Brics Was Created as a Tool of Attack: Lula

August 31, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation (Russia) https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/31/brics-was-created-as-a-tool-of-attack-lula/

Former Brazilian leader Lula speaks from a room in a prison in southern Brazil. Photo: Editora Brasil 247

Pepe ESCOBAR

Former Brazilian leader wishes emerging economies were closer, recalls Obama ‘crashing’ Copenhagen climate meet

In a wide-ranging, two-hour-plus, exclusive interview from a prison room in Curitiba in southern Brazil, former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva re-emerged for the first time, after more than 500 days in jail, and sent a clear message to the world.

Amid the 24/7 media frenzy of scripted sound bites and “fake news”, it’s virtually impossible to find a present or former head of state anywhere, in a conversation with journalists, willing to speak deep from his soul, to comment on all current political developments and relish telling stories about the corridors of power. And all that while still in prison.

The first part of this mini-series focused on the Amazon. Here, we will focus on Brazil’s relationship with BRICS and Beijing. BRICS is the grouping of major emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China – that formed

BRICS, China, Hong Kong/London violates commitment of Sino-British Joint Declaration

Published: 2019/8/29 20:28:40, EDITORIAL Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1163082.shtml

For some time now, the British government has been making irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong, claiming that under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, Britain still holds responsibility for Hong Kong. London has repeatedly accused China of violating the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the promise of "one country, two systems." The US and other Western countries have also lent their support to London. The recent G7 summit also quoted the Sino-British Joint Declaration and made groundless statements.

What contradicts the Sino-British Joint Declaration is what the UK is doing today. To put it more bluntly, it is the UK, not China, which is really in breach of the 1984  document.

As is known to all, Hong Kong was under British colonization for a long period. Before it returned to China, the two countries signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration Which was meant to manage the transition of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule, not to allow Britain to maintain its influence on Hong Kong after its return to China. 

In the joint declaration, China promised "one country, two systems" and a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong. These commitments were later fully enshrined in the Basic Law. A special committee

BRICS, China/OPINIÃO: Envolvimento estadunidense em “revolução de cor” em Hong Kong será fútil

29.08.2019 15h37, Diário do Povo Online (China) http://portuguese.people.com.cn/n3/2019/0829/c309814-9610506.html     

Centenas de cidadãos de Hong Kong marcharam espontaneamente em direção ao Consulado Geral dos EUA em Hong Kong e gritaram o slogan “amotinadores de Hong Kong, fabricados nos EUA”, em protesto à interferência petulante dos Estados Unidos nos assuntos internos da China.

Ao longo de dois meses, as pessoas testemunharam a natureza violenta da “revolução de cor” nas ruas de Hong Kong, bem como a mão estadunidense na penumbra, mexendo os pauzinhos.

Existem indicações de que os EUA receiam que a situação em Hong Kong não se torne caótica. Arremesso de bombas de gasolina, destruição das principais artérias e estações de metro da cidade, demolição de semáforos, vandalismo, incendiarismo, ataques contra a polícia, ferimentos e outras atrocidades – os EUA têm cegamente feito uma apologia cega à violência, acusado a manutenção da lei na cidade, repreendendo a polícia e qualificando a violência como um “cenário de beleza aprazível”. Adicionalmente, referiram ainda que a política “um país, dois sistemas” e a “autonomia de Hong Kong” haviam sido erodidas, apontando o dedo ao governo central.

Como já é do conhecimento geral, os EUA não só apoiam expressamente os motins em Hong Kong, como participam ativamente em todo o processo -- desde o planejamento, organização e implementação. Desde o lançamento da do projeto da Lei de Extradição em fevereiro deste ano, o Departamento de Estado, o Congresso Nacional, o consulado em Hong Kong, a Câmara de Comércio Americana em Hong Kong e

BRICS, China/West will shed no tears for Hong Kong

Published: 2019/8/26 21:33:40, EDITORIAL Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162749.shtml 

What on earth happened in Hong Kong over the past weekend? Violence has not only returned to the city, but also escalated.

However, the opposition forces in Hong Kong have been making high-profile accusations against the police for using water cannons. Several Hong Kong police drew their guns and one fired a warning shot on Sunday. Yet all that was portrayed as so-called higher violence from the police. Western media continued to cater to the opposition's claims, describing the warning shot as a sign of escalating street conflicts there, downplaying the fact that rioters' attacks against Hong Kong police are becoming fiercer.

Looking carefully at the videos, one can see a definite clue: A large swath of thugs smashed police cars while several police were inside the vehicles. The police officers who alighted from them were besieged and chased by the rioters. It was during this time that the police raised their guns and one of them fired a warning shot.

When police faces violent mobs, is firing warning shots out of self defense a restraint move or a "violent" one? If the same situation happens in New York or London, how would local police react?

So far, the clashes in Hong Kong have not led to any deaths, because police

BRICS, China e Rússia/Porta-voz critica interferência estrangeira nos assuntos da Rússia e de Hong Kong

2019-08-21 12:51:5, Xinhua (China) http://portuguese.xinhuanet.com/2019-08/21/c_138325965

Beijing, 21 ago (Xinhua) -- As recentes ações tomadas por algumas forças estrangeiras dentro da Rússia são exatamente como as que vêm acontecendo em Hong Kong, afirmou na terça-feira um porta-voz do Ministério das Relações Exteriores da China.

Geng Shuang fez o comentário em uma coletiva de imprensa quando foi pedido a comentar sobre a real interferência de alguns países ocidentais nas recentes manifestações ilegais na Rússia.

Segundo publicado na mídia, a Embaixada dos Estados Unidos na Rússia acusou o país de restringir o exercício de direitos básicos dos cidadãos. O site da embaixada também publicou o mapa de rota da manifestação programada no centro de Moscou.

O Ministério das Relações Exteriores da Rússia disse que publicar tal rota foi "um ato encorajando a participação e um convite para a manifestação, o que constitui

BRICS, China/Nenhuma cláusula da Declaração Conjunta Sino-Britânica permite interferência de forças externas nos assuntos de Hong Kong, diz porta-voz da chancelaria chinesa

20 08 2019 10:31:53, Xinhua (China) https://www.portuguese.xinhuanet.com

Beijing, 20 ago (Xinhua) -- A Declaração Conjunta Sino-Britânica não contém nenhuma cláusula que outorgue às forças externas algum direito de interferir nos assuntos de Hong Kong após seu regresso à pátria, declarou na segunda-feira Geng Shuang, porta-voz do Ministério das Relações Exteriores da China.

A Declaração Conjunta Sino-Britânica resolveu

BRICS, China/Hong Kong to establish mechanism to hold dialogue with protesters

Published: 2019/8/20 11:28:39 Last Updated: 2019/8/20 11:42:56, Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1162024.shtml

By Chen Qingqing in Hong Kong and Wang Wenwen in Beijing 

The Hong Kong government will establish a communication and dialogue platform to hold talks with protesters, said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor at a press conference on Tuesday.

Lam said she believes the mechanism will be a responsible response to protesters' concerns.

 

       Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor

Lam also said the government will make adjustments in face of a declining Hong Kong economy that has been impacted by months-long violent protests.

In the past two years, the Hong Kong government has taken effective measures to develop the economy, improve people's livelihoods and provide assistant to the elderly. This year, given the current social division, the government will

BRICS, China/HK youth deceived by West

Published: 2019/8/19 23:23:40 Last Updated: 2019/8/20 10:38:26, Global Times (China) http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1161996.shtml

By Yang Sheng in Beijing and Chen Qingqing in Hong Kong

‘I GO TO YALE, YOU GO TO JAIL’ MOCKS AGITATOR FOLLOWERS

In the past two months, the radical protesters in Hong Kong, who consist of many young people and students who are infatuated with the West, have continuously showed their extremism through cyber bullying and real violence by provoking other residents of the city and people from the mainland, which prompted local experts and even many young students who disagree with them to speak out.

"I go to Yale, you go to jail" is a comment spreading in Chinese social media to mock young radical protesters in Hong Kong willing to be used by radical and foreign forces. The mockery was in reference to Nathan Law Kwun-chung, a main agitator behind the Hong Kong riots, who has left Hong Kong to study at Yale University, while calling on many of his peers to remain on the streets.
Not only Law, but other masterminds, including opposition politicians Martin Lee Chu-ming and Claudia Mo Man-ching, have refused to send their own children to stand with protesters and conduct unlawful activities. Some of their children have been living overseas or studying at universities in Western countries.

  Patriotic Hong Kong residents pose for photos with the Chinese national flag at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor on early Sunday morning. The banner reads "Opposing foreign forces' interference in Hong Kong affair! Traitors get out of China!"Photo: Chen Qingqing/GT

Since June 9, Hong Kong police have arrested 748 protesters for attacking police and many of them are young people.

This is truly sad because many ignorant and naïve young students are obviously being used by agitators and some US politicians who are trying to put pressure on China during the China-US trade negotiations, said

BRICS, China/Hashtag of online campaign protecting Chinese national flag read over 5 billion times

20190815, CCTV Plus (China) http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20190815/8118927.shtml

English, Français, العربية, Español, 日本語, Deutsch

China-Safeguard National Flag Campaign

Shotlist

Beijing, China - Aug 15, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshot of Weibo post by China Central Television (CCTV) with hashtag "Chinese national flag has 1.4 billion flag protectors", figures of views, comments
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Yao, college student:
"I am greatly honored to be a member of 1.4 billion national flag protectors and do my best to safeguard its respect. We should resist firmly anyone who insults our national flag or any actions that violates national sovereignty."
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Haiyang, lawyer (ending with shot 4):
"We have 1.4 billion national flag protectors in China. We cannot tolerate their insult against our national flag. I believe that they will be severely punished for their ignorance of law and recklessly violence."
4. Screenshot of comments, number of flag protectors
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Jackie Chan, movie star in Hong Kong (partially overlaid with shot 6):
"The recent violence in Hong Kong has made us really heartbroken and worried. When I saw the post of CCTV, 'Five-starred red flag has 1.4 billion flag guards', I reposted immediately. As a Chinese, also a resident in Hong Kong, I just wanted to express my love for my country. It is the basics. The safety, stability and peace are like the air and only when you lose it, you know its preciousness."

BRICS, China-HK Riots/Analysis: National laws can be applied to Hong Kong in extreme situation: experts

Aug 8, 2019, CCTV Plus (China) http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20190814/8118739.shtml#!language=1
 

Hong Kong, China - Aug 8, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)

1. Various of Golden Bauhinia Square

Beijing, China - Aug 13, 2019 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Liao Fan, law professor, Department of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (starting with shot 1):
"If, let me say, in the most serious situation, we can find the answer in Article 31 or Article 18 of the Basic Law, which specified that in such extreme situations where those kind of disturbance threats the national security and public order, and the Hong Kong government cannot deal with this properly, then the National People's Congress made it clear a state of emergency, and the central government, under this situation, may decide that those national laws that usually do not apply to Hong Kong will apply to Hong Kong. So I mean, we're talking about potentially national security law or even criminal law, I'm not sure, but that could be the consequence."

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China - July 27, 2019 (HKTVB - No access Chinese mainland/Hong Kong/Taiwan)
3. Various of unrest on street, riot police officers trying to barricade themselves

BRICS/Ataque ao Irão seria ataque à Rússia

14 de agosto de 2019, Página Global (Portugal) https://paginaglobal.blogspot.com/2019/08/ataque-ao-irao-seria-ataque-russia-pepe.html

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times

A Rússia está avançando meticulosamente nos movimentos sobre o tabuleiro de xadrez eurasiano, movimentos que têm de ser observados em conjunto, com Moscovo propondo ao Sul Global abordagem diametralmente oposta às sanções, ameaças e guerra económica que lhes faz o ocidente. Aqui vão três exemplos recentes.

Há dez dias, via um documento oficialmente aprovado pela ONU,[1] o Ministério de Relações Exteriores da Rússia apresentou um novo conceito de segurança coletiva para o Golfo Persa.

Moscovo destaca que “o trabalho prático de lançar o processo para criar um sistema de segurança no Golfo Persa” deve começar com “consultas bilaterais e multilaterais entre partes interessadas, incluindo países da região e também de fora dela,” além de

BRICS, China/Revolução colorida procura arruinar o futuro de Hong Kong -- Global Times

14.08.2019 09h36, Diário do Povo Online (China)  http://portuguese.people.com.cn/n3/2019/0814/c309814-9605868.html  

Estará uma “revolução colorida” a ter lugar em Hong Kong? Pensamos que sim, embora esta seja, de certo modo, desconcertante.

Os motins em Hong Kong têm-se desviado do intuito original de oposição à lei de extradição, tendo-se materializado em uma forma de destruição do Estado de direito da cidade. Vários manifestantes radicais procuram paralisar a cidade, sabotar a autoridade do governo e da polícia. As demonstrações não são mais uma forma complementar de expressão de exigências sob o enquadramento legal, mas uma tentativa de suplantar o Estado de direito e reformular a estrutura de poder da cidade. Trata-se, portanto, de uma revolução colorida típica.

Os motins têm vindo a se desenvolver em termos de organização e planejamento, sendo que a oposição política e os manifestantes foram integrados, contando com diversas formas de assistência e apoio de forças ocidentais. Manifestantes radicais provocam distúrbios, grupos extremistas de oposição política destilam as implicações políticas dos protestos nas ruas, enquanto os EUA e o ocidente atribuem legitimidade moral aos motins, distorcendo os fatos, confundindo o certo e o errado, induzindo a sociedade de Hong Kong em erro.

Todas as revoluções coloridas em todo o mundo destinaram-se à mudança de regime. Mas Hong Kong não é um país. O governo da Região Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong precisa

BRICS, China/Sinais de “terrorismo” detetados em Hong Kong

13.08.2019 09h26, Diário do Povo Online (China) http://portuguese.people.com.cn/n3/2019/0813/c309806-9605523.html   

Viajantes deambulam entre manifestantes no terminal 1 do Aeroporto Internacional de Hong Kong, na segunda-feira. As autoridades do aeroporto de Hong Kong cancelaram os voos remanescentes de segunda-feira pelas 4 da tarde.

O número de detidos ascende já aos 149, à medida que os protestos ilegais continuam.

A violência escalou a um ponto em que pode ser considerada terrorismo na Região Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong, segundo a autoridade máxima da China na cidade advertiu na segunda-feira.

Em Beijing, Yang Guang, um porta-voz do Gabinete do Conselho de Estado para os Assuntos de Hong Kong e Macau, disse que os manifestantes radicais atacaram repetidamente a polícia durante os últimos dias, tendo cometido crimes violentos sérios. Tal violência

BRICS/China nega visita de navios de guerra dos EUA a Hong Kong

14.08.2019, 08:34, RT TV-Novosti (Rússia) https://br.sputniknews.com/asia_oceania/2019081414384935-china-nega-visita-de-navios-dos-eua-a-hong-kong/

Os navios USS Green Bay e USS Lake Erie ficaram impossibilitados de entrar no porto da cidade. Pequim não explicou sua decisão.

O USS Green Bay é um navio de desembarque anfíbio, enquanto o USS Lake Erie é um cruzador. As embarcações tinham visitas programadas para este mês e para setembro. No entanto, ambas foram recusadas por Pequim. O governo do gigante asiático não deu explicações de sua decisão, informou a Reuters.

Esta não é a primeira vez que navios da Marinha dos Estados Unidos têm entrada negada à cidade chinesa. Em setembro do ano passado, o USS Wasp também ficou impedido de atracar, devido

BRICS, Russia/Cold War 2.0 and the Buzz Around Russia’s New Ultra-Heavy Drone

August 10, 2019, Strategic Culture Foundation (Russia) https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/10/cold-war-2-and-buzz-around-russia-new-ultra-heavy-drone/

Tim Kirby*

The Cold War perception of space travel as being very human-oriented with man conquering Mars to build the Capitalist or Communist cities of tomorrow has been completely replaced by the reality that drones are much better suited for space exploration than humans. When it comes to military aviation the situation is similar. The strongest and weakest point of any pilot is his brain, which cannot stand the massive gravitational forces that ultra-modern fighter jets are capable of creating. So it is no surprise that at some point the US, Russia and China will unveil a drone big enough and capable enough to replace any current generation bombers and fighters removing the limitations of the human body’s weakness to big gravity from military aviation. And, as of a few days ago the Russians did just that.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation just released video to the public of a test of their new massive pilotless aircraft called “The Hunter”. This demonstration was

BRICS, China/Hong Kong: Time to move on: CE

August 9, 2019, Government of Hong Kong (China) https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2019/08/20190809/20190809_180416_518.html

Chief Executive Carrie Lam today said Hong Kong needs to say no to violence in order to move on.

Mrs Lam made the statement when speaking to reporters after a meeting with business representatives to discuss ways to tackle the economic problems faced by Hong Kong.

She said: “As far as (a) political solution is concerned, I don’t think we should just make

BRICS, China/Carta astral de Esper

5 agosto 2019, Cubadebate (Cuba) http://www.cubadebate.cu/opinion/2019/08/05/carta-astral-de-esper/#boletin20190805

Círculo de Periodistas Cubanos contra el Terrorismo

Por: Elsa Claro

De ser cierto que cada persona nace con un destino prefijado, Mark Esper es de aquellos con un karma pendenciero. Durante su época de estudiante emprendió tesis referidas a temas militaristas, algo que no es malo si de buscar la paz, o cierta armonía, se trata. Su ascenso en julio al cargo de secretario de defensa,  acentuó el nada extraño influjo  de las tendencias belicosas tan pródigas siempre en los meandros del poder real o a la sombra de Estados Unidos.

El abandono por la Casa Blanca del tratado entre Washington y Moscú destinado a frenar la creación o tenencia de cohetes de corto y mediano alcance (INF, por sus siglas en inglés) materializado este 2 de agosto, quizás no se deba anotar en los pecados del flamante jefe del Pentágono, aunque pudo influir, en la toma de esas decisiones, desde su puesto como  máximo responsable de las fuerzas de tierra norteamericanas.

Esper realiza en este momento una gira por países asiáticos a los cuales desea convencer

BRICS/Keiser Report: El golpe de China que está dando "muchos quebraderos de cabeza" a EE.UU. y que cambiará la arena geopolítica del Oriente Medio

30 jul 2019 16:39 GMT, RT TV-Novosti (Russia) https://actualidad.rt.com/programas/keiser_report/322628-fin-privilegio-desorbitado-dolar-eeuu

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En este episodio de 'Keiser Report', Max y Stacy comentan un informe de JP Morgan dirigido a sus clientes más ricos en el que señalan el posible fin del 'privilegio desorbitado' del dólar y, tras demostrar que China está recuperando el papel que tuvo en la economía mundial durante miles de años, recomiendan una mayor exposición al renminbi y al oro. En la segunda parte Max entrevista al experto en China Dan Collins sobre qué cabe esperar de la visita de la delegación comercial de EE.UU. a Pekín.

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Stacy inicia el programa citando un informe publicado por el banco estadounidense de inversión JP Morgan Chase dirigido a sus clientes internacionales de banca privada en el que se advierte que "el dólar puede

BRICS, China/Washington Post: China saiu vitoriosa do G-20

05/07/2019 17:14, Carta Maior https://www.cartamaior.com.br (Brasil) https://www.cartamaior.com.br/?/Editoria/Poder-e-ContraPoder/Washington-Post-China-saiu-vitoriosa-do-G-20/55/44587

Por Luis Leiria

Recuo de Trump ao retomar as negociações comerciais com Pequim leva o diário norte-americano a considerar a China a principal vencedora do embate que provocou uma guerra de tarifas. Os derrotados foram os "falcões" da Casa Branca.

“Viragem de 180 graus? Donald Trump sugere que irá permitir que a Huawei volte a comprar tecnologia dos EUA!” (U-turn? Donald Trump suggests he would allow #Huawei to once again purchase U.S. technology! #HuaweiFacts). A mensagem, na conta oficial do twitter da Huawei no dia 29 de junho, reflete o espanto de alguém que ainda não acreditava na informação. Mas logo foi confirmado: os Estados Unidos anunciaram que a gigante empresa tecnológica chinesa pode voltar a comprar produtos de fabricantes americanas, nomeadamente os processadores da Qualcomm, Intel, AMD, Nvidia e outras, e manter o sistema operativo Android, da Google, nos seus smartphones. Nem os chineses esperavam tanto.

A única ressalva de Trump foi sobre vendas que os EUA considerem ameaçar a sua segurança nacional – leia-se de produtos relacionados a equipamentos de 5G, a quinta geração da Internet móvel

BRICS, Russia/Vladimir Putin’s news conference following the G20 summit

June 29, 2019, 10:50, President of Russia http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news (Russia) http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60857

Following the G20 summit, the President of Russia answered journalists’ questions.

Osaka, Japan

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon. Let us begin. Go ahead, please.

Question: Good afternoon, Mr President. We would like to ask, since I am the first to ask a question, about your personal results of the summit. There was a lot of scepticism prior to it, coming both from other leaders and expressed by you, concerning the possible results of the summit. Was the scepticism justified? What are the outcomes for world trade and the global economy?

And the second question, if I may: what were Russia’s objectives here at the G20, and were the results achieved?

Vladimir Putin: There was certain scepticism, it is true, and not from me alone. Yet on the whole the G20 summit has proved its relevance, we have to admit that, and it was effective in all the major areas of work. The result has been achieved. I think we can congratulate the Japanese presidency on that. Japan did a lot for the summit’s success, and its efforts paid off.

I would like to single out four major fields where the needed agreements have been reached. It is true that there were no breakthrough decisions. However, all the participants reconfirmed their commitment to continue efforts to improve the global trade system, including work to reform the WTO. The very fact that everyone confirmed the need for the process and reaffirmed their readiness to work along the lines is a positive development in itself.

Positions have been coordinated, except for the United States, which always has a special opinion. In fact, the US