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Western Marxism’s “purity fetish” and its misunderstanding of markets in China’s socialism

May 23, 2023
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Carlos Garrido, the author of this article has argued elsewhere that at the core of Western Marxism’s [1] flawed analysis of socialist states lies a “purity fetish” which is grounded […]

For an Eco-Socialist Vision: Interview with Professor Qingzhi Huan

May 23, 2023
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An interview with Professor Qingzhi Huan. He is professor of comparative politics at the Research Institute of Marxism at Peking University and a professor at the School of Political Science […]

The Eco-socialist Roots of Ecological Civilisation: Professor Arran Gare

May 22, 2023
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Professor Arran Gare is an associate professor in Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry with the Department of Social Sciences at Swinburne University, Australia. He argues that the notion of ecological civilization “establishes […]

Critique of 21st century imperialism and the growth of ecological Marxism: a view from China

May 22, 2023
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The following was written by two Chinese Marxist academics, Professor Cheng Enfu and Dr Fu Hao, which reviews the positive role by the US magazine Monthly Review (established 1949) in […]

New ban set to end China’s super-tall construction craze

May 21, 2023
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The 632-meter Shanghai Tower easily puts to shame other skyscrapers in China ever since its construction was finished in 2015. Sitting on the Huangpu River bank in Shanghai, it is […]

China is building world’s first commercial land-based Small Modular Reactor

May 21, 2023
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China is building the “Linglong-1,” a small modular reactor (SMR) in the country’s southern island province of Hainan. It’s the world’s first of this type of reactor to be approved by […]

China industrializes biological humus to improve soil quality

May 21, 2023
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Originally Posted 19 Dec 2021 A type of biological humic acid, featuring high purity and high activity, extracted from agricultural and forestry waste has been industrialized and used for soil restoration […]

Quantifying national responsibility for excess global CO2 emissions – U.S. is worst offender

May 20, 2023
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The following extract is from an important study published 1 September 2020 by the highly respected medical journal, The Lancet. The article provides a key to understanding the response to […]

For China are heat waves the ‘new normal’ under climate change?

May 20, 2023
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It’s not a mirage. Across China, heat waves are becoming more frequent, lasting longer, and getting hotter — with deadly consequences. For more than a month, much of China has […]

‘The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Ecological Rift’ – a review

May 20, 2023
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The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Ecological Riftby John Bellamy Foster and Brett ClarkReviewed by An Li for Science & Society, Volume 86, No 1, January 2022. Foster and Clark substantially extend Marx’s metabolic rift […]