China

China’s dictatorship guilty of “political murder” Chen Lizhi and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, aged 61, from cancer on July 13 stands as a condemnation of China’s dictatorship and its shockingly cruel...

Capitalism is preparing new catastrophes chinaworker.info reporters Twenty years ago the so-called ‘tiger economies’ of East Asia went into meltdown. The 1997 Asian Crisis narrowly missed dragging the world financial system into crisis, whi...

19th Congress and internal power struggle • We reply to a letter from a reader To chinaworker.info: In the CCP’s internal power struggle, to what extent has Xi Jinping got the upper hand over his enemies? Xi has been conducting a personnel reshuf...

Three worker representatives arrested as agency workers continue their struggle for equal pay chinaworker.info reporters Three worker representatives at Volkswagen’s joint venture in Changchun, Jilin province, have been detained by police. ...

Is the Chinese regime’s relationship with the US ruling family a factor behind these arrests?  Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Three Chinese activists have been detained and face criminal charges after an undercover investigation of working cond...

Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam won with 777 votes Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) On 26 March the Chief Executive (CE) election charade completed its final act. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was chosen by a grand total of 777 votes i...

International Women’s Day: “Solidarity with global mass protests and women’s strikes” Socialist Action reporters Over 70 attended the Socialist Action (CWI) candle-lit demonstration in Hong Kong for International Women’s Day, 8 March. Protester...

Women strike in over 50 countries against oppression Socialist Action statement for this evening’s demonstration in Central International Women’s Day, March 8th, this year will be the biggest ever. Millions around the world will march and str...

Regime fears calls for ‘International Women’s Strike’ could attract support even in China Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info A leading feminist blog account with 80,000 followers has been closed down in China for voicing criticism of US president Do...

Round One to Xi Jinping? Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The deepening crisis in Washington over the resignation of Michael Flynn and the Trump administration’s alleged contacts with Russian intelligence, has overshadowed the significance of the...