Tag Archive: Asia
Why Are People Going Hungry in India Despite a Massive Grain Surplus?
Released for Syndication: 01/12/2021
Editor’s Note: Since late November, braving the bitter cold, hundreds of thousands of farmers have set up protest camps at various points on the...
Full ArticleThe World’s Biggest Trading Bloc Does Not Include the United States
Released for Syndication: 11/25/2020
On November 15, 15 Asian and Pacific countries signed an agreement known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) that unites 30 percent of...
Full ArticleWhy Biden Will Keep the U.S.-Imposed Cold War Rolling
Released for Syndication: 11/17/2020
Much will certainly change in the world of U.S. foreign policy when Joe Biden enters the White House. There will be a more measured...
Full ArticleChina Is Working to Expand Its Ties to Latin America
Released for Syndication: 11/10/2020
In mid-January 2020, 800 people gathered at Mexico’s Ministry of Economy to celebrate “China Day” with a seminar on Chinese-Mexican relations. Mexico’s Minister of...
Full ArticleIndia’s Move Toward a De Facto Unitary State
Released for Syndication: 11/05/2020
India is being pushed toward a de facto unitary state, with states being kept totally out of the loop in decision-making, as seen in the new agricultural laws, goods and services tax compensation, Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation and new National Education Policy.
Full ArticleU.S. Is Doing Its Best to Lock Out China From Latin America and the Caribbean
Released for Syndication: 11/03/2020
On August 20, 2018, El Salvador’s leftist president Salvador Sánchez Cerén announced on national television that El Salvador would break its ties with Taiwan...
Full ArticleHow India’s Leader Modi Is Changing Laws to Help Imperialists Dominate the Country’s Agriculture
Released for Syndication: 10/13/2020
Foreign investors and multinational companies have been pushing countries like India to become food-import-dependent and divert land devoted to food grain toward crops that imperialist countries can’t grow.
Full ArticleWhy America’s Economic War on China Is Failing
Released for Syndication: 10/07/2020
U.S. President Donald Trump—supported by most of the U.S. establishment—deepened the U.S. government’s assault on the Chinese economy. The “trade war” seemed to play...
Full ArticleHow Trump Managed to Lead the World With the Worst Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Released for Syndication: 08/04/2020
Six months ago, on January 30, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced a public health emergency of...
Full ArticleTrump’s Withdrawal From WHO: A Cover-Up for His Abject Failure on COVID-19
Released for Syndication: 07/31/2020