Inflection EP22: America’s Multi-Front War on China

The US continues its strategy of encircling & containing China. In recent years it is less encirclement and containing as it is trying to burn everything down around China and provoke it into a conflict the US thinks it can still win.

References

Myanmar

NED – Burma 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/burma…

Myanmar Now – Myanmar’s shadow government launches plan to tax business owners:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/m…

Myanmar Now – Police officer dies in Mandalay bombing near gems trading centre:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/p…

Myanmar Now – School reopening greeted with criticism from parents and teachers:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/s…

Reuters – Boycott and bombings mar Myanmar’s new school year:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pa…

Myanmar Now – Yaw resistance fighters threaten ‘serious action’ against anyone who continues to work for junta:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/y…

Myanmar – Now – Junta-appointed administrator shot dead in Mandalay while urging people to pay electric bills:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/j…

Columbia Journalism Review – Myanmar’s Other Reporters:
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/my…

Thailand

AP – Activists Launch Campaign for Repeal of Royal Defamation Law:
https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2…

The Nation Thailand – iLaw launches petition for charter rewrite (2020):
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-foc…

NED – Thailand 2020:
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/thail…

iLaw – About (scroll down for English):
https://ilaw.or.th/about

Rfi – France’s Alain Soral gets jail sentence for Holocaust denial:
https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20190415…

Guardian – David Irving jailed for Holocaust denial:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/200…

DW – ‘Nazi Grandma’ loses appeal case, sentenced to 14 months in prison for Holocaust denial:
https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-grandma-lo…

Independent – 5 of the worst atrocities carried out by the British Empire:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk…

Taiwan Reuters – Taiwan welcomes first official European Parliament delegation:
https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/…

Wikileaks, Clinton Emails – US-Georgian meeting schedule (noting Raphael Glucksmann as “Adviser to the [Georgian] President”):
https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/…

The Parliament Magazine (EU) – New Special Committee on Foreign Interference elects Raphaël Glucksmann as chair:
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/…

NYT – France’s vaccine contracts with McKinsey lead to questions for Macron:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/wo…

SCMP – EU defends plan to expand Taiwan relations ‘without recognition of statehood’:
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplo…

Global Times – Chinese mainland should keep ‘strategic focus’ despite token European politicians’ visit Taiwan:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20211…

Global Times – Tsai won’t deter PLA by hyping US troops’ presence in Taiwan: retired Taiwan general:
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/20211…

US State Dept – U.S. Relations with Taiwan:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-w…

Atlas of Economic Complexity – Taiwan Exports by Partner 2019:
https://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/explore…