John Ross

By John Ross, Published on Learning From China, Dec 3, 2022: John Ross’ evaluation of the 2oth Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) shows it as an event of decisive importance for [...]

By John Ross, Published on Pressenza-Independent Media Institute, May 24, 2022: “There is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture [...]

Few issues show more clearly the real difference between the pro-human oriented policies of socialism in China and pro-capital oriented policies of the U.S. than the two countries response to the [...]

With elevated global inflation more than likely to cause headwinds for economic growth, in 2022 China will face more negative global economic trends than in 2021. This will clearly require more [...]

In December 1991 the USSR collapsed – a geopolitical catastrophe with deep consequences for the people of the Soviet Union, for China and for the world. I was in Moscow when this announcement was [...]

The absurdly misnamed “Democracy Summit”, hosted by Biden on 9-10 December, the real “non-democratic” character of which is analysed below, is widely and rightly understood in China as part of [...]

U.S. President Joe Biden has called a “Summit for Democracy” for December 9-10. There have been few events that have been more misnamed. “Democracy” in European languages [...]

An earlier article, “COP26: Why Advanced Countries Must Proportionately Make By Far the Biggest Cuts in Carbon Emissions – Factual Briefing,” analysed the data produced by the Intergovernmental [...]

The COP26 conference on climate change is discussing an issue which will profoundly affect every person on our planet. Climate change, together with nuclear war, is one of the two issues which [...]

President Xi Jinping’s introduction of the term “Common Prosperity” has led to an important discussion both inside and outside China. The aim of Common Prosperity is, of course, not at all [...]