China

China, U.S. and global warming: ‘Carbon pricing’ vs. a planned economy

Environmentalists in capitalist countries are in a quandary over what to do about global warming. Even some of those most…

May 22, 2016

China, U.S. and global warming, part 3: Coal miners in crisis

In this series, we’ve compared the response to global warming by the Chinese and U.S. governments. With roughly one-fifth of…

March 21, 2016

China-Africa forum commits to development

A gathering of African Union member-states and the People’s Republic of China on Dec. 4-5 under the banner of the…

December 13, 2015

What makes China able to plan for the future

In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we have discussed the phenomenal rise of the People’s Republic of China…

November 29, 2015

China moves decisively on global warming

China is the most populous country in the world, with 1.3 billion people. In little more than a generation, its…

November 2, 2015

Global warming, nuclear power and China, Part 1

In a surprise move, China and Britain’s Conservative Party government have signed an agreement in which China will participate in…

October 26, 2015

Obama’s Alaska trip motivated by Big Oil and war threats

With great fanfare, while making an unprecedented presidential trip to Alaska on Aug. 31, President Barack Obama “renamed” the tallest…

September 3, 2015

U.S. transnationals seek greater profits in Africa

The U.S. State Department opened a conference in Libreville, Gabon, on Aug. 24 to promote trade between Wall Street and…

August 26, 2015

STOCK MARKET CRASH

Symptom of capitalist decay Aug. 25 -- If anything dramatically shows the irrationality of the capitalist economic system, it is…

August 25, 2015

Fuerzas de clase detrás del genocidio estadounidense en Hiroshima y Nagasaki

En el 70º aniversario de los asesinatos en masa de la población civil de Hiroshima y Nagasaki en Japón, el…

August 18, 2015