China’s carbon emissions have almost doubled in five years
By Sally Tang, Socialist Action (CWI Hong Kong). This article first appeared in Socialism Today (July/August 2013), the magazine of the Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales).
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How serious is Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive?
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
Liu Zhijun, who spearheaded China’s gargantuan high-speed rail programme, was tried for corruption on June 9 in Beijing. To say Liu, the former Minister of Railwa...
121 killed in one of China’s worst workplace disasters
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The term ‘slaughterhouse’ has acquired a terrible new meaning after the inferno that engulfed the Jilin Baoyuanfeng poultry plant on Monday 3 June. The b...
Billionaires’ fortunes have increased by almost 17 percent in a year while the poor get poorer
chinaworker.info
Mao Zedong’s granddaughter has climbed into the ranks of China’s richest people. Kong Dongmei, granddaughter of the ‘great helmsman’...
Socialist magazine (published by the Chinese section of the CWI) asked Vincent Kolo, senior editor of chinaworker.info, about rising levels of debt in China and whether this heralds a financial collapse?
Socialist magazine: How serious are China’s...
At annual NPC-CPPCC meetings Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang talk of ‘painful’ reforms for economy, but rule out ‘Western models’
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
China’s ‘two red carpet shows’ in early March, the NPC and CPPCC, put their seal on the o...
Villagers in Shangpu occupy public square and demand democratic vote over land seizures
Zhang Shujie and Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
Yet another Guangdong village has risen in revolt against illicit land sales. Yet another tense standoff is ...
We wish all our readers and supporters a Happy New Year
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As families gather to celebrate the Spring Festival, chinaworker.info wishes to extend greetings to working class communities everywhere. While we take time to enjoy the ...
Last weekend’s air pollution levels in Beijing were 40 times WHO safety limits
chinaworker.info reporters
“I love our city, but I refuse to be a human vacuum cleaner!” This was one of thousands of comments from Beijingers via social media last ...
CCP dictatorship employs familiar ‘carrot-and-stick’ tactics to quell protests, but for how long?
Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info
The strike last week by journalists at the Southern Weekend newspaper in Guangzhou was a courageous protest against...
