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Martin Khor: The Making of a Global Activist

The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate policies that plundered the Global South. Here’s how his comrades remember him. (Originally posted on fpif.org) When future students of North-South relations look back to...

Coronavirus and the Death of ‘Connectivity’

Originally posted on Foreign Policy in Focus The Great Recession could have killed globalization, but China emerged as the champion of a new global “connectivity.” With the coronavirus, that phase is finished. The Covid 19 pandemic is the second major crisis of...

China’s Global Expansion: A Balance Sheet

Presentation at “China in Cambodia Dialogue,” Phnom Penh, Dec 18 and 19, 2019 I would, first of all, like to thank Social Action for Community and Development, Workers’ Information Center, Focus on the Global South, and Women’s Network for Unity for inviting me to...

China: An Imperial Power in the Image of the West?

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Focus is releasing a comprehensive study that seeks to answer the question: Is China an imperial power in the image of the West in its relationship with the global south? Over...