Neoliberalism on steroids – TPP is also a geopolitical weapon for US and Japanese capitalism against China
David Hundorf, chinaworker.info
At late night negotiations in Atlanta the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was finally agreed between the ...
Discussions on perspectives for Hong Kong’s democracy struggle and the crisis in China
Dikang, chinaworker.info
On 10-11 October a youthful and extremely important meeting took place in Hong Kong. This was the second congress of the Committee f...
Mainland media have launched an unprecedented attack on Asia’s second richest billionaire Li Ka-shing
chinaworker.info
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, worth US$32 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has come under fire for div...
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) launched on 5 October is a secretive pro-big business pact
The agreement reached on 5 October in Atlanta between the Obama administration and representatives of 11 other countries sees the launch of the Trans-Pacifi...
Sino-US tensions increasing as China’s economy stumbles
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
China’s president Xi Jinping began his week-long visit to the United States, touching down in Seattle on Tuesday 22 September, where he met with top CEOs inc...
Non-payment of wages is behind three quarters of China’s 1,600 strikes this year
David Hundorf, chinaworker.info
A strike atSinopacific’s shipyard in Jiangsu’s Dayang city entered its third day, with around one-fifth of the 5,000-strong workfor...
More than $5 trillion wiped off global stock markets in two weeks since Chinese devaluation
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
“Black Monday” exclaimed China’s official news agency Xinhua as China’s stock market slumped 8.5 percent on 24 August. Th...
Sudden reversal of Beijing’s previous exchange rate policy underlines seriousness of China’s economic woes
Editorial comment by chinaworker.info
On Tuesday 11 August the Chinese central bank PBOC (People’s Bank of China) jolted global markets w...
Failure to stop stock market plunge has shaken the image of a ‘strong’ regime
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
“The big news here isn’t about the Chinese economy; it’s about China’s leaders. Forget everything you’ve heard about their brilliance a...
Chaos erupts again on China’s stock markets
Editorial from socialist newspaper Offensiv, weekly of the CWI in Sweden
Just when the world’s elite were sounding the ‘all clear’ the Shanghai stock exchange plummeted again. On Monday 27 July Chines...
