I. Where the Soil Remembers RevolutionThere is a place in China where the land itself seems to testify to history. The Loess Plateau—broad, wind-carved, and deeply scarred—is both cradle and cautionary tale. It is here that Chinese civilization took root thousands of years ago, and it is here that erosion, overgrazing, and war once reduced... Continue Reading →
Can the Mekong Flow Red? China’s Lancang River Basin and the Struggle for Ecosocialism
I. Where the River Meets the SystemThe Mekong River is ancient. It has carved life into the land for thousands of years, flowing through China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. But in the 21st century, its upper reaches—the Lancang, inside China’s Yunnan Province—have become more than a river. They’re a battleground. On one side: biodiversity, Indigenous... Continue Reading →
Toward an Ecosocialist Civilization: China’s Eco-Civilization Model in Historical Perspective
I. Why Ecosocialism, Why China? The Earth is burning—and it didn’t set itself on fire. The floods, the heat, the poisoned rivers, the vanishing forests—these aren’t natural disasters. They’re symptoms of a system. A system built on stolen land, stolen labor, and stolen time. Capitalism. It doesn’t just exploit people. It plunders the Earth itself.... Continue Reading →