COMMENTARY & INTERVIEWS

Elfstrom, Manfred. 2026. “Progressives Should Show Real Solidarity With China.” Foreign Policy. Available at: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/10/progressives-china-beijing-labor-protests-chinamaxxing/.

Elfstrom, Manfred, and Kevin Lin. 2025. “A Question of Strikes.” Asian Labour Review. Available at: https://labourreview.org/a-question-of-strikes/.

Elfstrom, Manfred, and Serhii Shlyapnikov. 2025. “China’s labour movement under fire: An interview with Manfred Elfstrom.” LINKS – International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Available at: https://links.org.au/chinas-labour-movement-under-fire-interview-manfred-elfstrom.

Elfstrom, Manfred. 2022. “Today’s Protests in China Have Been Years in the Making.” Jacobin. Available at: https://jacobin.com/2022/12/protests-china-zero-covid-policy-free-speech.

Franceschini, Ivan, and Manfred Elfstrom. 2021. “Workers and Change in China: A Conversation with Manfred Elfstrom.” Made in China: A Quarterly on Chinese Labour, Civil Society, and Rights 5(3): 143-147.

Elfstrom, Manfred. 2019. “Inside China: Xi’s Risky Power Play.” Democracy Journal 52: 40-48.

Elfstrom, Manfred. 2019. “Can American and Chinese Workers Unite With a Trade War Looming?” The Daily Beast. Available at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-american-and-chinese-workers-unite-with-a-trade-war-looming.

Elfstrom, Manfred 2019. “China’s recent crackdown on labour activists may have little to do with their own actions.” South China Morning Post. Available at: https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2185187/chinas-recent-crackdown-labour-activists-may.