A short history of the Olympics: Rather than the Olympic movement’s self-professed ideals of ‘internationalism’ and ‘fair play’, the Games are about two at first sight contradictory forces: nationalistic flag-waving and capitalist globalisation
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The only winner from tribunal’s ruling is the arms industry
On 12 July the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)* tribunal in The Hague delivered its verdict on the South China Sea, heavily favouring the Philippines which initiated the case. The ve...
Coordinated strikes break new ground for China’ s fledgling workers’ movement
Wu Yandong (吴岩冬) and chinaworker.info reporters
China has been hit by wildcat strikes at Walmart stores in at least four cities. The strikes are unprecedented and his...
Has China’s economy turned a corner?
Analysis by chinaworker.info
Has China’s economy turned a corner? Premier Li Keqiang and the Chinese government certainly want us to believe that. The reality however is continuing weak growth despite a ser...
Territorial disputes resemble pieces on a ‘geopolitical chessboard’ as the US and China struggle for hegemony in Asia
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
Tensions between the US and China over the South China Sea, which have been rising over the pas...
What are the lessons from the police crackdown in Guangdong’s ‘democracy village’?
chinaworker.info reporters
Wukan has again become world news. It is almost five years since this village waged an epic struggle against corrupt land deals and de...
Explosive first hand account of abduction ordeal exposes the gangster methods of China’s regime
Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
Appearing at a Hong Kong press conference more than eight months after his abduction and disappearance a...
The only way to defeat dictatorship is revolution
Dikang, chinaworker.info
This year on June 4 it will be 27 years since the horrific massacre of workers and youth in Beijing. The 1989 events, when China was on the brink of revolution, hold a c...
Decision is not ‘radical’ but a further step backwards from mass anti-government struggle
Dikang, Socialist Action in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Federation of Students has officially withdrawn from the group that organises the annual Hong Kong (Vi...
Chinese regime cranks up stimulus spending to 2009 levels – a sign of confidence or desperation?
This article is an abridged version of the Editorial in Socialist magazine (CWI Chinese language journal《社會主義者》) issue 37, May-June 2016
In China, ...
Could the mass movement have overthrown the regime?
Per-Åke Westerlund, Socialistiskt Alternativ (ISA in Sweden)
(This article was first published o...
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