Tag: China

  • China Changes Everything: A Book Review

    A new book edited by Kyle Ferrana, China Changes Everything, bills itself as an anthology by “social justice activists, journalists, and commentators” and brings together chapters about the People’s Republic of China written by prominent left-wing analysts, including Arnold August, Roger Harris, Radhika Desai, Carlos Martinez, Gerald Horne, Lee Siu Hin, Margaret Kimberley, Danny Haiphong, […]

  • Ending China’s Humiliation?

    Ending China’s Humiliation?

    European powers plan to cut up China for themselves; Germany, Italy, the British Empire, Austria-Hungary, Russia, and France are represented by Wilhelm II, Umberto I, John Bull, Franz Joseph I (in rear), Nicholas II, and Émile Loubet. The United States, represented by Uncle Sam, opposed this, also wanting to retain power in China. Puck, 23 […]

  • The Proof is in the Pudding: A Few Comments on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

    Anyone interested in socialism in the twenty-first century must take into account what is happening in China seriously. It’s future economic supremacy will either shape global capitalism, which socialists worldwide will have to respond to or the future of socialism will be determined by China’s planned transformation toward a socialist economy          […]

  • Everlasting Collapse: 70 Years’ Predictions of China’s Imminent Doom

    From 1980-2008, EU GDP grew 2.7%, the US 3%, and China 9% . Since then, the EU has averaged 1.5%, the US 1.8% and China 7%. In other words, China’s economy has grown 300% faster than Western countries’ and, as they slip out of the top bracket of high income countries, China is entering it. […]

  • Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery

    The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States. The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) recently released by President Donald Trump presents itself as a blueprint for renewed American strength. […]

  • BRICS Will Fail to Deliver Anti-imperialism

    BRICS Will Fail to Deliver Anti-imperialism

    Multipolarity — the idea that there are more than one decisive economic actors in the global economy — is an important fact. More than anything else, the rise of the People’s Republic of China demonstrates that fact. The size and rate of growth, along with the expansive Belt and Road Initiative, establishes that the PRC […]

  • What Right Does Japan Have to Pronounce about Taiwan?

    What Right Does Japan Have to Pronounce about Taiwan?

    Chinese chairman Xi Jinping met with Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi, at her request in Gyeongju, on 31 October, in the Republic of Korea. The recently ensconced Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi began her early leadership with a major diplomatic gaffe when she said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute “a survival-threatening situation” for […]

  • Takaichi’s Claim of “Theory of Undetermined Taiwan Status” Shows She Remains Unrepentant

    Takaichi’s Claim of “Theory of Undetermined Taiwan Status” Shows She Remains Unrepentant

    Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun Responding to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s claims that under the “San Francisco Peace Treaty,” Japan “is not in a position to determine or recognize the legal status of Taiwan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday that Takaichi’s remarks deliberately ignore internationally binding documents while relying […]

  • “The Middle East Has Oil; China Has Rare Earths.” — Deng Xiaoping

    “Control over rare earth elements … is a central determinant of geopolitical power and industrial sovereignty in the 21st century.” — —Dr. Kalim Siddiqui[1] As part of US-China trade talks, we are hearing a great deal about China’s near-total domination over rare earth elements, or REES. Beijing controls extraction, refining, and the global supply chains […]

  • Xi Announces China’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions

    I have to share with you good news. In his video speech to the United Nations Climate Summit 2025 held in New York on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions. He said that China will, by 2035, reduce economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by 7 percent to 10 percent from […]

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