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...
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. ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Huge crowds in Hefei gather to mourn former premier who was side-lined by Xi Jinping
chinaworker.info reporters
The death of Li Keqiang from a heart attack at the age of 68 has triggered a renewed struggle between the dictatorship’s vast ...
Housing sales, prices, investment and construction are all down in 2023
Dikang, chinaworker.info
China’s property crisis shows no signs of bottoming out. In 2021, 18 trillion yuan (US$2.46 trillion) worth of property was sold in China, according to...
Chinaworker.info reporters
A photograph of two Chinese hurdlers congratulating each other after a race in the recent Asian Games in Hangzhou has fallen foul of regime censors.
Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni embraced each other after Lin...
This new bubble underscores the extremely parasitic nature of capitalism and the need for a socialist alternative.
Marcus Kollbrunner, Liberdade, Soc...
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