Foreign Correspondent: What’s Really Going on with China’s Uighurs?
Experts say US officials are seeking enemies, not the truth. By Reese Erlich February 19, 2021 In the final days of the Trump Administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced China for carrying out “genocide” against its Uighur minority. He accused the Communist Party of China of engaging in “forced assimilation,” providing a laundry list … Continue reading
Foreign correspondent: The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine
Who will be vaccinated first — and in what country? Foreign correspondent: The upcoming fights over COVID vaccine | 48 hills By REESE ERLICH NOVEMBER 20, 2020 In recent days, two US pharmaceutical companies announced that their COVID-19 vaccines could be available by December. US-based Pfizer, which partnered with the German-based BioNTech, said it has … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Inside Biden’s international policy
An important behind-the-scenes battle is being fought over the democratic nominee’s conservative positions. BY REESE ERLICH 48 Hills — Aug 27, 2020 Last spring, the Biden campaign decided to hit back hard against accusations of being soft on China. So the campaign produced a blistering ad attacking Trump’s failure to confront China in the early days of … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Is Kamala Harris a Hawk?
Biden’s VP pick has at times embraced militarism and even attacked Trump from the right. Foreign correspondent: Kamala Harris on war, peace, and the Middle East by Reese Erlich Aug 14, 2020, 48Hills.org Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin hasn’t forgotten a 2017 meeting with members of Senator Kamala Harris’s staff to discuss the humanitarian crisis in … Continue reading
What countries combat the COVID crisis better than the US?
Other Nations Lead the Way How China, South Korea, and Germany developed effective strategies for fighting COVID-19. https://progressive.org/magazine/other-nations-lead-the-way-erlich/ by Reese Erlich May 26, 2020, The Progressive magazine Nathaniel Brown never thought he would be grateful to see traffic jams in Shanghai. The brake-squealing, pollution-spewing jam-ups were the bane of every Chinese big city. But for … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Washington blames China for US problem
Trump officials are tying to deflect from their own pitiful performance Foreign Correspondent: Washington’s COVID blame game By Reese Erlich April 24, 2020 The Republican Party is trying to shift blame for President Donald Trump’s disastrous coronavirus policies onto China. Chinese communists, Republican leaders claim, hid the pandemic from the public, allowing it to spread … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Is reaction to coronavirus overblown?
Let’s insert a little rationality into the debate; it’s serious but hardly cause for panic. https://48hills.org/2020/02/foreign-correspondent-reaction-to-coronavirus-is-overblown/ By Reese Erlich February 14, 2020 A new and deadly virus from China is coming to get you. Cancel your travel plans, quarantine your grandparents, and don’t let a Chinese person sneeze on you! Social media is all atwitter. … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: What is the role of the US in Hong Kong demonstrations?
And what would happen if the city became independent from China? BY REESE ERLICH Foreign Correspondent: What is the role of the US in Hong Kong demonstrations? 48 Hills, August 23, 2019 I first met Jason Lee when he was promoting jazz concerts in his hometown of Hong Kong. More recently, he has been … Continue reading
China trade war not going well for Trump
Examining the real reasons behind this misguided US policy. China trade war not going well for Trump By Reese Erlich, 48Hills.org August 9, 2019 China is coming after us! Time to steel ourselves for battle against the human-rights-violating, currency-manipulating, job-grabbing, intellectual-property-stealing, missile-launching evil doers. Or so Washington, D.C. would like us to believe. Washington’s list … Continue reading
Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace
Warren’s troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving. by Reese Erlich, The Progressive, July 26, 2019 https://progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-elizabeth-warren-on-war-and-peace-erlich-190726/ In the last few months Senator Elizabeth Warren has gained ground in public opinion polls tracking the … Continue reading
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