Posts by John Ross
Consequences and lessons of the new U.S. bank collapses
This article was originally published in Chinese at Guancha.cn. The collapse in rapid succession of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the second and third largest bank collapses in U.S. history, fully confirms the extremely damaging character of the U.S. stimulus policies which were launched to attempt to deal with the economic consequences of the…
Read MoreQuelles sont les forces qui poussent les USA à une agression militaire internationale croissante?
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Read MoreKey lessons from the failure of the US and success of China’s economic stimulus programmes
Introduction It is well known that China will cont…
Read MoreThree years of fighting Covid – China has achieved a miracle compared to the West
In the three years of fighting Covid China has far…
Read MoreThe historical significance of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China
This article on the 20th Congress of the Communist…
Read MoreTory leadership contest – vicious fighting over how to “Americanise” Britain
Boris Johnson’s personal “peculiarities” and scandals – fined by the police for breaking Covid restrictions in “partygate”, misrepresentations even to his closest government colleagues and members of Parliament etc. – were the immediate cause precipitating his removal from office. But behind Johnson’s peculiarities far more powerful economic, social and political forces were involved in his…
Read MoreGlobal economic destabilisation is “Made in the U.S.” not “Made in Ukraine”
The cost of living crisis, due to rapidly rising inflation, is hitting the people of numerous countries. The US is attempting to claim the cause of this is the war in Ukraine. This is a straightforward lie as is easily demonstrated. The huge inflationary wave started, and mainly developed, long before the war started. The…
Read MoreUS calls for China to adopt policy to kill millions of Chinese by Covid in name of “human rights”
Few issues show more clearly the real difference between the pro-human oriented policies of socialism in China and pro-capital oriented policies of the U.S. than the two countries response to the Covid pandemic. The U.S., while verbally proclaiming support for “human rights”, is actively campaigning for a policy that would already have led to 3.6…
Read MoreChina’s socialist economy will deal with the global inflationary wave launched by US economic policy
China’s 8.1% GDP increase in 2021, following on from 2.2% in 2020, will exceed that of any other major economy. However, as is well known, China’s year-on-year growth rate fell to 4.9% in 2021’s third quarter and 4.0% in the 4th quarter, showing downward economic pressure. Furthermore, China’s economy was aided in 2021 by an…
Read MoreWitnessing at first hand the USSR’s disintegration made me intensely understand the scale of China’s success
In December 1991 the USSR collapsed – a geopolitical catastrophe with deep consequences for the people of the Soviet Union, for China and for the world. I was in Moscow when this announcement was made – for reasons which were connected not only with the Soviet Union and the West but also with China, as…
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