How China responded to the USSR’s collapse
How China responded to the USSR’s collapse
An interview with Zhang Weiwei (Deng Xiaoping’s interpreter and now one of the most influential political analysts in China).
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Yes, there really were only two COVID deaths in mainland China in 2021. Here’s how they did it
Approaching the third year of the global pandemic, life in China is “back to normal” for most of the 1.4 billion people. There are occasionally short-term, localised lockdowns in response to local outbreaks, but there is no active pandemic within China.
This is a monumental success of a system that values human lives over corporate profits.
War and corpses – the last hope of the rich: Hands off Russia and China! – International Rosa Luxemburg Conference – Saturday 8 January
War and corpses – the last hope of the rich: Hands off Russia and China!
International Rosa Luxemburg Conference
10am-8pm Saturday 8 January
In German, English and Spanish.
Witnessing at first hand the USSR’s disintegration made me intensely understand the scale of China’s success
The USSR recorded giant world changing achievements, such as the defeat of Nazism, its role in destruction of colonial empires, education, literacy and many other areas. However, its post World War II economic policies led to the USSR’s collapse. It is China’s post 1978 economic policies that provide the positive economic model for socialists.
The international and historical significance of the resolution on the history of the CPC
China developed its policies to deal with its national issues. But in so doing it has created both practical and theoretical achievements which are the world’s most advanced. Given the gigantic scale of China’s achievements anyone with sense in the world will study these intently.
Biden’s “democracy summit” – how Marx showed the fake character of capitalism’s concept of “human rights”
Marx designated the difference between what he termed “political emancipation” and “human emancipation” – between purely formal equality and rights in politics and the fundamental inequality and lack of rights in the real world. This classically sets out the reality of Western parliamentary democracy.