Inflection EP07: China’s Rise: From Humiliated Colony, to Global Power

Week of 5-9 July, 2021

Inflection is a weekly show featuring Angelo Giuliano and Brian Berletic, discussing recent headlines and in-depth discussion of topics shaping the shift from West to East and unipolarism to multipolarism.

In this episode we take a look at celebrations in China over 100 years of the Communist Party and the accomplishments of China in general over the past century - from an oppressed, humiliated colony of the West, to a global power reversing and constructively building over Western imperialism at home and abroad.

We also take a look at ongoing terrorism and atrocities carried out by the US-backed opposition in Myanmar as well as US airstrikes along the Iraqi-Syrian border.

News:

United Nations in Myanmar - UN in Myanmar Alarmed at Sharp Deterioration of Human Rights Environment:
https://myanmar.un.org/en/131929-un-myanmar-alarmed-sharp-deterioration-human-rights-environment
Reuters - Boycott and bombings mar Myanmar's new school year:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/boycott-bombings-mar-myanmars-new-school-year-2021-06-02/
Myanmar Now - As spate of killings continues, anti-junta forces warn of more to come:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/as-spate-of-killings-continues-anti-junta-forces-warn-of-more-to-come
Myanmar Now - Snack vendor accused of acting as military informant shot dead in Insein Township:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/snack-vendor-accused-of-acting-as-military-informant-shot-dead-in-insein-township
US Department of Defense - Statement by the Department of Defense, June 27, 2021 US airstrikes on Syrian-Iraqi border:
https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2672875/statement-by-the-department-of-defense/
NYT - Iraq Is Caught in the Middle as U.S. and Iran Spar on Its Soil:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/world/middleeast/iraq-us-airstrikes-militias-iran.html
Guardian - Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/16/iraq.iraq
Yahoo News - In leaked email, Clinton claims Saudi and Qatari governments fund ISIS:
https://news.yahoo.com/in-leaked-email-clinton-claims-saudi-and-qatari-governments-fund-isis-221758254.html?guccounter=1
NYT - Behind the Sudden Death of a $1 Billion Secret C.I.A. War in Syria:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/middleeast/cia-syria-rebel-arm-train-trump.html
New Yorker - The Redirection:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection

Main Topic:

BBC - CCP 100: Xi warns China will not be 'oppressed' in anniversary speech:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57648236
White House - Remarks by President Biden on America’s Place in the World:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-place-in-the-world/
CNN - Tibet's first bullet train line enters service:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/lhasa-nyingchi-high-speed-railway-china-tibet/index.html
CNN - China's latest mega-airport is officially open:
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chengdu-tianfu-international-airport-china-cmd/index.html
Aviation Voice - TOP 5 World’s Largest Aviation Markets:
https://aviationvoice.com/top-5-worlds-largest-aviation-markets-2-201912031047/
Reuters - Exclusive: Trump administration adds China's Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-comac-military-exclusive-idUSKBN29J2HK
NEO - Russian-Chinese Civilian Aviation Challenges Western Duopoly:
https://journal-neo.org/2020/12/29/russian-chinese-civilian-aviation-challenges-western-duopoly/
Space.com - China's president calls Shenzhou 12 astronauts on space station:
https://www.space.com/china-president-calls-space-station-shenzhou-12-astronauts:
Dongfang Hour - Massive design changes for China’s super heavy rocket the Long March 9 announced by Long Lehao:
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/dongfanghour/issues/dfh-8-super-heavy-lift-lm-9-china-satnet-updates-and-more-672918
ABC - A mega dam on the Great Bend of China:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-25/chinas-plan-to-build-mega-dam-on-yarlung-tsangpo-brahmaputra/100146344
TechStartUp - China wants to build a $200 billion, 8,000-mile high-speed underwater train network that connects Mainland China to the U.S.:
https://techstartups.com/2021/04/18/china-wants-build-200-billion-8000-mile-high-speed-underwater-train-network-connects-mainland-china-u-s/

Also check out Eric X. Li’s discussion with FCC Hong Kong: Can the Chinese Communist Party Rule for Another 100 Years?:
https://youtu.be/Jr75blwvIHo

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