This year's financial tsunami was the coldest spring I have ever felt in my life; a Communist poster read: 'Crisis - Capitalism is not the solution, but the problem.'
During this financial storm, the working class has become the cheap sacrifice for asset transformation.
Clearly, we have all become lambs to global transnational capitalism.

This spring was particularly cold. Amidst the global financial crisis and economic depression, March 19 marked France’s second nationwide general strike. Over three million people took to the streets to protest the government’s mishandling of the crisis, soaring unemployment, stagnant purchasing power, and difficult living conditions. They expressed anxiety over bleak prospects, demanding wage increases and job security. For months, France’s unemployment rate has surged continuously, casting a tense atmosphere over society. Facing rising living costs and uncertain futures, unease prevails. Having lived in France for over twenty years, I have never seen such desolation and unrest. Daily media reports are negative; indeed, this is the harshest economic challenge Western nations have faced since World War II. It seems this is the coldest year for global finance in history. The global economy will be reshuffled in this storm. Among the world’s four BRIC nations, Asia includes two economic powerhouses—China and India. Asia has become the cornerstone of current and future economic revitalization, and the changing geopolitical and economic landscape has taken shape.