Repression

Chinese regime’s propaganda goes into overdrive as Xi positions himself for unprecedented third term This article is from Socialist Alternative, the political magazine of the Socialist Party (ISA) in Ireland. By Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info There i...

Mass arrests of democratic opposition under China’s national security law ISA reporters in Hong Kong The latest sweeping crackdown by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) in Hong Kong effectively bans political opposition in the city. The fragile ‘democr...

Student protests sweep Chinese campuses against draconian lockdowns Hong Liuxing (红流星) chinaworker.info Due to the coronavirus pandemic the Chinese state imposed strict lockdowns on university and school campuses since April. In August, the Ministry...

Drop the charges against Chai Xiaoming chinaworker.info (ISA in China) reporters On 14 August, left activist Chai Xiaoming was tried secretly by the Intermediate Court in the eastern city of Nanjing on the charge of “inciting subversion of state po...

How was capitalism restored in China? This article was first published in 2015 in the Greek magazine Marxist Thought. It is now published in English for the first time. Vincent Kolo In March, China’s ornamental ‘parliament’ the National People’s C...

Mass protests against crematorium force government to back down in fear of a new Hong Kong Dahu, chinaworker.info At the end of November, thousands took to the streets in Wenlou in angry protests against plans to build a crematorium. 1,000 riot pol...

The government’s prosecution of the “Occupy 9” was a show trial, the aim of which is to criminalise the democracy struggle in Hong Kong Adam N. Lee, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) The trial and sentencing, four years after the events, of nine ...

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...

Anger as government drops Leung and Cheng prosecutions Zuo Ren, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) Marchers in Hong Kong on 1 January will protest official corruption and the refusal of the Hong Kong government to pursue legal action agai...

Police repression against workers at Shenzhen factory who are campaigning to set up a democratic trade union chinaworker.info reporters On 11 August, Shen Mengyu, well-known as a Maoist and worker activist, was seized while eating dinner wi...