The Real Reason Why Trump Invited China’s President Xi To Washington
Ben Norton Geopolitical Economy Trump’s summit with President Xi Jinping led to few results, but symbolized how the US lost its trade war. Now top US corporations want to get…
Beijing Moves to Eliminate Civilian Drones, Turning the Capital Into a No-Fly Zone
ScheerPost New restrictions go far beyond banning flights: Beijing will also prohibit the possession, storage and transport of drones across the city. Beijing is moving toward one of the most…
Sanders Urges ‘Great Deal Maker’ Trump to Forge ‘Comprehensive’ AI Treaty With China
Jon Queally Common Dreams “In order to prevent a nuclear war, Reagan and Gorbachev negotiated a nuclear arms agreement in the 1980s. In order to prevent AI from acting independently…
China Says Regional Integration Is The Path To Security In West Asia
Abdul Rahman, BreakThrough News. Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined the need for stronger international coordination for common security in West Asia. And a reaffirmation of the UN charter and international…
China v. US: The Great Mideast AI Race Heats Up
Neil Thompson Informed Comment Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to Egypt since 2016, amid deepening economic and security ties between Beijing and one of…
Europeans Flock To Chinese EVs Amid Heat Waves, Iran Crisis
Neil Thompson Informed Comment Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) have continued to make inroads into Western European markets in the first five months of this year according to data from Schmidt…
Amid Hormuz Crisis, China plans 50% Increase in Green Energy by 2030
Juan Cole Informed Comment Al Jazeera reports that China is attempting to accelerate its already impressive green energy revolution in the face of the disruption of petroleum and natural gas…
China’s Oil Strategy And What The West Leaves Out
Arnie Saiki, Decolonize Accounting. There has been an abundance of information around China’s oil strategy of recent, some of it sensible, most of it unremarkably a part of the western…
The US And The CPC: A Tale Of Two Anniversaries
Carlos Martinez, Orinoco Tribune. Marking milestones in the histories of China and the United States. This week offers a chance to examine two very different visions of the international order.…
The AI Cold War: How Silicon Valley Is Selling Fear of China to Protect Its Monopoly
Joshua Scheer Is the race for artificial intelligence really about national security—or about preserving corporate power? In this wide-ranging analysis, journalist Ben Norton argues that America’s biggest technology companies are…
Hegseth Orders Pacific Allies To Arm For China War
Gary Wilson, Struggle – La Lucha. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth went to Singapore on May 30 with an order for Washington’s allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific: spend…
China exports 68 GW of Solar PV amid Hormuz Energy Crisis
Juan Cole Informed Comment The Ember energy think tank reports the numbers for China’s green energy exports this spring and they are mind-blowing. The Hormuz energy crisis is having predictable…
Michael Brenner: Hegemony?
What is hegemony? Is the United States losing it? Michael Brenner for Consortium News HEGEMONY. “Hegemony, Hegemon everywhere — but not a ‘definition’ in sight.” Talk about American foreign policy…
The Russian-Chinese Communiqué
Consortium News After their summit in Beijing on Wednesday, the Russian and Chinese presidents issued the following communiqué, declaring the failure of neocolonial hegemony and the emergence of a new…
Trump’s Failed China Trip Shows His Trade War Backfired, And US Corporations Are Desperate
Donald Trump visited Beijing alongside the billionaire CEOs of a dozen top US corporations. His failure to pressure China to meet his demands demonstrated how Washington lost the trade war.…