NORWICH – Continuing with its mission, dedicated to increasing awareness of programs that provide opportunities for interested residents to network and strengthen community ties, the local volunteer organization, Chenango Links, is pleased to sponsor the upcoming October Monthly First Monday Movie at the Moon in Norwich.

The film, The Coming War on China, by acclaimed filmmaker John Pilger, provides historical context showing how the Marshall Islands were used as a laboratory to test the impact of nuclear tests on human subjects, and then guides us through a long period of expansion of United States military presence in the western Pacific, driven largely by the armaments industry, that created a string of American bases encircling China.

Much of the more recent buildup, pushed by Obama's pivot to Asia policy, has been continued by Trump who has characterized China as America's new enemy. This gripping film offers a strong corrective to bland complacent indifference in the face of the ongoing war game scenario we see unfolding in the Pacific.