Demonstrations held across US in solidarity with Asian community
Actions were held in over 60 cities and towns across the United States in solidarity with the Asian community in response to the horrific massacre in Atlanta on March 16
The US Indo-Pacific strategy and its delusions
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the Anchorage meeting between the US and China, the recent Quad summit, and how geo-political considerations are playing a role in the distribution of vaccines
Biden continues the US conflict with China through the Quad
While there was no direct mention of China in the Quad’s virtual meeting of leaders, Vijay Prashad shows how the US is using the group to advance its agenda against China
Understanding the complicated politics and geopolitics of the coup in Myanmar
Is it a coup if the military was already in power? Vijay Prashad examines the recent military coup in Myanmar through a political and geopolitical lens
China sanctions Trump administration officials including Pompeo, Bolton and Bannon
28 officials of the Donald Trump administration were sanctioned for having “seriously violated China’s sovereignty” and being “mainly responsible for such US moves on China-related issues.”
US designates Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism”
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Padilla criticized the move and called it hypocritical and cynical
2020: Crumbling US hegemony, questions for India and EU, China’s gambit
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha looks at the year that has passed and the year that has begun and the alignments and challenges at a global level. He also examines the tech war waged by the US on China
China is working to expand its ties to Latin America
Vijay Prashad and John Ross discuss the partnership that is being strengthened between countries in Latin America and China at a moment of increased pressure due to the US trade war against China
How US aggression on China will destabilize global trade and tech
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent developments in the US-China ‘trade war’ which has escalated following a number of recent aggressive US measures against China in the trade and tech sectors.
How does China plan to counter US sanctions?
Charles Xu from Qiao Collective talks about the short and medium-term strategy of Huawei and China in general to deal with the US sanctions.
What’s behind the US attack on China’s tech sector
Charles Xu of the Qiao Collective talks about the context behind the US assault on China’s technological sector, especially Huawei. He talks about the strategies of development deployed by China over the past few decades
International students may be asked to leave the US, if classes entirely online
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced the move as several universities are planning to move classes online in the upcoming semester
- Outrage and protest in Minneapolis after police shooting leads to death of Black man
- 23 Hirak protesters arrested last week in Algeria launch hunger strike
- Guillermo Lasso wins presidential election in Ecuador
- Iran blames Israel for blackout at nuclear facility
- 26 million jobs were lost in Latin America and the Caribbean due to pandemic in one year, says ILO
