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((Short description|British academic and economic commentator))
[[File:罗思义：中国在防控新冠方面的人权远远高于美国 活着就是最重要的人权.png|thumb|Ross in 2022]]
'''John Ross''' is a British economist and blogger, known for his leadership of the Trotskyist party [[Socialist Action (UK)|Socialist Action]] and his support for the Chinese government.  He is better known in [[China]] as his Chinese name '''Luo Siyi''' (((zh|c=罗思义))). Ross currently contributes to multiple Chinese news media including [[CGTN]] and [[China Daily]].

==Socialist Action, Labour and Ken Livingstone==
Ross joined the [[Trotskyist]] [[International Marxist Group]] (IMG) in the late 1960s. His party name in the IMG was '''Alan Jones'''. He worked with Bob Pennington to form the IMG Opposition Group.  Ross was a central figure in the leadership of the IMG in the 1970s and early 1980s. In December 1982, the IMG renamed itself the Socialist League.<ref>[http://archives.lse.ac.uk/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=INTERNATIONAL%20MARXIST%20GROUP Collection of International Marxist Group], British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE Library).</ref> The group fully entered the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and in 1983 began publishing the ''[[Socialist Action (UK)|Socialist Action]]'' newspaper, by which name the League was often known.

Ross wrote the book ''Thatcher and Friends - the Anatomy of the Tory Party'' (1983).

Ross gradually lost the support of much of its membership.<ref>Patrick Avaakum, "[http://www.workersliberty.org/system/files/pennington2.pdf Bob Pennington and the Trotskyist archipelago]((Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))", ''[[Workers Liberty]]'', April 1997, pp.42-44</ref><ref>Pitt, Bob. [http://www.whatnextjournal.co.uk/Pages/Back/Wnext2/Review.html Review: The Economics of the Left Opposition] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606175154/http://www.whatnextjournal.co.uk/Pages/Back/Wnext2/Review.html |date=2011-06-06 )) in ''What Next? Marxist Discussion Journal.</ref><ref>Oliver, Johnathan. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3216687.ece Ken Livingstone’s aides ‘in secret Marxist cell’] in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', January 20, 2008.</ref><ref>Bright, Martin. [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23433325-i-now-believe-ken-is-a-disgrace-to-his-office.do I now believe Ken is a disgrace to his office] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201084720/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23433325-i-now-believe-ken-is-a-disgrace-to-his-office.do |date=2009-12-01 )) in ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', January 21, 2008.</ref>  Ross was leader of one of three groups which emerged from the crisis of this group in the mid-1980s, the one which retained the name Socialist Action. They left the [[Fourth International]] and increasingly ceased to function as a normal left-wing group. The group adopted an [[entryism|entryist]] strategy "to protect members from any potential Militant-style purge".<ref name=hosken>Andrew Hosken (2008),  ''Ken: The Ups and Downs of Ken Livingstone'', Arcadia Books</ref><ref name="Workers' Liberty 2022">((cite web | title="Success" for China. And for China's workers? | website=Workers' Liberty | date=2022-01-18 | url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-01-18/success-china-and-chinas-workers | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref>

In the 1990s, according to rival Trotskyist group the [[Alliance for Workers Liberty]],  Ross lived in [[Russia]].<ref name="Workers' Liberty 2022"/>

SA's leaders became advisors to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician [[Ken Livingstone]].<ref name=hosken/> Running as an independent candidate for [[Mayor of London]] in 2000, Livingstone's decision to appoint members of Socialist Action to his administration during his first term drew criticism in the media, including accusations of [[cronyism]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200207/ai_n9130817/pg_1|title=Revenge of the Killer Newt|author=Leo McKinstry|publisher=[[The Spectator]]|date=2002-07-13))</ref> Ross was appointed Livingstone's Policy Director of Economic and Business Policy.<ref name="GLA">Greater London Authority. [http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/let_minus1.pdf London's Economy Today] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604142039/http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/let_minus1.pdf |date=2011-06-04 )), Issue 1, August 2002.</ref><ref name=hosken/><ref name="Local Government Chronicle 2020">((cite web | title=The fraught business of appointing mayoral advisors | website=Local Government Chronicle (LGC) | date=2020-11-24 | url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/lgc-briefing/the-fraught-business-of-appointing-mayoral-advisors-24-11-2020/ | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref> In 2007 Livingstone changed the GLA rules so that his eight key advisers, four associated with SA (including John Ross and the late Redmond O'Neill), who as temporary appointments would not normally have been entitled to severance pay, received an average of £200,000 each.<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/ken-cronies-ps1-6m-payoff-6844330.html Ken cronies' £1.6m payoff], ''Evening Standard'', 4 August 2008</ref>

Following [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s election as Labour Party leader and [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] in 2015, Ross was linked to Corbyn's inner circle.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/Politics/article1641943.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213074052/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/Politics/article1641943.ece |archive-date=13 December 2015 |title=Corbyn angers MPs with anti-war dinner ((!)) The Sunday Times|website=[[The Sunday Times]] ))</ref><ref name="Wilson 2016">((cite web | last=Wilson | first=Jeremy | title=Everything we know about the coup being plotted right now against Jeremy Corbyn | website=Business Insider | date=2016-03-09 | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/there-will-be-a-coup-against-jeremy-corbyn-2016-3 | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref>

==China==

In the 2010s and 2020s, John Ross has been a prominent supporter of the Chinese government and its economic policies.<ref name="Ni 2021">((cite web | last=Ni | first=Vincent | title=China attacks 'US-style democracy' prior to Biden summit | website=the Guardian | date=2021-12-06 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/china-attacks-us-style-democracy-prior-to-biden-summit | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref><ref name="Workers' Liberty 2021">((cite web | title=John Ross: from Trotskyism to power-worship | website=Workers' Liberty | date=2021-06-15 | url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2021-06-15/john-ross-trotskyism-power-worship | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref> He featured in a Chinese government advertising billboard video in [[Times Square]] in 2016 asserting the country's claim over the [[South China Sea]], frequently appears on Chinese state media platform ''[[China Daily]]''<ref name="ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 2016">((cite web | title=South China Sea campaign airing in Times Square falsely uses British MP to back China's claim - ABC News | website=ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | date=2016-07-28 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-28/south-china-sea-campaign-airs-on-times-square-billboard/7670744 | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref> and has appeared on Chinese state media platform [[CGTN]] to blame Britain for the clashes related to [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|pro-democracy protests]] in [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="Moore 2019">((cite web | last=Moore | first=Matthew | title=George Galloway defends China over Hong Kong protests - News | website=The Times | date=2019-08-16 | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/george-galloway-defends-china-over-hong-kong-protests-jvhk63ls5 | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref>

He is the author of ''The Great Chess Game? A New Perspective on China's Destiny'' (2016) <ref>((cite web|author=[英] 罗思义（John Ross） 著 |url=http://item.jd.com/11906866.html?jd_pop=499d8050-f2fc-4f87-8f4d-f98e3439f095&abt |title=《一盘大棋？中国新命运解析》([英&#93;罗思义（John Ross）)【摘要 书评 试读】- 京东图书 |publisher=Item.jd.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-24))</ref> and the journal article "Management Philosophy of the Greater London Authority". He is a columnist in English at the state media [[China Internet Information Center]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://china.org.cn/opinion/johnross.htm |title=Opinion |publisher=China.org.cn |date= |accessdate=2017-03-24))</ref> and is translated into Chinese at [[Guancha.cn]]<ref>((cite web|author=罗思义观察者网特约作者，中国人民大学重阳金融研究院高级研究员 |url=http://www.guancha.cn/luosiyi |title=观察者网-中国关怀 全球视野 |publisher=Guancha.cn |date= |accessdate=2017-03-24))</ref> and Sina Finance Opinion Leaders.<ref>http://finance.sina.com.cn/zl/china/luosiyi.shtml</ref>

He is a senior fellow at [[Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies]] at [[Renmin University of China]].<ref>((cite web|title= Profile|
publisher= Guardian.co.uk.| url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/john-ross))</ref><ref name="Moore 2019"/><ref name="New Lines Magazine">((cite web | title=The Big Business of Uyghur Genocide Denial | website=New Lines Magazine | date=18 January 2022 | url=https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-big-business-of-uyghur-genocide-denial/ | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref>

In a video with [[Jodie Evans]] of [[Code Pink]], he describes allegations of [[persecution of Uyghurs in China]] as “farcical” and a “total lie.” He has written:<blockquote>If the real meaning of the term ‘human rights’ is used, it is evident that China has the best human rights record in the world — and those words are carefully chosen. … What is particularly striking is the factual contrast between what China has achieved and the laughable claim of the U.S. to a superior human rights record.<ref name="New Lines Magazine"/></blockquote>

In the ''[[New Statesman]]'', left-wing journalist [[Paul Mason (journalist)|Paul Mason]] identified Ross and his paper ''Socialist Action'' as "committed to whitewashing China's authoritarian form of capitalism".<ref name="Mason 2020">((cite web | last=Mason | first=Paul | title=Why the left must condemn China's brutal authoritarianism | website=New Statesman | date=2020-08-05 | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2020/08/why-the-left-must-condemn-chinas-brutal-authoritarianism | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref><ref name="Morning Star 2020">((cite web | title=Socialists should oppose the new cold war against China – a reply to Paul Mason | website=Morning Star | date=2020-08-14 | url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/socialists-should-oppose-new-cold-war-against-china-%E2%80%93-reply-paul-mason | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref><ref name="Mason 2022">((cite web | last=Mason| first=Paul| title=The left must stand against Xi Jinping's totalitarian China | website=New Statesman | date=2022-01-05 | url=https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2022/01/chinas-rise-is-a-triumph-of-capitalism-not-socialist-revolution | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref><ref name="Workers' Liberty 2022b">((cite web | title=Paul Mason, China and Marxism | website=Workers' Liberty | date=2022-01-11 | url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-01-11/paul-mason-china-and-marxism | access-date=2022-01-28))</ref>

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