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    Hong Kong’s democracy struggle – how to break the impasse?

    Carrie Lam’s government faces its biggest challenges since taking office Editorial from Socialist (社会主义者‏) magazine issue 51, Spring 2019 Increased authoritarian rule and a political crackdown in Hong Kong have not translated into stable g...

    China’s hi-tech police state in Xinjiang comes under global spotlight

    What’s behind the newfound indignation of the US and other governments over China’s repression of its Muslim minorities? chinaworker.info reporters After decades of silence governments in Washington, Berlin, London, Ottawa and elsewhere ha...

    Carrie Lam’s policy address: “Pouring money into the sea”

    Hong Kong’s unpopular government signals there’s worse to come Hong Kong society under Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is anything other than ‘stable’. The government’s slump in popular support deepens as corruption scandals, a worsenin...

    International solidarity against authoritarian rule in Hong Kong

    Stop Repression in Hong Kong is an international campaign initiated by socialists and left organisations to protest the worsening crackdown on democratic rights in Hong Kong and China chinaworker.info reporters The Chinese dictatorship is presi...

    Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation profiteering from state repression

    “A tool of the government’s political crackdown”  Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info Hong Kong’s state-owned rail giant MTR has expanded aggressively overseas in the past decade. The company has exploited the worldwide mania for privatisation of f...

    Steve Bannon met by protests in Hong Kong

    “Solidarity with anti-Trump and anti-racist protests in USA!” chinaworker.info reporters Steve Bannon, the former “chief strategist” and far right guru of US president Donald Trump, delivered a speech in Hong Kong on 12 September as the gue...

    Hong Kong’s sham election

    Pan-democrats sink to new low by supporting “lesser evil” John Tsang Dikang, Socialist Action Hong Kong’s Chief Executive election is a five-yearly political farce. It has been described as the world’s most bizarre election. Just 1,194 electors...

    Hong Kong: Chief Executive election reveals political crisis

    Beijing facing tough decisions over CY Leung’s replacement Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info Hong Kong’s hardline and deeply unpopular Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying announced on Friday 9 December that he would not stand for office again, for ‘f...

    Hong Kong: Defend ‘Long Hair’ and other threatened lawmakers

    Government purge widens to throw out four more lawmakers Dikang, chinaworker.info The purge of lawmakers in Hong Kong has widened as chinaworker.info and many others warned could be the case. Four elected legislators including veteran left-wing...

    China: One year since Gui Minhai’s abduction

    Criticism of foreign governments’ inactivity and connivance as China’s crackdown ‘goes global’ Adam N. Lee, chinaworker.info A year has passed since Gui Minhai disappeared in Thailand, on 17 October 2015. Gui, a Swedish citizen, is one of five ...

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    Greenland, the Panama Canal, Canada… Donald Trump’s growing “shopping list” expresses the military and economic interests of US imperialism. Per-Ake ...

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