China

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...

Protest police repression against workers' struggle to establish genuine trade union at Shenzhen factory chinaworker.info is republishing this statement sent to us by a left-wing activist group in China calling for solidarity from the internationa...

Introduction to the Commission on China at the CWI School 2018 by Pasha of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The past one year can be described as a year of big changes in China – showing a deepening crisis of the one-party dictatorship and Chin...

Lower numbers reflect need for clear strategy of mass action against authoritarian rule Socialist Action reporters For the 16th year running tens of thousands of Hong Kong people turned out on Sunday July 1 for the annual ‘7.1’ anti-governm...

Yet again Hong Kong organised a powerful act of defiance on 1989 massacre anniversary Vincent Kolo, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Around 115,000 people, Hong Kongers plus thousands of mainland visitors, turned out for this year’s June...

Strikes by truck drivers in more than 12 regions confirms growing trend of ‘multi-province’ industrial action chinaworker.info reporters Truck drivers across China have taken part in strikes and protests over increased fuel costs and road tolls a...

‘Historic’ deal shows US power in decline and bigger storms ahead chinaworker.info reporters President Donald Trump met North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June. The summit has been hailed as historic. Trump, true to form, also seems to ha...

Metal tariffs trigger angry reaction from US allies while talks in Beijing stall Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The world has moved closer to a trade war on multiple fronts as Trump’s administration rolls out its aggressive ‘America First’ ...

2017 saw the weakest full-year improvement in air quality since the start of Beijing’s “war against pollution”  Dikang, chinaworker.info The new Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) was unveiled at the March National People’s Congress (NPC) ...