China, Russia pip US to the Taliban hearth
The diplomatic recognition of the Taliban government in Afghanistan on January 31, 2024 by China must be bracketed with two other far-reaching regional policy moves by Beijing in the post-cold…
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Is Geopolitics Deterministic? The US, China, and Taiwan context
In an online video interview, libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano asked University of Chicago political scientist and international relations professor John Mearsheimer to “translate” president Xi’s remarks in his New Year…
Why I Believe What I Believe About the Chinese Revolution
(This is Part-2 of a two-part article) Late last year, a colleague sent me a letter decrying some of my writings about China, notably the last newsletter of 2023. This newsletter is…
The World’s Economic Centre of Gravity Is Returning to Asia
(This is Part-1 of a two-part article) In October 2023, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its annual Trade and Development Report. Nothing in the report came as a…
Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam marks a new milestone in countering American hegemonist expansion
The state visit to Vietnam by Xi Jinping is the most significant political event in China-Vietnam relations this year, and has achieved tremendous success, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
The U.S. and China at Year’s End – Still Treading on the Precipice
This hasn’t exactly been a year of good news when it comes to our war-torn, beleaguered planet, but on November 15th, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping…
Xi Warned Biden During Summit That Beijing Will Reunify Taiwan With China
Chinese President Xi Jinping bluntly told President Joe Biden during their recent summit in San Francisco that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with mainland China but that the timing has not yet been decided, according to three current and…
Growing friendship between China and South Asian countries
In the present multilateral world, mutual relations between countries are intensified on the basis of fulfilling mutual national interests. Each country contributes for the peace and development of the region…
Australia-China Tensions Ease
China-Australia relations are improving with plans to restart of annual meetings between the two sides, and to strengthen communication, deepen trust, expand practical cooperation. A Bloomberg report said: Australia’s Prime…
China is Blooming and Flourishing with Science and Technology
[Presented in the seminar on the “Significance of India China Relations in the Present National and Global Context” at the National conference of India China Friendship Association conducted on October…
Why China’s New Map of Its Borders Has Stirred Regional Tensions
China’s release of its standard map has produced outrage and alarm in several countries, yet Beijing remains steadfast in continuing its historical approach toward its borders. In the waning days…
If China is Red, Revolution is Dead
My question is this. When war inevitably breaks out between competing imperialists, the US and China, will there be “leftists” who, because they oppose the US ruling class, take the…
China And Russia Should Lead Global Governance Reform, Suggests Xi
Moscow and Beijing should “lead the correct direction of global governance reform,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi underlined that the development of the bilateral ties between China and Russia…
It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions
The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down…
Readouts Point to a Disjuncture between US and China
During the economic crisis in 2008, the United States sought China’s aid. US treasury secretary Hank Paulson conferred with Chinese officials, and China agreed to increase the value of the…
Peace for Ukraine Courtesy of China? Another Step in Beijing’s Rise to Global Power
All wars do end, usually thanks to a negotiated peace agreement. Consider that a fundamental historical fact, even if it seems to have been forgotten in Brussels, Moscow, and above…
Does China Have a Huge Problem Despite Impressive Economic Development?
Interview with author Wei Ling Chua The G7 has recently wound up its meeting in Hiroshima, and the participants joined to affirm their fear of the Threat of China. British…
China Disguised ─ Opinions Posed as Facts
Agendas, exaggerations, and misrepresentations guide media reports of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Illogical descriptions and unverified information are apparent in many reports. Not being logical and not validating…
The Rise of China (and the Fall of the U.S.?) Tectonic Eruptions in Eurasia Erode America’s Global Power
From the ashes of a world war that killed 80 million people and reduced great cities to smoking rubble, America rose like a Titan of Greek legend, unharmed and armed with extraordinary…
China Will Be The World Economy’s Biggest Growth Driver In The Next 5 Years, Doubling The U.S. Contribution, Says IMF
China will become the biggest driver of global growth over the next five years and will contribute double what the U.S. adds, according to the International Monetary Fund. Based on…
The U.S. Must Stop Threatening China!
America'a aggressive military-industrial complex It appears that the military-industrial complex has complete control of the government of the United States, which recently voted to give the Pentagon roughly a trillion…
While we’re laughing about a balloon; Biden paves a path to war
There is reason to be alarmed by the recent China balloon. However, that reason is not the alleged China aggression but the very calculated aggression towards China by the…
Ballooning Rhetoric: Aliens, Escalation and Airborne Surveillance
Things are getting rather bizarre at the US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Its increasingly prominent commanding chief, one General Glen VanHerck, has abandoned any…
Ballooning Paranoia: The China Threat Hits the Skies
Hysteria over balloons is a strange thing. Hot air balloons made their appearance during the Napoleonic era, where they served as delivery weapons for bombs and undertook surveillance tasks. High…
Geopolitical Games in The Asia-Pacific Will Not Be Allowed, Warns China
China will not let the Asia-Pacific region turn into a hotspot for geopolitical conflict, and will defend its own sovereignty and integrity, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson declared on Monday.…
Peacefully Handle Disputes, Boost cooperation, China And Philippines Agree
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan and Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr and his wife Maria Louise at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing…
China eliminated absolute poverty; now works toward common prosperity for all
Can you imagine walking downtown in Seattle, Vancouver, New York, Toronto, or any other burg in Canada or the United States and not seeing any panhandlers? This homelessness, begging, and…
Which country will become a proxy in US-China rivalry for dominance?
A very unfortunate but at the same time undeniable fact of recent history has been that in the global order which emerged after the Second World War, the rivalry between…
The United States and White Supremacy at War with China
In 1904, Jack London, the most celebrated American writer of the time, was sent as a reporter to cover the war between Russia and Japan. According to Daniel A. Métraux,…
Could China Help Brazil to Overcome Its Economic Crisis?
The election victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the president of Brazil for a third term on October 30 is expected to revise the relations between Brasília and Beijing. Brazil…
China Experiences Anti-Lockdown Protests, Restrictions Being Lifted
Protests broke out in China this weekend, with demonstrators in Shanghai, Wuhan, Beijing and other locations demanding an end to the government’s stringent Covid restrictions. Videos shared on social media…
Xi vs Trudeau: How China is Rewriting History with the Colonial West
Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a…
China is Not Capitalist and it is Not Yet Communist
There are many western commentators who, apparently in profound dismay that a country which holds up the banner of socialism could be so economically successful, tiresomely deny that China practises…
Working Conditions Of Workers In China
Real wage growth indices in G20 countries, 2008-13, (2008=100) Source: Estimates based on NBS: National Data; and ILO: Global Wage Database. *** *** Media across the world and India is…
Does the U.S. Chip Ban on China Amount to a Declaration of War in the Computer Age?
Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or…
20th National congress of the CPC upholds Socialist Modernization and Shared values of humanity
Peoples’ Republic of China, which has emerged as the second largest economic power in the world is now at the center stage of world affairs. Its views,…
20th Congress of CPC: Towards a Phase of Unbridled Bureaucratic State-Monopoly Dictatorship
In fact, there is nothing unexpected or new regarding the decisions taken in the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held during October 16-22, 2022, as almost…
Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute
In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead to an apocalyptic catastrophe. Yet, from January 1st to August 30th of 2022,…
What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China
The Biden administration will soon release its National Security Strategy, which is being revised in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The document will no doubt trigger a renewed debate about…
Fables of Chinese Debt Trap
The international debt trap is a product of colonial and neo-colonial plunders, imperialist hegemony and neoliberal economic policies imposed by developed countries on developing world. The Asian, African, Latin…
Spears in place of Bridges: Australia, China and Fashioned Ignorance
There is an overwhelming boisterous ignorance that characterises Australia’s foreign policy approach to China. When Beijing was boxed and derided as emerging, weak and well-behaved, everyone supposedly got on. Washington…
China Warns U.S.: Those Who Play With Fire Will Perish By It
Taiwan is a part of China and the 1.4 billion Chinese will not tolerate any challenges to the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, President Xi Jinping told his U.S.…
The US Boxes Itself in over Taiwan and Ukraine
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is reportedly scheduled to visit Taipei in August 2022. The stated purpose is supporting Asian democracy. The trip has more…
China Pledges Serious Consequences For U.S. If Pelosi Visits Taiwan
China's Foreign Ministry has warned the U.S. of “serious consequences” should U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan in a demonstration of developing ties between Washington and the…
Biden in Asia: Further Steps Toward War with China
For observers of President Biden’s recent visit to Asia it will come as no surprise that, as in the past, the US sought to encourage Asian allies to join in…
Washington Tightens the Noose around China: None Dare Call It “Encirclement”
The word “encirclement” does not appear in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 27th, or in other recent administration statements about its…
Denying the Inevitable: Why the West Refuses to Accept China’s Superpower Status
An article by Gideon Rachman in the Financial Times last July is a prime example of western intelligentsia’s limited understanding of China’s unhindered rise as a superpower. “Becoming a superpower…
Russia’s shadows in Sahel region
On Friday, Mali’s transitional government has clarified that it is engaged with Russian military trainers even as French troops are drawing down. So, it is official that Russian security personnel…
The Rising China – A Boon, A ‘Debt Trap’, A ‘Security Threat’?
Recently, I attended a book launch. The book is about China (I am withholding the name of the book). I did not read the book, but like most official book…
A note on Present situation of covid19 in China and their strategy of combating
There are many news channels both domestic and foreign who propagate that China is facing a lot of trouble due to hike in corona pandemic recently. Most of them do…
The West’s China Complex: Beijing as the Enemy and the Savior
“Could China’s economy collapse?” was the title of an October 15 article published by QUARTZ magazine. The article makes an ominous case of a Chinese economic crash and its impact…
Andre Vltchek on Democracy, China, and its Ecological Civilization
“Communist Victory in Beijing, China “ (photo by Andre Vltchek) In this review article, we remember Andre Vltchek who passed away last year Sep 22, was a friend of all…
China 101
Regardless of whether it is in democracies or otherwise, decisions on foreign policies including those that concern wars against other countries are almost always made exclusively by governments, with limited…
China’s Celebration of its own Brand of Imperialism in the guise of “Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”
Introduction The most significant component of Chinese Communist Party’s (CPC) Centenary Celebration held on July 1 2021 was the hour-long speech of Xi Jinping, the “core leader”, delivered to the…
CPC transforms China as a world class power
The CPC’s centennial marks a historic breakthrough for China by far exceeding the predictions of most foreign observers. In a nutshell, the CPC has achieved the twin collective goals of…
China’s Programme of Socialist Modernization
On July 1, 2021, Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a speech marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC). “Any attempt to divide…
Taiwan, Japan, China: A few developments
In the eastern Asia region, Taiwan has become a sensitive topic, especially as Japan, the U.S. and some other U.S. allies move closer to Taipei. Relations with Taiwan is unofficial…
The Dubious Narrative of Democracy of the Natural Allies Vs China’s Authoritarianism
We are supposedly natural allies: the Biggest (Indian) and greatest (US) “democracies”, sharing the same values, it is claimed. People know and see how US has been fighting for…
China blocks US bases in Central Asia
Photo taken on May 9, 2021 shows the books of students who were killed in a car bomb attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. (Photo by Rahmatullah Alizadah/Xinhua). Over 80…
The Cold War, Rebooted and Rebranded
The future isn’t what it used to be. As a teenager in the 1970s, I watched a lot of TV science fiction shows, notably Space: 1999 and UFO, that imagined a near future…
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