Europe Against The Cold War – China Is Not Our Enemy! 11am Saturday 23 October
Europe Against the Cold War – China is Not Our Enemy!
Online Zoom meeting
Saturday 23 October
Asia
Why Common Prosperity is good for socialism and for China’s economy
In summary, Common Prosperity is good for socialism in China – and it is good for China’s economy.
Whither Turkey?
Now it has become clear that neither Iran nor Syria are going to be toppled, new tectonic shifts are taking place in West Asia and North Africa. What steps will Turkey now take?
China’s power cuts hint at faster transition
The current power cuts come from a combination of increased demand from manufacturers, a slowdown in coal production, partly caused by improved health and safety measures in mines, and the restrictions put on coal use by national guidelines to restrict carbon emissions.
China’s recent commitments on tackling climate change – welcome steps forward
The pledge not to build new coal fired power stations abroad grabbed the headlines, but it went along with an accompanying pledge to “step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy”, that is just as significant.
AUKUS – “Catalyst for a Nuclear Arms Race in the Indo-Pacific Region”
The new pact between the Australian, British and US governments is the latest escalation in a new cold war on China, and the developing world. Locking Britain into decades of nuclear escalation in the Pacific is globally dangerous, hugely expensive and totally unnecessary.