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A Chinese perspective: Joe Biden is the preferred president in the USA

Here is some food for thought: from a Chinese perspective, they would prefer to see Joe Biden as president of the United States. This may surprise some, but consider this: Bernie Sanders is ideologically opposed to China’s socialist system. He has been a consistent sponsor of ill-informed and malicious ‘human rights’ bills passed in the … Continue reading A Chinese perspective: Joe Biden is the preferred president in theUSA

Coronavirus may not have originated in China

Scientifically based evidence takes a while to emerge, but with an increasing number of cases of the Novel Coronavirus appearing in other places in people who have not been to China and have had not contact with people who have the virus, a new paradigm is beginning to emerge. It began with the ‘hero of … Continue reading Coronavirus may not have originated inChina

Liberating Thought, Part 4: Liberating the Forces of Production (jiefang shengchanli)

This is the fourth and final part of a draft concerning the philosophical basis of Deng Xiaoping Theory. In the previous three parts, I dealt with liberating thought as the correct theoretical line, democratic centralism and seeking truth from facts (I have now revised those posts). This fourth section deals with another significant feature of … Continue reading Liberating Thought, Part 4: Liberating the Forces of Production (jiefangshengchanli)

The superiority of China’s socialist system (World Health Organisation)

By now the superiority of China’s socialist system is apparent to most countries in the world, as well as to the World Health Organisation. As the WHO expert, Bruce Aylward, observes, China’s scientifically based, differentiated and highly coordinated response to the coronavirus outbreak has actually changed the course of the epidemic. We are now at … Continue reading The superiority of China’s socialist system (World HealthOrganisation)

A Chinese assessment of ‘democratic socialism’

While the eyes of some are watching the curious rise of Bernie Sanders as the potential United States Democratic Party’s candidate for the presidential elections later this year, it is worth stepping back for a moment and asking what ‘democratic socialism’ (as proclaimed by the aforesaid septuagenarian) actually is. I copy below an assessment from … Continue reading A Chinese assessment of ‘democratic socialism’

For reliable information on the Coronavirus outbreak, check this site

While the media in a small number of former colonising countries (the ‘zero-sum stragglers’) may be full of gossip, lies and propaganda, the best place to keep up to date with reliable information on the cornoavirus outbreak is at China Daily. This news outlet provides a daily table that sums up the situation. For example, … Continue reading For reliable information on the Coronavirus outbreak, check this site

On a different note: Time for the Trans-Manchurian

A decade ago, my wife and I travelled from Copenhagen to Beijing by land (click here for the account). It took 10 days and we travelled by train and ship. I have always wanted to do the journey again, although not exactly along the same route (we went via Mongolia). Now I can. I have … Continue reading On a different note: Time for the Trans-Manchurian

Liberating Thought, Part 3: Seeking Truth From Facts

This is the third part of a draft concerning the philosophical basis of Deng Xiaoping Theory. In the previous two parts I dealt with liberating thought as the correct theoretical line and with democratic centralism. The topic here is a crucial feature of Deng theory, seeking truth from facts, which also has an element that … Continue reading Liberating Thought, Part 3: Seeking Truth FromFacts

Wang Yi: Lies become truth when the United States is the subject

The quote of the month must go to Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister. At the Munich Security Conference, which is agonising over the decline of the ‘West’, Wang Yi observed in response to the groundless accusations by the cowboys from the United States: All these accusations against China are lies, not based on facts, … Continue reading Wang Yi: Lies become truth when the United States is thesubject

Sinistra Publishing takes on Engels and the Foundations of Socialist Governance

This year is of course the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich Engels (on 28 November). It is also the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of Australia, of which I happen to be a member. So I am extremely pleased to announce that Sinistra Publishing will publish my book, Friedrich Engels and the … Continue reading Sinistra Publishing takes on Engels and the Foundations of SocialistGovernance