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Xi Jinping’s shift from dictatorship-by-committee to new ‘paramount leader’ is a high-risk strategy Editorial statement from chinaworker.info “More market, less freedom, and much more power to Xi Jinping” – this was the verdict of Beijing-based...

China’s censors block more overseas websites to limit fallout from “JPMorgan affair” Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The family of China’s ex-premier Wen Jiabao is once again the focus of a financial scandal – this time concerning fat payouts fr...

Thousands killed and 11 million affected by the strongest storm ever Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Typhoon Haiyan (‘Yolanda’ in the Philippines) has caused destruction on a massive scale. This storm was three times more powerful t...

Strongest showing by socialists in decades - Opportunities for working-class politics must be seized Bryan Koulouris, Socialist Alternative Two Socialist Alternative candidates sent historic shock waves through the United States on 6 November. ...

China’s toxic air showing no signs of improvement chinaworker.info An unnamed 8-year-old Jiangsu girl has been diagnosed with lung cancer, China’s youngest known victim of the disease. Doctors at the hospital treating her blame exposure to air ...

Brutal attacks on doctors and nurses is a sign of a broken healthcare system Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info Several hundred Zhejiang hospital workers in white coats walked out on strike on 28 October. The staff at Wenling’s No. 1 People’s Hospi...

Chinese state steps up repression against Uighurs and other national minorities chinaworker.info Monday’s deadly incident in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, one of the most symbolic and heavily policed sites in China, has been classified as a “terr...

Support grows in campaign for release of imprisoned workers’ representative chinaworker.info and CWI reporters It is now five months since Wu Guijun, a migrant worker employed at the Diweixin Product Factory in Shenzhen, was taken into detentio...

Monster demo over TV licenses organised at five day’s notice Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI) in Hong Kong A huge crowd turned out in Hong Kong on Sunday to vent their anger over the government’s decision to favour two big business groups with so...

Forbes rich list says 400 wealthiest people became 150 billion US dollars wealthier last year Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info “The rich are getting richer,” declared Russell Flannery, the bureau chief for Forbes Shanghai. The US magazine unveile...