If imitation is a sincere form of flattery, here is my one-time attempt to imitate my friend JK’s terrifically useful mini-digest on Ukraine. Sent via email a few times a week, containing “information you are not likely to read/hear in the Western/U.S. media,” its author has identified the need for someone to do something similar for news on the war on China the U.S. is planning aka the Obama-Biden pivot to Asia.
I’m unqualified to take on this project because I don’t read Chinese or Japanese beyond the kindergarten level or any other East Asian languages. But, in the spirit of JK’s heroic communication efforts around the U.S. war on Russia, here goes.
Item # 1
Follow the Puck — Trends in Geopolitics by SL Kanthan, Indian blogger on “India’s role in a multipolar world” January 31, 2023
(Note from LS: MUST READ! Examines why people in the U.S. believe so many things about China that are demonstrably false.)
Item # 2
CSIS advises US to prepare for possible redeployment of tactical nukes to S. Korea by Lee Bon-young, Washington correspondent for Hankyore January 20, 2023
Item # 3
The US-Australia Military Alliance Serves Washington’s Interests, Not Ours by Paul Gregoire, Sydney Criminal Lawyers January 27, 2023
Item # 4
War in the Taiwan Strait May Mean War For North, South Korea by Cheong Wook-Sik, Hankoreh Peace Institute January 31, 2023
Item # 5
How CNN & BBC trick you about China: Selina Wang and her failed exposé [Length: 11:42] by Andy Boreham, Reports on China January 30, 2023
Item # 6
Okinawa Against US-JAPAN Alliance [Length: 12:15] by Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space February 1, 2023
(Note from LS: MUST WATCH! Discusses how the U.S. with full Japanese cooperation has turned Okinawa into a war base and an obvious target during any conflict with China.)
Item # 7
Why is Victoria Nuland coming to Sri Lanka? by Shenali D. Waduge, Lankaweb January 31, 2023
Item # 8
February 4, 2022
(Note from LS: MUST READ. It’s a year old and long, but well worth your time to understand reality behind headlines like “China, Russia partner up against West at Olympics summit” by Reuters or “Russia and China unveil a pact against the West” in the New Yorker.)