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China’s GDP slowest since 1990

The Chinese economy has decelerated by 30 percent in the past five years chinaworker.info reporters The release this week of official 2014 GDP data confirmed expectations that China’s economy recorded its slowest pace in 24 years. Most economic...

Hong Kong politics transformed by ‘Umbrella Revolution’

A fighting democratic movement must be created to continue and build upon this historic “first round”  Editorial from Socialist magazine《社會主義者》issue 30 (Jan-Feb 2015) After almost three months that transformed the outlook of hundreds of thousan...

China: Hard landing in 2015?

China’s economic slowdown already being felt throughout world economy Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “The most important number in the world, for the past 30 years and next five years, is China’s growth rate,” declared BBC Economics Editor Robe...

Taiwan: Kuomintang’s landslide election defeat redraws the political map

Taiwan’s ‘Sunflower Movement’ and democracy protests in Hong Kong fuel massive rejection of ruling party Vincent Kolo and CWI Taiwan reporters The term “political earthquake” has been widely used to describe Taiwan’s mayoral and local elections...

Vital lessons of Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Revolution’

Mass struggle needs genuine internal democracy and a fighting working class programme to defeat the CCP dictatorship chinaworker.info The epic ‘Umbrella Revolution’ has raged for seven weeks, now holding out for longer even than the historic Ti...

Inside Hong Kong’s ‘umbrella revolution’

The democracy movement in Hong Kong has shaken the Beijing regime and Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong) has played an active role in this movement. The socialist weekly newspaper Offensiv in Sweden talked to Dikang of Socialist Action about these even...

Hong Kong: CY Leung must go! Relaunch school strikes!

Build a bottom-up democratically elected leadership for ‘umbrella movement’ The is the text of a new leaflet from Socialist Action (CWI) for the 10 October demonstrations in Hong Kong The Hong Kong political crisis has taken new dramatic turns....

“No to negotiations with brutal Hong Kong government!”

Reject fake ‘negotiations’ • Build democratic defence committees to repel attacks • Kick out CY Leung’s brutal government Leaflet issued by Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) for October 5 democracy demonstrations There is little doubt the gov...

Majority of Chinese expect a war with Japan

Warmongering governments are ratcheting up national tensions in a struggle for regional dominance Dikang, chinaworker.info 53 percent of Chinese respondents and 29 percent of Japanese believe their countries will fight a war in the years ahead....

Hong Kong: Massive anti-government protests after attempted police crackdown

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...

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May 26, 2026 Tom Costello, Tom Costello is a member of Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland   The devastation caused by US i...

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