China

Pentagon plans for destruction of Taiwan chip facility
Domestic News

Pentagon’s “Broken Nest” Strategy for Taiwan

November 1, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry In the midst of a growing economic attack on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by the Biden Administration, an Oct. 12th article in the tech newsletter gizmodo.com carried the extraordinary title […]
International News

Statement Condemns OHCHR’s ‘Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China’

September 19, 2022 fwstaff
Initiated by Friends of Socialist China We strongly condemn the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, […]
Protests in Taiwan as U.S. escalates tensions with China using Pelosi visit
International News

Editorial: Pelosi Visit to Taiwan – Prelude to Another Proxy War

August 6, 2022 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Let’s be perfectly clear! Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip marks a huge step towards the Pentagon reestablishing nuclear armed U.S. military bases in Taiwan, an island just 100 miles […]
Europe has secured a huge deal to build planes for China, beating out U.S.’s Boeing corporation
International News

China: COVID, computer chips, airliners, and U.S. imperialism

July 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry The leadership of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) likes to describe its social and economic structure as “Socialism with Chinese characteristics.” But we can describe the U.S. system, driven by its […]
1980 - Detroit, June 1 - Peoples Energy Committee pot-luck dinner.
Domestic News

Inflation and recession: Rooted in Imperialism – Part 1

June 20, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry On June 15, the Federal Reserve, the central committee of U.S. finance capital, announced an interest increase of .75 percent, the highest single rate increase since 1994. And they announced that they […]
China and Solomon Islands sign security pact.
International News

Solomon Islands – China Deal Infuriates U.S. Imperialists

May 2, 2022 fwstaff
By David Sole On April 19 the independent nation of Solomon Islands signed a security agreement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The pact allows China to send police and military personnel to the […]
China President Xi Jinping meets with Fidel Castro
International News

Along the Belt and Road: Breaking the Cycle of Underdevelopment in Latin America

March 12, 2022 fwstaff
 By Carlos Martinez The last few months have seen a significant expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although this region of the world is not the most obvious […]
Strong shift to support socialist candidates in recent elections across Latin America, including Venezuela’s United Socialist Party
International News

Latin American Elections Show a Leftward Shift

January 3, 2022 fwstaff
By Chris Fry Recent elections in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Honduras, and Chile show a definite shift of popular support for socialist candidates, in open defiance of U.S. imperialism. But since the 2019 Bolivian coup, supported by […]
USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Makin Island meet in the South China Sea
Domestic News

Biden Administration Must Halt War Provocations Against China and Russia

December 29, 2021 fwstaff
The following statement was issued by the Moratorium NOW! Coalition and the Michigan Emergency Coalition Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) in response to the belligerent behavior of the United States towards China and Russia. The […]
International News

Africa-China Relations Could Serve as Bulwark Against Imperialist Hegemony

December 16, 2021 fwstaff
Note: These remarks were prepared and delivered in part for a webinar held on Sunday December 12 entitled “China/Africa Relations: Challenges of Cooperation and Development.” The event was sponsored by the International Manifesto Group and […]