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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...

Anti-Trump protests are breaking all records Editorial from Socialist《社會主義者》magazine (issue 41), bi-monthly Chinese language magazine produced by CWI supporters Donald Trump’s presidency is already historic but not for the reasons he imagined. ...

Jail terms of up to ten years imposed on nine protesters  Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The ‘Wukan model’, once held up as a beacon of local democracy under a totalitarian state, has well and truly been killed off by the Chinese dictatorship (...

Xu and his family are victims of China’s deepening police crackdown chinaworker.info reporters Hu Xufang is a 45-year-old former management consultant from Liaoning province. He is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) in...

New US president’s anti-China outbursts are raising fears of confrontation Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The coming to power of President Trump marks a major turning point in international relations. Trump in power means the US ruling class ha...

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...

Heavy smog hits 460 million people • Thousands of “air refugees” flee major cities David Hundorf, chinaworker.info Vast areas of China have been hit by the most severe air pollution of the year. The onset of winter, with a sharp rise in coal us...

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...