Hong Kong

The 24th anniversary of Beijing’s crackdown draws 150,000 protestors Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong Once again on June 4, the anniversary of the brutal military crackdown in Beijing in 1989, tens of thousands of protesters massed i...

Hong Kong’s ‘Occupy Central’ leaders embellish the role of the middle class and ‘legality’ – ignoring key lessons from 1989 Dikang, Socialist Action This article from the current issue of Socialist magazine, produced by the Chinese section of t...

Union representatives declare a “half success” with a pay rise of 9.8 percent – but important issues are unresolved  Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The strike by 500 Hong Kong Dockworkers at the world’s third largest container port is over afte...

Li Ka-shing owns 13 percent of the world’s port capacity and much more besides… Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI supporters in Hong Kong) In Hong Kong it is the tycoons like Li Ka-shing that rule. The inspiring month-long port strike has illuminat...

The process by which British imperialism exited Hong Kong, its last major colony, came again into focus following the recent death of former British leader Margaret Thatcher Dave Hundorf, chinaworker.info Thatcher, revered as a heroine by capit...

Fifteen years without a pay rise – “We are like slaves of the company!” Socialist Action (CWI) reporters in Hong Kong A very determined strike by 450 Hong Kong dockworkers at the Kwai Tsing container terminal has partly paralysed the world’s th...

International Women’s Day celebrated in Hong Kong Sally Tang, Socialist Action in Hong Kong On IWD 8 March this year for the third year running Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) held a joint international manifestation bringing together women...

Calls for increased welfare spending and affordable housing are deafening, but this government only listens to the rich Dikang, Socialist Action John Tsang’s sixth budget presented at the end of February resembles all the others – stingy beyond...

HKSM driving instructors sacked for forming trade union – show your solidarity! Jaco, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong Three driving instructors, two of whom have been sacked, from Hong Kong School of Motoring (HKSM), started a hunger strike...

Marchers demand Chief Executive CY Leung’s resignation and one person one vote Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) An estimated 130,000 joined protest marches on 1 January against Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying, also known as “CY”. ...