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‘A beacon of hope’ – 75 years of socialist China
BEN CHACKO reports from a day-long event to commemorate the achievements of the People’s Republic of China, from combating poverty to striving for a more peaceful world
DISCUSSION: Speakers (left to right) Ben Chacko of the Morning Star, David Peat of Iskra Books, Kevan Nelson of the CPB, and Liz Payne of the British Peace Council
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SEVENTY-FIVE years after its communist revolution, China is still working to build “an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world of peace and shared prosperity,” minister of the Chinese embassy Zhao Fei told a celebratory anniversary meeting in central London at the weekend.
Friends of Socialist China hosted a day-long conference on China’s revolution in Bolivar Hall on Saturday with support from the Communist Party and Morning Star.
The packed meeting heard from Cuban, Venezuelan and Laotian diplomats, Chinese and British scholars, journalists, revolutionaries and anti-racist activists who discussed Chinese socialism, the new cold war and the rise of the global South.
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