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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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info . The imposition of the new national security law in Hong Kong by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) is a massive blow to democratic and political rights. The effect of the Chinese regime’s new law is similar to […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Conflicts with India and the US • Splits in the CCP dictatorship • Tens of millions unemployed On 15 June the National Bureau of Statistics cancelled its press conference in Beijing. It was due to present May’s economic data, showing that China’s economy continues to “gain momentum” following […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Mismanagement of epidemic plunges Xi Jinping’s regime into historic crisis “They are lying, we know they are lying. They also know that we know they are lying, and yet they are still lying.” This online comment from a resident of Wenzhou, one of several big cities locked down […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. 22 January 2020 Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Confrontation between the two biggest powers set to escalate The ‘phase one’ trade agreement signed by the US and China on 15 January does not mark the end of their almost two-year trade war. Even as a truce this one is only partial, […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Rising U.S.-China Tensions: A New Era of Conflict The escalating U.S.-China conflict is nothing short of a major crisis for global capitalism. With negotiations having all but collapsed there seems to be no “exit ramp” from the trade war that began in July 2018. This crisis points to […]
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