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The left must oppose the US cold war on China and not sit on the fence 
US imperialist aggression towards China is a life-and-death issue. It threatens the rise of poverty, racism and war, warns FIONA EDWARDS

THE US ruling class is ramping up its belligerence towards China. This new cold war threatens not just China but all of humanity. 

It is vital that the Western left grasps the enormous stakes involved in ensuring the total defeat of US’s new cold war and discards any temptation to take a neutral position on this massive life-and-death issue.

US imperialism is desperate to contain the rise of China, retard the country’s economic development and maintain the US’s domination of world affairs. 

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