China

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...

More than 100 arrests • Human rights lawyers branded “enemies of the state” chinaworker.info reporters Xi Jinping has once again shown his authoritarian credentials with what appears to be a nationally coordinated weekend crackdown on human rig...

Regime adopts panic measures as market crash threatens wider economic recession In this interview, our editor Vincent Kolo gives his view on the recent heavy falls on China’s stock market and its impact on the political situation. How serious i...

Billions wiped off share values in June – only the Greek stock market is more volatile Dikang, chinaworker.info “Before leaving the world, I wish to say I concede defeat. With capital of 1.7 million yuan and four-times margin, I bet the entiret...

Government proposals end in fiasco as Beijing loyalists misjudge voting rules Socialist Action reporters in Hong Kong In the end only eight pro-government lawmakers voted for the government’s deeply unpopular electoral reform – branded as “fake...

Former security boss handed life sentence at secret trial Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Xi Jinping finally got his man, but not the way he would have chosen. Zhou Yongkang is the 72-year-old former chief of China’s internal security behemoth. ...

End the monopoly of the ‘moderate’ pan-democrats! Transform June 4 into a platform to mobilise for mass struggle Jo-yen, Socialist Action Hong Kong has been the only city in the whole of China that allows mass demonstrations against the one-par...

26th anniversary of the Beijing massacre on June 4, 1989, is also a warning of revolutionary shocks ahead Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The anniversary of June 4, the culmination of the ‘Beijing Spring’ and a day that will always be remembered...

Stock market frenzy and fabricated GDP figures cannot hide the reality of an economy in deep trouble Dikang, chinaworker.info For China’s one-party dictatorship (CCP), 2015 is turning into quite a dangerous year. After years of rapid debt-drive...