Abstract:
In our previous article on China, ‘China and World Capitalism‘ (Aufheben #14, 2006), we examined the immense economic transformation, which has been occurring in China over the last ten years, and how this has involved the Chinese economy being integrated as a distinct epicentre in the American-centred world accumulation of capital. In this article we shall turn to consider the class conflicts that have arisen in China as a result of this economic transformation. We shall identify and outline three areas where struggles have emerged. First, the struggles of the …