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Special Interview Recorded (6/11/2024) and Uploaded (6/13/2024)

In this special we speak with Jack, a member of Socialist Alternative based in Boston about the economic and political tensions between the US and China and what some have described as a New Cold War and called "The Pacific Cold War." We discuss Marxist perspectives on manufacturing, the character of the Chinese economy and the basis of the tensions between the US, China and Taiwan.

For more news from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Jack recommends listeners check out China Worker (dot) Info here: https://chinaworker.info/en/

Links to other items discussed in this special:

U.S. criticism of Chinese overcapacity rehashes ‘China threat’ rhetoric, state media says: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/06/us-criticism-of-chinese-overcapacity-rehashes-china-threat-rhetoric-xinhua.html

Permanent revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution

https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1931/tpr/

Economic Update: The Phenomenon of China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LBNDKTk8Q