Heavy smog hits 460 million people • Thousands of “air refugees” flee major cities
David Hundorf, chinaworker.info
Vast areas of China have been hit by the most severe air pollution of the year. The onset of winter, with a sharp rise in coal us...
Political motives suspected
Socialist Action reporters
Socialist Action, and the CWI’s organisation in China, chinaworker.info, suffered a break-in at their office in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, on Tuesday 6 December.
Computers and money were stole...
A new stage in the CCP’s internal power struggle unfolds
chinaworker.info reporters
Xi Jinping has been proclaimed the “core” of China’s ruling dictatorship. The decision, taken at the sixth plenum of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Central C...
More turmoil ahead for the US, Asia and the world
Editorial from Socialist magazine (published by CWI in China) issue 40, Winter 2016
The world is in a state of shock after America’s election. Asian government’s are watching with baited breath ...
Philippines leader seeks to play off superpowers to win economic concessions
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker. info
The Obama administration’s ‘Asian pivot’, unveiled in 2011 to sustain US power in the East, has suffered a potentially serious setback ...
“Nothing short of a coup” says Labour Party lawmaker
Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
The ‘legal’ ruling on 7 November by the Standing Committee of Beijing’s fake parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), over the oath-taking...
Criticism of foreign governments’ inactivity and connivance as China’s crackdown ‘goes global’
Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info
A year has passed since Gui Minhai disappeared in Thailand, on 17 October 2015. Gui, a Swedish citizen, is one of five ...
Fierce clashes as protesters defy crackdown on China’s “democracy village”
chinaworker.info reporters
Wukan in southern China is described as a “war zone” after up to 1,000 heavily armed police descended on the village this week, raiding houses...
Legco elections see record turnout and big swing towards ‘radical’ newcomers
Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong
Voters in the Legco (Legislative Council) elections held on 4 September – widely seen as the most important since the 1997 ...
Can government statistics be trusted?
Pete Dickinson, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales)
Earlier this year the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced that coal consumption in the country fell for the second year running.This ...
Anna Barnett and Jesada Jitpraphakhan, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
(This article was first published on 30 January 2026)
An epic ...
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