The de facto deportation of FT Asia editor Victor Mallet is a major attack on freedom of speech
Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) reporters
The denial of a work visa for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet is a clear sign that Chi...
Speech brands China as foremost threat to US power
chinaworker.info reporters
Mike Pence, Trump’s Vice President, is hardly regarded as an influential member of the US government. But his speech on 4 October to a right-wing US think tank marked...
Another costly white elephant project with sinister political implications
Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info
It has been dubbed by some as the “Trojan train” because for the first time it legitimises the presence of Chinese police and security official...
A new chapter of struggle has opened in China
chinaworker.info statement
The struggle for trade union rights at Jasic Technology in Shenzhen has opened a new chapter in the recent history of China’s labour movement. This struggle has captured the i...
Trump’s tariffs raise international tensions and could derail global economic growth
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The trade war between Washington and Beijing looks set to escalate. The Trump administration is poised to impose tariffs – a punitiv...
The US-China conflict, an economic downturn, and rising political discontent have combined to shake Xi’s previously iron grip
Editorial from Socialist《社会主义者》magazine, September-October 2018 issue
“How things have changed,” declared US-based...
Hunger strike by young detainees • Solidarity protests needed
chinaworker.info reporters
In the final week of August the CCP ('Communist' Party) dictatorship launched a nationally coordinated crackdown against left youth activists and worke...
Statement by chinaworker.info in protest against the police arrests of the Jasic Technology solidarity group
On 24 August at 5am, riot police broke into the meeting place of the Jasic Technology solidarity group in Huizhou, Guangdong. At the same...
Shenzhen Jasic Technology workers’ struggle for independent trade union is an important turning point
chinaworker.info reporters
“Continue the struggle!”
These are the fighting words of Shen Mengyu in a letter smuggled out of her arrest cell...
Police repression against workers at Shenzhen factory who are campaigning to set up a democratic trade union
chinaworker.info reporters
On 11 August, Shen Mengyu, well-known as a Maoist and worker activist, was seized while eating dinner wi...
