Archive for October 2017
China announces 2nd World Congress on Marxism in Beijing
A key feature of the recent 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and the events leading to it, was the strong emphasis placed on Marxism in China. This was underlined in Xi Jinping’s report to the Congress. It was stated explicitly in official reports Chinese reports of the Congress in the mainstream…
Read MoreChina was ready to support Greece at the height of the 2015 debt crisis says former Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis – an important lesson for Europe
In an important and revealing video former Finance Minister in Greece’s Syriza government, Yanis Varoufakis, has revealed his successful negotiations for a mutually beneficial investment agreement between China and Greece at the height of the Greek debt crisis in 2015. This revelation explains several important recent developments regarding Greece and China and has important…
Read MoreNew US data shows that China’s economy is growing at 6.8% and US at 2.3% – China growing almost three times as fast as US
New US data published on Friday shows that the US economy in the year to the 3rd quarter of 2017 grew by 2.3%. In comparison China’s economy grew by 6.8%. That is China’s economy is growing almost three times as fast as the US. This is shown in the chart. . Some confusion in…
Read MoreBy 2022 China will enter the ranks of world high income countries – creating a ‘new era’ in the global economy
China at the 19th CPC Congress reaffirmed its immediate domestic goal as to ‘comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society’ by 2020. This forms a corner stone of China’s ‘new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics’. But to judge the international impact of this goal it may be noted that ‘moderate prosperity’ is a specifically…
Read MoreReal Western politics is much more ominous than House of Cards – two videos
I have two videos published analyzing why real Western politics is far more sinister than the purely cardboard villains in House of Cards. It is an illusion that in the West the key decisions are decided by ‘democratic votes’, they are decided by money and power. A short video looking at the situation following…
Read MoreChina is strengthening Marxism internationally – a Chinese analysis
The following analysis of the significance of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Congress is by Liu Zhiqin, Senior Fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. Its focus is not only the significance of the Congress within China but China’s international role in the strengthening of Marxism. It originally appeared in…
Read MoreChinese socialism’s rapid economic growth, Western capitalism’s ‘new mediocre’ – economic background to the 19th Communist Party of China Congress
The present 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) occurs on the 20th anniversary of the Asian financial crisis and the 10th of the US subprime mortgage collapse which ignited the international financial crisis. This necessarily leads leads to analysis of the achievements and trends of China’s economy in comparison with these…
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