“Pay us for defense” – What do Trump’s comments on Taiwan mean?
Hong Liuxing
Donald Trump’s comments about US military support for Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack have had a chilling effect on the island’s political establishment. Many inter...
Important lessons from the mass struggle against the Ma government of March-April 2014
Vincent Kolo
Ten years ago, a mass movement erupted in Taiwan which shook the whole capitalist establishment and resulted in a permanent irreversible political s...
But no solutions for working people from Taiwan's three capitalist parties
ISA Taiwan
Taiwan’s presidential election on January 13 saw the victory of the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but they also lost their majority in Taiwan’s pa...
Are China, the Philippines and the United States heading for military conflict?
Hong Liuxing and Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info
Recent months have seen a sharp escalation of the dispute between the Philippines and China for sovereignty over islands an...
Dikang, chinaworker.info
The tech war between China and the US is a crucial front in the wider Cold War between rival imperialist blocs. According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a US think tank, there are two dates from 2022 ...
Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States)
(This article was first published on 29 August 2023)
The last few years have seen a sharp rise in geopolitical tension centered on the US and China. This is being widely described as a New...
The Group of Seven (G7) major Western capitalist economies met in Japan on 19-21 May
As expected these governments used this opportunity to ramp up pressure on China and Russia. A guest appearance by Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky was staged...
Will China invade Taiwan?
As the US-China inter-imperialist conflict escalates, Taiwan is its most dangerous flashpoint. A Taiwan war could be even more catastrophic than the war in Ukraine, drawing in the US, Japan, Australia, several NATO armies, ...
On 4 February the US air force shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon that had passed over its territory and the “balloon crisis” became a fact
chinaworker.info reporters
This article is translated from the Chinese magazine of ISA
The Chinese g...
Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan watched by 200 million mainland Chinese • Dramatic escalation of tensions between two unstable superpowers
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The chain of events sparked by Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on 2-3 August si...
The truth is that neither the victorious Islamist ‘rebels nor the imperialist powers involved on both sides represent the interests of the region’s pe...
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