China

Xi Jinping’s shift from dictatorship-by-committee to new ‘paramount leader’ is a high-risk strategy Editorial statement from chinaworker.info “More market, less freedom, and much more power to Xi Jinping” – this was the verdict of Beijing-based...

China’s censors block more overseas websites to limit fallout from “JPMorgan affair” Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The family of China’s ex-premier Wen Jiabao is once again the focus of a financial scandal – this time concerning fat payouts fr...

China’s toxic air showing no signs of improvement chinaworker.info An unnamed 8-year-old Jiangsu girl has been diagnosed with lung cancer, China’s youngest known victim of the disease. Doctors at the hospital treating her blame exposure to air ...

Brutal attacks on doctors and nurses is a sign of a broken healthcare system Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Several hundred Zhejiang hospital workers in white coats walked out on strike on 28 October. The staff at Wenling’s No. 1 People’s Hospi...

Chinese state steps up repression against Uighurs and other national minorities chinaworker.info Monday’s deadly incident in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, one of the most symbolic and heavily policed sites in China, has been classified as a “terr...

Support grows in campaign for release of imprisoned workers’ representative chinaworker.info and CWI reporters It is now five months since Wu Guijun, a migrant worker employed at the Diweixin Product Factory in Shenzhen, was taken into detentio...

Forbes rich list says 400 wealthiest people became 150 billion US dollars wealthier last year Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “The rich are getting richer,” declared Russell Flannery, the bureau chief for Forbes Shanghai. The US magazine unveile...

Thousands protest against CCP officialdom over media lies and inadequate relief efforts • Suppressed CCTV news report says official bungling aggravated flooding chinaworker.info The city of Yuyao in Zhejiang province was hit by the region’s wor...

Shenzhen factory workers’ representative held by police for five months chinaworker.info On Wednesday 23 October, Wu Guijun, a migrant worker in Shenzhen, will have been held in police detention for five months. Wu has only very recently been f...

Over 100 workers at McDonald's supplier fighting for equal pay and conditions chinaworker.info GUANGZHOU Over 100 migrant workers at Hong Kong-owned Luen Shing Industries Limited have been in dispute with the company since August. According to ...