China, by many measures, now has the largest economy in the world. This is a massive change since the 1970s when it was an underdeveloped economy cut off from the world. This book allowed me to understand China in much greater depth. I encourage all members of Socialist Labour to read this book.
China in Global Capitalism forcefully makes the case that workers and socially marginalized people in both the US and China must oppose our rulers’ claims that they have our best interests in mind as they ratchet up their rivalry. Rather, if we’re to avert nuclear calamity, we must oppose imperialism in all its forms, and regardless of its source and rhetoric.
Through snapshots of China’s growing social movements—from its labour struggles to feminist campaigns, and more — the authors provide some of the building blocks we’ll need to construct a movement that centres international solidarity across borders.
“The global left today is deeply divided over the place and role of the People’s Republic of China in global politics and economics. Many still insist that China represents an alternative to neo-liberal capitalism and deserves the support of the left in its struggles against both domestic “reaction” and the western imperial powers. China in Global Capitalism provides a powerful alternative to these claims. The authors document the Chinese transition to capitalism and its subsequent emergence as an economic and political-military competitor with the more established imperialist powers. As a result, China has been rocked by the same class, social and national struggles that mark the rest of the capitalist world, and pursue their imperial ambitions in much the same way as US, European or Japanese imperialism. For the authors, the left must reject alliances with either imperialist camp, and pursue the politics of solidarity from below—with working and oppressed people around the world.”
—Charles Post, member of the editorial board of Spectre: A Marxist Journal
This is Chapter Two from book on the recent emergence of China as a major global economic power.
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