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Non-payment of wages is behind three quarters of China’s 1,600 strikes this year David Hundorf, chinaworker.info A strike atSinopacific’s shipyard in Jiangsu’s Dayang city entered its third day, with around one-fifth of the 5,000-strong workfor...

Date: Sep 12 (Sat) Time: 15:00 Location: Chater Garden, Central The tragic death of the three year old Syrian refugee child on a Turkish beach has shocked the world, thousands of people around the world have come out in solidarity protests, ...

More than $5 trillion wiped off global stock markets in two weeks since Chinese devaluation Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “Black Monday” exclaimed China’s official news agency Xinhua as China’s stock market slumped 8.5 percent on 24 August. Th...

Country plagued by military junta and economic downturn Per-Ake Westerlund, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden) The horrific bombing in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Monday 17 August killed 20 people. 125 of those injured needed hospi...

Hated food packages replaced with coupon system Socialist Action reporters Refugees in Hong Kong have achieved a breakthrough in their struggle over the authorities’ food aid policy. Since the end of May, refugees have started to get coupons for ...

Only workers’ unity can end terrorism and division Paula Mitchell, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) On 20 July, 32 young people, members of the Socialist Federation of Youth Associations, in the South East Turkish town of Suruc, wer...

Sudden reversal of Beijing’s previous exchange rate policy underlines seriousness of China’s economic woes Editorial comment by chinaworker.info On Tuesday 11 August the Chinese central bank PBOC (People’s Bank of China) jolted global markets w...

Failure to stop stock market plunge has shaken the image of a ‘strong’ regime Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “The big news here isn’t about the Chinese economy; it’s about China’s leaders. Forget everything you’ve heard about their brilliance a...

Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales - formerly the Militant Tendency) edited version Panic is gripping the right-wing clique that dominates the Labour Party, at the possibility of Jeremy Corbyn becoming the next Labour leader. Even so...

Chaos erupts again on China’s stock markets Editorial from socialist newspaper Offensiv, weekly of the CWI in Sweden Just when the world’s elite were sounding the ‘all clear’ the Shanghai stock exchange plummeted again. On Monday 27 July Chines...