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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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Joe Biden’s presidency, not yet 100 days old, has continued and intensified the anti-China policies of his predecessor Donald Trump. The president sums up his position in the slogan, “extreme competition.” Expectations in some quarters – including sections of the Chinese regime (CCP) – that the new Cold […]
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There is a huge and widening gap between reality and how the Chinese dictatorship presents reality…
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. China’s “twin sessions” or Lianghui, the annual gatherings of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC), got underway in Beijing on Thursday 4 March. Neither body has any real power. They are merely decorative adornments for the dictatorial regime of the so-called Communist […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. “There’s no floor under the U.S.-China relationship. We keep finding new lows,” says author and China expert Richard McGregor. The conflict between the two biggest imperialist powers is escalating at dizzying speed. In July, the US ordered the closure of China’s consulate in Houston, which was followed immediately […]
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This article was first published in 2015 in the Greek magazine Marxist Thought. It is now published in English for the first time. In March, China’s ornamental “parliament” the National People’s Congress (NPC) held its annual session for ten days in Beijing. Rather than real debates and deliberations, the NPC and its twin chamber the […]
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