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China leads the global South’s great escape from poverty
While critics struggle desperately to dismiss or explain away China’s rapid and sustained growth, Beijing’s approach of mutual respect and interdependence is inspiring nations to break free from colonial shackles, writes ROGER McKENZIE
People walk past a Seagull electric vehicle from Chinese car manufacturers BYD parked at a showroom in Beijing, April 10, 2024
Inspired by a hit TV show, KEITH FLETT takes a look at the murky history of undercover class war
While the Greens have won popularity for their call for a wealth tax, it’s unclear whether they’d be willing to break with the most powerful forces of capitalism, argues NICK WRIGHT
Neutrinos are so abundant that 400 trillion pass through your body every second. ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT explain how scientists are seeking to know more about them
The British government won’t confirm wide reports it has withheld intelligence sharing with the US over fears Trump’s attacks on boats near Venezuela are illegal, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation poses an existential threat — but do today’s politicians have the capacity to deliver the more resilient and sustainable economics of tomorrow, wonders ALAN SIMPSON
CHINA will be the world’s top contributor to global growth over the next five years. This is not some idle boast from the Communist Party of China (CPC), but rather, a prediction from one of China’s most consistent critics, the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IMF predicts that China’s growth is set to outstrip the entire Group of Seven (G7) leading industrial nations combined. Its global growth will also, according to the IMF, be 61 per cent more than the planet’s most populous nation, India.
After years of being assured that the Chinese economy was in meltdown, these so-called impartial experts have been forced to come out with the truth.
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