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War being prepared against China behind the backs of the Australian people

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 04/06/2012 - 7:40pm

It has been revealed in The Australian newspaper that the 2009 Defence White Paper “Force 2030” included a secret chapter that planned for Australia to fight alongside the U.S. to enforce a naval blockade of crucial sea lanes and how in return Australia might be faced with retaliatory attacks by China on our ports, mines and strategic targets like the U.S. Pine Gap military base. It also reveals that this potential conflict was the reason that the White Paper committed Australia to purchasing tens of billions of dollars worth of military equipment. This revelation is just the latest that documents how the deepening of our military alliance with the U.S. in a time of increasing militarism in the Asia Pacific poses great dangers to the working classes of not just Australia but indeed the whole region.
Related: Coverage in the Australian -- Analysis in the WSWS

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Spratly Islands dispute: Unity statement

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 27/05/2012 - 9:00pm

UNITED VOICES OF CONCERN (Amidst the sounds of fury over the Southeast Asian Sea)

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Media disinformation: Understand South China Sea standoff through the Filipino media

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Wed, 23/05/2012 - 9:16pm

China is now Australia’s largest trading partner. Western Australia’s Premier is right to point out that: “… of the 60,000 new jobs created in Australia over the past 12 months, 50,000 were in WA, which now accounted for 70 per cent of the nation's exports to China … To some extent, the strength of the WA economy is concealing the true weakness of the national economy.” Therefore, it is in Australia national interest that our policy makers are able to understand China in an objective manner. I hope that the following article will contribute to such an objective.

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Bo Xilai, rumour journalism, Western prejudice and China’s Internet crackdown

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Thu, 05/04/2012 - 12:25am

- How rumour journalism works?

Chinese police have arrested six people and shut 16 websites after rumours were spread that military vehicles were on the streets of Beijing. Without factual verification, such unsubstantiated internet rumour has gone viral internationally as a sign of instability and power struggling in Beijing following the arrest of Bo Xilai last month.

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Save the rhino

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 29/03/2012 - 9:55am

The rhino is being hunted to the brink of extinction, driven by growing horn demand in Asia. But EU pressure on China and Vietnam can force international action to save the rhino -- sign our petition today to ensure the EU acts!

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PLM statement on increased US military presence in the Philippines

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 17/02/2012 - 12:33pm

PLM Calls for an Independent Foreign Policy and a Non-Aligned ASEAN

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Wall Street excess and Main Street distress: the Apple connection

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 12/02/2012 - 12:53pm

By Walden Bello

Apple’s march to market supremacy has been accomplished at tremendous cost to both American and Chinese workers

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Democracy needs reform: Human rights, housing policy – Australia and China compared

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Tue, 07/02/2012 - 9:28pm

Housing affordability is an issue of basic human rights. A recent report in the UK, A Silent Killer by Sheffield University commissioned by a charity organisation, Crisis (21 Dec 2011) reveals that:

“People who live on the streets die an average of 30 years before the general population” due to:

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No to US and Chinese expansionism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:55pm

PHILIPPINES: Akbayan Party condemns plans for increased United States military presence in the country amid burgeoning Chinese military expansionism. We believe these acts by the two superpowers will inevitably destabilize the West Philippine Sea and Southeast Asian region.

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Why Wall Street Protesters will Admire Chinese Protestors

Submitted by Wei Ling Chua on Thu, 26/01/2012 - 3:54pm

In the land of the ‘FREE’, Wall Street protestors campaigning against social injustice, inequality, unemployment, corporate powers, cost of living and hardship have constantly been arrested and evicted by authorities.

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Occupy Melbourne

Occupy Wall Street

Wukan Protest