China
Chinese leaders respond to anger over shoddy buildings and lack of help
By John Chan, May 23, 2008
Eleven days after the deadly earthquake hit Sichuan province on May 12, the Chinese government is turning from rescue to relief and reconstruction. Yesterday it revised the number of dead and missing ...
Rising death toll, popular anger in China quake
By Alex Lantier, May 21, 2008
Official casualty figures in the May 12 earthquake disaster in southwestern China’s Sichuan province continue to rise, amid continuing concerns about possible aftershocks, flash flooding and san...
China’s earthquake: The most destructive in modern history
By John Chan, May 19, 2008
A week after the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province, the Chinese government has declared three days of national mourning, beginning today, for those who lost their lives in the disaster. The mourni...
China quake rescue operations face rising toll, strained public services
By Alex Lantier, May 17, 2008
The official casualty toll from the massive May 12 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province continues to rise, amid growing public anger and signs that rescue efforts are swamping the region&rsquo...
As death toll climbs, Chinese earthquake exposes deep social divide
By John Chan, May 15, 2008
The major earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province on May 12 is a huge human tragedy. The official death toll is now almost 15,000 and is expected to rise. At least 26,000 people are believe...
Death toll, economic consequences mount from China earthquake
By Alex Lantier, May 14, 2008
The official death toll from the massive May 12 earthquake in China’s Sichuan province continued to mount yesterday, even though reports from the most heavily devastated regions have not yet eme...
Massive earthquake in China kills at least 10,000
By John Chan, May 13, 2008
At least 10,000 people were killed when an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude on the Richter scale hit the south-western Chinese province of Sichuan at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. The death toll is climbing continu...
Major train crash causes anger in China
By Carol Divjak, May 8, 2008
China’s worst rail disaster for more than a decade occurred in the early morning of April 28, when an express passenger train travelling from Beijing to the coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong p...
Repression in Tibet: the class issues
By the Editorial Board, April 15, 2008
The Chinese regime’s repression in Tibet has been thrust into the international limelight by a series of protests in cities around the world, criticisms of Beijing’s actions by Western powers and ...
西藏的镇压: 阶级问题
By the Editorial Board, April 15, 2008
The Chinese regime’s repression in Tibet has been thrust into the international limelight by a series of protests in cities around the world, criticisms of Beijing’s actions by Western powers and ...
Losses mount in Chinese export industry
By Alex Lantier, April 14, 2008
Light export industries in China are continuing to face massive losses, shedding jobs and moving operations either abroad or to lower-wage regions of China. The immediate triggers of the downturn&mdas...
Letters on the Beijing Olympics protest
April 12, 2008
The following is a selection of letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site in response to the article, “The dubious politics behind the Beijing Olympics protests”
