China drew four red lines with Jake Sullivan
Let’s continue to explore the under-reported sides of news this week.
What You May Have Missed This Week
1. Key takeaways from Sullivan's China visit
“The Chinese side drew four red lines in China-U.S. relations – Taiwan, democracy and human rights, the Chinese path and system, and China's right to development – in the latest round of strategic communication between the two sides, said Yang Tao, director general of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of the MFA.”
2. Sullivan's Beijing visit a positive signal in China-U.S. ties, say experts
“Wang told Sullivan that the experience and lessons from the engagement between China and the U.S. in the past few years can be summed up as "five keys," with one describing the key to peaceful coexistence between China and the U.S. lies in developing a right perception.”
3. Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza
“Israel and Hamas have agreed to halt hostilities in the Gaza Strip for a polio vaccination campaign led by the World Health Organization (WHO), a WHO official said on Thursday.”
4. Geopolitical Economy Report - How the US wages economic war on countries all around the world
“The United States government has imposed sanctions on more than one-third of countries on Earth, including over 60% of poor countries. Ben Norton documents how Washington's economic warfare is deadly in nations like Venezuela, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. It is also fragmenting the global financial system, as China and Russia create alternatives.”
5. Responsible Statecraft - Has Biden’s China chip war backfired?
“Huawei responded by developing its own operating system, and now, with China’s chipmaking capability growing, ‘Huawei has arguably come roaring back,’ said Triolo. ‘The biggest losers are US toolmakers.’ Hurting American companies isn’t traditionally part of a commerce secretary’s portfolio.”
6. Instagram shuts down accounts of anti-genocide student groups before start of fall classes
“One week before fall semester classes resume, the social media platform Instagram has permanently shut down the accounts of pro-Palestinian organizations on two college campuses in New York City.”
7. MarcoMeatball - Opera Singer Reacts to Celestial Symphony from Black Myth: Wukong
Jingjing’s Highlights in This Week
1. Interesting changes in U.S. delegation to China led by Jake Sullivan.
2. Africa is DESIGNED to stay 'underdeveloped'
Why many African countries are still facing struggles like poverty, malnutrition and instability decades after independence? In this episode, Tunisian scholar Fadhel Kaboub, senior advisor with Power Shift Africa and Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University joins me to analyze the structural traps that Africa has been put in.
3. China-Africa cooperation in the eyes of African scholars
As Beijing is set to host the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation from September 4 to 6, hundreds of diplomats, scholars and business people have gathered in China, working on expanding cooperation with Chinese partners.
4. The headless monk in Black Myth: Wukong is based on a true history of China
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So china drew red lines for Amerika? I'm sure the Chinese leadership realise that Amerikans don't understand the concept of red lines - Russia drew a red line at NATO in Ukraine. How did that work out? Amerika drew red lines in Gaza and Israel crossed every one of them. How did that work out?
But they will allow a pause to give kids polio vaccinations. Then they kill them.
Please keep up you're good work Jingjing, I try to talk all my friends into reading your substack.
Incredible stunt from the WHO. https://jowaller.substack.com/p/toxicology-vs-virology-the-rockefeller 'polio' symptoms are not caused by a contagion!