China

Interview

'Taxing solar panel imports now is a crime against humanity'

9 November 2023 -

Solar panels are being installed at breakneck speed. But things should be going even faster, argues Belgian engineer Pierre Verlinden, who has worked in the solar industry for 45 years. 'Learn from China how to make cheap solar panels. The climate puts the importance of profit into perspective.'

Analysis

Money, Power and Politics at the WHO

7 October 2020 -

Fien Van den Steen takes a look at the geopolitics that shaped the WHO’s manoeuvring throughout the global coronavirus pandemic.

Analysis

Chinese and Russian ‘aid propaganda’ hijacks European corona crisis

15 June 2020 -

The coronavirus is a magnifying glass that allows us to see the fault lines and changes in the world more sharply than ever. In the early days of the crisis, the EU showed a great inability to react in a coordinated manner, which in turn gave China and Russia much extra room to increase their influence in Eastern Europe. Are we bringing in the ...

Opinion

The militarisation of the South China Sea is too dangerous for simplicities

13 September 2016 -

The recent ruling by the UNCLOS Court of Arbitration in the Hague on the case brought by the Philippines has denied China’s claim to historic rights in the South China Sea. The implications could be serious and the ruling may turn out to be the turning point not only for the Asia Pacific but also in the wider world order.

Interview

Chinese Political Scientist Yan Xuetong: 'China should allow more freedom of expression'

11 March 2016 -

John Vandaele had the opportunity to talk with professor Yan Xuetong, one of the leading political thinkers of China. Yan is well known for his outspokenness, even when his vision does not correspond with the ideology of the party. One thing is clear: from Beijing the world looks different.

News

European IMF directors protected the banks, but hit the Greeks

4 February 2014 -

MO* Magazine could seize a confidential document that shows the number of questions about the approach of the Greece debt crisis that lived within the IMF Executive Board.

News

To change course touches the powers that be

30 April 2013 -

Some things change fast. Very fast. Despite predictions that it wouldn’t happen before 2040, China is, according to some analyses, already the world's largest economy. It is certainly the biggest exporter, and in East Asia, the renminbi is snapping at the dollar's heels. However, the country's growth exposes a lack of social and ecological su ...

News

When the big river floods, the little rivers get filled

26 January 2009 -

China is growing, but do the Chinese that produce our clothes, shoes, mobiles and laptops profit from it? Is it true, in other words, that globalization gives chances to the labouring people in developing countries? In september 2008, just before the onset of crisis, John Vandaele went to the Pearl River Delta, where twenty million migrant worke ...