Pakistan
Pakistan: Musharraf’s hypocrisy won’t end violence to women
National Assembly in Pakistan passes a Bill on ’honour killings’.
Asia
Taiwan
Taiwan’s elections: Chen won’t act without Bush
Ahead of Taiwan’s elections on 11 December, Taiwanese socialist Huang Ding-wang who is living abroad gave the following interview to Laurence Coates of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden).
China
China: The Daping mining disaster and “maximising profits”
The final death toll may rise to over a hundred at the Daping coal mine in what is China’s worst mining disaster so far this year.
Myanmar-Burma
Burma: Open split in Burmese Generals’ regime
On Tuesday 19 October, the prime minister of Burma, Khin Nyunt, was forced out of power by the army’s generals and put under house arrest. According to government sources, Khin Nyunt was: "Permitted to retire […]
Myanmar-Burma
Burma: A potential paradise haunted by poverty and war
Ancient kingdom prey to colonial powers
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Bush spin can’t hide the chaos
Tony Blair and George Bush, both seeking re-election, are desperately trying to put a good light on the deteriorating situation in Iraq.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban, warlords and instability
US-sponsored elections regarded "a joke"
Pakistan
Pakistan: A change of face will not solve social and political crisis
Pakistani has its third Prime Minister in two months.
Kashmir
Kashmir: Health workers gear-up for elections after seven years!
"Workers Unity" candidates stand for a fighting, democratic union
China
Announcement: CWI members launch new China website
Defence campaign for imprisoned metalworkers in Liaoyang