The “Yellow Book” is the annual fruit of research conducted by the World Socialism Research Center attached to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which is a selection of cutting-edge and representative research articles dealing with the issues of world socialism and the world socialist movement as its driving force.  following up the newest developments, changes and transformations of our era, the global predicament resulting from the still ongoing financial crisis of 2007, the resistance of the world’s peoples from various countries to an ever-growing burden of the crisis of capitalism including outstanding events such as the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. It brings together Marxist thinkers from all over the world for a common discussion and exchange of ideas and experiences.