Sept. 23 (EIRNS)—What image of humanity will guide our future? Is a newborn human individual a blessing, a unique addition to history by their moral and intellectual potential to contribute to an arc of unending progress? Or are human beings inherently evil ravishers of pristine and beautiful nature, competitive consumers vying for their position to devour as much of the pie as possible before...
Aug. 21 (EIRNS)—China’s bilateral trade with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) jumped by 5.6% to $299 billion during the first half of 2020, reflecting the growing development of the Belt and Road Initiative, of which all ten ASEAN nations are members. The ASEAN grouping is now China’s largest trading. The nations of ASEAN are Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore...
Mike Billington had the opportunity this morning to be on the radio/Zoom weekly show in Manila with Butch Valdes, head of the Philippines LaRouche Society and founder of the KDP party, with his son Itos and two collaborators from the KDP, for a wide ranging discussion on the global crisis and the effort to bring Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping together to rise above the divisions and build a new...
Aug. 11 (EIRNS)—Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today, on a televised video conference with his ministers, that the Russian vaccine for COVID-19 has passed “all needed checks” and provides “sustainable immunity.” He further said that his daughter had gone through the vaccine and its booster, raising her temperature each time by 1° for one day before returning to normal. Russia’s Health...
This article appears in the May 29, 2020 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. A Narrow Path to the Future (by a Philippine Patriot and Citizen of the World)by Antonio A.S. Valdes, ChairmanKatipunan ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Democratic Party of the Philippines) The following statement was released by Antonio “Butch” Valdes on May 15 to the Philippine people living around the world, but it is...
May 10 (EIRNS)– Following their address on the topic of defining a new set of major power relations–including between Russia and the U.S.–at the April 25-26 Schiller Institute Conference, “Mankind’s Existence Now Depends on the Establishment of a New Paradigm,” Russian Federation officials again addressed the Schiller Institute conference on May 9, “75th...
April 27 (EIRNS)—Xinhua reported on Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping’s speech to the Schiller Institute Conference on April 25, which report has been published on CGTN, in the Philippines’ Manila Times, and Malaysia’s The Star, and perhaps others. It has been translated at least into Spanish and Thai. It begins: “China and the United States should work together in the face of the...
Speakers on Panel 1: Dennis Speed, moderator, Schiller Institute; Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. (video clips); Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Founder and Chairwoman, Schiller Institute; Dmitry Polyanskiy, 1st Deputy Permanent Representative, The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations; H.E. Ambassador Huang Ping, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in New York; Jacques...
Dec. 9 (EIRNS)—The 2018 report on education of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has been released, and China is at the top—again and again. The PISA is a worldwide survey of education, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which assesses 39 million 15-year-old students in 79 countries, every three years since 2000. Not only is China...
Oct. 28 (EIRNS)—Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to pay a state visit to Manila, at a date to be determined. The Philippines is also holding talks this week with China regarding plans to launch joint exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the contested regions of the South China Sea. As expected, the neocons...