(2023-07-17). High-level agenda urged to shore up private economy. ecns.cn China needs to launch a high-level agenda to effectively reinforce support for the private economy, which lies at the core of driving the nation's economic recovery, political advisers and experts said on Sunday.
(2023-07-17). Finance sector tops on pay in Beijing with over $2000 monthly salary: report. ecns.cn The finance, digital economy, and software information service industry still lead the salary ranking in Beijing in the second quarter, according to the latest data published by Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on Saturday.
(2023-07-17). China achieves 146.13 million ton summer grain harvest in 2023. ecns.cn China has witnessed another bumper summer grain harvest this year, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Saturday, despite adverse weather effect in some parts of the country hurting per-unit output.
(2023-07-17). National carbon market marks 2nd anniversary as cumulative turnover hits 11b yuan. ecns.cn China's national carbon market on Sunday marked its second anniversary with cumulative turnover hitting 11.03 billion yuan ($1.54 billion).
(2023-07-17). China's employment remains largely stable in H1 2023. ecns.cn China's employment has remained largely stable in the first half of 2023, with the average surveyed urban unemployment rate dropping down 0.2 percentage points from the first quarter to 5.3 percent.
(2023-07-17). The richest 10% are starting to feel the pinch, but will that change how they think about inequality? nationofchange.org High earners need to come around to the idea that they would benefit from progressive taxes and other policies to create an economy that works for everyone.
(2023-07-17). Deflation not present and won't happen in China's economy: NBS. ecns.cn Chinese economy does not experience deflation and it is not expected to occur in the next stage, National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) spokesperson Fu Linghui stated at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.
(2023-07-17). African Union Committee on Economy and Finance meets in Kenya. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The sixth meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) of the African Union Commission will meet in Nairobi, Kenya, until July 21st, and will focus on economic development, planning and integration.
(2023-07-17). Chinese economy expands thanks to domestic consumption. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The Chinese economy grew 5.5 percent year-on-year in the first semester thanks to increasingly higher domestic consumption after Covid-19, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
(2023-07-17). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.
(2023-07-16). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…
(2023-07-16). National Assembly Deputy Jesús Faría: Venezuela Moving Towards New Tax System. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly approved 25 articles out of 30 of the draft Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, on Friday, July 14. The chairman of the Permanent Commission of Economy, Finance and National Development, PSUV Deputy Jesús Faría, stated that this law "will serve as a support to move towards a new tax system for a post-oil Venezuela." | He explained that the preparation of the new law is "an absolutely urgent requirement for the whole nation; we must do everything in our power to stimulate the recovery of the country's productive apparat…
(2023-07-16). Chris Hedges: American Poverty Is A Calamity By Design. popularresistance.org Some 50 million people in the United States live in poverty today—and over 108 million people survive on less than $55,000 a year. Despite having the largest economy on earth, poverty in the US is often grinding and brutal. From millions who live without running water or reliable power, to countless children who experience food insecurity and homelessness. The data on poverty only becomes exacerbated when race is taken into account. In 2019, the median White household had a net worth of $188,200, compared with $24,100 for the median Black household. Matthew Desmond joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss h…
(2023-07-16). Insights‰∏®Australian sinologist: China has grown more confident, open and stable. ecns.cn During the exclusive interview with China News Network, Australian sinologist Colin Mackerras highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and promoting the status of women. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-17). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.
(2023-07-16). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…
(2023-07-16). National Assembly Deputy Jesús Faría: Venezuela Moving Towards New Tax System. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan National Assembly approved 25 articles out of 30 of the draft Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities, on Friday, July 14. The chairman of the Permanent Commission of Economy, Finance and National Development, PSUV Deputy Jesús Faría, stated that this law "will serve as a support to move towards a new tax system for a post-oil Venezuela." | He explained that the preparation of the new law is "an absolutely urgent requirement for the whole nation; we must do everything in our power to stimulate the recovery of the country's productive apparat…
(2023-07-16). Chris Hedges: American Poverty Is A Calamity By Design. popularresistance.org Some 50 million people in the United States live in poverty today—and over 108 million people survive on less than $55,000 a year. Despite having the largest economy on earth, poverty in the US is often grinding and brutal. From millions who live without running water or reliable power, to countless children who experience food insecurity and homelessness. The data on poverty only becomes exacerbated when race is taken into account. In 2019, the median White household had a net worth of $188,200, compared with $24,100 for the median Black household. Matthew Desmond joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss h…
(2023-07-16). Insights‰∏®Australian sinologist: China has grown more confident, open and stable. ecns.cn During the exclusive interview with China News Network, Australian sinologist Colin Mackerras highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and promoting the status of women. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-17). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.
(2023-07-17). South China preps for typhoon's landfall. ecns.cn Guangdong province in South China, is going all-out to brace for Typhoon Talim, with the top priorities being given to preventing casualties and minimizing economic losses, provincial authorities said on Sunday.
(2023-07-17). Chinese city anticipate creating unique culture and economic growth through building 'City of Rock'. ecns.cn Shijiazhuang, a city located near China's capital, Beijing, has announced a plan to create China's "City of Rock." From subway and buses to lawns, shopping streets, and tourist attractions, rock music is becoming ubiquitous in every corner of the city.
(2023-07-17). In Numbers: China's economic data for H1 2023. ecns.cn
(2023-07-16). A New (Renewable) Energy Tyranny. popularresistance.org There are two very different (and antagonistic) renewable energy models: the utility-centered, centralized energy model—the existing dominant one—and the community-centered, decentralized energy model—what energy justice advocates have been pushing for. Although both models utilize the same technologies (solar generation, energy storage, etc.), they have very different physical characteristics (remote vs local energy resources, transmission lines or not). But the key difference is that they represent very different socio-economic energy development models and very different impacts on our commun…
(2023-07-16). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.
(2023-07-16). Cuban civil society to denounce US blockade at People's Summit. plenglish.com Brussels, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and its civil society will denounce the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States and its consequences, at the Brussels-2023 People's Summit, economist Nicolás Valladares said here on Sunday.
(2023-07-16). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-16). Lavish EU Aid Packages' are 'Over': The 'Green Deal' Is First Casualty. thealtworld.com As Von der Leyen made clear, EU states must make additional contributions, totalling a further 66 billion euros, to the EU budget — just to pass through 2023. | The EU 'Green Deal' was due to cost ‚Ǩ620 billion. It was all agreed. However, as Last week, President Macron (reflecting the economic realiti…
(2023-07-16). Cuba solidarity groups in Panama condemn US blockade. plenglish.com Panama, Jul 16 (Prensa Latina) The National Cuba Solidarity Coordinator in Panama (CNSCP) on Sunday condemned the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island for more than six decades.
(2023-07-16). Cop City And The Escalating War On Environmental Defenders. popularresistance.org The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a massive police training facility, has turned into ground zero for overlapping crises facing our country: the climate emergency, vast political and economic inequality, ever-militarizing police forces and systemic racism. | If we want a democracy healthy enough to solve these crises, it's worth paying attention to what is happening in the South River Forest. | On May 31, in a disturbing move shortly before Atlanta's City Council approved more funding for the facility, Georgia law enforcement arrested three members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which provides activists with l…
(2023-07-16). How To Create A Debt Co-Op To Take Back Your Student Loans. popularresistance.org The day we refinanced our first student loan, four debt cooperative members met for coffee and eggs at a greasy spoon at 8 a.m. to prepare the paperwork. Together, we all went to the bank, got the cashier's check, printed the letter, and put it in the mail, and it was elating. | So elating, in fact, that residents of downtown Seattle looked concerned as four grown adults let out shouts of joy outside a perfectly average post office after doing a seemingly simple task. But the task was anything but simple—and we had done it together. | Like an untold number of ideas throughout human history, the nuts and bol…
(2023-07-17). Overseas market demand surges during first half of year. ecns.cn The online demand from overseas markets for products made in China surged 33 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year, data from Alibaba.com, Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's business-to-business platform that helps facilitate foreign trade, showed.
(2023-07-16). NATO Has Been Nothing but Trouble for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org 
(2023-07-16). The Farm Bill Is an Opportunity to Address Climate Change and Structural Racism. truthout.org This story was originally published at Prism. A significant piece of legislation most voters have likely never heard of will spend the summer sitting on the cutting room floor of Congress. When the legislation is ready for a vote, it will ensure people aren't sentenced to hunger for lack of income, dictate international trade policies, and provide support to a farm system that—depending on who you… |
(2023-07-17). Inside the slaughterhouse: Child labour in the U.S. mronline.org 
A rise in highly systematic, typically immigrant, child labour is being abetted by state legislation in the U.S., and must be resisted, argues John Clarke.
(2023-07-16). Starmer confirms Labour's UK education strategy is warmed-over Thatcherism. wsws.org Starmer's speech consisted of a rehash of the pro-market policies of Margaret Thatcher and a continuation of the privatisation expanded under Tony Blair's Labour government.
(2023-07-16). The Future Is Now: Rethinking Public Ownership. popularresistance.org Something momentous has happened, according to recent opinion polls. After 40 years of reluctantly accepting the Thatcherite mantra that there is no alternative to the market, the British public declared that they had had enough. In August 2022, Survation polling for the campaign group We Own It revealed that 69 per cent were in favour of publicly-owned water, 65 per cent for publicly-owned buses, 67 per cent for rail, 66 per cent for energy, 68 per cent for Royal Mail, and a whopping 78 per cent for the NHS. With public sentiment matching the vigour of an emboldened labour movement, there is a feeling that some…
(2023-07-17). Australia: Health workers should reject union-government sellout and build rank-and-file committees to fight for a real pay rise! wsws.org Neither of the pay options offered by the New South Wales Labor government and the Health Services Union represent a way forward for workers.
(2023-07-17). Campaign to defend victimised Sri Lankan estate workers wins significant support. wsws.org The Ceylon Workers Congress, the country's main plantation union collaborated with police, providing the names of the protesting workers, who were later arrested on frame-up charges.
(2023-07-17). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-17). Amerigo Scientific Updates Its Laboratory Incubators with More Advanced Features. indybay.org Amerigo Scientific recently updated its line of laboratory incubators with more advanced features.
(2023-07-16). Labor Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5. fightbacknews.org Fight Back! is circulating the following "Solidarity with the Tampa 5" resolution voted up by the union delegates to the West Central Florida Labor Council (WCFLC). President Jim Junecko of the WCFLC, AFL-CIO sent the resolution to Florida State's Attorney Susan Lopez asking she direct Prosecutor Justin Diaz to drop the charges. | Resolution in Solidarity with the Tampa 5 | WHEREAS the West Central Florida Labor Council dedicates itself to improving the lives of working families, bringing fairness and dignity to the workplace and securing social equity in the Nation; | WHEREAS we support union workers, students a…
(2023-07-16). GOP Advances Education Cuts That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers from Classrooms. truthout.org House Democrats warned that hundreds of thousands of teachers could lose their jobs if legislation advanced Friday by a Republican-controlled appropriations subcommittee becomes law. The panel's draft Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill for the coming fiscal year calls for nearly $64 billion in total cuts, a proposal that Democrats said "decimates support… |
(2023-07-16). Sign-on in Support: Justice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! peacepivot.org This statement has been republished from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance The APALA Massachusetts Chapter and UNITE HERE Local 26 are supporting a local worker who has been wrongfully targeted. Read the statement below and sign-on to show your support. Sign-on LetterJustice for Li Tang "Henry" Liang! Chinese American community activist and hotel worker …
(2023-07-17). Australian Pharmaceutical Industry workers vote down company offer again as strike enters fourth week. wsws.org Despite a campaign of isolation by the United Workers Union, workers have taken an important stand, determined to secure a pay increase that enables them to survive crippling mortgage interest rates, soaring rents and energy prices.
(2023-07-17). Worse Than CBDCs: Globalists Publish Plan for Worldwide "Financial Enslavement" Under "Unified Ledger" globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-16). Fear And Loathing On Air Force One. popularresistance.org Joe Biden got what he needed before the NATO summit this week by somehow turning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inside out and getting him to rebuff Vladimir Putin by announcing that he would support NATO membership for Sweden. The public story for Biden's face-saving coup was talk about agreeing to sell American F-16 fighter bombers to Turkey. | I have been told a different, secret story about Erdogan's turnabout: Biden promised that a much-needed $11-13 billion line of credit would be extended to Turkey by the International Monetary Fund. "Biden had to have a victory and Turkey is in acute financial str…
(2023-07-16). Flywire offers WeChat payment option for Chinese students. ecns.cn Flywire, a third-party payment platform in the United States, announced a partnership with Tencent Financial Technology, a fintech arm of China's tech giant Tencent, on Thursday.
(2023-07-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…
(2023-07-17). Sino trade volumes soar with Middle East, Africa. ecns.cn China's trade and investment links with Africa and the Middle East are becoming deeper and more mature in a positive manner, with Chinese enterprises active "in all sorts of sectors", ushering in more development opportunities for all.
(2023-07-17). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Investing Against Climate Change. levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, producer Jared Jacang Maher sits down with Will Wiseman and Alba Forns, co-founders of the green energy investment app Climatize.After attending the global climate strikes in Barcelona in 2019, Will and Alba decided to turn that collective energy into tangible impact. That's when they came up with the idea for Climatize — a mobile app that allows users to invest in solar and green energy projects, many of which are focused on underserved communities.Jared chats with Will and Alba about the genesis of t…
(2023-07-16). Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims. ecns.cn The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.
(2023-07-16). New pattern drives regional development. ecns.cn Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co Ltd and its subsidiary Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co Ltd have built a new pattern of "Beijing design Baoding manufacturing", further promoting coordinated industrial development in Beijing and Hebei province.
(2023-07-17). NATO's "Strengthening" Hasn't Weakened Russia, It's Only Accelerated Capitalist Collapse in the NATO Member States. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Jul 14, 2023 | When you understand the processes of class struggle, you see that the supposed benefits the Russia-Ukraine conflict has brought to NATO and to American hegemony—wherein NATO has been expanded while Washington's dominance over Europe has been fortified—don't mean international capital has achieved a victory. These events instead mean international capital has made itself better able to undermine its own interests; to nurture the historical dynamics that accelerate the falling of the rate of profits, the crisis of overproduction, and the class conflict that comes fr…
(2023-07-17). Who fuels war and profits from it. indybay.org It is morally indefensible to support the strategy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Nor is it moral to remain silent when the U.S. pursues strategies and policies that cannot achieve its stated | goals. This senseless pursuit of defeating Russia in the spirit of some kind of 19th century imperial victory is unattainable.
(2023-07-16). Looking to Sell Weapons, Military Contractors Push Arms Race With China. truthout.org Manufacturing in China has long supported the relatively high standard of living of millions of U.S. residents while helping U.S. corporations profit handsomely. Apple, Tesla, General Motors, Nike, Texas Instruments and Qualcomm have significant manufacturing operations in China. Meanwhile the Chinese government invests in U.S. Treasury and government agency bonds, having purchased about a… |
(2023-07-17). China unveils regulation on consular protection to make relevant work more law-based, standardized. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed an order of the State Council unveiling a regulation on consular protection and assistance in China, which will come into effect on September 1.
(2023-07-16). China authority says aspartame safe under nation's standard. ecns.cn China's food safety assessment authority said on Friday it is safe to use aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in many products, based on China's current standards and regulations.
(2023-07-16). Assange Exposes The Empire's True Face: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com 
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Julian Assange is a journalist who's been imprisoned for doing journalism on war crimes, by an empire that claims to defend journalists and oppose war crimes. | Assange and his persecution expose the giant plot holes in every story the western power structure tells about itself. About its love of free speech and the free press. About its opposition to tyranny. About its wars and why it wages them. Assange exposes the empire's true face. | And in that sense it's interesting that the empire made the decision to jail and silence Assange, since in doing…
(2023-07-17). Actors and writers bring film and television production in the US to a halt, with growing impact in Canada, UK. wsws.org Tens of millions of people around the globe have become aware of this social conflict in the US which further helps to puncture the myths that American capitalism peddles about itself.
(2023-07-16). Africa's path to socialism. peoplesdispatch.org 200 delegates from 40 organizations are gathering in South Africa for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. For the next four days, progressive movements and organizations will discuss the challenges posed by capitalism, and articulate the socialist way forward…
(2023-07-17). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com 
Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.
(2023-07-16). China's high-speed railway is far more outstanding than U.S.: media reports. ecns.cn CNBC on Wednesday presented two sets of data regarding railway construction in a mini-documentary. "The United States ranks below many industrialized nations when it comes to ridership on its passenger rail," CNBC said, while that of China is far more outstanding, according to its figure.
(2023-07-16). Planta química en Louisiana, EE.UU., reporta varias explosiones. telesurtv.net No se reportaron heridos de inmediato y no se detectó ninguna fuga química en la escena en llamas en el complejo industrial cerca de Plaquemine, a unos 32 kilómetros al suroeste de Baton Rouge.
(2023-07-17). Selected Articles: Are Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) Destined to Fail? globalresearch.ca 
By Since Bitcoin (BTC) was introduced to the world as an alternative to the current central bank system with a dying US dollar that …
(2023-07-16). Resisting the Shock Doctrine: A Conversation on Ukraine, Debt and Reconstruction. truthout.org In this discussion, Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar contextualize Ukraine's struggle as part of the global movement against neoliberalism and debt. This public forum was organized by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (U.S.) on May 12, 2023 and was co-hosted by Haymarket Books. Each speaker made opening comments, with a discussion. Special thanks to Nate Moore for assistance with… |
(2023-07-17). Oposición gana en primarias en Santa Fe, Argentina. telesurtv.net La alianza opositora Unidos Para Cambiar Santa Fe fue integrada por Propuesta Republicana, el partido de Mauricio Macri, la Unión Cívica Radical y el socialismo.
(2023-07-17). Charting a Socialist path for Africa. peoplesdispatch.org 200 delegates from political parties and people's movements have gathered for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. The delegates talk about why this conference is important and the socialist path forward for the challenges faced by the continent…
(2023-07-16). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Wage. socialistproject.ca 
(2023-07-17). Xi stresses advancing high-quality development of internet and information technology sector. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has given important instructions on cyber security and information technology application work.
(2023-07-17). EVENT: Trade unionism and working-class leadership. thecommunists.org On Saturday 29 July , the CPGB-ML will be holding a seminar in London on trade unionism and working-class leadership and hear from our guest speaker on the French perspective. We will be drawing from our recent publication dealing with these matters; Manifesto for the Crisis: Class Against Class. Event details 2.00pm on Saturday 29 …
(2023-07-17). Reflections on a visit to China and its path to modernisation. thecommunists.org Between 16-29 April 2023, representatives of communist and progressive organisations from 15 countries were invited by the international department of the…