Author: Alicia

On Friday, two days before the 15th anniversary of the British-Saudi engineered attacks on September 11, 2001, the House of Representatives passed by unanimous acclamation the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), despite the opposition of President Barack Obama, and continuing threats from Saudi Arabia, which is being sued by the victims and families of the 9/11 terrorism. The vote came after the intense lobbying efforts by the 9/11 families, some of whom were present in the House gallery, and by former Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), former head of the Joint Congressional Committee whose 800-page investigation of 9/11 in 2002 produced the 28-page chapter.

In brief, the JASTA bill—unless vetoed by Obama, as he threatens—will allow the plaintiffs to finally present their evidence against Saudi Arabia, a right which had been denied by Federal courts in the years-long lawsuit, under the claim of “sovereign immunity.”

In the intense and often passionate statements on the floor of the House, which was limited to 20 minutes under the “suspension of rules,” (a procedure that allowed the bill to be moved quickly to a vote), more than a dozen members of the House from both parties gave their support to the bill that was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate in May.

Speaker after speaker decried the injustice that had allowed the sponsors of the 19 hijackers whose attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in a single morning on Sept. 11, 2001, to freely “walk the streets of foreign capitals,” in the words of New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D).

Not a single member of the House breathed a word in opposition to the bill. However, already the U.S. press is blacking out the substance of the powerful debate by giving wide coverage of the vote, but almost no reports on the speeches.

The proceedings were opened by Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. John Conyers (D), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee and a founder and senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Rep. Conyers made clear that the White House should not and must not be allowed to veto or block the bill. “Because of the moral imperative of enacting legislation and the seriousness of the concerns raised,” Conyers said, he would remain hopeful that Congress could resolve the White House objects and get this bill “signed into law by the president.”

Two Representatives, Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Lloyd Doggett, both of Texas, specifically referenced the role of Saudi Arabia as came out in the “28 pages.”

“Look around the world…. Wherever you see evidence of radical Islam, that extremism can usually be traced to preachers of hate from Saudi Arabia,” Doggett stated. “The kingdom has blood on its hands. Is it the blood of the victims of 9/11? Possibly…. Give these 9/11 families their day in court. And accord the Saudis all of the rights in that judicial proceeding they so regularly deny their own citizens.”

Rep. Poe argued that “our country changed forever” on Sept. 11, 2001, and “Based on the 28 pages held secret for years, there may be evidence that the country of Saudi Arabia and their officials may have some involvement in planning the elements of that attack…. That’s what the courtroom is for…. [that] is an issue for a jury of American to decide.”

Passage of the JASTA bill was an overdue victory after a years-long battle waged by the 9/11 families who have been lobbying Congress non-stop since the release of the “28 pages” on July 15th, by former Sen. Bob Graham, by a national effort of activists in support of the 9/11 families, and by the LaRouche movement, whose LaRouche PAC website has filmed and documented every major event on Capitol Hill over the last two years to make the release of the 28 pages a strategic issues in the fight against terrorism.

The CSPAN coverage of the debate and vote can be found here.

The British Empire, like all previous Empires, sustained its capacity to loot and kill around the world through “divide and conquer” operations, turning potential friends and partners against each other on religious, ethnic, national or other geopolitical means of division. This perpetual warfare policy cannot be successfully countered on a one-by-one basis. The only path to peace and development is a new global paradigm which demonstrates to one and all that being manipulated into conflict is a sure means of self destruction, while finding and implementing policies in the common interests of one’s self and that of the “others,” and of the human race as a whole.

That is exactly what is now taking place, at an incredibly rapid pace, throughout the world, as we see time itself literally speeding up. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have intervened in nearly every imperial crisis, with the “win-win” policy of great infrastructure development policies to replace imperial wars. The three consecutive conferences in Asia over the past week — the Vladivistok Eastern Economic Forum on the joint development of the Russian Far East; the G20 Summit in China; and the ASEAN and East Asia Summit in Laos — have put in place a new paradigm, centered on the concept of creativity itself, as Lyndon LaRouche has long insisted (Xi Jinping has chosen to call it “innovation”), to replace the broken and destructive British Empire with a community of nations dedicated to the common aims of Mankind.

We saw in the past weeks the imperial control over Turkey broken, as Turkey saw itself threatened with chaos and destruction, turning to Russia, which is now working with Turkey to build nuclear plants, gas pipelines, universities, and of course moving to crush the terrorist scourge in Syria.

We saw in Asia the imperial control over the Philippines broken by a new government which has courageously identified the fact that peace and development with China is the only sane future, rather than Obama’s economic looting of the nation’s resources and exploitation of cheap labor while using the country as a base for military confrontation with China.

And, today we see dramatic, if tentative, steps towards bringing in even the most deadly of the British Empire’s killer satraps — Saudi Arabia and Israel. After Putin met with Prince Mohammed bin Salman (the Saudi Defense Minister and second Deputy Prime Minister) in China last Sunday, the two nation’s energy ministers signed an historic agreement to cooperate in oil development and marketing, while Russia has offered to build 16 nuclear plants in the Kingdom. Xi Jinping has also offered the Saudis a central place along the Silk Road — but waging wars on neighbors Yemen and potentially Iran, while sponsoring terrorism around the world, will not co-exist with a real development program for the country with Russian and Chinese help.

And Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced Wednesday that Bibi Netanyahu and Abu Abbas had agreed in principle to meet in in Moscow. “Responding to the appeals of the Palestinians and Israelis, we confirmed our readiness to arrange a meeting in Moscow. We are convinced that there is a need to resume the negotiations.” No date has been set. While one typical western pundit, Prof. Elena McLean, said that “The likelihood of successful talks is non-existent,” since supposedly “nothing has fundamentally changed” between Israel and the Palestinians. But the “fundamental change” has in fact taken place in the world at large, breaking the imperial control mechanisms, which is precisely why there is a chance for a real solution to even this festering crisis.

Even in Europe and the US, the potential for a dramatic shift towards sanity is in sight. German Development Minister Gerd Mueller yesterday denounced the “primitive capitalist structures created by a globalization without limits and values,” which has created “a situation in which 10 percent of the global population own 90 percent of the property, and 20 percent use up 80 percent of the commodities and resources. It cannot go on that this scissors is gaping wider and wider. That, namely, is the basis of conflicts, tensions, wars and is the cause of millions of humans becoming refugees.” Development policy is peace policy, Mueller stressed.

In the US, the Congress has reconvened, as a groundswell for Glass Steagall restoration, to end the destruction of the Casino Economy on Wall Street and restore productive investment, forced it onto both party’s platforms. The Glass-Steagall bills now in both houses of Congress can and must be forced on to the floor and passed immediately.

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Will Obama veto Glass-Steagall? As certainly as he has created one war after another, murdered countless innocents, and supported terrorists to achieve his “regime change” goals. That is why Obama must be removed now—not after an insane election process between two tools of Wall Street. There is no time to lose, but every reason to be optimistic, as “change” has become the new normal.

The Chinese intention for the September 4-5 G20 was spelled out in detail over the past months — to unite the world behind fundamental principles, acknowledging the mounting dysfunction of the existing global economic and financial structure and institutions, and create a new paradigm based on innovation, with a new financial architecture capable of directing credit into growth and development in every part of the world.

This intention has been achieved, despite wild lies and misrepresentations in the West, and especially by a humiliated and isolated Barack Obama.

The institutions representing nearly the entire world outside of Europe and the U.S., have united behind this vision, a vision both coherent with, and indeed nearly identical with that presented by Lyndon and Helga LaRouche over the past half century. Both the BRICS—representing directly and indirectly most of the nations of Asia, Africa and Ibero-America—and the G77, now representing 134 developing nations, released official statements fully endorsing and identifying themselves with this emerging revolution in world history.

Combined with the similarly historic Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 2-3, and the ASEAN Summit and East Asian Summit to be held in Laos over the next three days, these events characterize a new momentum in the history of mankind towards ending geopolitics — i.e., British imperial divisions of the world into warring nations, religions, races, and ethnicities — and creating a new system based on the common aims of mankind.

In his press conference at the conclusion of the G20 on Monday, President Xi Jinping said: “We can no longer rely on fiscal and monetary policy alone” to deal with the crisis. “We envision an all-dimensional, multi-tiered and wide-ranging approach to innovation which is driven by innovation in science and technology, but goes beyond it to cover development philosophy, institutional mechanisms and business models, so that the benefits of innovation will be shared by all,” Xi said.

The war-mongering Obama blathered about human rights, climate change, and the comatose TPP free trade agreement, even as the western world descends into permanent war, economic disintegration, and social degeneration. But the rest of the world was uplifted by the G20 vision of mankind’s creativity as a basis for creating a world of progress for all — including the U.S. and Europe, were they to end their failed imperial mindset.

Xi said that the G20 now sees itself as an instrument that can provide a “new path of economic development” for the world, based on a push for scientific and technological innovation.

The leaders of the BRICS nations, who will hold their annual Summit in India in October, met in preparation on the sidelines of the G20. Their communique stated: “Cognizant of global growth challenges…, the Leaders underlined the importance of establishment of a just and equitable international order based on international law. The Leaders congratulated and supported Chinese G20 Presidency for 2016 and expressed full confidence in the successful outcomes of the Hangzhou Summit. They appreciated the emphasis by the Chinese Presidency on the development agenda. They encouraged G20 members to strengthen macroeconomic cooperation, promote innovation, robust and sustainable trade and investment growth. They stressed the importance to foster an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economy to usher in a new era of global growth and sustainable development. They expressed expectation that with the Hangzhou Summit, the G20 will embark on a new journey for a strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive economic growth.”

Similarly, the G77, headed this year by Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, was invited to the G20, where he said that the proper agenda for the developing nations was precisely that put forth by Xi Jinping at the G20 — innovation, development, and inclusiveness. He added that “Thailand is ready to serve as a bridge linking the Group of 20’s major industrialized economies and the developing economies in the Group of 77.”

The agenda for the new paradigm is now in place. The dying British Empire and its satraps will do everything in their dwindling power to crush it. Now, however, the citizens of the western nations have in sight the model and the structure with which to restore their nations’ historic roles in nation building, and to create at last a truly global Renaissance. That is our task.

The critical weeks now before us put the question before every American (among others): how is it possible that the “little wheel” of the inmost private thoughts of the individual, succeeds in turning the “big wheel” of the historic process involving the direction and the fate of the nation and of the over seven billions of humanity as a whole, with its future into the centuries to come?

The real story of the just-concluded China summit of the Group of 20, was that Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with Russia’s Putin and the developing world led by the BRICS, plus Japan and others, forced the question of the replacement of the present financial system. They insisted that the Wall Street-London system based on gambling is heading towards another crisis, and that it must be replaced by a production-oriented system led by science and by great, leading-edge international projects: the system centered in China’s New Silk Road policy, which President Xi calls, “One Belt, One Road.”

The financial underpinnings of that new, human system, are provided by a series of development banks which China has helped to launch, such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the New Development Bank of the BRICS.

As Helga Zepp-LaRouche noted yesterday, as the results of the G-20 summit and the preceding Vladivostok summit become apparent over the coming days, it will become clear who stands for the cause of humanity, faced by the prospect of economic annihilation, and who is obstructing.  Over these days, the U.S. Congress will convene on Sept 6, and the United Nations General Assembly on Sept 13.  At the same time, the series of top-level summits will continue in Asia.

What the U.S. Congress must do when it reconvenes is to pass Glass-Steagall, for which bipartisan bills exist in both Houses of Congress.  It must also act upon the facts which have been revealed by the “28 pages” of the Congressional Joint Inquiry on 9-11: to act to remove Obama for his proven deliberate coverup of Saudi (and British) responsibility for 9-11, while forcing out more hidden facts on the conspiracy of the Saudis and the British, and the complicity of Bush and Cheney,— but most important of Obama.  It was our failure to remove Bush and Cheney, which gave us Obama, who is even worse.  Failure to remove Obama now will give us still worse, if we are still alive to see it.

At precisely this time of urgent need for immediate political action, the leadership of the Lyndon LaRouche movement, which is located in Manhattan, is preparing for what LaRouche had called for as a “living memorial” to the victims of 9-11,— the direct victims and their families first and foremost, but also the U.S. and every part of the world which has been victimized by the crime and its coverup.  The center of that “living memorial” will be performances of Mozart’s Requiem, in which a great creator celebrates, not death, but the eternity of life and its mission in the face of death, through and beyond the centuries.

In and beyond this “living memorial,” the Manhattan-centered LaRouche movement is working to recreate a viable U.S. Presidency, from the same Manhattan location and through the same principles which Alexander Hamilton used in creating the original George Washington Presidency of the United States.

To address our initial question of “the little wheel” and “the big wheel”: The policy of the New Silk Road began as an idea: the idea of the European Productive Triangle which Lyndon LaRouche developed in the late 1980s, and developed further, with his wife Helga, into the Eurasian Landbridge, the New Silk Road, and the World Landbridge.  And the triggering event for the Chinese space program, which will bring a robotic lander to the far side of the Moon for the first time ever in 2018,— was also an idea.  It was Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative that convinced the Chinese leadership of the need for a crash science-development program including a crash space program, as will be developed in the forthcoming Sept 9 EIR. The Strategic Defense Initiative was a policy which was invented by Lyndon LaRouche out of whole cloth, and of which Reagan became convinced.

And the development banks which are being launched today, were conceived by Lyndon LaRouche in the 1970s, when they were proposed before the United Nations General Assembly by Guyana’s distinguished Foreign Minister, the late Fred Wills.

As the great Russian scientist Vladimir Vernadsky showed in the first half of the Twentieth Century, human noesis, or creative reason, is the most powerful force in the universe. There is no power which equals that of the human mind in the mode of creative discovery.

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A meeting of the BRICS heads of state Sunday, just prior to the official opening of the G-20 meeting, was a demonstration of the continuity of the policy of economic development, especially from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, of the series of meetings over the past week: the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostock, Russia (Sept. 1-2), followed by the Business-20 (B-20) in Hangzhou, China (Sept. 3-4), and the G20 meeting that opened on Sunday.  The BRICS session seized a major role in setting the stage for the next two days.

Xi, host of the G20, opened the meeting calling  on BRICS members to promote the reform of the governance structure of te IMF and World Bank and to “implement the first batch of projects” that BRICS had defined.

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi, who will host the 8th Summit meeting of BRICS in Gao, India in mid-October stressed that the bloc has the “shared responsibility to shape the international agenda in a manner that helps developing nations achieve their objectives.”

Putin’s pointed policy speech was immediately posted in English on the Kremlin website. He started with reference to last year’s BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia, stressing that in addition to launching the “new large-scale joint projects” in technology, industrial cooperation, energy, and agribusiness, BRICS will expand into “science, education, culture, on issues of social policy, healthcare and sport.”

On Syria and Middle East/North Africa crises, Putin put the blame squarely on the West’s instigation of chaos. “Civil wars instigated from abroad, the disintegration of government structures in Iraq, Libya (which President Zuma spoke about with concern) and Yemen, have turned this region into a place of chaos and a foothold for international terrorism which troubles all of us, causing an uncontrollable wave of migration….

“The most dangerous situation is in Syria,” Putin said. “This is why we responded to the request of the legitimate, let me stress, the legitimate government (emphasis added) of that country for assistance in the fight against terrorist groups.

“The Russian Aerospace Forces have dealt a heavy blow to the terrorists and their infrastructure, and have preserved Syrian statehood, which I think is absolutely vital.”

“Together with other partners we managed to enforce a ceasefire in some regions of Syria and to launch inter-Syrian talks,” Putin stated, and said that now other countries of the world must take initiatives on the global economic situation.

On the economy, Putin again took a swipe at Obama, citing the TPP and TTIP as two “private organizations” that are trying to usurp the negotiated terms of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The global economy “has still not overcome the effects of 2008-2009 financial crisis,” Putin asserted. “According to forecasts, growth is unlikely to reach the pre-crisis level before 2019 …. Among the limiting factors is the volatility on foreign exchange and commodity markets, the lack of coordination of monetary policies, and the high debt levels in developed economies.”

As an alternative, Putin cited President Xi’s planning of the G20 this year, and called on the BRICS nations “to strengthen our countries positions in the global financial system.

“I would like to congratulate our Chinese partners on the Special Drawing Right basket being expanded to include the Chinese yuan from October 1, 2016,” Putin added.

“The BRICS states have already increased their total share in the IMF capital to 14.89 percent, [which is] very close to the blocking threshold of 15 percent. And they certainly need to continue in this direction, advancing the reform of the IMF.

“We need to make the BRICS Pool contingent of foreign exchange reserves and the New Development Bank fully operational …. to adopt the bank’s strategy, to provide loans in local currencies, and to begin financing specific projects.”

Putin was especially harsh about the West’s efforts to create “various private associations, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), [that] are gaining momentum; [and] seek to replace the WTO rather than complement it.” They are doing this because the WTO has stalled out.

Citing the next step, Putin concluded by congratulating Prime Minister Modi on the upcoming BRICS meeting in India—looking forward to advancing the BRICS agenda. 

In his comments opening up the meeting of the G20, President Xi Jinping reiterated some of the significant comments he had addressed the day before to the meeting of business leaders attending the Business 20, underlining the fact that the world is facing an important juncture in which the decisions taken by the Hangzhou Summit will be absolutely crucial in the direction the world will take. In spite of efforts made at global financial reform, the situation was becoming critical, Xi said, pointing to the decline of international trade, the growth of protectionism, to the aging of the populations, and the decline in the growth of populations. “In spite of the reforms, there are multiple risks,” he said. “The risk of excessive leverage and bubbles continues to build.”“The G20 represents the world’s major economies and therefore the world places great hope in the solutions Hangzhou will provide.” He then reiterated the four points he had previously outlined to the business leaders. “We must strengthen policy coordination and uphold financial stability. We must coordinate fiscal policy and structural reform.” Secondly, “we should break a new path for growth,” he said.“The G20 must change its policy approach and place equal importance on both short-term and long-term management. We have decided to break a new path through innovation, structural reform, a new industrial revolution, and the development of the digital economy,” Xi said.

“Thirdly, we should improve global economic governance and strengthen traditional safeguards. We must continue to improve the international monetary and financial system and the governance system of the international financial institutions, and fully leverage the role of the IMFs Special Drawing Rights. We have to strengthen the global financial safety net and enhance cooperation in financial regulation and combat corruption in order to boost the resilience of the economy against risks.

“Fourthly, we must build an open global economy and continue the facilitation of and liberalization of trade  and investment. Infrastructure connectivity should be enhanced so as to bring developing countries and small- and medium-sized countries into the value chain.

“Fifthly we should implement the 2030 Sustainable Agenda.” Xi then referred again to the rise in the Gini coefficient [of income inequality], saying that this must be seen as a warning sign, and underlined the continued need for the support to Africa and to the less developed countries.

Xi then outlined his proposal for reform of the G20.  He said it had to be transformed from “a crisis response mechanism to a mechanism of long-term governance,” and that “it must play a leading role in dealing with any ensuing economic crises.” Secondly, the G20 should “honor its commitments. The G20 should be an action team instead of a talk shop,” and has to develop an action plan. “The G20 should be a platform of cooperation,” he said. “We should sustain and deepen our commitment and become more inclusive.”“We should act as partners, and as we stick together we can navigate the world crisis,” Xi said. “We must steer the giant ship on a new voyage from the shore of the Qiantang River [in Hangzhou] to the vast ocean,” he said.

On Sunday, Sept. 4, Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off the G-20 heads of state summit in Hangzhou, China.  The opening ceremony included a stirring performance of the Ode to Joy, which set the inspiring tone for the entire summit.  President Xi, in his opening remarks, reiterated his call from the previous day at the B-20 business leaders forum, that the entire global financial system must be overhauled to reverse the current global crisis, and that the G-20 must take the lead in bringing about the needed changes, driven by innovation and cooperation among nations.
 
President Xi’s B-20 speech on Saturday was a strong echo of the policies developed over decades by Lyndon and Helga LaRouche, including her most recent call for the G-20 meeting to move to fully realize the World Landbridge.  The significance of the performance of the Ode to Joy, poem by Friedrich Schiller and music by Ludwig von Beethoven, was a further indication of Xi’s commitment to the principles of scientific and technological progress and “win win” cooperation among all of the nations of the world. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech on the opening ceremony of the Business 20 (B20) summit.

 
The G-20 meeting was preceded by an informal meeting of the heads of state of the BRICS nations, where further preparations were made for the Oct. 15-16 BRICS summit, hosted by Indian Prime Minister Modi in Goa.  The BRICS and G-20 events began immediately after the conclusion of the East Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, hosted by President Vladimir Putin, where the same agenda of Eurasian development and a spirit of cooperation among leading nations of the world was promoted.  The two guests of honor at the Vladivostok forum were Japan’s Prime Minister Abe and South Korea’s President Park, thus broadening the alliance for cooperation.
 
In stark contrast, US President Barack Obama used the occasion of his bilateral meeting with President Xi to press all of the areas of conflict dividing the United States and China, including the illegal ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the South China Sea, the allegations that China is dumping steel on the world market, and other frictions.  Obama showed up in Hangzhou to attempt to revive the dead—his Trans-Pacific Partnership swindle—as well as to provoke conflict.  Obama could not even resist the opportunity to throw cold water on the efforts by his own Secretary of State, John Kerry, to finalize a deal with Russia for joint military operations against the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
 
The G-20 summit will continue through Monday, followed by another Asian economic summit in Laos, Sept. 6-9, followed by a meeting of the 10+1—the ten ASEAN nations with China.
 
While President Obama continues to isolate himself from the growing majority of nations who are attempting to come up with solutions to the onrushing collapse of the trans-Atlantic region and the drive for war coming from the dying British Empire system, this week will conclude on a profound high-note, with the series of four performances of Mozart’s Requiem in the New York City area, in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, in which 3,000 innocent people were killed.  The Schiller Institute Chorus and Orchestra will participate in those concerts.
 
With the Washington, D.C. press conference last Wednesday by former Sen. Bob Graham, and with a vote on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) pending in the House of Representatives when Congress resumes work on Sept. 6, the issue of justice will be dominant this week.  As Sen. Graham told the media in Washington last week, with the July 15 release of the 28 page chapter from his original Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11, the cork has been popped from the bottle, and now the full truth about the role of Saudi Arabia in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil in history, must come out.  That means the entire Anglo-Saudi apparatus can be brought down, and that, in turn, means that the primary forces out to obstruct the realization of the World Landbridge and a new paradigm of relations among the nations of the Earth can be defeated once and for all.

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On Sunday, Sept. 4, Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off the G-20 heads of state summit in Hangzhou, China.  The opening ceremony included a stirring performance of the Ode to Joy, which set the inspiring tone for the entire summit.  President Xi, in his opening remarks, reiterated his call from the previous day at the B-20 business leaders forum, that the entire global financial system must be overhauled to reverse the current global crisis, and that the G-20 must take the lead in bringing about the needed changes, driven by innovation and cooperation among nations.
 
President Xi’s B-20 speech on Saturday was a strong echo of the policies developed over decades by Lyndon and Helga LaRouche, including her most recent call for the G-20 meeting to move to fully realize the World Landbridge.  The significance of the performance of the Ode to Joy, poem by Friedrich Schiller and music by Ludwig von Beethoven, was a further indication of Xi’s commitment to the principles of scientific and technological progress and “win win” cooperation among all of the nations of the world. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech on the opening ceremony of the Business 20 (B20) summit.

 
The G-20 meeting was preceded by an informal meeting of the heads of state of the BRICS nations, where further preparations were made for the Oct. 15-16 BRICS summit, hosted by Indian Prime Minister Modi in Goa.  The BRICS and G-20 events began immediately after the conclusion of the East Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, hosted by President Vladimir Putin, where the same agenda of Eurasian development and a spirit of cooperation among leading nations of the world was promoted.  The two guests of honor at the Vladivostok forum were Japan’s Prime Minister Abe and South Korea’s President Park, thus broadening the alliance for cooperation.
 
In stark contrast, US President Barack Obama used the occasion of his bilateral meeting with President Xi to press all of the areas of conflict dividing the United States and China, including the illegal ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the South China Sea, the allegations that China is dumping steel on the world market, and other frictions.  Obama showed up in Hangzhou to attempt to revive the dead—his Trans-Pacific Partnership swindle—as well as to provoke conflict.  Obama could not even resist the opportunity to throw cold water on the efforts by his own Secretary of State, John Kerry, to finalize a deal with Russia for joint military operations against the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
 
The G-20 summit will continue through Monday, followed by another Asian economic summit in Laos, Sept. 6-9, followed by a meeting of the 10+1—the ten ASEAN nations with China.
 
While President Obama continues to isolate himself from the growing majority of nations who are attempting to come up with solutions to the onrushing collapse of the trans-Atlantic region and the drive for war coming from the dying British Empire system, this week will conclude on a profound high-note, with the series of four performances of Mozart’s Requiem in the New York City area, in commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, in which 3,000 innocent people were killed.  The Schiller Institute Chorus and Orchestra will participate in those concerts.
 
With the Washington, D.C. press conference last Wednesday by former Sen. Bob Graham, and with a vote on the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) pending in the House of Representatives when Congress resumes work on Sept. 6, the issue of justice will be dominant this week.  As Sen. Graham told the media in Washington last week, with the July 15 release of the 28 page chapter from his original Joint Congressional Inquiry into 9/11, the cork has been popped from the bottle, and now the full truth about the role of Saudi Arabia in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil in history, must come out.  That means the entire Anglo-Saudi apparatus can be brought down, and that, in turn, means that the primary forces out to obstruct the realization of the World Landbridge and a new paradigm of relations among the nations of the Earth can be defeated once and for all.

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Addressing the B20, the gathering of businessmen from the G20 countries one day before the opening of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou, China, President Xi Jinping presented a comprehensive program for pulling the world out of the present economic crisis. Xi stressed that bringing a country of over 1 billion people into a reasonable standard of living was “an endeavor never undertaken in the history of mankind. And economic development was key.” He continued, “We have taken bold initiatives and have lifted over 700 million people out of poverty. And this is the course that China and the world should take. For this purpose, we have introduced large-scale investment overseas.” He then said that many were skeptical that China could continue moving in that direction and not fall into the ostensible “middle-income trap.”

China’s response to the “new normal” with the collapse of the world export markets was to push for innovation, invigoration, interconnectedness and inclusiveness as “the new drivers of economic growth,” Xi explained.  “We have a new means of integrating China in the world and in maintaining medium-high rates of growth. In this  way, we can deliver more to the world and maintain China’s growth at the same time.”

“China’s growth had hitherto depended on resources, capital and the labor force, but that old model is no longer sustainable. Now we need an innovation-directed strategy. Scientific and technological development holds the key to economic development…. We’ll take the lead in science and technology and conduct fundamental research to resolve the scientific and technological problems holding back economic and industrial development. We will speed up commercialization of R&D and foster strategic emerging industries and move industries up to a medium-high level of the value chain.”

The President then outlined the real motivating forces behind these changes. “People are the foundation of the country. We have to be oriented to the needs of the people and raise their living standards and the quality of their lives. We will lift over 57 million people out of poverty and poverty will be alleviated in all poor counties by 2020. This is a solemn promise to the Chinese people. We have lifted over 70% of the population out of poverty. We will make the pie bigger and continue the global fight against poverty,” he said.

Xi went on to say that the policy of opening up to the outside world will continue. “We will continue to make the RMB an international currency and will continue opening up our capital accounts. There will be a further internationalization of China’s financial sector,” he said.“China’s development … will provide more goods to the international community. The Silk Road Economic Belt is progressing rapidly and the Maritime Silk Road is well under way,” he said. “But this is not China creating a sphere of influence but rather a means of supporting the development of all countries. We are not building China’s ‘backyard garden’, but we’re building a garden to be shared by all countries….

“The world economy is now in a period of profound adjustment. We’re standing at a crucial juncture. Renewed growth drivers are replacing the old ones. The dynamic of the old scientific revolution is waning while the new impetus for growth is still in the making,” Xi said. “We need an innovative world economy … in order to unleash the potential.  A new scientific revolution with the internet at its core is gaining momentum. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality is developing by leaps and bounds. A combination of the virtual economy with the real economy will bring changes to our way of work and our way of life. But this will not happen overnight nor will it be problem-free….

“China made breaking new paths of growth the goal of this year’s summit,” Xi reminded the B20 leaders. “We must seize the historical opportunity to begin the process of innovation, of new scientific and technological revolutions, and industrial transformation in order to create new growth. This is the first time that the G20 has taken action on the issue of innovation.”

Xi then issued a series of four points which are now on the table. “We must combine fiscal policies with structural reform policies and build an open world economy in order to increase the scope of the economy.” There should be no “beggar thy neighbor policy,” he said. And with regard to interconnectivity one of the four  “I’s” that are the theme of this year’s summit, he said that “countries all fall or rise together. We have to promote the common development of the world economy,” he said.“China proposed a Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance initiative, and is encouraging all the multinational development banks to adopt a joint declaration of aspiration and give greater funds and intellectual support to infrastructure projects in order to speed up the process of global infrastructure connectivity,” Xi said. “We have to create a chain of win-win global growth.”

And fourthly, the issue of global Inclusiveness.  “We must abolish poverty and hunger,” Xi said. “This is not just a moral imperative, but it will also unleash effective demand.” Xi pointed to the increase of the inequality quotient which had gone from .6 to .7. “We must pay close to this,” Xi said. “The G20 should work not just for the benefit of its own countries, but for all the world.” [One of a number of statements that was met with great applause.]

Xi then concluded with some well-timed remarks on the political environment. “We must work to build a peaceful and stable environment. We have to reject out-dated Cold War mentality and build a new concept of common, cooperative, comprehensive and sustainable security. We should uphold the principles of the UN Charter and adhere to multilateralism and dialogue…. We must seek common ground in resolving our problems. The world is a better place when everyone is better off. We must steadily improve our macro-economic cooperation and enable people from different backgrounds to work together toward our common destiny. We must work together to improve global governance and adapt to changes in the world economy on the basis of equality. We should adopt a mechanism of sharing and not a `winner take all’ mentality. At this crucial juncture of development, we must transform the G20 from a crisis-response mechanism to a mechanism of long-term governance and enhance the G20 as the premier forum for international governance.”

Addressing the B20, the gathering of businessmen from the G20 countries one day before the opening of the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou, China, President Xi Jinping presented a comprehensive program for pulling the world out of the present economic crisis. Xi stressed that bringing a country of over 1 billion people into a reasonable standard of living was “an endeavor never undertaken in the history of mankind. And economic development was key.” He continued, “We have taken bold initiatives and have lifted over 700 million people out of poverty. And this is the course that China and the world should take. For this purpose, we have introduced large-scale investment overseas.” He then said that many were skeptical that China could continue moving in that direction and not fall into the ostensible “middle-income trap.”

China’s response to the “new normal” with the collapse of the world export markets was to push for innovation, invigoration, interconnectedness and inclusiveness as “the new drivers of economic growth,” Xi explained.  “We have a new means of integrating China in the world and in maintaining medium-high rates of growth. In this  way, we can deliver more to the world and maintain China’s growth at the same time.”

“China’s growth had hitherto depended on resources, capital and the labor force, but that old model is no longer sustainable. Now we need an innovation-directed strategy. Scientific and technological development holds the key to economic development…. We’ll take the lead in science and technology and conduct fundamental research to resolve the scientific and technological problems holding back economic and industrial development. We will speed up commercialization of R&D and foster strategic emerging industries and move industries up to a medium-high level of the value chain.”

The President then outlined the real motivating forces behind these changes. “People are the foundation of the country. We have to be oriented to the needs of the people and raise their living standards and the quality of their lives. We will lift over 57 million people out of poverty and poverty will be alleviated in all poor counties by 2020. This is a solemn promise to the Chinese people. We have lifted over 70% of the population out of poverty. We will make the pie bigger and continue the global fight against poverty,” he said.

Xi went on to say that the policy of opening up to the outside world will continue. “We will continue to make the RMB an international currency and will continue opening up our capital accounts. There will be a further internationalization of China’s financial sector,” he said.“China’s development … will provide more goods to the international community. The Silk Road Economic Belt is progressing rapidly and the Maritime Silk Road is well under way,” he said. “But this is not China creating a sphere of influence but rather a means of supporting the development of all countries. We are not building China’s ‘backyard garden’, but we’re building a garden to be shared by all countries….

“The world economy is now in a period of profound adjustment. We’re standing at a crucial juncture. Renewed growth drivers are replacing the old ones. The dynamic of the old scientific revolution is waning while the new impetus for growth is still in the making,” Xi said. “We need an innovative world economy … in order to unleash the potential.  A new scientific revolution with the internet at its core is gaining momentum. Artificial intelligence and virtual reality is developing by leaps and bounds. A combination of the virtual economy with the real economy will bring changes to our way of work and our way of life. But this will not happen overnight nor will it be problem-free….

“China made breaking new paths of growth the goal of this year’s summit,” Xi reminded the B20 leaders. “We must seize the historical opportunity to begin the process of innovation, of new scientific and technological revolutions, and industrial transformation in order to create new growth. This is the first time that the G20 has taken action on the issue of innovation.”

Xi then issued a series of four points which are now on the table. “We must combine fiscal policies with structural reform policies and build an open world economy in order to increase the scope of the economy.” There should be no “beggar thy neighbor policy,” he said. And with regard to interconnectivity one of the four  “I’s” that are the theme of this year’s summit, he said that “countries all fall or rise together. We have to promote the common development of the world economy,” he said.“China proposed a Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance initiative, and is encouraging all the multinational development banks to adopt a joint declaration of aspiration and give greater funds and intellectual support to infrastructure projects in order to speed up the process of global infrastructure connectivity,” Xi said. “We have to create a chain of win-win global growth.”

And fourthly, the issue of global Inclusiveness.  “We must abolish poverty and hunger,” Xi said. “This is not just a moral imperative, but it will also unleash effective demand.” Xi pointed to the increase of the inequality quotient which had gone from .6 to .7. “We must pay close to this,” Xi said. “The G20 should work not just for the benefit of its own countries, but for all the world.” [One of a number of statements that was met with great applause.]

Xi then concluded with some well-timed remarks on the political environment. “We must work to build a peaceful and stable environment. We have to reject out-dated Cold War mentality and build a new concept of common, cooperative, comprehensive and sustainable security. We should uphold the principles of the UN Charter and adhere to multilateralism and dialogue…. We must seek common ground in resolving our problems. The world is a better place when everyone is better off. We must steadily improve our macro-economic cooperation and enable people from different backgrounds to work together toward our common destiny. We must work together to improve global governance and adapt to changes in the world economy on the basis of equality. We should adopt a mechanism of sharing and not a `winner take all’ mentality. At this crucial juncture of development, we must transform the G20 from a crisis-response mechanism to a mechanism of long-term governance and enhance the G20 as the premier forum for international governance.”