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‘Mongkok riot’ trials reveal a political agenda to deter the younger generation from resisting repression  Dikang, Socialist Action Hong Kongers young and old have been shocked and outraged by the six-year jail sentence served on former localis...

Strikes by truck drivers in more than 12 regions confirms growing trend of ‘multi-province’ industrial action chinaworker.info reporters Truck drivers across China have taken part in strikes and protests over increased fuel costs and road tolls a...

‘Historic’ deal shows US power in decline and bigger storms ahead chinaworker.info reporters President Donald Trump met North Korea’s Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June. The summit has been hailed as historic. Trump, true to form, also seems to ha...

Statement by Solidarity / Socialist Party Members of Parliament, Ruth Coppinger, Paul Murphy and Mick Barry A massive 66.4 percent voted ‘Yes’ in the 25 May referendum, to overturn the ban on abortion (‘8th Amendment’). This is a political earthqu...

'Historic' agreement reached in Singapore is high on symbolism but low on substance Editorial from Offensiv, weekly newspaper of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) from 14 June 2018. Despite all the commotion, the actual outcome of ...

Metal tariffs trigger angry reaction from US allies while talks in Beijing stall Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The world has moved closer to a trade war on multiple fronts as Trump’s administration rolls out its aggressive ‘America First’ ...

2017 saw the weakest full-year improvement in air quality since the start of Beijing’s “war against pollution”  Dikang, chinaworker.info The new Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) was unveiled at the March National People’s Congress (NPC) ...

Escalation of tit-for-tat conflict between world’s largest economies By Vincent Kolo The trade conflict between China and the US has escalated in recent weeks. Beijing initially believed it could ‘manage’ relations with the unstable US admini...

Protests in 25 cities around the world on May 4 against attacks on democratic rights By Stop Repression in Hong Kong May 4, 99 years after the historic 1919 movement for democracy and modernisation in China, was the date of international soli...

The 4th March general election has caused the biggest shake-up of the Italian political landscape in over 20 years Chris Thomas   Resistenze Internazionali (CWI Italy) Not since the ‘clean hands’ corruption scandal of the early ‘90s have the es...