Posts by John Ross
Why 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 MoreChina is the greatest economic growth in human history
Despite increasing media reporting on China’s econ…
Read MoreAn economist’s Mein Kampf
This article, published in October 1991, accurately predicted that ‘shock therapy’ recommended for Russia by Western economic institutions, and supported by 95% of Western economists, would lead to economic catastrophe in Russia – pushing its economy backwards towards becoming a raw material producing appendage of the West. Determination that China should avoid any such economic catastrophe…
Read MoreWhy the economic reform succeeded in China & will fail in Russia and Eastern Europe
This article was written in April 1992 and originally published in Russian in September 1992 in Voprosy Economiki (Questions of Economics) in September 1992. The introduction to the article was written for a blog December 2008 and subtitles have been added to make the article more suitable for a website – otherwise it is unchanged. * …
Read MoreEurope’s crisis & the Euro – predicted in advance
IntroductionThe following article, published in September 1996, that is prior to the creation of the Euro, accurately predicted in advance from fundamental economic theory the basic contradictions in the way the Euro was created and the crisis it would lead to in Europe. It predicted: ‘The proposal to create a single European currency, through the methods…
Read MoreChina is right to maintain & tighten capital controls
During 2017 China has been tightening its capital controls to prevent any export of capital from the country not required for legitimate business expansion – that is China has been strongly acting against ‘capital flight’. This policy has been successful, with China’s foreign exchange reserves, already the world’s largest, rising for six months in a row – see…
Read MoreHere’s why China and BRICS will drive global economic growth
It is frequently underestimated just how dependent world economic growth is on only a few countries. Strikingly, on the IMF’s latest projections, the majority of world economic growth in the next five years will come from only three countries – China, the US and India. Collectively these will account for 54% of world growth at…
Read MoreTheoretical bases of China’s “win-win” foreign policy concept
In his speech on Asia’s “Community of Common Destiny” at 2015’a Boao Forum, Chinese President Xi Jinping spelled out China’s conception of “win-win” relations in Asia and the world. This therefore provides a good opportunity to examine the fundamental bases of China’s foreign policy. It also highlights the reason for the recent failure of the United…
Read MoreThe neo-con forces behind Trump’s Twitter attacks on China
Trump’s Twitter storm against ChinaOn 30 Jul…
Read MoreHamburg G20 Summit highlights China’s ‘thought leadership’
The Hamburg G20 summit will come in a year which h…
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