Hong Kong

Attempt to silence Gui Minhai’s daughter exposes collusion between Swedish and Chinese authorities Dikang, chinaworker.info Sweden’s ambassador to China, Anna Lindstedt, has been recalled in a political scandal involving Chinese dissident Gui Minhai....

Anger as government drops Leung and Cheng prosecutions Zuo Ren, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Marchers in Hong Kong on 1 January will protest official corruption and the refusal of the Hong Kong government to pursue legal action agai...

City’s success – built on backs of migrant labour Garrett Johnstone, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Hundreds of migrant workers marched in Hong Kong on Sunday, 9 September, to demand a 24.6 percent increase in their monthly wages to HK$5,5...

Need for united struggle by local and foreign-born workers against an unjust system Jen Left   Socialist Action Carrie Lam’s government has unveiled new attacks on asylum seekers. This is a deliberate attempt to stir up racism. The government w...

Hong Kong’s unpopular government signals there’s worse to come Hong Kong society under Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is anything other than ‘stable’. The government’s slump in popular support deepens as corruption scandals, a worsenin...

The de facto deportation of FT Asia editor Victor Mallet is a major attack on freedom of speech Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) reporters The denial of a work visa for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet is a clear sign that Chi...

Learning the lessons of how democratic rights were won internationally Adam N. Lee, Stop Repression in Hong Kong The Stop Repression in Hong Kong campaign was set up in 2017 to coordinate international protests against the worsening political...

Another costly white elephant project with sinister political implications Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info It has been dubbed by some as the “Trojan train” because for the first time it legitimises the presence of Chinese police and security official...

Banning of “separatist” group is part of a wider agenda to attack democratic rights Dikang, Socialist Action With his speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) Andy Chan Ho-tin emerged as an attention seeker who just won the ‘jackpot’....

Tiny Hong Kong National Party is being used as a test case for a wider political crackdown Socialist Action reporters Hong Kong’s government has for the first time moved to ban a political party, as the Beijing-driven political crackdown in the...