Repression
China
Capitalism and the Chinese state
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...
China
China: A significant retreat in Maoming
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...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Harsh jail terms for Umbrella activists
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 ...
China
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...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: New Year protest against government corruption
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...
China
China: Release Shen Mengyu and arrested Jasic Technology workers!
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...
China
China: Appeal for international solidarity with Jasic Technology workers’ struggle
Protest police repression against workers' struggle to establish genuine trade union at Shenzhen factory
chinaworker.info is republishing this statement sent to us by a left-wing activist group in China calling for solidarity from the internationa...
Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Stop political persecution of ‘Long Hair’
Expelled lawmaker has been a consistent thorn in the side of pro-Beijing camp’s authoritarian big business agenda
Vincent Kolo, Socialist Action
‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung has long been a thorn in the side of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing establishm...
China
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...
International
Dangerous turn in Korean nuclear conflict
Trump vs. Kim: Nuclear brinkmanship between two unstable regimes
Editorial from Offensiv, newspaper of CWI Sweden (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna)
In the past week the already tense situation on the Korean Peninsula took a new dangerous turn. Af...
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A road map for the US-China Cold War
Book review: Danger Zone – The Coming Conflict with China by Hal Brands and Michael Beckley offers a very scary road map for US victory in the new imp...
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