International Women's Day 2024 Isabel Crook: an appreciation JENNY CLEGG pays tribute to a remarkable woman who was a pioneer in bringing about greater understanding between China and the West
Features | Friday 03rd Mar 2023 From great power confrontation to major power co-operation: China’s peace plan for Ukraine
Tuesday 07th Feb 2023 To war with China? The UK-Japan axis for a global Nato As the first European country to forge military links with Japan, Britain provides an example for other Nato members to follow, argues JENNY CLEGG
Thursday 08th Dec 2022 How will China build a ‘modern socialist state by 2049?’ Since the 20th CPC Congress, 'socialist modernisation with Chinese characteristics' is the goal — meaning the West now has few lessons to teach. In the third and final part of the series, JENNY CLEGG looks at how China will increasingly carve its own path
Thursday 08th Dec 2022 China’s ‘common prosperity’ agenda China’s rich apparently don’t like it, Western commentators call it suicidal — so what exactly is this ‘common prosperity’ that Xi Jinping is promoting in his third term as leader? In part two of three-part series, JENNY CLEGG explains
Wednesday 07th Dec 2022 China under Xi Jinping: putting politics in command In the first of a three-part series, JENNY CLEGG looks at the origins of China’s current leader and the ‘left turn’ he has overseen by insisting that ideology once again take a leading role in the life of the Communist Party
Tuesday 25th Oct 2022 Xi Jinping’s ‘authoritarian turn’ — prioritising stability at a time of global turbulence Rather than condemning the CPC’s abandonment of two-term limits, we must understand why China’s rapid rise — and consequently the US’s renewed hostility — has meant the party has chosen to centralise power at this time, writes JENNY CLEGG
Monday 03rd Oct 2022 Truss and China: opening a new war front? Completely at odds with her free-market fundamentalism, our new PM is committed to classifying China as a military threat at the cost of economic ties — but will this ideologically driven stance be tolerated by businesses or indeed, British workers, asks JENNY CLEGG
Tuesday 19th Apr 2022 Opinion Imperialism, US hegemonism and multipolarity Not every international conflict is some form of inter-imperialist rivalry, argues JENNY CLEGG — we must recognise and support the rise of developing countries and the alliances they make that are slowly creating a more equal world
Monday 14th Feb 2022 Are the Uighurs ‘slave labourers’? A new report has cast doubt on the claims of the Nato-funded Australian Strategic Policy Institute that the Chinese government is orchestrating a forced Uighur labour programme, writes JENNY CLEGG
Friday 19th Nov 2021 Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan? JENNY CLEGG explains the history of the island that has seen it separated from China, but drawing closer until the mid-90s – and which is now being used as a pawn in the US cold war. Before disaster, both sides must draw back
Saturday 12th Jun 2021 The G7 in the era of the US new cold war on China Biden is making a last-ditch all-out effort to shore up the hierarchical power structure of the world with US at head, warns JENNY CLEGG
