John Ross
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Winner of China's highest awards for foreign writers on China & for foreign experts in China. Senior Fellow Chongyang Institute, Renmin University of China.
Beijing/London
Joined July 2008
I am greatly honoured to receive China's "Special Book Award. highest national award given to those who have made outstanding contributions in introducing contemporary China." Key analyses for this are in my book "China's Great Road" (outside N America
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Ukraine war can be ended in 5 minutes by Ukraine making clear it will not join NATO. US is blocking this end to the war because it is willing to let thousands of Ukrainians die to pursue its aggressive NATO expansion against Russia.
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Russian/Soviet & Chinese people have been backbone of world progress for the last 100 years. They have paid an incredible price - more than 50 million dead fighting German Nazism & Japanese militarism. It is duty of every progressive person in the world to support them again.
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“South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol… declined to meet Nancy Pelosi during her visit to Seoul on Thursday… On Wednesday evening, when Pelosi arrived in South Korea, he was at the theatre & then had dinner with some actors." Known as being pissed off 😀
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On 30 September I was honoured to receive the Chinese Government Friendship Award - this is China's highest award for foreign experts working in China. In 2023 I also received the Special Book Award of China – this is China’s highest prize for foreign writers on China. Despite
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"US warns Solomon Islands against China military base" US Hypocrisy on Ukraine shown in single headline. Solomon Islands 11,000 km from US, but US expects Russia not to react if NATO is extended to Russian border!
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Since the Iraq invasion in 2003 US army & bombing have killed more than a million people & devastated entire countries such as Iraq & Libya. In same period China invaded nobody, bombed nobody. But the US says we must be worried about 'China aggression'. Another sick joke.
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@LiuXininBeijing Clear understanding of global situation by @LiuXininBeijing. US wants China to to accept US sanctions etc against Russia, so that US can weaken Russia, and then US will turn round & attack a more isolated China.
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In approximate terms Labour lost 2 million votes at the election to pro-Remain parties and 400,000 votes to pro-Brexit Parties - see the Table below. There was also a small fall in turnout. Discussion of the election has to be based on these facts not myths.
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Maduro: "This is my new Huawei phone, this is a moment when dreams come true". Venezuelan President Maduro completed his week-long visit to China on September 14. On the same day, he "endorsed" Huawei's new mobile phone at a press conference held in Beijing. Maduro said that this
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Never forget in present war in Ukraine US goals are (1) most immediately to damage Russia (2) Strategically to try to isolate China so US can attack it (3) To subordinate Europe even more to US. US does not care how many Ukrainians die to try to achieve these goals.
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We can now see farce of claim the West stands for "free speech". China's CGTN banned in UK, Russia's RT banned in EU.
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US calls for China to end its provocative and aggressive policy of placing its territory & cities close to US aircraft carriers.
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Difference between Cuban missile crisis & Ukraine is USSR had sense to withdraw its missiles close to US in Cuba so there was peace, US continued its aggressive Eastward expansion of NATO so there is a war.
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TikTok case shows economic gansterism of declining US. It increasingly can’t develop products that can compete with high tech Chinese companies such as Tik Tok & Huawei so it tries to suppress or steal them. US a type of gigantic economic parasite slowing world development.
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Washington Post calling for "removal of Chinese channels"on social media. Simultaneously funny & enlightennig to see total collapse of the Western claim it stands for "free speech"
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China, population almost 1.4 billion, suffered 4,641 #coronavirus deaths. US, less than quarter China's population, suffered 135,000 deaths. Per capita US suffered more than 120 times deaths in China. The US says it is for human rights & China against - that is a sick joke.
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“IMF warns China over cost of Covid lockdowns. Hardline approach to pandemic risks damaging global economy, says Kristalina Georgieva”. Guardian headline. IMF calls on Chinese people to die to aid world capitalism. Hopefully China will tell them to go to hell.
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"UK banned Huawei because US told us to, former minister" So everyone in Britain is paying more for their mobile services, because Hwawei, the most cost efficient supplier, has been cut out of the system due to the govt giving in to US pressure!
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H&M's business in China now being destroyed by it repeating CIA lies on Uyghurs & stopping using cotton from Xinjiang. China social media today aflame with condemnations of company as Chinese people know that there is no 'genocide' in Xinjiang - H&M collateral victim of CIA lies
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Reported Zelensky has said will be negotations with Russia on Ukraine-Belarus border. Excellent if confirmed. Zelensky can end the war in 5 minutes by agreeing (i) Ukraine will not enter NATO (ii) rights of the Russian speaking population of East Ukraine will be respected.
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Biden’s claims about China’s economy are becoming crazier and crazier – which is very dangerous for a President of the United States. He has now made a speech claiming that China’s economic growth rate is “around 2%”, when it was 5.5% in the first half of this year and China’s
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China has lifted 860 million people out of internationally defined poverty and the US has carried out invasions devastating entire countries such as Iraq & Libya - and some people say we should be neutral between the two? That’s a bad joke.
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Pelosi visit to Taiwan confirms again that it is US policy which is provocative & a threat to peace. US provocative attempt expand NATO into Eastern Europe is root cause of Ukraine war. Now Pelosi simultaneously deliberately stirring up tensions & threats of conflict with China
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This young Chinese girl has a better understanding of the war in Ukraine than the majority of "Western left" - not to mention knowledge of classical Chinese literature (all spoken in a foreign language)!.
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Ukraine can bring war to an end in 5 minutes, including withdrawal of Russian troops, by agreeing: (i) no entry of Ukraine into NATO, (ii) respect of rights of Russian speaking population in East Ukraine. It refuses. Anyone wanting peace should demand Ukraine carries these out.
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Many sporting federations making themselves look ridiculous over Ukraine by banning Russia - where were their bans on the US when it invaded Iraq.
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China raises 860 million people out of World Bank defined poverty, US bombs Libya & reduces it from richest country in Africa to one where African slaves are sold in markets - & it is supposed to be China that has the bad human rights record & the US the good one? What a joke.
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China raises 850 million people out of poverty, the US invades Iraq, bombs Libya, reducing entire countries to poverty. And some who say they are on the left say we we should adopt ‘Neither Washington nor Beijing’. That is a joke.
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Great police notice in Shanghai - for those who think China is a straight faced society 😀
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Ukraine population paying worst price for mad aggressive policy of NATO expansion. But economic impact of the war, soaring inflation & falling living standards, population of Europe & the world paying a price. For sake of whole world necessary to end this policy of NATO expansion.
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"Russia is winning the economic war - and Putin is no closer to withdrawing troops - Larry Elliott" This piece also shows why the narrative spun in the West, and unfortunately believed by parts of the Western left, that Ukraine is winning the war is false
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War in Ukraine becoming more & more reflection of racism in world. Less than 20% of the world population which is "white" supporting NATO/Ukraine. More than 80% of world population which is not "white" either refusing sanctions against Russia or openly supporting it.
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@melissakchan Shows how anti-China writers have to falsify even the most basic facts to justify their propaganda - in 1949 China was almost world’s poorest country. Angus Maddison, world’s top expert on long term economic growth, calculates only 10 countries had lower per capita GDP than China.
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“Want to make money in China while spreading false rumors and boycotting Xinjiang cotton? Wishful thinking!”. China weibo post sums up price that will be paid by Western companies boycotted by China’s consumers for spreading CIA lies about non-existent genocide of Uyghurs.
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People in China laugh when West claims to stand for "human rights". In China less than 5,000 deaths from #Covid19. In US more than 600,000 deaths, in the UK 129,000. The Western countries are slaughtering hundreds of thousands of their citizens while talking "human rights".
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219mph/346km an hour on high speed train in China. 4 hrs 38 mins on a stopping at few stations train Beijing to Shanghai - 1,068km/664 miles. Train every 30 mins. More stops train every 15 mins. Under socialism every country will have transport like this!
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Western, more correctly imperialist, countries, companies & people should understand China is not Iraq, Libya or Syria who can be trampled on by US. The Chinese people have built a great & powerful state which can, will, & should hit back against those who spread lies about it.
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China shows how to do #COVID19 testing. I have friend in Wuhan where there is a small outbreak so everyone is being tested. No waiting for you to go to a testing centre, the testers come to you doing building by building for a complete check. No wonder China controlled the virus.
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The suspension of @jeremycorbyn , who has has fought every form of racism his entire life, is an attempt to change the character of the Labour Party from a broad church into a narrow anti-socialist force. That is why it is being cheered on by the entire Tory & capitalist press.
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Because claim of “genocide” against Uyghurs is false, which forces line up behind this farce? Map on UN vote below. Not one African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Asian or majority Muslim country supports US lie. Its only supporters were governments in imperialist countries.
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Actually a lie - Pompeo wants Chinese people to be poor, producing fireworks, toys & components for US firms, not to be prosperous having high tech companies like Huawei and TikTok. That is why there is rightly now virtually no support for the US in China.
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Turns out it is more likely US needs to steal 5G technology from Huawei than China needs to steal 5G technology from US
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Just watched ‘76 Days’ - documentary on Wuhan lockdown. Very moving. But just think, in only 76 days Wuhan went from lockdown to being able to safely lift lockdown due to #ZeroCovid strategy. We are still locked down almost a year after ours started due to not following that path.
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China's economy grew by 19.2% during the last 4 years covering the pandemic - see chart. The US in that period grew by only 7.5%, Italy by 1.5%, France by 1.4%, Japan by 0.8%, Germany by 0.5%, & UK by 0.3%. China's economy grew two and a half times as fast as the US, Italy’s
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People who believe US lies on Uyghurs are same gullible people who in 2003 believed US lies that Iraq had WMD to justify Iraq invasion or that in 1964 Vietnam attacked US ships in Gulf of Tonkin to launch Vietnam bombing. Useful idiots for the CIA.
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China's socialism has improved the position of by far the largest proportion of humanity of any event in human history. For an analysis of why & how please read my book "China's Great Road". In Europe from In North America from
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In China 4,636 people have died from #Covid19. In the US 555,000 have died - disproportionately poor & people of colour. And the US claims it has a better human rights record that China. What is that, a sick joke?
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US knows that in peaceful economic competition its capitalist economy will lose to China's socialist economy. That is why US is resorting to trade wars, technological boycotts, military pressure etc. In its own way US admits superiority of socialist economic system.
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Mainland China 56 new Covid cases on Saturday, only 19 locally transmitted, 0 deaths. Britain same day had 76,807 cases & 297 deaths. You think human rights are better in Britain than China - you must be joking!
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The world must wake up to and resist the 'New Cold War' because US actions against China endanger all of HUMANITY — my RT Op-ed
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From British attack on China in Opium Wars, 1839, to creation People's Republic of China in 1949 100 million Chinese people died in fight against imperialism. Today whole world benefits from China resistance to US. But we must understand gigantic heroism of the Chinese people.
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The Chinese people are being highly successful - with fastest rise in living standards of any major country, taking more than 850 million people out of internationally defined poverty, and the world’s fastest economic growth rate. That’s why the US is trying to put a stop to it.
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Stupifying @WSJ ignorance on China on full display today. Declares “time to teach the U.S. and Taiwan ‘a lesson,’ as Mao Zedong once said about his 1979 border war with Vietnam.” Mao many achievements but even he couldn’t say anything in 1979 as he had been dead 3 years.
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With Zhang Weiwei and other guests at Beijing’s Great Hall of the people waiting to hear President Xi Jinping and others speak at the Belt and Road Forum
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Pretty good evidence the claim of a non-existent ‘genocide’ against Uyghurs in Xinjiang is collapsing is that the US & CIA now forced to shift their focus to a new ‘big lie’ - that #COVID19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan, a claim the WHO has already debunked.
Origin-tracing is a serious scientific issue. US intent to let its intelligence service play a leading role in conducting the research only shows that facts&truth is the last thing the US side cares about. It is only seeking political manipulation for the purpose of scapegoating.
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The US is loosing in peaceful economic competition with China - that’s the only real reason for US attacks on China’s high tech firms such as Huawei, TikTok, Tencent. The real world is proving that US capitalism is less efficient for economic development than China’s socialism.
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UK 'deep and longstanding relationship with Hong Kong' was that it was seized to force China to import British opium, resulting in deaths of millions, & then it was ruled for more than 150 years as a racist colony with no democracy whatever. Lisa Nandy is a contemptible hypocrite.
The UK has a deep and longstanding relationship with Hong Kong and its people. Now is not the moment for us to look away. Today I’ve written to the Foreign Secretary and urged him to take immediate action to ensure we defend the values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law.
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Chinese people mourning the death of the creator of hybrid rice, Yuan Longpin, who helped remove the threat of hunger and famine from hundreds of millions of people - what a public tribute to a scientist!.
Chinese people mourn the scientists who serve the people. Today, From hospital to funeral home, Changsha is full of flowers commemorating Yuan Longping, and all chrysanthemums and White flowers all out of stock🙏🙏🙏
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‘Shockwaves spread to other brands as dozens of [Chinese] celebrities called off endorsement deals with Nike, Adidas, Burberry, Uniqlo and Lacoste.’ Western companies pulled into spreading lies about non-existent genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang suffer severe blows in China.
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Today 1.4 billion people Chinese are on brink of escaping from poverty & more than a century of national oppression to a decent standard of life. Inspriring! US/NATO is desperate to stop this. And @paulmasonnews support NATO vs China! How shameful.
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Important period for left. Huge economic success & poverty reduction of China & Vietnam, also success of socialist countries including Cuba in fight vs #COVID19, showing socialism superior to capitalism not only morally but in terms of economy, society & protection of humanity.
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Extremely accurate and funny cartoon on the fate of the the arrogant US rule class compared to China by David Horsey 😀 😀
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China is saving its citizens lives by strong measures to control #coronavirus, the US is killing tens of thousands of its citizens by letting the virus rip. It is obvious that in the real world China has a far better attitude on human rights than the US.
China and the U.S. take divergent roads to a "second wave" of COVID-19. While Beijing pursues aggressive measures in quickly curtailing its spread, Washington quite obviously is not taking this seriously, says @Tom_Fowdy.
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US willingness to use Ukrainian people as cannon fodder horrific. US knew NATO expansion into Ukraine unacceptable aggressive action against Russia - places NATO missiles within minutes of Moscow. US didn't care. After all only Ukrainians who will die as result of this policy.
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US invades Iraq, bombs Libya, & kills hundreds of thousands of people. China diplomats defend themselves on Twitter. US declares they are ‘wolf warriors’. Therefore US declares China diplomats are ‘aggressors’. What a sick joke.
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What a contrast! China is enjoying its national holiday with no need for lockdown or social distancing and mass travel taking place. Because china crushed #coronavirus in 6 weeks. Meanwhile in UK & US we have failed in 6 months & now face at least another 6 months of misery.
Tomorrow is China's National Day holiday, with an 8-day holiday, and today has ushered in the travel peak. This is the current traffic flow of Shanghai Hongqiao High-speed railway station.
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As Ukraine's strategy is extend conflict in Ukraine into a general European war by trying to create a NATO air conflict with Russia ("no fly zone") they have every interest to exaggerate or falsify all news. So for all our sakes don't take at face value any "news" they put out.
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Witnessing at first hand the USSR’s disintegration made me intensely understand the scale of China’s success
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"Between 2013 and 2018, China’s GDP grew by an average of 7.01 percent per year, while its CO2 emissions grew by an average of 0.81 percent per year." Crucial fact. China shows it is possible to combine economic development with limiting CO2 emissions - unlike situation in US.
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New US GDP data confirms China's economy peforming astonishingly better than US during #Covid19 pandemic. Since 3rd quarter of 2019 China's economy has grown by 10.0%, US by 1.8%. China's growth more than 5 times as fast as US - see chart below
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Note countries refusing to recognise Palestine as independent are almost exactly the same as those making fake claim there is “genocide” of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. And you believe these countries really care about Muslims or tell the truth about Xinjiang? Wake up & see reality.
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Farce of claim West carries out free speech demonstrated every day in Ukraine war. Speaker after speaker on media giving Kyiv government/NATO position, not one speaker explaining Russia’s position. This is just wall to wall propaganda, not any attempt to get to objective view.
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The US, guilty of one of the worst real genocides in history, the direct & indirect killing of the vast majority of the native American population, accuses China of a non-existent 'genocide' of Uyghurs in Xinjiang - what a total farce!.
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China produces more manufacturing output than the next 5 countries combined, the U.S. spends more on the military than the next 5 countries combined. Not hard to work out which is more useful for the world,.
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In 1921 12 people assembled in Shanghai to found the Communist Party of China (CPC). The Party had only 50 members. 28 years later it took power in the most populous country in the world. This is an almost unbelievable achievement.
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85% of world not supporting US sanctions against Russia over Ukraine - see map below, countries in gray not impose sanctions. Many people understand cause of Ukraine war is NATO expansion. Parts of left in the Global North may be getting confused but majority of humanity not
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Indian woman’s life expectancy 71, China 79.2 years. China's female literacy 95%, India 65%. Risk of woman dying in childbirth 8 times higher in India than China. Yet West claims "human rights" of Indian woman better than China. Pure nonsense concept.
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US demands China's people must always be much poorer than US - so that the US will always be the world's largest economy & world's hegemonic power. That is true core of new US Cold War. Not merely arrogant & unjust but very dangerous as no country or people would ever accept it.
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China's GDP grew 9.1% in 1st quarter by US standards. US announces GDP growth as a quarter’s growth compared to previous quarter annualised. China announces it as a quarter this year compared to same quarter last year. By US method China growth in 1st quarter was 9.1% not 4.5%.
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Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the greatest improvement in the conditions of humanity in the whole of human history. For the facts as opposed to Western propoganda, please read article "What the 100th anniversary of the CPC means for humanity".
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China’s people are smart. If they believed there was ‘genocide’ against Uyghurs in Xinjiang they would ignore calls for consumer boycotts of companies spreading this claim. But they know there is no such ‘genocide’ so instead they will participate in the boycotts.
‘Shockwaves spread to other brands as dozens of [Chinese] celebrities called off endorsement deals with Nike, Adidas, Burberry, Uniqlo and Lacoste.’ Western companies pulled into spreading lies about non-existent genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang suffer severe blows in China.
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China's Muslims celebrating end of Eid al-Fitr in Kashi, Xinjiang on Thursday. Don't believe stupid lies in Western media that China's Muslims can't celebrate Eid - they can, with the rest of the world's Muslims, as this vividly shows.
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Great to be in China & experience what a real transport system to serve the people is like. China’s long distance high speed trains one of the wonders of the world. Travel at 200 mph with the regularity of service of a 1st class local bus network
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Remember Pompeo’s words when you read US lies about Xinjiang - it is the same level of lie as the claim Iraq had WMD & North Vietnam attacked US ships in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964.
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Classic worth preserving to show how US propaganda media works. Wall Street Journal, CNN, Washington Post carry massive stories condemning (unjustified) death of a dog in China during #Covid19. No equivalent condemnation of US government for over 750,000 human Covid deaths!!!
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"China’s Xi calls for wealth redistribution and clampdown on high incomes." Xin Jinping is pursuing socialist/communist policies. So China is exactly what it says on the tin - a socialist country.
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During #COVID19 pandemic China's economy has grown more than 4 times as fast as the US (see chart) - China's GDP growth 11.5%, US 2.8%. Shows how ridiculous is claim that West's response to Covid superior to China even from economic viewpoint.
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1st CPC party branch in outer space! Astronauts Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, & Tang Hongbo who arrived at China's space station are all CPC members. According to party constitution where there are more than 3 party members, a branch should be established. So!
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US now forcing entire world to pay more for its telecommunications by its attack on Huawei - the world's most cost efficent & advanced telecommunications supplier. A further illustration of how US policy is a direct enemy of humanity in numerous dimensions.
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Thorough destruction on video by Daniel Dumbrill of US lies about the non-existent 'genocide' of Uyghurs in Xinjiang .
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'China’s latest tactic: Call America racist'. This is not a 'tactic' it is simply the truth - US is racist! Best way to deal with this would be for US to stop being racist - but that would be unacceptable for Trump/Pompeo as they want to 'divide & rule'.
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UK & Sweden now worst in world in #coronavirus catastrophe. Chart shows per capita coronavirus death rate (deaths per million people) in last 7 days. UK worst in world, Sweden 2nd. Catastrophe of Johnson administration & no wonder Johnson loving Telegraph promoted Sweden model!
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Where has "Western Marxism" created socialism? Precisely nowhere! Where has Marxism-Leninism created socialism - first in the USSR, then in China, Vietnam, Cuba. And the "Western left" thinks it should lecture others on creating socialism - imperialist minded arrogance!.
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China is unacceptable to US political establishment for 3 reasons - it’s not white, it’s not capitalist, & worst of all its economy is much more successfully rapidly growing than US. Put that together & you understand US frenzied outburst of racist, McCarthyite, Cold War hysteria.
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World Uyghur Congress leader visits shrine honouring Japan’s war criminals - the left should understand the nature of these groups and not be duped.
World Uyghur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer at the Yasukuni Shrine on 5/14/12 .
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If you see an anti-China story in the media remember it may well be paid for out of the $500 million allocated by the US for anti-China propaganda - see below. It could be known as “free speech” - except it’s rather well paid for.
NEW: A manufacturing bill moving through Congress includes half a billion dollars for negative news coverage of China.
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International poll rightly finds US is the biggest threat to world peace.
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Given there are less than 5,000 #Covid19 deaths in Mainland China & more than 800,000 in US it is clear China doesn’t need to import US vaccines but the US needs to import China’s Zero Covid strategy.
Now that the Omicron variant is in Beijing and in total 9 cities across 6 provinces in northern, eastern, central and southern China - I really, really hope the govt will finally allow Pfizer & other foreign vaccines in, if Covid defence outweighs misplaced pride.
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Zelensky calls for Ukraine to immediately join EU. What a naive person! EU never intended allow Ukraine to join EU as would compete with German & French farmers. EU just wanted separate Ukraine economically from it largest economic parther Russia - damaging Ukraine's economy.
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