China's Rise: Strength and Fragility

“A collection of lucid and enlightening essays. Au Loong Yu shows the potential of the theory of Karl Marx – not to legitimize existing regimes but as a tool to analyze and criticize capitalist class societies. He leaves no doubt that China has become capitalist to the fullest extent – with the party bureaucracy as the new bourgeoisie. This leads to old and new contradictions, not to the end of history.” Bodo Zeuner, Professor of Political Science, Berlin. “Au Loong Yu’s book is the best one currently available on modern China and the first one that socialists should turn to for insight when workers in that country inevitably resume their resistance in the future.” Counterfire Contents: Part I: The rise of China and its inherent contradiction (Au Loong-Yu); China going global – an investigation on China’s foreign investment (Au Loong-Yu); The role of China in the global capitalist economy (Bruno Jetin); China: Globalization and nationalist responses (Au Loong-Yu); Comment on Wang Hui’s The End of Revolution: China and the Limits of Modernity (Au Loong-Yu); Liu Xiaobo and the Chinese liberals (Au Loong-Yu); Maoism: its contribution to the Chinese revolution and its limitation (Pierre Rousset); On Tibet (Au Loong-Yu). Part II: Contemporary Labour Resistance in China, 1989-2009 (Au Loong-Yu with Bai Ruixue); From “Master” to “Menial” – Chinese SOEs Workers in Contemporary China, (Au Loong-Yu).; Disposable Labour under Social Apartheid- Rural Migrant Workers as the New Working Class (Au Loong-Yu).; The role of ACFTU (Bai Ruixue); Signs of hope: Resistance in China today (Au Loong-Yu with Bai Ruixue). Part III: Alter-Globo in Hong Kong – Interview of Au Loong-Yu by New Left Review.