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Former security boss handed life sentence at secret trial Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Xi Jinping finally got his man, but not the way he would have chosen. Zhou Yongkang is the 72-year-old former chief of China’s internal security behemoth. ...

How a community defeated the East-West toll road Chris Dite, Socialist Party (CWI Australia) The East-West toll road was going to be one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australian history. Its defeat – and the Napthine government’s si...

End the monopoly of the ‘moderate’ pan-democrats! Transform June 4 into a platform to mobilise for mass struggle Jo-yen, Socialist Action Hong Kong has been the only city in the whole of China that allows mass demonstrations against the one-par...

Hong Kong government’s political reform proposals meet with mass opposition Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The prolonged battle over Hong Kong’s electoral system has entered a new phase with the territory’s government presenting its final propo...

26th anniversary of the Beijing massacre on June 4, 1989, is also a warning of revolutionary shocks ahead Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The anniversary of June 4, the culmination of the ‘Beijing Spring’ and a day that will always be remembered...

Protesting cabin crew at Hong Kong airport explained their grievances to Socialist Action reporters Nearly 1,000 cabin crew at Cathay Pacific airline staged a two-day sit-in protest at Hong Kong’s International Airport on 19-20 May, in protest...

Growing protests against vicious treatment of local community self-defence activist Tomi Mori Nestora Salgado, an imprisoned community activist in the Mexican state of Guerrero, started a hunger strike on 5 May and concern is now growing for he...

Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the south Asian region has been further devastated by the recent earthquake. TU Senan, CWI Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the south Asian region has been further devastated by the recent earthquake...

Stock market frenzy and fabricated GDP figures cannot hide the reality of an economy in deep trouble Dikang, chinaworker.info For China’s one-party dictatorship (CCP), 2015 is turning into quite a dangerous year. After years of rapid debt-drive...

Hong Kong Exco member forced to apologise for racist slur on Filipino migrant workers Sally Tang Mei-ching, Socialist Action The affair surrounding the racist outburst by Executive Councillor Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee shows the growing confidence o...