Clik here to view.
Blood on your iPhone
A report by the Fair Labor Association into working conditions at three plants in China that supply Apple with iPads and iPhones has confirmed gross violations of Chinese labour law and unacceptable...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China: No coup – many plots?
On 19 March, China awoke to widespread rumours of a coup in Beijing. The internet was alive with tales of troop movements, artillery fire in the capital and splits in the ruling Communist Party. Within...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China cracks down on workers’ centres
While the world’s media has been concentrating on the trial of Gu Kailai for the murder of her “business” partner Neil Heywood, a crackdown of a different sort has been underway in the southern...
View ArticlePakistan: Awami Workers’ Party founded
By Shahzad Arshad On 11 November, the Awami Workers’ Party was founded in Lahore. Initially, this party will organise some 15,000 working class activists, youth and students. This is still far from a...
View ArticleStop US military provocations and economic blockade against North Korea
The Western media is pumping out one simple message about the crisis on the Korean peninsular. Kim Jong-un, a hysterical dictator, is bent on defying the “international community” (a.k.a the United...
View ArticleChina: Slowing growth rates not Beijing’s biggest worry
By Peter Main In July it has become traditional for China’s leaders to leave behind the heat and smog of Beijing and head for the seaside resort of Beidaihe. No doubt today’s mandarins know how to...
View ArticleSuper Typhoon highlights climate threat
By James Copley As we go to press, the death toll from the super typhoon Haiyan is rapidly mounting in the Philippines as it smashed through the Pacific nation. Deaths are reported to have topped...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The political crisis in Thailand: pseudo-Democrats reaching for power
By Tobias Hansen, Sunday December 15 2013 On December 9, Thailand’s Prime Minister dissolved parliament and gave notice of new elections. In recent weeks there have been renewed confrontations which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beijing, Tokyo: playing with fire
By Peter Main Are China and Japan locked into a course towards war? A review of the dynamics and motives suggests they are not, yet. Tension is rising as China and japan lay claim to strategically...
View ArticleChina: free market not going according to plan
By Peter Main 7 July, 2015 The volatility of the Chinese stock markets in the last week is symptomatic of the problems facing President Xi Jinping’s economic strategy. Between June 12 and July 8, the...
View Article
