China Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/history/china/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:04:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 China Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/history/china/ 32 32 22825446 Zhang Tailei: ‘Thunderstorm’ of China’s Revolution https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/ https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:20:26 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7600 The following short biography of an early Chinese Communist was first published in Friends of Socialist China with the following introduction. In this paper, presented at the Fifteenth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE), held 18-19 December 2021 at the Shanghai International Studies University and online, John Riddell introduces the life of […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2022/01/03/zhang-tailei-thunderstorm-of-chinas-revolution/feed/ 0 7600 China Sets Target of ‘Common Prosperity’ https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/20/china-sets-target-of-common-prosperity/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/20/china-sets-target-of-common-prosperity/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2021 20:36:46 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7474 Effort for Social Equality Arouses Concern on Wall Street By John Riddell: Addressing the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee on 17 August  2021, Xi Jinping, president of the Chinese People’s Republic, stressed the need for “common prosperity” as a fundamental requirement of socialism.[1] The Central Committee responded by calling on high-income individuals and businesses to […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/10/20/china-sets-target-of-common-prosperity/feed/ 7 7474 ‘International Manifesto Group’ Founded https://johnriddell.com/2021/09/12/international-manifesto-group-founded/ https://johnriddell.com/2021/09/12/international-manifesto-group-founded/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2021 01:16:19 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=7346 A Report on the Manifesto’s 5 September Launch The newly formed group International Manifesto Group, convened by Radhika Desai, unites socialists on six continents. The text of the group’s declaration: “From Pluripolarity to Socialism: A Manifesto,” is available at the International Manifesto Group website, along with a listing of its more than 200 signatories and […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2021/09/12/international-manifesto-group-founded/feed/ 9 7346 Karl Marx in Wuhan, by Carlos Martinez https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/karl-marx-in-wuhan/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/karl-marx-in-wuhan/#respond Wed, 06 May 2020 16:33:55 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5733 China and Covid-19, a Three-Part Series, Part 2 Reposted from Invent the Future, where it forms the first part of “Karl Marx in Wuhan: How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating COVID-19“ by Carlos Martinez. See second part of Martinez’s article. For my reservations regarding Martinez’s discussion of “Chinese socialism,” see China Sets the Pace in Covid-19 […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/karl-marx-in-wuhan/feed/ 0 5733 How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating Covid-19, by Carlos Martinez https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-covid-19-by-carlos-martinez/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-covid-19-by-carlos-martinez/#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 15:34:33 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5741 China Sets the Pace in Global Covid-19 Battle, Part 3 Reposted with thanks from Invent the Future, where it forms the conclusion of “Karl Marx in Wuhan: How Chinese Socialism Is Defeating COVID-19“ by Carlos Martinez (March 25, 2020). See first part of Martinez’s article. For my reservations regarding Martinez’s discussion of “Chinese socialism,” see […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/06/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-covid-19-by-carlos-martinez/feed/ 3 5741 China Sets the Pace in Global Covid-19 Battle https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/03/china-sets-the-pace/ https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/03/china-sets-the-pace/#respond Sun, 03 May 2020 14:52:46 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=5727 Part 1 of a three-part series By John Riddell. April 30, 2020: Joe Cressy, head of Toronto’s board of health, told Canada’s national broadcaster today that the city has no road map for the period of 18 to 24 months before an effective Covid-19 virus can be deployed. “We’ll need extensive infection tracking,” he told […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2020/05/03/china-sets-the-pace/feed/ 0 5727 Fruits and perils of the ‘bloc within’ https://johnriddell.com/2018/01/15/fruits-and-perils-of-the-bloc-within/ https://johnriddell.com/2018/01/15/fruits-and-perils-of-the-bloc-within/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2018 21:42:40 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=4941 Part 3 of ‘The Comintern and Asia 1919-25’ See also Part 1, Toward a global anti-imperialist strategy Part 2,  Should Communists ally with revolutionary nationalists? By John Riddell. The most advanced experience of Communist alliance with national revolutionists occurred in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) prior to the Baku Congress. However, it was not mentioned at […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2018/01/15/fruits-and-perils-of-the-bloc-within/feed/ 4 4941 Suffering and struggle in rural China https://johnriddell.com/2009/09/05/suffering-and-struggle-in-rural-china/ https://johnriddell.com/2009/09/05/suffering-and-struggle-in-rural-china/#respond Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:19:20 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=54 Book Review. Will the Boat Sink the Water? The Life of Chinese Peasants. By Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao. New York: PublicAffairs 2006. Is China killing the goose whose golden eggs have financed its economic upsurge? Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao pose this question in their gripping portrayal of the suffering and struggles of Chinese peasants […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2009/09/05/suffering-and-struggle-in-rural-china/feed/ 0 54 Fifty years after: The tragedy of China’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ https://johnriddell.com/2009/04/20/fifty-years-after-the-tragedy-of-china%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98great-leap-forward%e2%80%99/ https://johnriddell.com/2009/04/20/fifty-years-after-the-tragedy-of-china%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98great-leap-forward%e2%80%99/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:32:58 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=260  On October 1, the People’s Republic of China will mark the 60th anniversary of its foundation. This will be an occasion to celebrate one of the most influential victories of popular struggle in our era.This great uprising forged a united and independent Chinese state, freed the country from foreign domination and capitalist rule, ended landlordism, […]

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