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What does a responsible country do in response to an epidemic? Improve its healthcare system

Any responsible country, when faced with an epidemic and its aftermath, would consider what it did well and what needs improving in terms of healthcare. This is precisely what China is doing now, as the country gets ready for the annual meetings of the Two Sessions, the parliamentary bodies of its socialist system. Before I Continue reading What does a responsible country do in response to an epidemic? Improve its healthcare system

While you were not looking: Chinese research stations in Antarctica grow vegetables

While Russia sends grain to the DPRK, which closed its borders (almost) completely in early January, 2020 (see here), Chinese researchers have been the first to grow vegetables in Antarctica.As this article from the Peoples Daily points out (here), the Chinese approach of a communiaty of common destiny for all humankind seems to be working Continue reading While you were not looking: Chinese research stations in Antarctica grow vegetables

Questions people are asking in China concerning the USA and COVID-19

In response to some comments on the previous post, I thought it would be useful to copy this news item from Xinhua News (here, with another similar item here). It reflects the types of questions many people in China have been asking about the USA and COVID-19. The article was published on 4 May, 2020. Continue reading Questions people are asking in China concerning the USA and COVID-19

How anti-China stories are concocted: On bio-chemical weapons

A couple of earlier posts dealt with the way anti-China stories are concocted (see here and here). This post deals with yet another example, now in terms of bio-chemical weapons. As it becomes increasingly obvious that the state systems of Western liberalism (bourgeois states) are unable to cope with a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, Continue reading How anti-China stories are concocted: On bio-chemical weapons

Victory Day: 75 years since the Red Army defeated fascism

This statue at the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin, captures it all. A Red Army soldier with a sword stands upon a broken swastika, while holding on his arm an image of future generations. Do we need a Red Army once again today?

Citizen approval: China ranks first in the world for response to COVID-19

Chinese citizens approve of their socialist systems response to COVID-19 by 85 percent. Vietnam, another socialist country, comes in second at 77 percent. Clearly, trust in socialist systems is much higher. Of Western countries, only New Zealand gains above 50 percent, at 56 percent. As for the rest of that gaggle of former colonisers, the Continue reading Citizen approval: China ranks first in the world for response to COVID-19

Kim Jong Un: Award of Russian Victory Anniversary Medal

As part of the warm-up for the celebration of the Soviet Red Armys victory over fascism 75 years (9 May full details at Sputnik here), Kim Jong Un the supreme leader of the DPRK has been awarded the Anniversary Victory Medal by the Russian Federation. As some of you may know, I Continue reading Kim Jong Un: Award of Russian Victory Anniversary Medal

Guangming Daily article: What will the world look like after the pandemic?

Guangming Daily is one of the most important newspapers in China for dealing with deeper issues and long-term trends. In the past, it has been at the forefront of crucial Chinese and global shifts. You may find the Chinese version of the paper here, although the English version (here) is not quite as up-to-date as Continue reading Guangming Daily article: What will the world look like after the pandemic?

Richard Horton, chief editor of the Lancet

An interview with the chief editor of one of the worlds premier medical journals, from an interview with Central China Television, interview on May Day (see also here):

May Day viewing: China’s ecological civilisation

Earlier, I have mentioned that China efforts in re-afforestation over the last few decades are world-leading (see here). But there are a few more facts worth noting: In the last 20 years China has contributed 25 percent of the worlds increase in leaf area. First country to see desert shrinkage. Most capable country in the Continue reading May Day viewing: Chinas ecological civilisation