An article published in the New York Times on Tuesday, entitled “US aims to expand export bans on China over security and human rights,” explicitly linked Washington’s escalating economic war on China with the US proxy war on Russia in Ukraine.
US extends economic war on Russia to China
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NATO To Increase High-Readiness Force To Over 300,000 Troops
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced Monday that the alliance will increase its high-readiness force from 40,000 troops to over 300,000 as part of a plan he called “the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War.”
NATO To Increase High-Readiness Force To Over 300,000 Troops
US, China on Collision Course Over Taiwan
Scott Ritter
Chinese officials have made it clear that their “One China” policy regarding Taiwan is founded on a constitutionally mandated principle of so-called “peaceful reunification.” War, Chinese officials say, is a measure of last resort, only to be employed to prevent the fact of Taiwan’s secession from China, or when possibilities for peaceful reunification have been completely exhausted. But current US policies on Taiwan appear designed to push China to the brink, raising the prospect of armed conflict.
US, China on Collision Course Over Taiwan
[4.24.2022] US sanctions against Russia are illegal and only make things worse
4.24.2022 – Perpetually new sanctions against Russia, actively imposed by the United States and its European allies, are formally unilateral measures that have neither a legal basis nor UN approval, writes the Global Times.
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Notably, Washington is imposing severe sanctions on those economic sectors where US firms are Russia’s main competitors – ignoring industries where US dependence on Russian supplies is evident, such as titanium, which Americans use to make their aircraft and need rocket engines. According to Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov, the United States has also allowed its companies to import chemical fertilizers from Russia while imposing a ban on other states, writes the Global Times.
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In addition, the US itself has felt the negative impact of the sanctions more than expected, the article said. Gita Gopinath, first deputy executive director of the International Monetary Fund, has already warned that financial restrictions on Russia threaten to gradually weaken US dollar hegemony and lead to even greater fragmentation of the international monetary system. And according to Andrew Milligan, a former UK Treasury official, the sanctions could also cause US corporate profits to fall, the Global Times reports.
US sanctions against Russia are illegal and only make things worse
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China’s Global Security Initiative Could Challenge ‘Barbaric & Bloody’ US-led World Order
China’s growing economic and military power and political and diplomatic clout have sparked serious concerns among US policymakers in recent years. On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that the US plans to use the bloc of nations it has cobbled together to confront Russia over Ukraine to challenge China as well.
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WWII Redux: the Endpoint of U.S. Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan
Politicians in Washington must stop scapegoating China for their own incompetence
The Hill Congress Blog: Politicians in Washington must stop scapegoating China for their own incompetence to solve domestic problems while fanning anti-Asian racism in an already divided society. Bucking the anti-China trend. 美國國會博客：華盛頓的政客們必須停止將中國作為自己無能解決國內問題的替罪羊，同時在一個已經分裂的社會中煽動反亞裔種族主義。 逆流而上。 2-17-22
Politicians in Washington must stop scapegoating China for their own incompetence
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