"Yang Chien, the founding emperor of the Sui dynasty, came to power in 581 and though the dynasty itself lasted less than forty years, it's accomplishments, as Arthur Wright has written were 'prodigious and its effects on the later history of China were far reaching.' It was also a time... » read this article

By one estimate, China has been at the top of the global economy for 18 out of the last 20 centuries. That's an impressive track record, whatever you might think of imperialism, communism, and all the other systems that have prevailed in that vast country over the centuries. Even President... » read this article

Editor's Note: Alex Lantier writes: "Google posted a statement, "A New Approach to China," on its blog. It charged that a series of cyber security attacks originating from a computer in Taiwan were being controlled from China. These attacks targeted dozens of US defense and communications firms—including Northrop Grumman, Adobe... » read this article

Though not being reported in the mainstream American press, there is a very intense struggle going on between the U.S. and China to determine which nation will emerge as the dominant presence in Central Asia. These two economic giants, the U.S. declining and China rapidly growing, know full well that... » read this article

12 January 2010 A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China came into effect on New Year’s Day, creating the world’s third largest free trade bloc behind the European Union (EU) and the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA). While limited in... » read this article

Engdahl: US China strategy driving Afghan war, but no real long range thinking in place F William Engdahl is an economist and author and the writer of the best selling book “A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order.” Mr Engdhahl has written on issues of... » read this article

As the past decade slips away, it is easy to remember it economically as one which began with the dotcom boom and ended with the "Great Implosion" that left Britain, the US and other industrialised nations struggling with the most painful recession in the postwar period. But a deeper shift... » read this article

Editor's Note: We received the following letter from Nesreen Melek, a frequent guest writer and poet for Axis of Logic. Nesreen wrote it during her current visit in China. In her letter, she compares her experiences in Beijing with that of her last visit to Baghdad, her "Wattan"*. - LMB Dear Les, I went... » read this article

In The Jaws of the Dragon. America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Dominance. Eamonn Fingleton. Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin’s Press), New York, 2008. A book about the future published in 2008, with information preceding the publishing date, could well be considered out of date - or at... » read this article

Reflections by Comrade Fidel  Last October 1st commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Peoples’ Republic of China.  On that historic day in 1949, Mao Zedong presided over the first parade of the Peoples’ Army and the people of China in Tiananmen Square as leader of the Communist Party of China. ... » read this article

1 October 2009 Today marks 60 years since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led by Mao Zedong seized power and proclaimed the Peoples Republic of China. The revolutionary upheaval in China was part of a worldwide upsurge of the working class and oppressed masses that followed the end of World... » read this article

HENRY Kissinger’s initiative of visiting Beijing, thanks to Pakistan’s role in opening doors, ended China’s alienation and marked the beginning of a Washington-Beijing relationship that blossomed into an extremely close bilateral, mutually beneficial economic partnership. The interdependence of the two countries in this age of hyper globalisation is in complete... » read this article

22 August 2009 An angry protest by thousands of Chinese steelworkers last week forced the authorities to suspend the privatisation of the state-owned Linzhou Steel Corporation in Henan province. Some 3,000 workers held a government official hostage in the factory for four days. The incident took place just three weeks... » read this article

23 July 2009 Desperate for any sign of economic revival, financial commentators cheered China’s second quarter GDP growth figure of 7.9 percent, up from 6.1 percent growth in the first quarter. In reality, the export-driven Chinese economy will not return to the previous levels of expansion as its major markets... » read this article

When the local government began recruiting young Muslim Uighurs in this far western region for jobs at the Xuri Toy Factory in the country's booming coastal region, the response was mixed. Some, lured by the eye-popping salaries and benefits, eagerly signed up. But others, like Safyden's 21-year-old sister, were wary.... » read this article

Uyghurs are in the news: a handful were released from Guantanamo in June, and others rioted in western China in July. Huge numbers of Han Chainese have moved into the region, where the indigenous Uighurs have been fighting domination by China since the 1800's/ China let foreign reporters into the... » read this article

After days of ethnic violence in Xinjiang's capital, Chinese authorities detain several journalists covering the unrest. Authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained a number of foreign journalists covering the recent ethnic violence in Urumqi, including a reporter for RFA's Cantonese service. Freelance journalist Heidi Siu Chun-yee traveled... » read this article

Editor's Note: Some of our readers have suggested that we publish a more balanced view of the riots in Urumqi and the response by the Chinese government. This report reflects the position of the Chinese government. - Les Blough, Editor   The riot in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang... » read this article

13 July 2009 The protests by Xinjiang’s Uighur workers and students on July 5 and the brutal military response of the Chinese government, reveal that, as celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the 1949 revolution approach, the very foundations of a unified China of 1.3 billion people, 56 ethnic nationalities... » read this article

See also: China Begins Its Transition to a Clean-Energy Economy It is time to retire the tired cliché that the United States cannot move forward on meaningful domestic legislation to protect our planet from the ravages of climate change unless China commits to do the same. Though they are not there... » read this article