International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

What is left of the Chinese Left?

Au Loong-Yu — 2025-12-26T10:48:24Z

With Trump in power, many parts of the world are swinging to the far right. This is the most pressing challenge we currently face. But what is the situation of the Left in China? And where is the Chinese far right?

- IVP611 - December 2025 / China, Far Right

Two Narratives on the Hong Kong Fire

Au Loong-Yu — 2025-12-24T08:33:58Z

The 26 November 2025 Wang Fu Court fire has a lot of similarity with London's 2017 Grenfell fire. In terms of scale, the former was much bigger – instead of just one building there were seven on fire, and instead of 72 deaths there have been 160 deaths as of now. However, the combustible materials used in renovating the outer walls were the direct cause of both.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Hong Kong, Public services

The social cost of China's resistance to Trump's tariff war

An Dexin, Au Loong-Yu — 2025-07-03T21:04:14Z

Trump's tariffs bullied the whole world. Both Canada and China reacted strongly against them, most countries did not. This garnered a lot of international support for Beijing,. A global poll conducted by Morning Consult showed that in January last year, the U.S. in various countries scored more than 20 points while China scored negatively. However, by the end of May this year, after Trump's “Liberation Day”, the perceptions reversed, with the U.S. at -1.5 and China at +8.8. Many see this as a reflection of people's sympathy with China's resistance to Trump. This comes with a heavy price, however. China's exports have already slowed down since early 2025, and in May it plunged 34.5% year-on-year.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / United States (USA), Economy, China

The National Security Law (NSL) in force: The NSL 47 trial an important landmark in Beijing's annihilation of Hong Kong's autonomy

Au Loong-Yu — 2024-12-22T08:33:44Z

The 47 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong charged in 2021 with trying to overthrow the government by running an unofficial primary to pick opposition candidates for local elections were sentenced on 19 November. Au Loong Yu was interviewed by the World of Labour, Germany about the trial.

- IV599 - December 2024 / Hong Kong

“Frank conversations and the search for consensus are crucial for rebuilding Hong Kong's future democratic movement”

Au Loong-Yu — 2024-08-12T08:51:49Z

In these challenging times, Loong-yu Au, a labour researcher, thinks that frank conversations and the search for consensus are crucial for rebuilding Hong Kong's future democratic movement.

- Features / Hong Kong

The beginning of the end of China's rise?

Au Loong-Yu — 2024-07-24T06:28:51Z

Speaking with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Au discusses the factors that fueled China's phenomenal economic rise, how they have begun to exhaust themselves, and the significance of the White Paper movement, which he argues heralds a new period in Chinese politics.

- IV594 - July 2024 / Economy, China

The Tyranny of State Productivism – On the 2024 China's People's Congress

Au Loong-Yu — 2024-03-21T17:42:01Z

“So the People's Congress has done a great job, again, in reminding the people that with Xi Jinping as their leader no one should worry about anything – he is so good at eliminating problems by eliminating those who report the problems, as the Chinese saying goes.”

- Features / Economy, China

The bubble, the state, and the crooked-mouthed monk: the Chinese property crisis and its culprits

Au Loong-Yu — 2024-01-17T18:04:59Z

In its recent press release, the IMF slightly upgraded its gloomy forecast for China's growth next year from 4.2% to 4.6%, but warned about the continuing “weakness in the property sector.” According to Bloomberg, between 2013 and 2022, the price of new homes sold in 300 Mainland Chinese cities trebled. The long boom in the property market has eventually promoted a big bubble that began to burst in 2021. Prices since then have been falling drastically, and developers are facing big difficulties paying back their loans.

- IV588 - January 2024 / Economy, China

“Opposing US militarisation in the Asia-Pacific should not mean remaining silent on China's emerging imperialism“

Au Loong-Yu — 2023-12-09T06:07:00Z

“Genuine socialists should be people-centred. If someone refuses to see how the CCP treats Chinese working people, and is content with repeating Beijing's propaganda or refuses to listen to the voices of working people, then I would say they are not genuinely socialists.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / China, Taiwan, Imperialism

Grain is the key, sweep away everything else

Au Loong-Yu, Liu Xiang — 2023-08-07T21:02:22Z

'Nongguan' (農管) are a new form of policing that structures China's food production planning.

- IV583 - August 2023 / China, Food crisis