Asia

China: A new imperial capitalist power
Chris Slee — ‘China in Global Capitalism’ is an excellent introduction to China today, which looks at the nature of Chinese society and the reasons for China’s growing conflict with the United States.

The unending storm: Conflict, power and survival in Myanmar’s Arakan state
Noor Sadaque — The struggle in Arakan is not merely a local ethnic or sectarian clash but a microcosm of Myanmar’s broader civil war, where competing nationalisms, geopolitical interests and survival instincts collide.

Communist Party of the Philippines: Background to the 1993 Split
Max Lane — At the heart of the split in the Communist Party of the Philippines were issues of democratic centralism, absolutist deviations, militarist thinking and rejection of the Maoist approach to guerrilla warfare.

A tale of two ports: Africa, Asia and the subimperial scramble
Phil A Neel — Asia’s ascent and the gradual decline of the wealthiest countries’ investments in Africa do not represent the decay of US hegemony, but instead its strengthening through the agglomeration of new, subimperial power centers.

US-China alignment under Trump and lessons from Ukraine for the Philippines
Reihana Mohideen — Like Ukraine, the Philippines could be reduced to a pawn in the US power play with China.

The Rohingya crisis and the national question: A Marxist perspective
Noor Sadaque — The Rohingya crisis is a stark reminder that ethnic oppression is inseparable from class struggle.

From forest to finance: How carbon credits mask ecological destruction
Jeyakumar Devaraj — It is high time for environmental NGOs and concerned individuals to push strongly back against false corporate-driven ‘solutions’.

World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in shackles
Farooq Tariq — Pakistani farmers and peasants are demanding accountability for the WB-IMF’s promotion of neoliberal and open-market economic policies that fuel hunger and inequalities.

Asserting a Philippine foreign policy of cooperative peace for the Southeast Asian Sea
Rasti Delizo — The geostrategic rivalry between the US and China sharply rages on throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, impinging on the littoral states around the Southeast Asian Sea.

Proletarian China: A century of working-class struggle
Chris Slee — From the struggles of workers on the Beijing-Hankou railway in the 1920s to that of the Jasic factory workers in 2017-18, ‘Proletarian China’ deals with a range of working-class battles over pay, conditions and union rights.

Centenary of the Communist movement in India: Achievements, lessons and challenges
Dipankar Bhattacharya look at the history of the communist movement in India to draw inspiration and lessons from the past for facing the challenges of the present.