Hong Kong

Welfare contractor ISS imposes new rent policy Socialist Action reporters Around 100 refugees and supporters protested at the headquarters of ISS-HK on 13 February, against a new rent policy that makes it more difficult for refugees to find a h...

February 8 marks the anniversary of the Mong Kok riot Adam N. Lee, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The first riot in Hong Kong for 50 years is yet another monument to ‘CY’ Leung Chun-ying’s disastrous misrule. The riot on February 8 last ye...

The following statement was presented at a recent meeting of Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) to discuss the important political shifts taking place at the start of 2017.  Hong Kong: “The eve of the storm” 1. The end of the CY Leung era finds Ho...

HONG KONG: For a political revolution to achieve democracy and build a working class political alternative Socialist Action’s chairperson Sally Tang Mei-ching is considering standing in the Legislative Council by-election in West Kowloon to be hel...

Beijing facing tough decisions over CY Leung’s replacement Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info Hong Kong’s hardline and deeply unpopular Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced on Friday 9 December that he would not stand for office again, for ‘f...

Now let’s change the whole corrupt system! Socialist Action statement CY has quit! Millions of Hong Kongers are celebrating the news. As Chief Executive, Leung Chun-ying has been an absolute disaster. It is a supreme irony that his bosses in th...

Political motives suspected Socialist Action reporters Socialist Action, and the CWI’s organisation in China, chinaworker.info, suffered a break-in at their office in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, on Tuesday 6 December. Computers and money were stole...

Government purge widens to throw out four more lawmakers Dikang, chinaworker.info The purge of lawmakers in Hong Kong has widened as chinaworker.info and many others warned could be the case. Four elected legislators including veteran left-wing...

The undemocratic nature of Hong Kong’s political and judicial system is revealed Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info The Youngspiration duo Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung Chung-hang have been kicked out of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) by t...

“Nothing short of a coup” says Labour Party lawmaker Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The ‘legal’ ruling on 7 November by the Standing Committee of Beijing’s fake parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), over the oath-taking...