“Growth, Thy Name Is Suffering”

Chinese workers, the migrants from the country’s interior, call themselves the generation without a future or the generation without hope. They are young and leave the countryside to seek a better life in the city. But very quickly they become disillusioned by the living hell of the factory, of solitude. It is all hell. Working for Foxconn or any of the other industrial giants leaves them little or nothing. Words dance in their heads. They have a few sheets of paper on which to write them down. Their poems give us raw insight into the life of a Chinese worker.

China in the World Disorder

China has been working long and hard to join the ranks of the world’s leading economies. But the United States in particular has worked just as hard to keep China out of the club. The upheaval wrought by the pandemic and the Trump era promises to fester, even with a change in the White House. The path through these geopolitical tensions will not be peaceful.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden Are Trying to Out-Do Each Other with Anti-Chinese Chauvinism

The two candidates for the presidential elections have more in common than they would like to admit — and not just accusations of sexual assault. They both are calling for a harder line against China.

United States – China: Toward a New Cold War?

China is preparing to vote on a new national security law it hopes will quell the protests in Hong Kong, sending a message to a U.S.-backed Taiwan. Meanwhile, economic and political tensions between the two powers are intensifying amidst the backdrop of the coronavirus crisis.

Unable to Contain the Internal Crisis, Trump Continues the Push Against China

Blaming China for the pandemic has become the strategy of both Republicans and Democrats. This increases tensions between the countries and within the U.S. itself. While they try to divide the working class, capitalist interests are protected.

Trump Hides Behind Criticism of China

U.S. President Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak has created a national crisis and cost countless lives. Instead of taking responsibility, Trump is using xenophobic and racist arguments to shift the blame to China.

China’s Economy: Riding the Coronavirus Whirlwind

Now that China has gotten its coronavirus epidemic under control, there are significant cracks in Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda about the country’s economic revival.

Is There a New Economic Boom?

Trump says the U.S. economy is “the best it’s ever been.” The data tells a much different story. What is the true state of the economy under Trump?

Coronavirus Takes Toll on China’s Poor

Living under a largely privatized health care system, a repressive regime, and rampant inequalities, China’s workers, peasants, and popular classes are now facing both the coronavirus and state repression.