The demonization of China

U.S. Orders China to Close Consulate in Houston

The United States has abruptly ordered China to close its consulate in Houston within 72 hours. Within hours of the order, smoke could be seen from the consulate’s courtyard, where it appears Chinese Consulate workers were burning documents. A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry called the closing of the consulate illegal under international order.

Wang Wenbin: “The unilateral closure of China’s Consulate General in Houston within a short period of time is an unprecedented escalation of its recent actions against China.”

The State Department said the move to close the Chinese Consulate was needed to “protect American intellectual property.” On Tuesday, the Justice Department indicted two Chinese residents, accusing them of stealing trade secrets from U.S. firms, including research into a coronavirus vaccine.

'US Orders China To Close Consulate in Houston' (and vid)

https://twitter.com/qiaocollective/status/1286020583143149573

Gordon Chang* is on Fox alleging that Houston Chinese consulate provided 'logistical and financial support' to BLM protests and the CPC is 'stoking racial tensions..."

*Gordon Chang: National Defense Industrial Association

https://www.ndia.org/events/2020/3/30/munitions-executive-summit/speaker...

BAR: A New Cold War on China is Against the Interests of Humanity

https://www.blackagendareport.com/new-cold-war-china-against-interests-h...

"In recent weeks, the US has passed several laws, including the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, which violate China's sovereignty. On July 3rd, the US sent two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea. These moves bring the US that much closer to a hot war with China by way of direct military escalations in the Asia-Pacific. None of this is new. Since 2013, the US has 'pivoted' its military toward China in an attempt to contain its rise. Over 50% of all US military assets now reside in the Pacific.

A global pandemic and a monumental collapse of the capitalist economy have greatly escalated the need for the Trump administration to fuel anti-China racism in the United States. US aggression toward China thus extends to the economic, political and ideological realms. This writer is organising with NO To The New Cold War, a coalition of activists, intellectuals and scholars committed to ending the US' New Cold War Against China.

We therefore call upon the US to step back from this threat of a Cold War and also from other dangerous threats to world peace it is engaged in including: withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement; withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Accords; and its increasing disengagement from UN bodies. The US should also stop pressuring other countries to adopt such dangerous positions. We support China and the US basing their relations on mutual dialogue and centering on the common issues which unite humanity..."

US-China Spat Over Quarantine And Consulates Continues

https://t.co/m2l6fBKrXZ?amp=1

"...The Chinese consulate in Houston is accused without evidence  of being a 'hub of illegal spying and influence operations.' The US consulate in Chengdu is, according to the NY Times, involved in 'gathering information on Xinjiang and Tibet,' and also used for the fake 'human rights' campaigns against China - i.e. CIA information operations. Why is the chosen depictions so different? The US has many more diplomats in China than China has in the US. We can therefore be sure the US has more agents doing nefarious stuff in Ottawa than Chinese agents are doing in Washington, Houston and elsewhere..."

Cuba Condemns US Decision to Close Chinese Consulate in Houston

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1286873812026433536

"Cuba's Foreign Minister stated that the US applies a foreign policy of double standards, political opportunism and hateful rhetoric against sovereign states..."

Five Eyes Alliance Could Expand In Scope To Counteract China

https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1288330306718773248

"...The Five Eyes intelligence alliance could be expanded to include Japan and broadened into a strategic economic relationship that pools key strategic reserves such as critical minerals and medical supplies, according to centre right MPs working internationally to decouple the west from China..."

New World War (and vid)

https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/1287855652224851968

"The US is  intent on overthrowing the government of China and it is a terrifying prospect says Benjamin Norton from the Grayzone News."

Racist Confrontation in Toronto Caught on Camera

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2003650

"All Chinese people should go to jail. Go back home to China!"

'Yellow Peril!' China-hate fueled from above.

Yes. Curiously in the way of such things now, had the racist been spewing anti-Black epithets her identity would likely have been revealed. As it was anti-China her identity was protected. But of course this in a settler-state founded on Indigenous genocide, where to criticize Apartheid Israel is now officially 'anti-Semitism' but accurate graffiti ('This is Nazi') on a Canadian monument to Ukrainian veterans of the SS Galizien is a 'hate-crime'. Go figure...

Escobar: The Heart of the Matter in the South China Sea

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-heart-matter-south-china-sea

"The battle for the contested maritime region is over before the shooting even begins, and China has won..."

Presumptuous Pompeo Posts Preposterous 'Peking' Policy

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55411.htm

"A rant by Mike Pompeo regarding what the US should do with China led to a fruitful exchange between an old China and an old Soviet hand..."

WATCH: A Chinese Diplomat Destroys Nancy Pelosi With a Simple Question...

https://twitter.com/ivan8848/status/1229268218382036994

Wow.

Escobar: For China, Everything is Proceeding According to Plan

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-china-everything-proceedi...

"The contours of China's long-term strategy for the new Cold War are quickly coming into view..."

CrossTalk: (Mis) Understanding China

https://youtu.be/IAZS4r7XVXc

"In the presidential election cycle both Democrats and Republicans claim to be tough on China. What does that actually mean? In fact, what does the [North] American public really know about the China of today? On this edition of the program we attempt to separate myths from reality."

The Fallacy of Denouncing 'Both Sides'

https://twitter.com/qiaocollective/status/1309347395172470784

"The Western left has rebranded and endorsed imperialism with tropes like 'denounce both the US & China' and 'support the Chinese people against their govt', in order to push US propaganda and violence on China. The 'neither Washington nor Beijing' trope is a gross false equivalency between the world's imperial hegemon and one of the only nations willing to break from the American regime of sanctions, occupation and neoliberalism.

In a rebranding of the white man's burden, Western third campists proclaim their 'solidarity with the Chinese people' against their 'authoritarian' government in their push to align with Western imperialist aggression on China..."

Washington Finally Admits its been Interfering in Hong Kong

https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1309890686091751426

"I remember being attacked as a conspiracy theorist and mouthpiece for Beijing when I expressed the US hidden hand in Hong Kong's riots last year. Now members of Congress are complaining their destabilization efforts failed. Are they 'CCP shills' too?"

The late Michael Brooks on how the left should approach China

I watched that whole video Aristotled linked to, didn't understand most of it. I saw the tweet. I read posts in this thread. It is important that some people understand the complexity of current events but most people won't go that deep. This is a place where people do understand politics at this level. I never will. Most people won't. 

If I am getting the point the point isn't to stop the demonization of China because it isn't nice or fair. It is because it is being used as justification for bullying or for using it as a weapon to prevent China from competing economically. It is presented as justification for the existence the US as world cop or the evil Chinese might invade us. 

From my perspective China does do a lot of horrible things. So does the US. It isn't a contest. I don't care who is worse. I care about what Canada's role is because that is the only thing I have any sway over even if it is a miniscule amount. 

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Canada Begins Accepting Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists as Refugees

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-starts-accepting...

"Canada has begun accepting Hong Kong pro-democracy activists as refugees, a sign that this country is opening its doors to those fleeing Beijing's crackdown on civil rights in the former British colony..."

Make Hong Kong Great Again!

https://youtu.be/OVV5ov0y5HM

US-China Standoff Creating Conditions Similar to Pre-WWI Europe, Kissinger Warns

https://on.rt.com/as2p

"Our leaders and their leaders have to discuss the limit beyond which they will not push threats, and how to define that,' said Kissinger, a top diplomat during the Nixon administration, who is credited with orchestrating US rapprochement with China. 'You can say this is probably impossible, but if it is, we shall slide into a situation similar to WWI,' he warned.

The former diplomat issued his warning on Wednesday, during a virtual event hosted by the Economic Club of New York. Economist John Williams, who chairs the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was the other guest at the discussion. The Trump administration has pursued confrontation with China on many fronts..."

America's snapping, snarling northern vassal Canada should also be told to stand down and cool its jets. Jeopardizing your second largest trading relationship at such a time in history is also beyond foolish, to say the least.

Toronto Launches Campaign to Combat Rise in Anti-East Asian Racism

https://dailyhive.com/toronto/toronto-campaign-anti-east-asian-racism-co...

"There has been a rise in racist incidents toward East Asians in the city since the start of the pandemic, according to a release that announced the campaign. More than 600 incidents of anti-Asian racism have been reported across Canada since the onset of COVID-19.

According to a report released by the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice (CCNF-SJ), twenty-six percent of those cases occurred in Toronto.

Assault accounted for nearly 30% of the reported incidents. Verbal harrassment - including name-calling, swearing, racial slurs and threats - occurred in 65% of reports. Sixty percent of all incidents were reported by women..."

Republicans Unveil Legislation Pinning China as Top National Security Threat

https://outline.com/aYrDeP

"Leading Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation that formally declares China as the US' primary economic and national security threat. 'The malign behavior of the CCP poses a genocidal threat that demands urgent action,' he said in a statement. 'We can no longer stand back as the Chinese Communist Party ramps up their military aggression, weaponizes the supply chain, and brazenly attacks the democratic values that underpin American society and global prosperity..."

And right on cue, their little dog too...

Beijing Erupts at Canada after Parliamentary Committee Says China's Uighur Policy Amounts to 'Genocide'

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parliamentary-committee-uighur-genocide...

"China's foreign ministry is lashing out at Canada after a House of Commons subcommittee concluded that the state's mistreatment of Uighurs living in Xinjiang province amounts to a policy of genocide. Zhao Lijjan, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, said today that this 'so-called genocide' is 'a rumour and a farce fabricated by anti-Chinese forces to slander China. Its groundless statement is full of lies and disinformation,' he said of the committee's report, warning parliamentarians to 'avoid doing any further damage to China-Canada relations..."

If you bother to investigate just who the committee called before it - the most virulently US aligned anti-China activist organizations to be found -  the outrageous and unfounded committee conclusions are entirely predictable. Clearly the game was fixed from the start. Canada picked only the voices it wanted to hear and China's was not included. The creation of an enemy and the manufacture of consent for fighting that enemy continues apace.

Debates 2020: The End of Engagement

https://twitter.com/qiaocollective/status/1319450399112384519

"Debates 2020 offers Sinophobia and warmongering in two flavours, red and blue. We unpack the long game of bipartisan aggression on China - from Nixon to Clinton and beyond - in our latest."

Lascaris thinks we should release Meng. 

How a key Pentagon official turned China policy over to arms industry and Taiwan supporters

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/10/27/pentagon-china-policy-arms-industry-t...

"The 'Fortress Taiwan' arms deal overseen by ex Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver is one of the most provocative US moves against China in years - and a big win for his think-tank's arms industry and Taiwanese patrons. Gareth Porter on the malign forces that helped pay for Randall Schriver's dangerous arms deal with Taiwan..."

Next US President Will Influence Testy Canada-China Relations

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/02/us-president-canada-china-relat...

"The winner of the US presidential vote could determine the future path of Canada's testy diplomatic dispute with  China - and perhaps the fate of Canadians caught in the middle. The US is a major player in Canada's relations with China and it will continue to 'feature hugely and prominently', regardless of who's in the White House, a senior Canadian government official told POLITICO. Middle-power Canada may prefer to wait for signs from the White House before it proceeds with key decisions within its Chinese policy..."

They are the masters and we shine their shoes.

Escobar: US Hits Search & Destroy Against the New Silk Roads

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-us-hits-search-destroy-ag...

"Seven years after being launched by President Xi Jinping, first in Astana and then in Jakarta, the New Silk Roads, or Belt Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly drive the [North] American plutocratic oligarchy completely nuts. The relentless paranoia about the Chinese 'threat' has much to do with the exit ramp offered by Beijing to a Global South permanently indebted to IMF/World Bank exploitation.

BRI's overall strategic focus on infrastructure development, not only across Europe but also Africa encompasses a major geopolitical gamechanger. BRI is positioning vast swathes of the Global South to become completely independent from the Western-imposed debt trap. For scores of nations, this is a matter of national interest. In this sense, BRI should be regarded as the ultimate post-colonial mechanism.

BRI in fact bristles with Sun Tzu simplicity applied to geo-economics. Never interrupt the enemy when he's making a mistake  - in this case enslaving the Global South via perpetual debt. Then use his own weapons - in this case financial 'help' - to destabilize his pre-eminence.

None of the above, of course, is bound to serenade the paranoid volcano, which will keep spitting out a 24/7 deluge of red alerts, deriding BRI as 'poorly defiined, badly mismanaged and visibly failing.' 'Visibly' of course, only for the exceptionalists. Predictably, the paranoid volcano feeds on a toxic mix of arrogance and crass ignorance of Chinese history and culture..."

Here is a video by an American from Michigan, living in China, explaining what he thinks about Western calls for "democracy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG5uVOqzyWc