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      Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak participate in a joint press conference at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California on March 13, 2023.

      'Path of Error and Danger': China Rebukes US Plan to Sell Nuclear Submarines to Australia

      Beijing called on Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. "to abandon the Cold War mentality and zero-sum games, honor international obligations in good faith, and do more things that are conducive to regional peace and stability."

      Kenny Stancil
      Mar 14, 2023

      China accused Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of threatening peace in the Pacific region after leaders of the so-called AUKUS military partnership unveiled further information about their plan to expand the reach of Washington's nuclear-powered submarine technology.

      "The latest joint statement from the U.S., U.K., and Australia demonstrates that the three countries, for the sake of their own geopolitical interests, completely disregard the concerns of the international community and are walking further and further down the path of error and danger," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a Tuesday press conference.

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      Noam Chomsky Warns of 'Very Dangerous' US Antagonism of China

      "Biden has pretty much picked up Trump's foreign policy... The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China."

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 24, 2021

      Linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky this week condemned the Biden administration's aggressive anti-China foreign policy, while dismissing the imperialist notion that Beijing poses a threat to the United States and urging a departure from the "provocation" that for decades has characterized the U.S. stance toward the rising giant.

      "There is constant talk about what is called the China threat... What exactly is the China threat?"

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      EU's Undying Fealty to the Imperial US Leads to Latest Humiliation

      Donald Trump humiliated the European Union by annulling the Iran nuclear deal, and now Joe Biden has done so by announcing the new AUKUS agreement with Australia and the UK. But as much as Europe's leaders may protest, the EU's subordination to the US reflects a conscious choice that they have made.

      Yanis Varoufakis
      Sep 24, 2021

      A "brutal lesson in geopolitics," is how the Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel described the announcement of AUKUS, the new security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The deal is not just a major financial blow to France, whose contract to deliver 12 submarines to Australia for $A50 billion ($36 billion) was unceremoniously ditched in the process. Perhaps even more important was that US President Joe Biden chose to announce AUKUS in a manner that can only be interpreted as a deliberate humiliation of France and, by association, the rest of the European Union.

      When any US president slaps them in the face to remind them who is boss, they have no choice but to turn the other cheek, because it is they who have decided to choose their current privileges at the expense of European independence.

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