2024

Normal life in North Korea. Review of the book Picturing the DPRK by Glyn Ford. Morning Star, 17 January 2024.

Embracing the Year of the Dragon. Article published in China Today. 9 February 2024.

Xi Jinping’s concept of the ‘two integrations’ in relation to the concept of a shared future for humanity. Speech to the Symposium held at the London Embassy of the People’s Republic of China on the theme ‘China’s diplomacy and building a community with a shared future for mankind’. 21 February 2024.

President Xi’s three key global initiatives on development, security and civilization. Interview with China Daily. 8 March 2024.

Understanding Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Speech delivered to the Brighton Morning Star Readers and Supporters, 24 March 2024.

Commemorating the 65th anniversary of the visit by Dr W E B Du Bois and his wife Shirley Graham Du Bois to China in February-March 1959, Introductory address to the international webinar on the theme “Black Liberation and People’s China – Rediscovering a history of transcontinental solidarity” organised by Friends of Socialist China and the International Manifesto Group. 11 May 2024.

The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence have only become more relevant and necessary. On the 70^th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. 28 June 2024.

Gaza and the shifting balance of forces in the world today Speech to the Webinar on the theme “Changes unseen in a century: Gaza, the shifting balance of forces and the rise of multipolarity”, organised by the International Manifesto Group and Friends of Socialist China. 29 June 2024.

Speech to the 2024 August anti-imperialist celebration. Held on the 66^th anniversary of his birth on 2 August 1958. London, 5 August 2024.

Speech at the meeting to launch the publication by Iskra Books of English edition of Readings in al-Mushtarak by Ibrahim Allawi. Marx Memorial Library, 21 August 2024.

Sovereignty, independence and new international relations – key demands of our times. Speech to the Seminar on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea organized by the European Regional Society for the Study of the Juche Idea, the International Institute of the Juche Idea and the Korean Association of Social Scientists, and hosted by Bulgarian friends of Korea. Sofia, 9 September 2024

True Multilateralism and Reform of the Global Governance System Speech to the International Conference on Practicing True Multilateralism and Improving Global Governance System. Beijing, 11 November 2024.

Friends of Socialist China – the year in review Speech delivered to the second annual Christmas dinner of Friends of Socialist China. London, 15 December 2024.

Prospects for US-China relations in Trump’s second presidency Speech to the 2025 Annual Conference the London Region of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). London, Sunday 12 January.

Pragmatism not ideology should define Britain’s relationship with China Morning Star. 16 January 2025.