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EIR’s Silk Road Report in Chinese Presented at Beijing Press Conference
At a press conference Tuesday in Beijing, sponsored by EIR and the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, initiator of the Schiller Institutes, and William Jones, the Washington Bureau Chief of Executive Intelligence Review, keynoted the presentation of the Chinese translation of EIR‘s ground-breaking report, “The New Silk Road Becomes the World Land-Bridge,” to the public.
There were around 70 people in attendance, including 15 representatives from the Chinese media, a few officials from government entities, and numerous think-tanks. In addition, nine leading Chinese scholars commented on the report and its significance for the Chinese “One Belt, One Road” project. The Chongyang Institute has also agreed to be a cosponsor of the report.
Helga Zepp-LaRouche outlined the work of the Schiller Institute in developing the Silk Road/World Land-Bridge project for over 20 years, outlining the efforts that went on for decades to realize the report. Its circulation represents a unique opportunity for changing the course of history, she said. “We must get away from geopolitics and move to a new paradigm for mankind,” Zepp-LaRouche said.
The comments on the report from the scholars were absolutely effusive. One scholar said that he had known the Schiller Institute for a long time and had learned much from its ideas.
“They have very special ideas about the economy, emphasizing the notion of physical economy. Lyndon LaRouche developed the notion of negentropy to explain the laws of economics. We cannot allow capital to control everything. We must control capital,” he said.
Another scholar noted that the Schiller Institute had a different view of the economy from most economists in emphasizing the underlying importance of infrastructure. “Mrs. LaRouche has made great progress with her ideas,” he said. One scholar noted that China’s “One Belt, One Road” policy represents the beginning of a new world order, and that we must find out how it differs from the world order led by the United States. One scholar from the Chinese planning agency underlined the uniqueness of the report, praising the work behind it and urging Chinese experts to take heed of the methods of analysis used in the EIR report.
Again, another scholar who had just finished reading the Chinese report the evening before, said that it had obviously been written with a global perspective, noting that it is about forecasting the future, rather than simply explaining the past.
There was a lively question and answer period, and many people came up to get their copies signed by the authors. The Chongyang Institute has already purchased 1,000 copies of the report for distribution to its networks and to scholars in China.
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Using electricity and water without paying for them.
Putin Proposes World Conference on ‘Fundamental Science’
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his presentation to the UN General Assembly Monday, made a significant proposal for a world conference on improving the planetary environment through science and technology, after otherwise making a passing pledge t…
US seek talks with Russia about Syria air raids
Keeping each other’s air operations in Syria from colliding or getting in each other’s way.
More on Russian Initiatives Underway on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry reported yesterday that he and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov “have been instructed” by their presidents to try to work out a common strategy on Syria, and to that end, he and Lavrov will meet today. The instructions came at yesterday’s meeting between Obama and Putin, a meeting which Kerry described today as “genuinely constructive, very civil,” and “very candid.”
Kerry’s next statements made clear that with “Obama and The Girls” (as retired Col. Pat Lang is wont to say about Susan Rice, Samantha Power, Valerie Jarrett, et al.) still in power, a common strategy is unlikely. Russia, Syria, Iran, and “we and our coalition friends” could end the violence in a very short period of time, Kerry said—if Bashir al-Assad leaves. “You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as Assad is, in fact, there…. It all depends on one man, and Russia and Iran should not be so stubborn here that they tie this whole thing up simply because of one person.”
Kerry’s “one man,” unfortunately, was not a reference to Obama.
Foreign Minister Lavrov, for his part, told RT from New York City, that the two presidents
“didn’t discuss coalitions in the classical sense of the word. What they did discuss were the possibilities for the United States and Russia to cooperate closely on the most burning issues of today. Syria, first of all, and there we all agreed that our common goal is to defeat ISIL, not to allow ISIL to establish the Caliphate, which it is planning to have on huge territories…. We believe that all those who fight on the ground against the terrorists groups, ISIL and others, must be coordinated. Not necessarily under single command. This is not realistic,”
Putin made the same point about the Baghdad information center’s purpose in his September 28 press conference with Russian journalists, and that it was open to all. He pointed to the utter failure of Obama’s current “coalition” (never mentioning Obama by name):
“Look what is happening: Your colleague asked about airstrikes dealt at ISIS on Syrian territory by representatives of various states. These include Australia and the United States, and France has now joined them. What is the outcome? A few days ago, our military have calculated that U.S. aviation made 43 strikes at Syrian territory within 24 hours. What is the result? Nobody knows if there is any.”
Putin cited Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Jordan as possible regional candidates to join the international “anti-Hitler coalition” he proposed in his UNGA speech.
Asked why he made the comparison with the Nazis, Putin said:
“I believe this was no surprise to anyone. Look at what they are doing, at their atrocities: they are beheading people, burning them alive, destroying monuments of world culture, and so forth. Doesn’t a comparison with the Nazis come natural here? This is exactly what the Nazis did in their time. Therefore, there is nothing surprising here. I would very much like for us to understand this and bring as many countries as possible together to fight this threat.”
Among several meetings Putin held on the sidelines of the UNGA in his one-day visit to New York, were ones with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, and Iraqi President Haider al-Abadi.