Protests in Hong Kong

Hong Kong “subversion” trial – international protests on May 31

Release ‘Long Hair’ and political prisoners in Hong Kong On Monday May 31 “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung and 46 other defendants will stand trial for “inciting subversion of state power”. This is the second hearing in the biggest trial to date under the national security law imposed last year by Xi Jinping’s CCP dictatorship. If […]

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Biden and Xi Escalate US-China Conflict

Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Joe Biden’s presidency, not yet 100 days old, has continued and intensified the anti-China policies of his predecessor Donald Trump. The president sums up his position in the slogan, “extreme competition.” Expectations in some quarters – including sections of the Chinese regime (CCP) – that the new Cold […]

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China’s State Capitalist Imperialism

Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of ISA’s International Executive. In the first of a two-part article Per-Åke Westerlund looks at the rise of Chinese imperialism and what it means for building international workers’ solidarity against international capitalism China becoming the workshop of the world was the main driver of capitalist globalisation of the last decades. […]

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US China Conflict Will Continue

Tom Crean is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Biden Gets Ready to Wage A Global “Democracy Offensive” The conflict between a rising Chinese state capitalism and waning US capitalism has emerged as the defining global conflict of our time. Under Trump, the US imposed massive tariffs on China, banned the technology company […]

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China’s “Twin Sessions” Open as Xi Jinping Seeks More Power

Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. China’s “twin sessions” or Lianghui, the annual gatherings of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC), got underway in Beijing on Thursday 4 March. Neither body has any real power. They are merely decorative adornments for the dictatorial regime of the so-called Communist […]

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Hong Kong Mass Arrests

Xi Jinping Strikes While Western Powers Are in Disarray The latest sweeping crackdown by the Chinese dictatorship (CCP) in Hong Kong effectively bans political opposition in the city. The fragile “democracy” that has existed in Hong Kong as an exception among Chinese cities is in every practical sense extinguished. 53 Hong Kong opposition activists and […]

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