Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. After the short-lived Wagner revolt in Russia on June 24, Xi Jinping’s regime reaffirmed its support for Putin, describing Russia as China’s “comprehensive strategic partner of coordination for the new era.” But Xi’s regime is clearly shaken by these events. For almost 24 hours, as Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Sudden chaotic exit from hardline pandemic controls leaves cities grappling with explosive COVID surge In response to a wave of anti-government protests in late November the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) has pivoted abruptly from its deeply unpopular Zero COVID regime. But for the Chinese masses this is a case […]
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Li Yong and Vincent Kolo are contributors to chinaworker.info. Most significant protests since the 1989 Democracy Movement. At the time of writing police are massing in Chinese cities in an effort to stamp out the recent protest wave. Protests continue at universities. The coming weekend could see new street protests in cities across the country. […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. At the Communist Party’s 20th Congress dictator Xi Jinping made a clean sweep of the party-state’s top organs including the once powerful Standing Committee, but does the purge translate into greater strength or stability? It was never in doubt that at October’s five-yearly CCP Congress Xi Jinping would be […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2–3 August signals a further escalation of the Second Cold War — the imperialist power struggle between the US and China. Predictably, Pelosi’s trip brought forth a furious reaction from Xi Jinping’s regime in the form […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Rather than hitting the pause button on the imperialist US-China Cold War, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fast forwarded processes. “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades,” says Larry Fink, chairman of Blackrock, the world’s […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. A succession of economic and political disasters is casting a dark cloud over Xi Jinping’s impending coronation as China’s dictator-for-life. Paralyzing “Zero COVID” lockdowns of major cities, collapsing GDP growth, record unemployment levels, and accelerating imperialist conflict in the shadow of the Ukraine war have plunged Chinese society […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. The sharp escalation of conflict with Russia is inseparable from the US-China conflict. “One who is not acquainted with the designs of his neighbours should not enter into alliances with them.” These are the words of legendary military strategist Sun Tzu more than 2,000 years ago. Xi Jinping […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Taiwan finds itself at the center of escalation in the US-China Cold War. The new Cold War is not a temporary phase in global relations – Biden’s anti-China policies aim to “win the 21st Century.” In April, The Economist magazine featured Taiwan on its cover as “the most […]
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Hong Liuxing and Vincent Kolo are contributors to chinaworker.info. Police Crackdown on Hong Kong June 4 Vigil Hong Kong’s Security Bureau have issued an official political ban on this year’s June 4 vigil commemorating the 1989 Beijing massacre, threatening up to five years imprisonment for merely attending. In addition, the police have added a last-minute […]
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