China: After the death of Deng The death of Deng Xiaoping opens up a new chapter for China. Over the last 20 years since the death of Mao, the shift towards opening up the economy to capitalist interests has intensified the contradictions of Chinese society.
The Reform of State Owned Industry "Smashing the Iron Bowl" A detailed analysis of the process of urban reform and the resistance of the working class.
On the 5th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square: Where is China going? A detailed analysis of the process of urban reform and the resistance of the working class.
Cracking the Chinese puzzle The following article was originally published in the British Socialist Appeal in 1992, it provides background material on the processes and forces shaping modern Chinese society today. It looked at the growing influence within the state apparatus of the pro-capitalist elements, a process that has continued and intensified to this day.
What is really happening in China? This article was written at a time (Autumn of 1976) when many on the left had big illusions that Maoist China was somehow a genuine socialist regime. Alan Woods was able to see beyond the fog of the Maoist propaganda and see what was really happening in China. This article provides interesting background information for anyone who wants to know the truth about the nature of the Chinese bureaucracy, that same bureaucracy that is now pushing China more and more towards capitalism.
[Ted Grant] Moscow - Peking, the real differences This article, written in May 1965 by Ted Grant, shows how genuine Marxism was able to see the real processes going on in China and not be fooled by the words of the Chinese leaders. Then as now Marxism was a tool that allowed one to see through the fog of seemingly contradictory and incomprehensible events.
Stalinist land programme wins peasants – Chiang’s conscripts roped to prevent escape The following is the full text of an article written by Ted Grant in January 1949, as Mao’s People’s Liberation Army was scoring victories across northern China. We have republished an extract of this article in the latest edition of In Defence of Marxism, because it laid out in advance the processes which would lead to Mao’s seizure of power, and the overthrow of capitalism in China.
