A new world is being born, one without the US dollar greasing the wheels of commerce, notes Eric Walberg Yekaterinburg, famous tragically as the spot Lenin chose to have the Tsar and his family executed in 1918, and ironically as the fiefdom of Boris Yeltsin, who finished off the Russian... » read this article

This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency.  It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium. That’s over. It is not coming back. And what... » read this article

27 May 2009 North Korea’s detonation of a small nuclear bomb on Monday provoked immediate condemnation by the UN Security Council and sharply raised tensions in North East Asia. Pyongyang had been warning of further nuclear weapon and ballistic missile tests for weeks, insisting that the UN had to apologise... » read this article

18 April 2009 The latest growth figure for the Chinese economy released on Thursday has revealed a further slowdown in the first quarter of 2009. The official rate was 6.1 percent compared to the first quarter of 2008—the lowest since quarterly data began to be collected in 1992. The figure... » read this article

Editor's Note: The move toward socialism takes many strange, unexpected twists and turns. - LMB BEIJING, China (AP) -- China will want a bigger say in any new global financial order emerging from the current economic crisis but will likely move cautiously in contributing to a proposed bailout fund for... » read this article

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Saturday, June 21, 2008 The subject of a Tibet-China clash had been in the air for some time. Stories had appeared in the press about a massive campaign of protest being planned by Tibetan exiles in India. But it was not yet on boil - until one fine day, on... » read this article

Editor's Note: Whether or not you, like so many, have been persuaded by the current, western media campaign against China, it will be well worth your time and mental energy to read study Fidel's treatise, The Chinese Victory. In it he provides a clear and comprehensive, historical and geopolitical perspective... » read this article

Southern China is the world's leading center for mass-produced works of art. One village of artists exports about five million paintings every year -- most of them copies of famous masterpieces. The fastest workers can paint up to 30 paintings a day. A giant hand raises an impressive paintbrush into... » read this article

China’s military and strategic assessment, “National Defence in 2006”, published in late December, is a highly political document that reflects Beijing’s reaction to growing Great Power rivalry. The White Paper, the fifth since 1998, is largely a response to increasing pressure from Washington. Since Bush came to power in 2001,... » read this article

The Chinese government issued a new emergency response plan in mid-November, allowing the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to directly intervene to suppress protests of workers and peasants. The plan indicates that preparations are being made to use the army for such purposes for the first time since the Tiananmen Square... » read this article

Editor's Note: Axis Readers!! Please be forewarned - This video contains profanity and a spirit of aggressive, hostile satire toward the U.S. government, economy and culture. Readers may also find some of characterizations of Chinese and U.S. culture offensive. The production includes photos with related text. It's powerful .... offensive ..... and funny.... » read this article

Hanukkah ceremony at Great Wall marks historic first   Sun, 25 Dec 2005     The small Jewish community in Beijing has lit the first light of Hanukkah at the Great Wall of China, in the first time that the festival of lights has been celebrated there.   Employees from... » read this article

BEIJING--The world is quickly being split into two hostile camps: those with cars, and those without. Nowhere is this division more apparent than in this city of 14 million people, where cars are pushing bicycles onto the sidewalk and people up against the wall.   In China, the last big... » read this article

  MOBILE EXECUTION CHAMBER: Chinese police lead a condemned man into a special execution van, where he will be put to death immediately following his sentencing by a court, in Xian, central China’s Shaanxi province. An anti-capital punishment group reported at least 5,000 of the 5,476 known executions worldwide in... » read this article

  MOBILE EXECUTION CHAMBER: Chinese police lead a condemned man into a special execution van, where he will be put to death immediately following his sentencing by a court, in Xian, central China’s Shaanxi province. An anti-capital punishment group reported at least 5,000 of the 5,476 known executions worldwide in... » read this article

April 14, 2005 -- A steadily ascending campaign of provocations by the increasingly outspoken militarist wing of the Japanese capitalist ruling class has raised political tensions to the boiling point in East Asia and touched off a storm of anti-Japanese demon strations in China and South Korea.   At the... » read this article

China reminds me of that time-honored axiom, "Be careful what you wish for." It was 33 years ago that President Nixon made his historic trip to China. He found a self-absorbed, static, isolationist, communist nation striving for self-sufficiency in all things. Today, the world's largest nation has largely abandoned communism... » read this article

February 24, 2005 • Until recently, Washington has all but ignored that China is making important inroads in the region—China and a number of western hemispheric countries have deepened their cooperation, especially in the areas of trade and development.   • As the world’s second largest and fastest growing major... » read this article

  JINSHI, China - In a few rural corners of China, authorities are trying to convince parents that it isn't the end of the world if they have only girls. A program called "Caring for Girls" allows village officials to pay for girls' schooling, exempt rural parents from paying taxes... » read this article