Archive for May 2018
China’s economy is growing three times as fast as the US
Publication of US GDP for the 2nd quarter of 2017 …
Read MoreThe real sinister relation of the US & ‘jihadism’?
Even before the recent horrific terrorist attacks in Europe, Mali and other places, the purpose of the U.S. “war on terror” as stated in words was to fight “Islamic terrorism” and “jihadism.” But facts show each time the U.S. and its allies have launched a war in the Middle East it has been followed by a…
Read MoreWhat China achieving ‘moderate prosperity’ means for itself & the world
China’s key annual “two sessions,” the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, reaffirmed China’s strategic medium term goal to create a “moderately prosperous society in all respects” by 2020. But “moderately prosperous” is a specifically Chinese term. To give a clearer idea internationally of what achieving this would mean, it is enlightening to…
Read MoreChina is the greatest economic growth in human history
Despite increasing media reporting on China’s econ…
Read MoreGood China-Russia relations are the guarantee of world peace
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow on the way to the G20 summit draws attention to a key fact of present day geopolitics: that good relations of China and Russia are the most important international guarantee of world peace. Because of the importance of this point it is necessary to understand in straightforward terms, without…
Read MoreSocialist policies can help famine-stricken countries
An immense human catastrophe is threatening in parts of Africa and in Yemen. As the Washington Post wrote in February: “The world is in the grip of an astonishing and acute crisis: More than 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, northern Nigeria and Yemen face starvation in the next six months, according to the United…
Read MoreEconomic logic behind Trump’s foreign policy – the key countries are Germany &China
This article was published in Chinese before the recent summit between Chancellor Merkel and President Trump – which strongly confirmed its analysis.The first steps by Trump as US President confirmed that he will pursue an anti-China policy but also that he will use different tactics to Obama and Clinton. Simultaneously Trump has launched a serious…
Read MoreBRICS are more important for world growth than the G7
The annual BRICS summit, hosted by China in Xiamen…
Read MoreWhy China has made the world’s greatest contribution to increasing human rights
The U.S. Congress has debated expressing its concern over the issue of ‘human rights’ in China – an example can be found in the US House of Representatives on 28 May 2014.This makes it appropriate to make a comparison of the real records of the U.S. and China on human rights.This is a vital issue as human…
Read MoreTo become a high income economy China needs to study facts not myths
Unfortunately some discussion in the media of how China can become a ‘high income’ economy fails to follow the fundamental Chinese saying ‘seek truth from facts.’ Instead it follows a method of ‘ignore the facts, focus on inaccurate dogma.’In particular, as usual, neo-liberals avoid dealing with the facts. They suggest that to avoid the ‘middle…
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