Free Meng Wanzhou

World Beyond War
https://actionnetwork.org/events/free-meng-wanzhou
https://actionnetwork.org/events/free-meng-wanzhou Screw JT.
In anticipation of the second anniversary of her arrest, join our online panel discussion to Free Meng Wanzhou, unjustly incarcerated by the Trudeau government at the request of the Trump Administration. You’ll learn more from Canadian experts about her legal case, deteriorating relations with China, and the rise of Sinophobia in Canada – plus what you can do about it.

Giant panda birth in Japan

The giant panda Liang Bang’s birth to her baby cub in Japan marked the first time the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has cooperated with overseas zoos online to help pandas give birth.

A new bishop ordained in Qingdao

Msgr Thomas Chen Tianhao, 58, is the new bishop of Qingdao (Shandong).

A new bishop was ordained in a Catholic cathedral in Qingdao, Shandong on Mon, marking the first bishop consecration being publicly reported after China and Vatican announced the renewal of their agreement on bishop appointments.

Out of Proverty

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The last 9 of 832 national-level poor counties in China were taken off the poverty list on Monday, realizing the country’s poverty alleviation goal on schedule in 2020.

China leads the industry that powers electric cars by a country mile

https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3106817/china-leads-industry-powers-electric-cars-country-mile-what-will

  • China has 72 gigawatt hours of domestic battery demand, controls 80 per cent of the world’s capacity for raw material refining, with the capacity to produce 77 per cent of worldwide battery cells and 60 per cent for components
  • Control over the global supply of EV batteries are expected to remain in the hands of the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean producers, analysts said

Sink China fleet in 72 hours

The next Pentagon chief could cement the US’ already hard defence line on China, with one contender suggesting that American forces could bolster deterrence with the ability to “sink all” Chinese vessels “within 72 hours” in the South China Sea.
Michele Flournoy, an undersecretary of defence in the Obama administration, has been touted as a possible defence secretary in the cabinet of US president-elect Joe Biden.
In an article in the journal Foreign Affairs in June, Flournoy said that as Washington’s ability and resolve to counter Beijing’s military assertiveness in the region declined, the US needed a solid deterrence to reduce the risk of “miscalculation” by China’s leadership.

Another idiot in for the running.