Shi Yongqin is China’s foremost translator of the works of Leon Trotsky into Chinese. Not only has he translated many of Trotsky’s most important works, including Trotsky’s writings on the Chinese revolution of 1926/27 but […]
In this era of rampant inequality, increasing wars and climate catastrophe, many around the world are desperately searching for an alternative to the rotten capitalist system. Inevitably, some are looking towards China. We publish an […]
Trump’s second presidency has brought new waves of instability to the world economy, not least his tariff campaign. Related to this is the rivalry between a declining US imperialism and a rising China that will […]
The election of Trump as US president is accelerating the already existing trends towards global economic recession, multi-national polarity in geopolitical relations and increasing military tensions. Despite being elected promising to disengage US involvement in […]
The rise of China – now the major economic and geopolitical challenger to US imperialism – plays a defining role in world relations today. The Committee for a Workers’ International has described China as a peculiar […]
The Chinese Communist Party dominated state is facing a narrowing of support in society. For decades, the leadership of CCP has relied on economic growth to maintain its legitimacy. However, this model is not as […]
The multiple problems facing China’s state capitalist economy have grown significantly during 2023. The western capitalist press is full of often self-serving analysis predicting the end of the ‘Chinese miracle’. In addition, ratcheting tensions […]
The Cultural Revolution – a period that is generally considered to have spanned the ten years from 1966 to the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 – is one of the most confusing and misunderstood […]
Originally published in Socialism Today, monthly magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales). ‘Mao and Markets’ is an attempt to educate the US capitalist class about the peculiar character of China and to […]
The ongoing tensions between the United States and China have continued to escalate as the global economic crisis deepens. While the US economy is still the most powerful in the world, its dominance is being […]
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