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Ukraine and China: Xi Jinping plays Russian Roulette

Cracks surface in “no limits” alliance with Putin Vincent Kolo, ISA “One who is not acquainted with the designs of his neighbours should not enter into alliances with them.” These are the words of legendary military strategist Sun Tzu more than 2,0...

China: Ten years since the fall of Bo Xilai (2) 

Ten years ago China was shaken by the arrest and downfall of leading CCP princeling Bo Xilai. Bo was one of the most well-known political figures in China, using his office as CCP leader of Chongqing as a platform to project himself as an alternative...

China: Ten years since the fall of Bo Xilai (1) 

Ten years ago China was shaken by the arrest and downfall of leading CCP princeling Bo Xilai. Bo was one of the most well-known political figures in China, using his office as CCP leader of Chongqing as a platform to project himself as an alternative...

50 years since Nixon’s pivot to China

A half century has passed since US President Richard Nixon’s ground-breaking visit to China on 21 February 1972 chinaworker.info reporters Nixon was the first American president ever to visit China and no formal relations had existed between the two ...

New cold war: Growing calls to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics

Why is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) so closely allied with China’s dictatorship? This is an issue more and more people are asking in the light of tennis player Peng Shuai’s disappearance and is the background to the current global debate about an Olympic boycott in February.

Clashes in London’s Chinatown: how not to fight racism and state repression

Chinese communities overseas face rising political tensions Solidarity Against Repression in China and Hong Kong Two groups of protesters, one involving mainland Chinese organisations, the other young Hong Kong emigres, clashed in London’s Chinatow...

Release Peng Shuai

Xi Jinping’s regime is engaging in a massive cover up of Peng Shuai’s accusations and the wider issue of sexual assault/harassment by CCP officials. This time it looks like it’s blown up in their faces. Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Tennis star Pe...

The new Cold War: Getting hotter?

Shifting positions over Taiwan and its international status are raising tensions between the US and China, while a new global arms race is kicking off Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Are we witnessing a temporary thaw in the US-China conflict? This ...

China’s coal crunch threatens to nullify climate talks

Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info China is experiencing its worst power cuts in two decades. The cause is a “coal shortage” – a state of affairs that points to much deeper economic and political problems. China is by far the world’s biggest producer of...

The collapse of Evergrande – Chinese regime on horns of a dilemma

Evergrande, the Chinese property company, is missing one payment deadline after another. If it collapses the consequences could be huge for China’s economy, its authoritarian regime and for global capitalism. ISA (International Socialist Alternative) talks to Vincent Kolo of chinaworker.info about what could happen.

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Can ‘future industries’ lead China’s economy out of crisis?  

Zhu Gong, chinaworker.info 2026 marks the opening year of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030). During the ‘Two Sessions’ (parallel NPC and...

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