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    Chinese capitalism is killing the planet

    chinaworker.info reporters Number one in green energy? China leads the world in the manufacture and installation of renewable energy. It makes 80 percent of the world’s solar PV modules. It has also leapt ahead in electric vehicles (62 percent of g...

    China’s ‘Japanification’ worse than Japan’s

    Socialist magazine editorial part 3 (the first and second parts of this article series were published on 5 September and 8 September 2024)  “Perhaps even more difficult” than Japan in the 1990s – that is the verdict of Lu Ting, chief China economist...

    Overcapacity and price wars: China nears deflation tipping point

    Socialist magazine editorial part 2 (the first part of this article series was published on 5 September 2024)  Overcapacity is everywhere in Chinese industry. Rather than a sign of economic strength and success for Xi Jinping’s industrial policy, th...

    Hong Kong: 40 years since the Sino-British Agreement

    Ultra-capitalist deal over Hong Kong's status exposes the hypocrisy of both sides This year marks 40 years since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration by which the Chinese and British governments agreed to the handover of Hong Kong to Ch...

    Why China’s “build, build, build” model eventually crashed

    Dikang, chinaworker.info 80 percent of China’s local government finance vehicles (LGFVs) can no longer meet their bond repayments. The LGFVs are entities owned by local governments that were set up at the time of the global financial crisis in 2008. ...

    “China’s rise” – an outdated view

    New Cold War: Capitalist East and West are both in decline Editorial, issue 75 of Socialist magazine (China magazine published by ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) Socialist magazine and our international organisation ISA differ with the analysis...

    China’s involuted economy

    The economy is tipping into a deflationary crisis with a worsening debt crunch, falling wages and prices, and increasing reliance of fraudulent economic data Editorial, issue 74 of Socialist magazine (China magazine published by ISA in China,...

    Hong Kong: Record low turnout in district council “election”

    Results expose unpopularity of authoritarian rulers chinaworker.info Hong Kong held its “election” for new district councils on 10 December, with a final voter turnout of just 27.5 percent. This is the lowest voting rate since the first district cou...

    Nationalism and militarism make waves in the South China Sea

    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...

    Xi-Biden talks: No thaw in Cold War

    Both U.S. and China make fake show of “progress” at San Francisco summit Editorial from Socialist 《社會主義者》magazine, journal of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan The dictator-in-chief met the warmonger-in-chief on November 15, for long-delayed talks...

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    Kick pinkwashing out of Pride!

    This article was written by socialist and LGBTQ+ campaigners in Britain. In countries around the world, including Taiwan, big companies have hijacked ...

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