Robert Griffiths is a former Senior Lecturer in Political Economy and History at the University of Wales and currently the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Britain.
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the goals of China's current 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) are on course to be achieved, which is good news for the rest of the world.
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted every aspect of social, public and political life in Britain and exposed the ineptitude of the Tory party. But will the opposition be able to win public trust and confidence?
Unlikely to have much of an impact in the near future though, newly elected Labour leader Keir Starmer faces the challenge of uniting the party and appealing to voters both new and old.
As the COVID-19 epidemic spreads around the world, irrational discrimination against Chinese people is growing, although it has no place in the fight to stop the disease.
Amid euphoria in government circles about the imminent divorce from EU control, recent official alarmist talk is raising doubts whether the excitement is justified.
With his stunning election win, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson now has a strong mandate to quit the EU. However, that may lead to an end of the "United Kingdom" as we know it.