This page features original analysis by Friends of Socialist China co-editors and guest contributors.
China isn’t imperialist – here’s the proof
Is China simply another imperialist power, differing from the US only in degree? It’s a claim heard increasingly often on the left, from the Communist Party of Greece to Jacobin. This video sets out why that claim doesn’t survive scrutiny. Working from Lenin’s classical definition of imperialism, Carlos Martinez examines
We need to talk about China
In the following article, Friends of Socialist China co-editor Carlos Martinez sets out the agenda for the third annual Socialist China Conference, taking place in London on Saturday 3 October. Carlos notes that the British ruling class – the security state and its media representatives above all – talks about
Launching “China’s Foreign Policy and the Making of a Multipolar World”
On 20 September, Friends of Socialist China and the International Manifesto Group, together with Praxis Press, Manifesto Press and the Critical Theory Workshop, held an online launch for the newly-released China’s Foreign Policy and the Making of a Multipolar World: Changes Unseen in a Century. Edited by Keith Bennett and
Sunlight and sovereignty: the Chinese technology behind Africa’s solar boom
Africa’s solar installations rose by a record 54 percent in 2025, and 15 major African markets imported more than $400 million worth of solar panels in the first quarter of 2026 alone – more than two-thirds of the total for the whole of the previous year. In this article, Carlos
Reds under the bed and in the tractors
In the following article, Carlos Martinez surveys a burst of anti-China stories in the British right-wing press – the Telegraph’s warning that Chinese chips in GPS-guided tractors could be used to spy on farmers and fitted with kill switches; the Times’ claim that Chinese-made wind turbines could be used to
