on Thursday in Xiamen, Fujian province, with the two-day event attracting people from different age groups, including those from Taiwan who are studying or working in Fujian.
(2022-06-03). Power supply mostly restored after earthquake in China's Sichuan. ecns.cn The power supply had been restored for more than 48,000 households by Thursday afternoon, after an earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday.
(2022-06-03). E-commerce development on fast track in Tibet. ecns.cn On the vast plateau, one express delivery truck after another traveled through the Kunlun Mountains Pass at an altitude of more than 4,700 meters, heading to Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
(2022-06-03). China launches nine low-orbit satellites. ecns.cn A Long March-2C rocket, carrying nine GeeSAT-1 satellites blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 1, 2022.
(2022-06-03). (W.E. Talk) Chinese people never recognize hierarchy: Peking University scholar. ecns.cn "Chinese people never recognized hierarchy," Professor Zhu Suli from Peking University Law School said at the dialogue program "Cultural Relativity".
(2022-06-03). New book details Trump administration's botched response to COVID-19 pandemic. ecns.cn It is "the clearest account yet of how Trump's team botched the pandemic," a review recently published by The Atlantic wrote of Silent Invasion, a book written by the Donald Trump administration's coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx.
(2022-06-03). 5 killed in U.S. hospital campus shooting. ecns.cn Five people, including the shooter, were killed in a hospital campus shooting on Wednesday evening in Tulsa, the second largest city of U.S. state Oklahoma, authorities said.