Asia & the Pacific

Quick facts on China and COVID

This slightly edited talk was given at the July 16 Workers World Party webinar: “Why We Defend China.” The webinar…

July 22, 2020

South African Communist Party supports Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against Covid-19

The South African Communist Party (SACP) issued this statement on June 19. The South African Communist Party (SACP) welcomes the…

June 26, 2020

Woman veteran of Long March, Wang Dingguo ¡presente!

Wang Dingguo, the oldest female veteran of the Chinese Red Army’s Long March, died at the age of 107 on…

June 15, 2020

Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade

In an act of solidarity, Iran is sending a fleet of five tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of needed gasoline…

May 26, 2020

Why socialist countries take lead in fighting COVID-19

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the“What Road To Socialism?” webinar held by Workers World…

May 21, 2020

How Vietnam has won again – this time vs. the virus

As of May 11, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has not recorded any new cases of COVID-19 in 25 straight…

May 11, 2020

<span class="streamer">Taking advantage of pandemic</span><br> Israel moves to annex more Palestinian land

Speaking to students at Tel Aviv's Bar Ilan University in November 1989, Benjamin Netanyahu, at that time the Israeli deputy…

May 5, 2020

What the statistics reveal about Trump, China and the virus

May 4 — The Trump administration is trying to deflect anger at its dangerously neglectful attitude toward the COVID-19 pandemic…

May 4, 2020

Laos keeps coronavirus under control

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, referred to as the Lao PDR or Laos, has not recorded an increase in COVID-19…

April 27, 2020

China’s socialist planning and COVID-19

The global COVID-19 viral pandemic has exposed in the sharpest light the contradiction between a globalized world economy and a…

April 3, 2020