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From Shenzhen to Tianjin – death and destruction caused by corruption, poor oversight and the blind chase for profit chinaworker.info reporters The December landslide that killed at least seven people in Shenzhen capped a year of deadly acciden...

“China is entering a dark night of repression and detentions under Xi Jinping” – Chinese activist in Sweden chinaworker.info On 3 January human rights activist and Swedish citizen Peter Dahlin was taken into detention by Chinese security agents...

Nan Shan Insurance workers on strike since 9 December for pension rights and against contract labour system CWI Taiwan reporters This report is translated from CWI Taiwan’s journal, The Socialist. The strike by Nan Shan Life Insurance workers i...

Defend freedom of press! Socialist Action Reporters On Saturday 19 December, a protest was held in Hong Kong outside South China Morning Post offices against the takeover of the territories major English language newspaper by Alibaba, the Chine...

Chinese regime is intensifying censorship and repression Dahu, chinaworker.info A crowd outside the Beijing court shouted “freedom of speech, freedom of speech”. Security guards wearing smiley masks manhandled protesters, foreign reporters and ...

Coordinated arrests of labour activists in Guangdong province as workers’ struggles multiply chinaworker.info reporters The recent arrests of labour and NGO activists in Guangdong province – “the world’s factory” – is an ominous sign. It is the...

More than 100 join Hong Kong protest on International Human Rights Day Sue Sparks, reprinted with kind permission of Hong Kong Free Press More than a hundred people gathered at the Western District Police Station in Sai Ying Pun on 9 December, ...

The world’s biggest driver of climate change facing devastating environmental blowback Dikang, chinaworker.info As negotiators in Paris neared the final days of the UN climate summit in December, the Chinese capital was paralysed by a new pollu...

CWI leaflet to mass protests outside Paris Climate Conference The Paris Climate Conference with representatives of more than 190 governments is meeting with the whole world watching. Mass protests – angry over repeated inaction and betrayals by go...

Socialist Action’s Sally Tang Mei-ching lifts opposition vote to 33 percent Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “We are very pleased with our election campaign and our vote, with one in three voters supporting us,” says Sally Tang Mei-ching. She sto...