There was a dramatic escalation in the number of workers’ struggles in China last year, especially in the final months
chinaworker.info reporters
There were 2,774 strikes and worker protests for the year as a whole, which is double the 1,379 to...
Could the financial turmoil of the opening week set the tone for 2016?
Per-Åke Westerlund, with additional reporting by Vincent Kolo
Global financial markets started 2016 with a bang! A reprise of last summer’s chaotic falls on China’s stock ma...
From Shenzhen to Tianjin – death and destruction caused by corruption, poor oversight and the blind chase for profit
chinaworker.info reporters
The December landslide that killed at least seven people in Shenzhen capped a year of deadly acciden...
“China is entering a dark night of repression and detentions under Xi Jinping” – Chinese activist in Sweden
chinaworker.info
On 3 January human rights activist and Swedish citizen Peter Dahlin was taken into detention by Chinese security agents...
Defend freedom of press!
Socialist Action Reporters
On Saturday 19 December, a protest was held in Hong Kong outside South China Morning Post offices against the takeover of the territories major English language newspaper by Alibaba, the Chine...
Chinese regime is intensifying censorship and repression
Dahu, chinaworker.info
A crowd outside the Beijing court shouted “freedom of speech, freedom of speech”. Security guards wearing smiley masks manhandled protesters, foreign reporters and ...
Coordinated arrests of labour activists in Guangdong province as workers’ struggles multiply
chinaworker.info reporters
The recent arrests of labour and NGO activists in Guangdong province – “the world’s factory” – is an ominous sign. It is the...
More than 100 join Hong Kong protest on International Human Rights Day
Sue Sparks, reprinted with kind permission of Hong Kong Free Press
More than a hundred people gathered at the Western District Police Station in Sai Ying Pun on 9 December, ...
The world’s biggest driver of climate change facing devastating environmental blowback
Dikang, chinaworker.info
As negotiators in Paris neared the final days of the UN climate summit in December, the Chinese capital was paralysed by a new pollu...
World’s third largest Communist Party crushed in US-backed military coup
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The military crackdown against the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) that began in October 1965 and continued throughout the following year, ...
