Taiwan

The imposition of the new national security law in Hong Kong by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) is a massive blow to democratic and political rights Per-Ake Westerlund and Vincent Kolo The effect of the Chinese regime’s new law is similar to a milit...

Per Olsson of Offensiv (ISA's weekly newspaper in Sweden) asked Dikang of Socialist Action in Hong Kong about the recent dramatic events there. Per Olsson: The new national security law for Hong Kong seems to be a game changer; do you think it will ...

Taiwan capitalism in the context of Sino-US imperialist conflict – document endorsed by the 4th Congress of the CWI section in China/Hong Kong/Taiwan Note: The political parties which advocate Taiwan’s independence, of which the ruling DPP is the do...

Libel charges can lead to 2 years imprisonment A leading Taiwan CWI (International Socialist Forward) comrade, Hsu Wei-Yu, is being threatened with libel action by CTi, a large media corporation with links to the Chinese dictatorship (CCP). U...

First political conference by an international socialist organisation since 1949 Reports by Dikang and Triet Tran An enthusiastic rendition of the ‘Internationale’ closed the very successful two-day Marxist School organised by Internationa...

The failure of Taiwan’s pro-LGBT referendum does not represent the end of the marriage equality and LGBT movement – we need to rebuild a fighting LGBT movement against further attacks Luka, International Socialist Forward (CWI in Taiwan) T...

Struggle for marriage equality and against sexual oppression intensifies Report from International Socialist Forward (CWI in Taiwan) On 27 October, 137,000 people marched in Taiwan’s capital in the 16th annual Taipei Pride demonstration. The nu...

Capitalism is preparing new catastrophes chinaworker.info reporters Twenty years ago the so-called ‘tiger economies’ of East Asia went into meltdown. The 1997 Asian Crisis narrowly missed dragging the world financial system into crisis, whi...

World’s second most dangerous nuclear disaster David Hundorf, chinaworker.info It is six years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. On 11 March 2011, ‘311’, a devastating earthquake and series of tsunamis destroyed the cooling systems at the F...

The only winner from tribunal’s ruling is the arms industry On 12 July the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)* tribunal in The Hague delivered its verdict on the South China Sea, heavily favouring the Philippines which initiated the case. The ve...