Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
Concern over the direction of China's economy has risen on the left since the Communist Party's central committee plenum last month.
In my previous piece on the reforms announced at the meeting, I focused on changes to the hukou registration system and how it relates to social security, but many have questioned the concessions made to private capital in the broader economy.
There were certainly some alarm-bell moments for socialists. Party general secretary Xi Jinping referred to the "decisive" role of the market in allocating resources, while only last week the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it was "relaxing the level of enterprise investment that requires [Beijing's] approval" - surely indicating a reduction in state planning as a cornerstone of the economy.
In Part 4 of her look at the Chinese revolution JENNY CLEGG addresses the relationship between the Peasant Movement and the National Movement
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
A chance find when clearing out our old office led us to renew a friendship across 5,000 miles and almost nine decades of history, explains ROGER McKENZIE


