Why does the G7 think that China is a threat, even if China is the only power in the world that has never invaded or occupied other countries? Is it conceited or afraid of retaliation? 為什麼G7認為中國是一個威脅，即使中國是世界上唯一從未入侵或占領過其他國家的大國？ 是自負還是害怕報復？
Selectively forgotten history 1. Which countries have invaded and occupied Indonesia? The Netherlands is 350 years, and Japan is 3.5 years. 2. Which country was once the colony master of Malaya and India? United Kingdom. 3. Which countries have invaded and occupied Vietnam? France, from 1857 to 1940, from 1946 to 1954. Japan, 1940-1945. United States (in southern Vietnam), 1955-1975. 4. Which countries are responsible for the colonization of the African continent? Belgium, England, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy. 5. Which 8 countries were responsible for the occupation of China in the early 20th century? Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Austro-Hungary. 6. Which countries are responsible for colonizing North America and almost exterminating the red Indians? France, United Kingdom. 7. Which country colonized Australia and New Zealand and almost wiped out the Aboriginal people? United Kingdom. 8. Who are the member states of the G7? Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States. The question now is… 9. Why does the G7 think that China is a threat, even if China is the only power in the world that has never invaded or occupied other countries? Is it conceited or afraid of retaliation? 被选择性忘记的历史 1. 哪些国家侵占了印尼？ 荷兰为 350 年，日本为3.5年。 2. 哪个国家曾经是马来亚和印度的殖民地主人？ 英国。 3. 哪些国家侵占过越南？ 法国，1857 年至 1940 年，1946 年至 1954 年。 日本，1940 年至 1945 年。 美国（在越南南部），1955 年至 1975 年。 4. 哪些国家对非洲大陆的殖民化负有责任？ 比利时，英国，法国，德国，葡萄牙，西班牙，意大利。 5. 哪 8 个国家对 20 世纪初占领中国负有责任？ 英国，美国，德国，法国，俄罗斯，日本，意大利，奥匈帝国。 6. 在北美殖民并几乎灭绝红族印第安人的责任在哪些国家？ 法国，英国。 7. 哪个国家在澳大利亚和新西兰殖民并几乎消灭了原住民？ 英国。 8. 七国集团有哪些成员国？ 英国，加拿大，法国，德国，意大利，日本，美国。 现在的问题是...… 9. 为什么七国集团认为中国是一个威胁，即使中国是世界上唯一一个从未侵略或占领过其他国家的大国？ 是自负还是害怕报复？
China’s foreign affairs ministry said that over 350 million Chinese vaccines were delivered to other countries. 900 millions Chinese in China has also taken the Chinese COVID19 Vaccines so far. However, there have been very few severe adverse effects reported and no deaths directly related to China’s vaccines.
Still, traditional western powers and their new allies refuse to approve Chinese vaccines.
As many now know, on June 3rd our father, Dennis Etler passed away. We are still coming to terms with the shock and sorrow of losing him. As we continue to grieve we would like to acknowledge the overwhelming outpouring of love and support expressed by friends and loved ones, near and far. To all those who have reached out with heartfelt messages of condolences over the past week, we are sincerely touched by your words. We are especially grateful to our friends who have been so resolute in offering their time and energy both emotionally and physically.
We miss our dad dearly but take comfort in the deep connections and community he fostered that extended over many decades and generations, spanning oceans and continents. These connections are reflected in his lifelong commitment to humanism, science and social justice, at home and abroad. We know that he had a great impact on many people through his decades as an educator at Cabrillo and Gavilan Colleges and as a mentor to those just beginning their own journey through life.Through friends and colleagues we see the open heart and keen intellect he possessed.
As a scientist studying Anthropology in China, he contributed immensely to the field through his research and writings. He was part of the first American archaeological delegation to receive approval from the Chinese government to access sites that had previously been off limits to foreigners in the People’s Republic of China since its formation in 1949. His findings and research in China were the basis for his Phd. dissertation from the University of California Berkeley.
As a rational humanist and historical materialist he started a local Humanist Club in Santa Cruz where he built a community of like minded activists. Through all his achievements he never hesitated to speak his mind and live according to his principles.
A close friend of his summed it up saying: “Dennis was a man who changed my perspective on the world. He was kind and loving, gentle, and sincere. He could be gruff and straightforward while being unapologetically radical and revolutionary in his worldview, and I will love him for who he was for the rest of my life.”: https://www.facebook.com/drewscottglover/posts/5933225903369202
Our dad was always honest about the stark truths of our world but he was also unconditionally supportive, understanding, patient and compassionate to all people regardless of their station in life.
At the time of his passing he was actively involved with numerous projects and local organizations. He was the Chairperson for the local UN association and getting ready for their annually held Hiroshima Day of Remembrance. He was also a prolific commentator on world politics contributing his perspective to numerous world wide news agencies in regular interviews and articles. He particularly enjoyed studying and talking about the history and politics of China, a lifelong passion of his, having studied and traveled there many times. This passion led him to create a very popular online forum discussing contemporary Chinese society and politics that continues today with over 35,000 members.
In the coming days and weeks we would like to welcome beloved family, friends and community to join us in remembering and celebrating our father’s remarkable life. We miss him deeply but our love for him will always remain in our hearts. Please feel free to share with us any thoughts or memories you have of him here. We are looking to set up a public space to gather and share thoughts and memories. A private memorial will be held for close friends and family. We will continue to update this page with information on additional memorial plans as they develop.
Love and Gratitude,
Sam, Daniel and Tim Etler
We will continue to maintain our dad’s Facebook page and if you would like to reach out to us directly you can send this account a message.
China unveils logo for upcoming crewed space mission by Global Times Jun 15 2021
China’s Manned Space Agency unveiled the logo for the upcoming Shenzhou-12 crewed mission on Tuesday.
The logo shows the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft docking with the Tianhe core module and Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, with the three forming a linear structure in orbit right above Earth.
The number 12 is also seen in the logo next to the CMS logo.
Scheduled for June, the mission will be the third of 11 flight missions scheduled from late April until 2022 in China’s station construction phase.
The combination of the Long March-2F Y12 and the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft have been vertically transferred to the launch pad, the agency announced on June 9.
Chinese space authorities have yet to announce the line-up of the first three-strong flight crews, but Yang Liwei, the country’s first astronaut and director of China Manned Space Engineering Office, revealed that they were chosen from China’s first and second batch of astronauts, and are currently under Level-2 quarantine, with all related work having entered the final stage.
The astronauts will stay in orbit for three months, during which they will conduct multiple tasks in and out of the cabin, including repair and maintenance, appliance switch and scientific operation of payloads, Yang explained.
It will be the first time in nearly five years that China has sent men into space, and is the first crewed flight mission and third leg of the country’s total 11 space launch missions of the intensive space station construction phase.
China sent the space station’s Tianhe core cabin module via Long March-5B carrier rocket on April 29, and the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft via Long March-7 on May 29.
Scientists close to the Wuhan virologist lab break silence, push away latest conspiracies by GT staff reporters Jun 15 2021
As the debate surrounding the origins of the COVID-19 virus has long branched out as Western politicians and media’s muzzle of China-bashing, and individuals’ tool to gain personal fame, Chinese and foreign scientists who buried their heads in studying the puzzle have also been pushed out front, such as Shi Zhengli. They decided to break their silence, and hopefully they can veer virus tracing back to a “scientific and rational” way.
In a rare interview with the New York Times published on Monday, China’s “bat woman” Shi Zhengli, a virologist from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which was mired at the center of “lab-leak” conspiracy, said, “How on Earth can I offer evidence for something where there is no evidence?” when confronted with “lab-leak” suspicions.
“I don’t know how the world has come to this, constantly pouring filth on an innocent scientist,” she wrote in a text message she sent to the US newspaper.
Shi is not the first scientist that has had enough of the conspiracy. When talking to the Global Times on Tuesday, a virologist, who is Shi’s collaborator and requested anonymity, said that the issue of tracing the virus origins has “definitely been politicalized to largely serve [Western] domestic political needs such as winning elections…”
“There’s no way that the virus could have been made in WIV. I am confident that science will eventually prevail by discovering the progenitor virus in nature one day!” the WIV virologist noted.
In the latest tussle, leaders of G7 countries played with the “lab-leak” conspiracy in their summit in Cornwall last week, after US President Joe Biden decided to expand an investigation by the country’s intelligence agencies into the origins of the virus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has made it clear that tracing of virus origins won’t be solved once and for all, according to the anonymous virologist, who noted the second-stage investigation should be expanded to different parts of the world.
The virologist also debunk the accusations of Australian journalist Sheri Markson, who pieced together a video and claimed WIV kept live bats which can harbor SARS or COVID-19 viruses. It is well known in the scientific field that the Rhinolophus bats which carry such viruses are unable to be kept live in any laboratory around the world and definitely not in WIV.
Markson’s purpose is to promote the sale of her new book, scheduled to be released in September. The WVI scientist noted that some clips of the video “unearthed” by Markson were taken from a publicity video released by the WIV in 2017. “Markson has made it as her secret discovery, which again proved that such news reports are not newsworthy and serve only the political purposes being pursued by certain journalists.”
Similarly, Steven Quay, founder of Atossa Therapeutics, and Richard Muller, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, co-authored an article published in the Wall Street Journal on June 6 that backed the Wuhan “lab-leak” theory, as they claimed that the COVID-19 pathogen has a genetic footprint that has never been observed in a natural coronavirus.
A source close to the China-WHO joint investigative research mission to Wuhan refuted their claims, saying one of the authors, Quay, “is a bit of an odd-ball medical doctor,” and “He wrote a book that had some do-it-yourself cures for COVID-19 and it was taken down from Amazon because it was not backed up by facts. He has no skills in molecular biology, but has been pushing the lab conspiracy for a year, and I believe these people just see a chance for fame and glory right now,” the anonymous WVI source told the Global Times recently.
Not only were scientific facts twisted, scientists who dared to reveal their findings were also under attack. Kristian Andersen, a virologist at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California wrote a email to Dr. Anthony Fauci in January indicating that the virus was man-made as the “virus’s genetic information looked “inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory.”
Later after close study, Anderson changed his mind. He published a paper in March saying that “by comparing the available genome sequence data for known coronavirus strains, we can firmly determine that SARS-CoV-2 originated through natural processes.”
Yet the scientist faced explosive claims on social media after he changed his conclusion. The scientist later removed his page on Twitter.
The New York Times also raised the question of whether three researchers from her institute had sought treatment at a hospital in November 2019 for flu-like symptoms, before the first COVID-19 cases were reported.
Shi rebutted by stating, “the Wuhan Institute of Virology has not come across such cases,” and challenged whomever with the so-called “intelligence” by asking “If possible, can you provide the names of the three to help us check?”
Yuan Zhiming, director of the institute’s Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory, also told the Global Times that lab staff have had to report on a daily basis their health condition since the outbreak of the epidemic, and the antibody tests of COVID-19 for all staff turned out to be negative.
Chinese epidemiologists said that the trend of politicalizing virus-tracing issues and even hyping the “lab-leak” conspiracy are standing in the way of a “scientific and rational” investigation of the puzzle. Scientists worldwide should stand together to work on this issue, as well as hobble those who wants to squeeze on this topic for their own purposes, the epidemiologists said.
Video: Europe Refused To Side With Biden To Provoke China! 歐洲拒絕站在拜登一邊挑釁中國！
Blaming China is the magic solution to all problems in the west, and the situation will not change if political correctness still overrides truth, facts, and science, pushing journalism and conscientiousness away.
We hope someday, the slogan “build back better” can become “proceed progress perfect,” and only at that time can the world have a bright future.
The videos mentioned are as follows: COVID-19 ORIGIN PROBE 2021: He Wants To Hit Two Birds With One Stone! https://youtu.be/-C8z1vjN8rM Wuhan Lab Leak 2021: WHO Says Its Work Has Been Politically Poisoned https://youtu.be/YvwmK3LGB4c
Chinese and Asians are considered as foreigners in USA, it does not matter you are America Born Chinese (ABC) or new immigrants 不管你是在美國出生或新移民, 華人和亞洲人永遠是外國人 World Journal Newspaper San Francisco, June 15 2021
Video: Remembered your roots and Chinese heritage – foreign passport does not change you into white, red or black. With money you can practically buy any passports you wanted. 記住你的根和中國傳統 – 外國護照不會把你變成白、紅或黑。 有了錢，你幾乎可以買到任何你想要的護照.
One hundred years since the founding of the CPC party | Zhou Enlai’s niece: Recognize that you are a common people. Do things from the China’s national interest. 建黨百年|周恩來侄女：認清自己是老百姓 做事從國家利益出發.
America has plutocracy instead of real democracy ! The funny-tragic thing is that the U.S. is not even democratic. The elite 1% rules over the rest 99% ! G7: Joe Biden’s Tour of “Democracy Jihadism” 美國是由富豪統治，而不是真正的民主！ 可笑可悲的是，美國甚至不民主。 1%的精英統治著其餘的99%！ G7：喬拜登的“民主聖戰主義”之旅 By Chris Kanthan
Joe Biden wrote an op-ed in Washington Post about his Europe/G7 trip. The op-ed had 12 paragraphs and 16 mentions of the words “democracies” or “democratic.” This is the new religion of America, which cannot offer prosperity or economic freedom to its own people, let alone to others. The subliminal message about the word “democracy” is that it is the opposite of China and Russia, which were mentioned 7 times. In a nutshell, the core message is warmongering — how to contain the two nuclear-powered geopolitical rivals. These are very dangerous times.
In my new book on China, I use the phrase “democracy jihadism” to describe America’s perpetual aggression and endless wars that are are justified by a fake obsession with democracy. Democracy jihadism has no tolerance of other systems.
Just like how jihadists show one finger for one God, the Western military-corporate-banking complex warns the world that there is only system. Both the normal jihadist and democracy jihadist demand total submission. One jihadist destroys churches and Shiite mosques; and the democracy jihadist destroys entire economies through sanctions. One jihadist chops off heads, while the other is more sophisticated — uses coups, color revolutions, propaganda, and wars.
The funny-tragic thing is that the U.S. is not even democratic. Researchers at Princeton University studied how 1700+ policy issues fared in the U.S. Congress between 1981 and 2002. And they found that the rich and powerful got what they wanted; and the average citizen basically got nothing! In technical terms, this is what they concluded: “Economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence.” The paper is titled “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens.”
The USA is an oligarchy, fooling the masses into believing that they have a democracy. And the reason that elections don’t matter is because the political system has “vetocracy” — a term coined by Francis Fukuyama. What this means is that the corporate interest groups may not always get what they want, but they can always block what they don’t want. This is rule by veto. We can already see this in Biden’s term — his tax raise on corporations got blocked, his $2.5 trillion infrastructure bill has gotten cut by 60% even before reaching the debate, the student loan forgiveness is kaput, and so on.
It shouldn’t be surprising. Candidates who spend more are almost always likely to win. And who funds them? The oligarchs and corporations. While the elites openly fund both parties, Americans are fooled into thinking that Republicans and Democrats represent two different parties. No, they represent one party — party of $$$$$$.
Around the world, “democracies” mean countries who are plugged into the same system as the U.S. and Europe. All the media in those countries parrot the same talking points. Go to Brazil, Singapore, Germany, Japan, India, Saudi Arabia … they are all under the same system. Facebook, Twitter, CNN (localized versions), what’s being taught and discussed about foreign policies, world affairs, global financial system in schools and colleges … there’s astonishing uniformity. “Smart” and “educated” people in those countries read localized versions of Wall Street Journal, NY Times, BBC etc.
People in developing countries don’t even wonder why their countries need loans from the World Bank and the IMF, while the US, EU, and Japan can print as much money as they want.
This is just worldwide ignorance and serfdom. This is the global brainwashing in the “democracies” that Biden loves so much for obvious reasons!
Who benefits from wars on China and Russia?
There is only one country that benefits from containing Russia and China. And that’s the USA, which wants to stay Numba One. The interesting part is that the USA wants to contain Europe as well. If Europe gets along with Russia and China, there will be a prosperous Eurasia, whose combined GDP will be 3x as big as the US economy.
However, the average European is clueless and Europe’s leaders are all compromised. The EU has had ZERO growth in the last 12 years. China just surpassed the EU in GDP in 2020. The simple reason is that the EU fell into the housing bubble Ponzi scheme during 2000-2008. And Europe never developed its own versions of American internet giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Uber, Netflix etc. Instead, Europeans just sat on their asses and enjoyed American democracy. (And don’t even ask about Japan, which has had 0% GDP growth in 25 years!!!)
So, rather than fighting the status quo, the G7 will embrace “democracy jihadism.” At least, this will allow the leaders to give sanctimonious and self-righteous speeches about human rights, Western values, and democracy. I am sure they will cry for Xinjiang and Uyghurs on TV, while plotting behind doors how to divide and conquer the Middle East further. Maybe, during sumptuous dinners, they will discuss how to start a new Mujahideen program to fund, arm, train ETIM and TIP — the Uyghur terrorist groups.
Demonizing China and Russia is awesome for the military-industrial complex. NATO will get billions of dollars/Euros to fight the Democracy Kuffars — Russia and China.
Maybe all these democracy jihadists will fight Russia and China. And maybe they will die like suicide bombers to maintain America’s primacy. Never underestimate the group think and mob mentality in democracies.
Professor Ling-chi Wang of UC Berkeley: Happy Dragon Boat Festival （端午节)! Yes, we observe this and other Chinese festivals. For this one, we make Zongzi (粽子) every years and give them to our children’s families. We actually had a Zongzi-making party over the weekend. Our children and some of our grandchildren participated in making them. To my parents’ generation, the process is a piece of cake. But for us, it is a challenging job. We made about 30. It took one day to assemble and prepare the ingredients and another day to wrap them in large bamboo leaves. But, the reward, consuming them, is well worth the trouble! (In case you would like to eat this once-a-year delicacy, you can buy a very good one at the Clay Pot Restaurant on Clement and 11-th Avenue in the Richmond District of SF. I strongly recommend it. You can also ge authentic Taishan Clay Pot rice in this restaurant owned by the Liu family from Taishan).
Needless to say, the ritual of making Zongzi always reminds me of my school days in China when we had to memorize the famous Chu Ci (楚词) Chu poem, by Qu Yuan (屈原), entitled, “Li Sao (离骚), An Energy of Encountering Sorrows,” the most difficult poem to understand and memorize I had ever tried to master. The 3rd century B.C. poet/martyr, Qu Yuan, is the celebrated patriot commemorated nationwide each year in this annual festival and immortalized by this poem.
Your road trip through five Western states sounds great. I have yet to make one to the Rocky Mountain states. (I toured Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, but not Wyoming, Idaho, Motana, Idaho and the Dekotas. I would like to visit them before I kick the bucket).
I noticed you called your upcoming trip, 西游记 “Journey to the West,” named after one of the four best known novels in the history of Chinese literature. For Chinese Americans making your trip, I would call it “Journey to the Far West,’ the title I borrow from a long revolutionary ballet, composed by the late Chinese American jazz saxophonist and jazz composer. It is an ambitious musical epic of Chinese American struggles in western states of the U.S. in the 19th century. I was fortunate to have a chance to attend the performance of this long piece. Among all the Asian American jazz musicians, I consider him the most talented and best. He was also a Marxist, writer, playwright, and political activist. Tragically, he died young ten years ago.
For those interested in the history of Chinese immigrants in the West, I recommend Chinese on the American Frontier, edited by my late friend, Arif Dirlik (Rowman Littlefield, 2001). Chinatowns once dotted many frontier towns and cities in the Rocky Mountain states. Most have disappeared.
By the way, in case you are going by Bozeman, Montana, see if Robert Vrooman, the former head of Counterintelligence at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. He bravely told the U.S. Senate, in a public hearing, that there was not “a shred of evidence” that Dr. Wen Ho Lee was ever a spy for China. He called the charges against him to be racist. In my book, he is a hero.
Have a nice and safe journey to the Far West!
Edward Liu: June 14, 2021 Good morning….，buen dia!
As I start to gear up for my upcoming exploratory road trip across 5 Western States, I am cautiously reminded that 2021 this year is a very different America.
西游记 One of the reasons why I am doing this road trip is to feel the pulse of America’s heartland outside of major big cities.
There are many Americas now…. and the cultural-political-ideological- economic divide is a subject that I seek to understand and write about.
On this road trip, I will try to post my blogs if there is wifi signals… some remote parts of the destinations I will travel to may have no or weak signals and broadband.
I will try to do my best.
Some of my good friends have reminded me to be extraordinarily careful and stay safe, given the rise in unprovoked violent anti-Asian attacks all over America in this climate of Asian and China-bashing hysteria.
I have my pepper spray and jungle machete. But I do not want to pack an assault rifle because I do not want to escalate any confrontation in any rage-hate outbreaks.
It is not the four-legged wildlife like grisly bears that I worry about; but the two-legged racist bigots that I worry about the most.
Almost daily now, outbreaks of violent mass killings and mayhem are erupting all across American cities. In rural America, the peace remains stable.
I don’t mind bigotry stemming from ignorance and lack of contact. In Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, some of the ultra-right conservative redneck cowboys can be rough…. but talking it out and connecting on a one-on-one human level is something which can de-escalate confrontation.
It is the southern rednecks, not the western rednecks that is more dangerous. The Trumpist “Crusaders for Jesus” I call them.
To these folks, the rage formed around China bashing and anti-Asian bigoted hate has a fanatical religious component. It is the misguided perception that we Chinese are “anti-Christ.”
These are the Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence types. Billy Graham’s son, Franklin, is also part of this class of “China haters.” They demonize the Chinese as “ungodly.”
Today I followed the news of Fuddy-Duddy Joe Biden on his meeting with the NATO military honchos in Brussels. This one day before the looming “gunfight at Geneva Corral.”
It will be a shoot-out between a 78 year old POTUS with memory lapses against a much younger “Killer,” Vladimir Putin.
I hear Turkey’s Tayio Erdogan, also a mistrusted member of NATO, also wants to meet Biden… to get a first-hand measure of Fuddy-Duddy Joe!
He will be disappointed because the old man is 90% “spin,” and only 10% “substance.”
Worse, Biden’s Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is worse. He is a rabid liberal Zionist ideologue… one of the 5,000 idiots who now formed the Corp of America’s foreign policy “experts”… the CFR- Council on Foreign Relations.
These folks are dis-connected from the real America of youths and the bottom 60%.
These young Americans and working class are opting out. The shifts are most remarkable as more and more of them are resigning and getting out of the treadmill of “rude, brutal, unfriendly, unkindly” work life in corporate and tech America!
There is a new wave of urban escapees today towards less populated states like Montana, Wyoming, Idaho.
Ever heard of Provo, Utah? Or Boulder, Colorado? Or Boise, Idaho?
This domestic transmigration is something that I will study and learn about in my road trip…. in addition to exploring “the yellowing and browning of America’s racial-ethnic demographics.” Yah!
Johnson Choi Biz 