Category Archives: china rising
An open letter: isn’t China “just as bad”?
Dear Zoltan Jorovic Thank you again for your comment on my post of September 2. You focus on a key aspect – China Rising and the West’s response – of a more general piece. I intend to respond very specifically … Read More »
Xinjiang now a top tourist draw
Full story here.
Nuclear subs go down under
I hate to kick off with a long sentence but today I’ll make an exception. Those who still believe – in defiance both of simple logic and decades of (a) smoothing the way for profit-led carnage in the middle east; … Read More »
Sinophobia – two new reads
On July 11 – see China Rising: humanity’s best hope? – I gave my view of the state we’re in: Our world is capitalist in its advanced stage of imperialism – the export of monopoly capital from global north to south, and the south … Read More »
Did China abandon socialism?
Tom Fowdy writes in RT, August 27: It’s wrong to say China is heading for socialism: it never abandoned it Western coverage of events in China is highlighting a lurch leftwards by Xi Jinping. But this misunderstands Beijing’s approach and … Read More »
What does China want?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Beijing, March 23, 2021 When Pepe Escobar has a column to fill but his content, though important, could be expressed in a few words, he can come across as … Read More »
The level of ‘debate’ on China
FaceBook this week. What Douglas Baker posted was a link to the CovertAction piece I too had linked from the final paragraph of my earlier post, NATO Expansion map Mark II. That piece poses three questions to pierce the myth … Read More »