Posts by John Ross
Liu Xiaobo’s views were neo-con, colonialist and semi-racist against China – which is not a reason to welcome his death
The treatment of Liu Xiaobo, who has just died, by the mainstream Western media is a classic example of its hypocrisy and real anti-China motives. Liu Xiaobo was presented by them as a ‘hero of human rights’. The reality is his views would have placed him in the West as a neo-con with a twist of…
Read MoreLanguage is now not an overwhelming obstacle to Westerners following China’s intellectual life
To many people outside China their lack of knowledge of the Chinese language might seem an insuperable obstacle to following closely intellectual life in China. To be truthful until recently it was – but it is no longer. The advances in internet translation software are now so great that provided something is online you…
Read MoreIndonesian translation of my article “G20 summit highlights new stage of China’s international ‘thought leadership’
I am very pleased a translation into Indonesian of my article ‘G20 summit highlights new stage of China’s international “thought leadership”‘ has been published as ‘KTT G20 Menyoroti Tahap Baru ‘Kepemimpinan Pemikiran’ Internasional Tiongkok’. The translation is by Redaksi Dasar Kita, twitter ‘@DasarKita‘, to Bahasa (Indonesian) and it is published on ‘Dasar Kita’. The link is below: https://dasarkita5sila17845.wordpress.com/peng-red-jul-17-des-17/93-peng-red-91-14-jul-17/94a-john-ross-ktt-g20-menyoroti-tahap-baru-kepemimpinan-pemikiran-internasional-tiongkok/
Read MoreThe Importance of Xi Jinping’s Speech to International Political Parties
On 1 December President Xi Jinping delivered a speech to the Conference of the ‘CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting’. With over 200 political parties from 120 countries represented this was certainly the largest such international meeting of political parties for decades. Also striking was the very wide range of political…
Read More作为英国人我想对香港说，忘了港英时代吧！
2017年7月1日，是香港回归中国20周年的好日子。对于一个对中国饱含热情的英国人来说，这一天非同寻…
Read MoreChina is the World’s Most Rapidly Growing Major Economy – But Don’t Wait for Most Western ‘China Experts’ to Admit They Made Wrong Analyses
The latest international data strongly confirms that China has resumed its position as the world’s most rapidly growing major economy. In the year to the second quarter of 2017 China’s economy grew by 6.9% compared to 2.2% in the US, the world’s largest developed economy – China’s economy was therefore growing more than three…
Read MoreVideo on the importance of the BRICS summit
This is a short video published in China, spoken in English, in which I analyse the importance of the BRICS summit. It has been posted for less than 24 hours but has already been viewed over 1 million times. To see the video please click here or on the picture below.
Read MoreChina and Russia further strengthen links after 19th Communist Party of China Congress
Immediately following the conclusion of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Congress a series of discussions and meetings between top Chinese and Russian leaders made clear that the already close relations between the two countries would be deepened further. Xi-Putin telephone discussion On 26 October, shortly after the conclusion of the Congress, President Xi…
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