If War With Iran Is Heating Up, Why All The Propaganda Bashing China?

Maybe attacks on both Iran and Argentina are to deny oil to China By Lisa Savage A round up of corporate media, a genre in which the word “could” does a lot of heavy lifting. As for a tractor spying for China, don’t all 21st century smart[sic] appliances have the potential to spy on us? Refrigerators, televisions, cars — why exempt tractors? “Export shock” means China is beating capitalism at its own game by producing products consumers want. Why else do you think we’re banned in the U.S. from buying electric cars that China is now producing pretty cheaply? Then there is this twisted use of the word “colonize” which the Guardian at least has the decency to put in air quotes. Because China figured out years ago that securing supply chains and in many cases locating them very close to the factories that rely on them was a good strategy. Especially when faced with a “peer adversary” (couldn’t resist getting some Pentagon-speak in there) that is determined to disrupt global shipping. It’s almost like the U.S. and China have switched places. Of course the U.S. will continue making stuff like warships, warplanes, bombs, missiles, and nuclear submarines. What do you mean nobody wants that stuff? Doesn’t matter. They want jobs don’t they? SANFORD — On a Tuesday morning in late August, the accelerated welding class at York County Community College was humming along. Two students were lying on the floor, finding the right angle to weld pipes like those on nuclear submarines.