China

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...

ISA International Committee Statement Introduction — “The Single Most Important Element of World Relations” ISA has identified a New Cold War between US and Chinese imperialism, which has asserted itself, as “the single most important element ...

Property collapse deepens while concerns rise over slow and limited government intervention Editorial from issue 71 Socialist《社会主义者》magazine, the magazine of ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan China’s economic crisis entered a new more dangero...

Zhou Yi, chinaworker.info The current floods in northern China, in the wake of super typhoon Doksuri, have rung a new alarm bell over capitalist-driven climate change but also catastrophes caused by authorities' disregard for the safety of the masse...

New English edition of Seven Weeks That Shook the World with extra material published by ISA’s China, Hong Kong, Taiwan section The following is the introduction to the new English edition of the book (176 pages, July 2023, €8.50) available from chi...

Short-lived Wagner revolt puts China-Russia partnership under spotlight Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info After the short-lived Wagner revolt in Russia on June 24, Xi Jinping’s regime reaffirmed its support for Putin, describing Russia as Ch...

Chinese universities are increasing tuition fees by up to 54 percent this year Hong Liuxing, chinaworker.info Continued cuts in education funding are pushing fees higher across multiple provinces. The increases will take effect from the start of th...

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...

Guizhou province’s distress signal opens new front in country’s debt meltdown Editorial, issue 70 of Socialist magazine (ISA's magazine in China) China’s economy suffered a disastrous 2022. Xi Jinping, months into his unprecedented third term as ...