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🧵 DigestOct 9, 2026
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Communist Party of Ireland celebrates China's national day

The US blockade that helped bring down the Soviet Union is failing against China

A tale of two genocides: US congressman says it’s OK for America to sell massive bombs to Israel but not coffee in Xinjiang - Friends of Socialist China

From Norman Bethune and Dwarakanath Kotnis to Hussam Abu Safiya – medicine in the fight for national liberation - Friends of Socialist China

Gearóid Ó MachailGary Wilson

The Communist Party of Ireland marked the 77th anniversary of the People's Republic of China at a Dublin embassy reception, deepening party ties with Beijing through conferences and academic exchanges.

Washington's chip and AI blockade of China is compared to the Cold War CoCom embargo that helped sink the Soviet economy, arguing China's planned AI build-out and light military burden let it resist.

John Moolenaar demanded Starbucks close its two new Urumqi stores; he voted for a US$26 billion Israel aid package, while the Trump administration prepares a US$2.8 billion sale of 60,000 heavy bombs.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was illegally captured by the Israeli military on December 27, 2024; his weight dropped by one-third in captivity, where he remains alongside at least 160 other medical professionals, including 20 doctors.

💡 NewOct 9, 2026
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Despite US Pressure, Right-Wing Governments in Latin America Maintain Relations With China

Bruno Sgarzini

Washington is pressuring Latin American governments to expel Chinese capital from strategic ports, energy and infrastructure, but even far-right administrations keep ties with their main trading partner.

🧵 DigestOct 8, 2026
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China Daily reports on the Socialist China Conference 2026

DPRK commentary: Taiwan's return to China is a matter of time

“We need to see China as it actually is” – China Daily hosts ‘Vision China’ in London - Friends of Socialist China

From coast to coast: China’s national day marked in Canada - Friends of Socialist China

Xing YiKim Myong Chol

China Daily's London correspondent covered the third annual Socialist China Conference, where left-wing, anti-war and academic speakers urged the West to better understand China's peaceful rise, Global South contributions and multipolar vision.

A DPRK international affairs analyst accuses the United States of escalating tensions in the Taiwan Strait through arms sales and military deployments, arguing Taiwan is part of China and its return is inevitable.

At China Daily's 'Vision China' event in London on September 17, MEP Ondřej Dostál argued the West must see China as it actually is, citing an enormous gap between the real China and Western perceptions.

More than 400 guests attended the Chinese Embassy's 77th national day reception in Ottawa, where Senator Victor Oh recounted Uyghur children in Urumqi saying they wanted to be doctors and Rob Oliphant affirmed Canada's One China policy.

💡 NewOct 8, 2026
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Acting President Delcy Rodríguez Strengthens the Social Programs of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution Despite US Threats

Thierry Deronne

Venezuela's Bolivarian government under Delcy Rodríguez negotiates an oil agreement with the US to rebuild social programs, framing it as survival amid sanctions, military threats and the abduction of Maduro.

Oct 7, 2026
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The Political Ecology of Colonial Capitalism (Pt. 1): The Rise of Western Capitalism and Decolonization of the Global South

Bikrum Gill

A discussion of how Western capitalism's rise rested on appropriating Indigenous ecological worlds in the Americas, and how the agrarian question shaped Southern sovereignty and decolonisation.

🧵 DigestOct 7, 2026
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Socialist China Conference 2026: Opening Rally

Socialist China Conference 2026: another landmark in building friendship and solidarity with China - Friends of Socialist China

Socialist China Conference 2026: Closing Rally

Resisting the new cold war and the threat of hot war

China's Foreign Policy and the Making of a Multipolar World

Socialist China Conference 2026: AI, technology and the new quality productive forces

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Friends of Socialist China's London rally marked the PRC's 77th anniversary; Radhika Desai chaired, Jiang Zhouteng cited 35.5 percent growth, and Pablo Ginarte Sampedro described Cuba's eight grid collapses.

Friends of Socialist China held its third annual Socialist China Conference in north London on 3 October 2026, marking the 77th anniversary of the People's Republic of China; more than 150 people attended.

Speakers at a London rally marking the 77th anniversary of the People's Republic of China defend Chinese socialism, critique anti-China propaganda, and argue China's development model offers an alternative to Western-centric modernisation.

A conference panel argues that the new cold war against China risks becoming a hot war, examining AUKUS, critical minerals, and the Global South's sovereignty struggles.

A Socialist China Conference 2026 panel launching a book on Chinese foreign policy, debating multipolarity, anti-imperialism, Latin America, Africa and the legacy of Deng Xiaoping.

Panellists at the Socialist China Conference contrast China's mass-consultation AI strategy and green industrial investment with Washington's oligarch-driven approach, arguing Beijing is building the infrastructure for a new productive paradigm.

Oct 6, 2026
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Russia, socialist countries greet China’s 77th National Day - Friends of Socialist China

Leaders of socialist and progressive countries greeted the People's Republic of China on its 77th national day, October 1; Vladimir Putin told Xi Jinping China is achieving impressive success in socioeconomic, scientific, and technological spheres.

Oct 5, 2026
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George Galloway: China is the biggest success story of my lifetime

George Galloway

George Galloway argues that China's development stems from state direction and Communist Party leadership, contrasting its regional equity with British abandonment.

Oct 4, 2026
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Debunking MI5's Anti-China Propaganda: Spy Tractors, Super Embassies and Imperial Double Standards

Ileana

MI5's espionage alert against a Chinese research institute is debunked as baseless fearmongering, exposing a double standard where Western universities partner openly with military and intelligence agencies while Chinese civilian research is branded espionage.

Oct 4, 2026
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What's Really Behind the US-China Summit? Chas Freeman Explains

Chas Freeman

Ambassador Chas Freeman analyses the US-China summit, arguing that trade tensions, supply-chain vulnerabilities and military constraints make a strategic truce between Washington and Beijing increasingly unavoidable.

Oct 3, 2026
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What would Chinese communist martyrs say about the People's Republic of China if they were alive today?

Imagining how Chinese communist martyrs would judge today's China, arguing the revolution remains unfinished and that China's development and anti-imperialist role should be defended by socialists worldwide.

🧵 DigestOct 2, 2026
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Workers World salutes socialist China at 77

China, Brazil, and the building of socialism in the 21st century

John Ross: What’s behind the positive Xi–Trump summit? - Friends of Socialist China

AUKUS at five - Friends of Socialist China

Workers WorldCarlos Martinez

An editorial marking the 77th anniversary of the People's Republic of China credits socialist construction for mass literacy, the elimination of extreme poverty for 800 million people, and global solidarity with Iran, Cuba and Africa.

An interview arguing that contemporary China remains fundamentally socialist despite market reforms, and that its rise, alongside Brazil and the BRICS, is driving a multipolar transition away from US-led imperialism.

John Ross, a British economist at Renmin University, calls the Xi-Trump summit positive mainly because the US launched no big attacks on China, though few substantial agreements emerged and the tariff truce ran only to January.

Five years after AUKUS, Australia became the first country to break its non-nuclear status with nuclear-powered submarines; Britain supplies the welded propulsion system from Derby, and Australia pays A$4.6bn to expand that site.

Oct 2, 2026
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Nigeria's "China Must Go" Bandwagon: Who's Writing the Script?

The African Spearhead

Anti-Chinese sentiment in Lagos, framed as a grassroots backlash against Chinese retailers, is examined for signs of external social engineering behind the movement.

Oct 2, 2026
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Enemies Within: The Return of Fifth Column Politics

The speaker defines the 'fifth column' as an external enemy operating inside a state, then shows Chinese Canadians, academics, journalists and politicians all falling under suspicion, with loyalty checks on Hong Kong and Xi Jinping.

Oct 1, 2026
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China Celebrates National Day 2026: Full Statement

Comrade Park Jee-hoon

A National Day statement marking 77 years of the People's Republic of China, crediting Communist Party rule with rising life expectancy, the eradication of rural poverty, and the consolidation of sovereignty over Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Oct 1, 2026
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Financialization and De-dollarisation

Juliane Furno

Financialization is analysed as a cog of US imperialism built on dollar hegemony after 1971, and de-dollarisation strategies within BRICS and the Global South are weighed as a political struggle against peripheral dependency.

Oct 1, 2026
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China isn’t imperialist – here’s the proof - Friends of Socialist China

Carlos Martinez argues China is anti-imperialist, not imperialist: Carchedi and Roberts find surplus value flows from China to imperialist countries at five to ten percent of GDP, and China has not dropped a bomb on foreign territory in nearly half a century.

Oct 1, 2026
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Venezuela: China’s Embassy Highlights 20% Increase in Trade

Randolph Borges

Ambassador Lan Hu marks the PRC's 77th anniversary at China's embassy reception in Venezuela, reporting $5.057 billion in bilateral trade in eight months, up 20%, and 12.6% growth in Venezuelan exports to China.

Oct 1, 2026
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The WNBA, Cunningham, Kanter & When DEI is Ok

Ahjamu Umi

Attacks on trans athletes in women's sports serve a capitalist agenda to divide oppressed communities, illustrated by the media elevation of mediocre players like Sophie Cunningham and Enes Kanter as political tools.

Oct 1, 2026
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China’s Rise: From Century of Humiliation to Global Superpower

Ken Hammond

Dr. Ken Hammond analyzes the historical trajectory of China from the end of the 'Century of Humiliation' in 1949 to its current status as a global superpower, examining the economic and geopolitical forces driving its development amidst rising US containment pressures.

🧵 DigestSep 30, 2026
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Han Zheng at the UN: China will join hands with all other countries to make the world a better place - Friends of Socialist China

Workers Party leader George Galloway: “We want an economy like China’s” - Friends of Socialist China

We need to talk about China - Friends of Socialist China

Ma Haide – a bridge of friendship between China and Lebanon

Michella Rizk

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, addressing the 81st UN General Assembly general debate, proposed four steps for cooperation and cited China's roughly 30 percent contribution to global growth and over 23 billion dollars for more than 2,000 Global Development Initiative projects.

George Galloway, Workers Party of Britain leader and former MP, tells Beijing Review his party wants an economy like China's but with British characteristics, praising Xinjiang's new infrastructure and China's democratic elements.

Carlos Martinez, Friends of Socialist China co-editor, sets out the third annual Socialist China Conference in London on Saturday 3 October, 11am to 5pm, at the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green.

The life of George Hatem, a Lebanese-American doctor who joined the Chinese revolution as Ma Haide, became a citizen of the People's Republic and helped build its public health system.

Sep 30, 2026
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US Updates Venezuela Energy Licenses as Electricity Issues Threaten Recovery

The US Treasury updated OFAC licenses covering Venezuela's oil, petrochemical and electricity sectors, easing some transactions while keeping Washington's blockade framework and financial controls firmly in place.

Sep 30, 2026
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Trump's tariff war: Fallout of an eccentric misadventure

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Eighteen months after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, the US trade deficit has narrowed with most partners but widened sharply with Taiwan and Vietnam, whose machinery and semiconductor exports expose the limits of tariff coercion.

Sep 30, 2026
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US Tech Billionaires Want AI Pyramid Scheme to "Think" US' Way Out of Terminal Decline

Brian Berletic

US tech billionaires pitch AI as a fix for American decline and a way to outcompete China, but the promised reindustrialisation is an illusion that concentrates resources in private hands.

Sep 29, 2026
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The Real Reason Why Trump Invited President Xi to Washington

Ben Norton

Xi Jinping's September 2026 Washington summit with Trump produced very few concrete outcomes; a 24 September White House dinner seated Xi with US executives worth $2.4 trillion, drawn by China's 1.4 billion-person market.

Sep 29, 2026
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Serve the People: A Training for Western Socialists, Communists and Workers Parties

A training guide for socialist and communist parties in the imperial core, drawing on Chinese Communist Party cadre methods to build community power through field investigation, winnable campaigns and counter-institutions.

Sep 28, 2026
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The real reason why Trump invited China’s President Xi to Washington

Ben Norton

Trump's three-day September summit with Xi Jinping produced few concrete results; the 24 September White House dinner drew top US CEOs together worth $2.4 trillion. China's 1.4 billion-person market, over 900 million middle class, explains the pull.

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