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The only winner from tribunal’s ruling is the arms industry On 12 July the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)* tribunal in The Hague delivered its verdict on the South China Sea, heavily favouring the Philippines which initiated the case. The ve...

Coordinated strikes break new ground for China’ s fledgling workers’ movement Wu Yandong (吴岩冬) and chinaworker.info reporters China has been hit by wildcat strikes at Walmart stores in at least four cities. The strikes are unprecedented and his...

Has China’s economy turned a corner? Analysis by chinaworker.info Has China’s economy turned a corner? Premier Li Keqiang and the Chinese government certainly want us to believe that. The reality however is continuing weak growth despite a ser...

Territorial disputes resemble pieces on a ‘geopolitical chessboard’ as the US and China struggle for hegemony in Asia Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Tensions between the US and China over the South China Sea, which have been rising over the pas...

Tories Out! General election now! Fight for a 24 hour general strike Hannah Sell, Socialist Party deputy general secretary "The referendum result may well go down in history as the pitchfork moment", declared the Financial Times (FT), wailing t...

What are the lessons from the police crackdown in Guangdong’s ‘democracy village’? chinaworker.info reporters Wukan has again become world news. It is almost five years since this village waged an epic struggle against corrupt land deals and de...

Education ministry retreats over increased tuition fees CWI Taiwan Students campaigning against higher tuition fees have won a victory in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. On the evening of 18 June, after weeks of protests in which CWI Taiwan memb...

Explosive first hand account of abduction ordeal exposes the gangster methods of China’s regime Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Appearing at a Hong Kong press conference more than eight months after his abduction and disappearance a...

Nativist boycott campaign misfires Socialist Action reporters This year’s June 4 vigil marked the 27th anniversary of the Beijing massacre, which put a bloody end to the heroic 7-week mass movement against the CCP dictatorship. Hong Kong wit...

The impeachment process and historic crisis of the PT (Workers’ Party) André Ferrari, LSR (‘Freedom, Socialism and Revolution’ - CWI Brazil) Brazil is living through the deepest economic and social crisis in its history.Together with this, a ma...