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Today is Qiao Collective’s one year anniversary! We can’t believe it’s been one year since we launched Qiao with little more than a web domain, a Twitter handle, and a belief that the Anglophone sphere needed a voice challenging Western aggression on China with socialist critique, international solidarity, and human compassion.
When we launched on January 17, 2020, little did we know that the cluster of novel coronavirus cases first documented in Wuhan would lead to a global pandemic in which Western elites would use China-bashing to diffuse public discontent with a pandemic response stunted by capitalism, corporate rule, and liberal individualism. 2020 has been a historic year, from the Trump administration’s declaration of the “end of normal relations” with China, to the unilateral assassination of Iran’s Qassem Solemaini, to mass movements confronting endemic antiblackness in the U.S. and beyond.
Through it all, we’ve been proud to offer a voice from our position as Chinese diaspora committed to anti-colonial, internationalist struggle in all the places we call home. We’re honored to be part of a growing movement challenging the new Cold War on China and insisting that “China is not our enemy,” no matter what hysterical Pentagon budgets have to say about the “China threat.”
Your incredible support is what keeps us going. In just one year, we’ve grown to over 33k followers on Twitter, amassed more than 250,000 website hits, and compiled volunteer translations of our work in more than eight languages. We can’t wait to see what we can do in 2021. If you’re as excited as we are, consider chipping in to our Patreon. We are an all-volunteer media collective and these financial contributions help us to sustain our work and cover the costs of staying up and running.
Cheers to one year, and here’s a roundup of our latest:
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The recent Capitol Hill mobs have reignited an anxious international debate about the nature and function of U.S. democracy. As Democrats and Republicans alike struggle to disavow the attempted fascist coup as an anomaly more appropriate to the Global South than “here,” Qiao takes a look at the profound entanglement between fascism, anti-communism, and U.S. imperialism.
We have been consistently misled by fascism’s nationalistic trappings. We have failed to understand its basically international character...One of the most definite characteristics of fascism is its international quality.
—George Jackson, Blood In My Eye
As we prepare for the incoming term of President-elect Joe Biden, over 380 anti-China bills await approval in Congress, in addition to 14 individual and state lawsuits against China for over 30 trillion USD in “Covid damages.” Despite widespread relief at Trump’s defeat, fundamental U.S. economic and military policies remain unchanged, ensuring that the current U.S. economic and informational war against China will continue at full steam under Biden.
What does our critique of China do, at a time of unprecedented U.S. military aggression against China and Chinese people? Qiao uncovers the bad-faith logic of “standing with the Chinese people, not the Chinese government,” exploring how it greases the wheel for imperialist intervention under the auspices of a “new” Cold War.
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