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Friday, 28 July

05:00

Henry Kissinger: A Pre-Obituary "IndyWatch Feed Politics.us"

Henry Kissinger turned 100, I dont wish death on anyone, but I know that all the major media have already written his obituary in advance. As soon as he dies, they will add a line about his death, push a button and these obituaries, gushing with praise from Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Ted Koppel, Xi Jinping and other famous people, will appear online. But Kissinger doesnt deserve such praise. Heres why.

The Overrated Diplomat

Kissinger s reputation as a successful diplomat began with his opening of China to the United States. In 1971, as President Richard Nixons national security advisor, he made two trips to China and paved the way for Nixon to meet with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. The United States and China became economic partners. But who really gained from this partnership? Employers won, but U.S. employees lost. American corporations rushed to China to take advantage of cheap labor, non-existent environmental and worker safety standards and the banning of unions. Americans who worked for these corporations found themselves abandoned and out-of-work. There was another winner: Kissinger himself. Even though the opening up of U.S.-China economic relations was Nixons idea, Kissinger exploited it to build his own reputation.

The Anti-Semitic Jew

Kissinger has promoted himself as someone of whom Jews can be proud. As a child growing up in Germany, Kissinger endured harassment by anti-Semitic gangs. Yet, in the United States, he rose to become secretary of state under two presidents, Nixon and Gerald Ford. However, as he gained power, his empathy with other Jews diminished. In 1973, Kissinger said The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. It wasnt until 37 years later that Kissinger apologized for this statement and only because a tape of him saying this was made public by the Nixon library.

The Cambodian Debacle

Beginning in 1969, Kissinger was deeply involved in every murderous and failed military assault on Cambodia. When Richard Nixon took over the presidency, the United States was mired in what appeared to be an unwinnable war in Vietnam. Kissinger felt that what the U.S. needed with a face-saving diplomatic solution. The North Vietnamese had created a long corridor in the eastern part of Cambodia that they were using to supply anti-American troops in South Vietnam. The Cambodian leader, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, had tried to remain neutral in the Vietnam War, but he was overthrown in a coup, widely thought to have been supported by the CIA. Cambodias new leader. Lon Nol, took the side of the United States.

The Nixon administration began...

Thursday, 27 July

12:04

Animal deaths in community run zoos in Nepal raise alarm "IndyWatch Feed Economics"

Run for profit and without adequate resources, multiple wildlife rehabilitation centres run by community forest users groups in eastern Nepal are keeping animals in difficult conditions.

06:44

Chinese president urged military to prepare for war with 'declining' West "IndyWatch Feed World"

Chinese President Xi Jinping told military leaders at a meeting in 2020 that with his country "rising" and the West "declining," Beijing needed to prepare for a war between both sides, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Monday. Citing documents from a December 2020 meeting between Xi and the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission, the Japanese outlet claimed that Xi declared "the East is rising and the West is declining." Amid this shifting power balance, Xi predicted that a localized conflict could break out and widen, although he supposedly ruled out the possibility of a third world war. It is unclear where Xi saw such a conflict originating, but Kyodo News suggested that he viewed Taiwan as a likely flashpoint. The documents were reportedly compiled after the 2020 meeting and issued to Chinese commanders and party officials last summer. By that point, Russia was fighting what President Vladimir Putin termed "the entire Western military machine" in Ukraine, and...

02:38

FM says Chinas move based on facts and reason as Japan complains of China tightening seafood imports due to nuclear-contaminated wastewater dumping plan "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Wang Qi | Global Times | July 20, 2023

The Chinese government puts people first, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, noting that Chinas opposition to Japans ocean discharge plan is based on facts and reason, after Japan recently complained that China had tightened radiation testing on its seafood imports, and some Japanese seafood had reportedly been held up at Chinas customs due to Tokyos nuclear-contaminated wastewater dumping plan.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning urged Japan to heed the call of the international community, stop pushing through the discharge plan, engage in full, sincere consultations with its neighbors, dispose of the nuclear-contaminated water in a responsible way and accept rigorous international oversight.

Japans chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday that there have been cases of Japanese seafood exports being held up by China, along with Japanese media reports saying that China has ramped up efforts to test all seafood imports from Japan for radiation.

Earlier on July 7, Chinas customs announced a ban on imports of food from Japans Fukushima and nine other regions, as Japan makes final preparations to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean.

Mao said Thursday that Our job is to be responsible for the health of our people and the marine environment. Our opposition to Japans ocean discharge plan is based on facts and reason, so are the measures that we have decided to take.

According to Japanese media outlet Asahi Shimbum, China is Japans largest seafood destination, accounting for 87.1 billion yen ($624 million) in imports.

Many people from Japan and most of its neighboring countries, including China, are against Tokyos irresponsible plan to dump the nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean.

A recent Japanese poll by Kyodo News showed 80.3 percent of respondents said they felt the explanation provided by the Japanese government on dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater was insufficient.

More than 80 percent of respondents in 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region except for Japan said Japans plan to dump nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is irresponsible, a survey conducted by the Global Times Research Center found recently.

A Gallup Korea survey from June shows that 78 percent of those polled said they were very or somewhat worried...

Wednesday, 26 July

06:00

UAE investment in US under review over China ties: Report "IndyWatch Feed War"

UAE investment in US under review over China ties: Report

Due to national security concerns, the US is reviewing a plan by Abu Dhabi's Mubadala to take over a New York-based investment group

MEE staff Tue, 07/25/2023 - 21:00

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan gestures after a meeting with French prime minister at lHotel de Matignon, in Paris, on 19 July 2022

The US is reviewing a plan by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund to take over the New York-based Fortress Investment Group, over national security concerns stemming from the UAEs ties to China, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Mubadala, a holding company that serves as a sovereign wealth fund, agreed in May to buy a majority position in the $46bn US firm from Japans SoftBank Group. The Emirati fund hopes to seal the deal in 2024, a move that would give it a 70 percent stake in Fortress equity.

According to the Financial Times, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' (Cfius) review of the deal is in its early stages and a decision is not expected for several months.

But it is the latest case of the UAEs ties to China proving an irritant in its relations with Washington. Abu Dhabi's talks with Washington to acquire the F-35 fighter jet broke down out of concerns Bejing would gain access to sensitive US technologies.

In April, leaked US intelligence documents suggested that China h...

03:12

Rivers reach danger level as heavy rainfall triggers floods in Nepal "IndyWatch Feed World"

The Tinau and West Rapti rivers have surpassed the danger level as heavy rainfall continues to impact regions in Rupandehi, Nawalparasi, Palpa, Pyuthan, and neighboring areas of Lumbini since Monday night. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology reported this morning that the water level at the Tinau River Flood Measuring Center in Butwal has risen significantly above the danger level and continues to increase. Given the high risk of flooding, residents residing in the coastal areas of Tinau River and nearby regions are advised to seek shelter in safer locations until 12 noon.

01:45

Kissingers Sino-Soviet Split 2.0 destined to fail "IndyWatch Feed War"

By Drago Bosnic | July 25, 2023

A bit over half a century ago, the United States under the Nixon administration sent its then-State Secretary Henry Kissinger to China in order to exploit the infamous Sino-Soviet split that nearly escalated into a full-blown war between Moscow and Beijing. The cold war between the two previously closely allied communist powers was a strategic gift to the US-led political West, as the belligerent thalassocracy was terrified of the prospect of facing a giant Eurasian monolith spanning from East Germany to Vietnam. The brewing ideological conflict between the post-Stalinist Soviet Union and Maoist China was heavily (ab)used by the US to somewhat soften the consequences of the humiliating defeat of Americas genocidal aggression in Indochina, where millions were killed in its indiscriminate attacks on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

Henry Kissinger is often credited as the instrumental figure in engineering the Sino-American detente that gave the US much-needed geopolitical breathing room in the late 1970s and much of the 1980s after the belligerent thalassocracy pulled back to lick its Vietnam wounds. However, it should be noted that, despite Kissingers vast diplomatic experie...