Smoke and mirrors instead of truth Cyberattack allegations against China are nothing but another example of new cold war hysteria, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Sunday 20th Jun 2021 A century of the Communist Party of China: the Great Leap Forward In his ongoing series, CARLOS MARTINEZ looks at how a failed set of policies aimed at modernising China’s economy and agriculture became so notorious — and misunderstood
Friday 11th Jun 2021 A century of the Communist Party of China: the rise and fall of New Democracy The CPC initially imposed a reforming, interim stage before socialism, where private business would provide the engine to break imperial domination and industrialise — but soon Cold War realities forced them push ahead, explain CARLOS MARTINEZ
Friday 04th Jun 2021 China, navigating a path to socialism On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China the Morning Star starts a series of articles by CARLOS MARTINEZ
BOOKS Sunday 06th Jun 2021 BOOKS Why the great leap forward continues John Ross's book provides an in-depth description of China’s rise, the political strategy that has made that possible and what can be learned from it, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Friday 02nd Apr 2021 China’s rise: multipolarity provides a framework for socialist advance China is not simply looking for world order that gives it more influence but one where every nation's sovereignty will be increased. This is a vision that the left must support in word and deed, seizing every opportunity that it will bring, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Friday 26th Mar 2021 Belt and Road Initiative: colonialism with Chinese characteristics? Far from being ‘debt traps,’ BRI projects are establishing an essential framework for economic development and creating the conditions for formerly colonised countries to break out of dependency, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Friday 19th Mar 2021 Is China really the ‘new imperial power’ in Latin America? Chinese investors treat borrower countries as equals and work to design mutually beneficial deals, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Friday 12th Mar 2021 Does China have a neocolonial relationship with Africa? Establishment politicians have a vested interest in portraying China as neocolonialist – to divert attention from their own imperialism and promote disunity and mistrust within the global South, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Friday 05th Mar 2021 Is China imperialist? Foreign domination does not have the same gravitational pull on the Chinese economy as on the economies of Britain, the US, Japan and others. CARLOS MARTINEZ examines why
Friday 26th Feb 2021 ‘Neither Washington nor Beijing’ means objective support for Washington In the first of a new series, CARLOS MARTINEZ explores the weaknesses of latter-day ‘third campism’ in relation to the emerging new cold war on China