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Anger over police violence fuels spontaneous “umbrella revolution” and growing strike movement Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info This was the weekend that changed everything in Hong Kong. Mass popular resistance on the streets, by night and day, w...

Sally Tang Mei-ching of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) says only an all-China mass movement can defeat one-party dictatorship chinaworker.info interviewed Sally Tang Mei-ching about the latest dramatic events in Hong Kong. On 31 August the...

“NPC Doesn’t Represent Me!” – Mass resistance against one-party dictatorship is the only way forward! Statement by Socialist Action The National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee’s framework for upcoming elections in Hong Kong delivers...

 Signs the mammoth property bubble is finally bursting belie Beijing’s upbeat GDP data Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info On July 16 the Chinese government released its GDP figures for the second quarter, causing global financial markets to heave a...

Taiwan’s ‘sunflower movement’ gave a glimpse of mass movement needed to defeat neo-liberal attacks and militarism James Langdon, CWI Taiwan The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is still being negotiated, will be one of the largest trade d...

Former security chief is the most senior scalp to be claimed by Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign chinaworker.info It was officially announced today that former security chief Zhou Yongkang is under investigation for “serious disciplinary violat...

Battle-lines hardening as masses push for democracy while government steps up repression Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info This year’s ‘7.1’ (July 1) anti-government demonstration in Hong Kong was massive, one of the biggest protests in East Asia ...

180,000 attend ‘6.4’ anniversary protest • Rival protest events show political polarisation Nate Norman and Jaco Lam, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) On the 25th anniversary of the Beijing massacre, Hong Kong’s candlelight vigil commemorating ...

Can the Chinese dictatorship survive another quarter of a century?  Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info June 4th marks the 25th anniversary of the bloody massacre in Beijing that ended the mass student-led democracy movement which came close to topp...

Massive police repression after thousands march against waste plant in Zhejiang province Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info In March, to great fan fare, Premier Li Keqiang promised to launch a “war on pollution.” But after this weekend’s chaotic an...