Mansa is back with Ray Bishop, member of the editorial board of Spartacist, to discuss all things China, from how the CPC's strategy is undermining the defense of China, to the crazy Sparts writing an open letter to the very CPC they are criticising! To make sense of what's going on with China as Trump turns the screws, and what's going on with the Sparts and their crazy letter, tune in and check out the other relevant articles below.

The article we are discussing is called "China: Do nothing, lose" and can be read here: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/70/china

Open letter to the CPC: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/70/cpc-letter

The class nature of China: Not capitalist not imperialist: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/69/china

Longform Youtube on the same article here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQX9uBh5j0&t=368s - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsK67oWwa3Y - Part 2

Relevant correpsondence on China: https://iclfi.org/pubs/spart-letters/2025-icl-cpc

National oppression in Xi's China - A Trotskyist answer https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/70/china-natl

US imperialism turns the screws: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/en/70/screws

You can read our newly launched Chinese Spartacist here: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/zh/10 and read our other Chinese-language publications here: https://iclfi.org/spartacist/zh

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