ChinaПн, 27 янв

 
 
1. The Chinese government is cracking down on predatory law enforcementЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
Extortion by local officials causes a lot of anger

2. Estate agents in China are trying everything to sell flatsЧт, 27 мар[-/+]
You can place your deposit in bushels of wheat or strings of garlic

3. Chinese hackers are getting bigger, better and stealthierВт, 25 мар[-/+]
Experts say it is the main shift in the cyber-threat landscape in a decade

4. China is developing some startling new kit in its quest to seize TaiwanЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
It could land troops there more speedily than ever

5. Why China hates the Panama Canal deal, but still may not block itЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
Xi Jinping might need to lose some to win some

6. Ageism is rampant in Chinese companiesЧт, 20 мар[-/+]
Never mind the middle-aged; millennials beware

7. Hong Kong’s taxi drivers are told to smile moreЧт, 13 мар[-/+]
A courtesy campaign seeks to attract more tourists

8. American politics prompt some Chinese to explore historical taboosЧт, 13 мар[-/+]
Comparisons with the Cultural Revolution abound

9. China’s super-smart Tesla-killersЧт, 13 мар[-/+]
Carmakers are pushing for autonomous driving’s “ChatGPT moment”

10. A new film is breaking box-office records in ChinaЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
“Ne Zha 2” shows how the mood inside the country is changing

11. Chinese warships circumnavigate another island: AustraliaЧт, 06 мар[-/+]
An ominous new display of long-range naval power

12. China’s leaders reveal their plan to cope with 2025Ср, 05 мар[-/+]
Beating trade wars and deflation and boosting science are priorities

13. This week is a moment of truth for Xi Jinping on deflationВс, 02 мар[-/+]
The budget will show how the Party plans to tackle the dangers China faces

14. The AfD’s unusual China connectionЧт, 27 фев[-/+]
Alice Weidel, leader of Germany’s AfD, spent six years in the People’s Republic

15. Who works where, doing what, in ChinaЧт, 27 фев[-/+]
A surprising new census shows a workforce being transformed

16. Could there be Chinese troops in Europe?Ср, 26 фев[-/+]
China’s leaders now talk of “a window of opportunity for peace”

17. Chinese authorities try to stop parents gaming the exam system (again)Чт, 20 фев[-/+]
They will go to great lengths to try

18. China’s alarming sex imbalanceЧт, 20 фев[-/+]
By 2027 one in six young Chinese men won’t be able to find a partner

19. Behind DeepSeek lies a dazzling Chinese universityСр, 19 фев[-/+]
It models itself on Stanford, and is in the tech hotspot of Hangzhou

20. Panama symbolises the Sino-American struggle for influenceЧт, 13 фев[-/+]
The superpowers use soft and hard power

21. Hail China’s new “ice-and-snow economy”Чт, 13 фев[-/+]
The country is betting on winter sports and tourism to boost growth in its rustbelt

22. Tensions with the West are fuelling China’s anxiety about food suppliesЧт, 13 фев[-/+]
Grain pains are growing

23. Cuts in American aid are crippling groups promoting rights in ChinaЧт, 06 фев[-/+]
Some aid money has been very well spent

24. Donald Trump’s new trade war with China is also an opioid warВс, 02 фев[-/+]
The president claims that drugs are poisoning geopolitics

25. The bad side-effects of China’s campaign to cut drug costsЧт, 30 янв[-/+]
Poor quality is one. An angry public is another

26. China needs its frightened officials to save the economyЧт, 30 янв[-/+]
After years of being hounded by anti-graft authorities, many are too afraid to act

27. America and China are talking. But much gets lost in translationВт, 28 янв[-/+]
How linguistic differences complicate relations between the great powers

28. The early days of the Trump administration, as viewed from ChinaЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
A good start, but it could get worse quickly

29. It’s a good time to be an astrologer in ChinaЧт, 23 янв[-/+]
In the face of hardship, the country’s youth are embracing superstition

30. How (un)popular is China’s Communist Party?Чт, 23 янв[-/+]
As the economy falters and the social compact frays, Xi Jinping wants to know

31. An outrage that even China’s supine media has called outЧт, 16 янв[-/+]
Anger is growing over a form of detention linked to torture and deaths

32. Why foreign law firms are leaving ChinaЧт, 16 янв[-/+]
A number of them are in motion to vacate

33. An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its nameЧт, 16 янв[-/+]
“Made in China 2025” has been a success, but at what cost?

34. A pay rise for government workers sparks anger and envy in ChinaЧт, 09 янв[-/+]
The effort to improve morale has not had the intended effect

35. A big earthquake causes destruction in TibetЧт, 09 янв[-/+]
Dozens are dead, thousands of buildings have been destroyed

36. Militant Uyghurs in Syria threaten the Chinese governmentЧт, 09 янв[-/+]
How much does China have to fear?

37. Does China have the fiscal firepower to rescue its economy?Чт, 09 янв[-/+]
There is a fierce debate over whether it can afford to keep spending

38. China approves the world’s most expensive infrastructure projectЧт, 02 янв[-/+]
It has China’s neighbours on edge

39. Xi Jinping has much to worry about in 2025Вт, 31 дек 2024[-/+]
A struggling economy, rising social tensions and Donald Trump will test China’s leader

40. How China turns members of its diaspora into spiesЧт, 26 дек 2024[-/+]
America is on the hunt for these non-traditional agents. But its efforts risk backfiring

41. How to get a free meal in ChinaЧт, 19 дек 2024[-/+]
As the economy slows, more restaurants are offering food to those in need

42. China’s economy is in for another rough yearВт, 17 дек 2024[-/+]
Bold action is needed to turn things around

43. Why China is losing interest in EnglishЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
Learning the world’s lingua franca is no longer a priority for students or businessmen

44. China cracks down on Karate-chopping cleaning ladiesЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
The government doesn’t want people to be excessively entertained

45. Chinese hackers are deep inside America’s telecoms networksЧт, 12 дек 2024[-/+]
Rooting them out is proving a challenge

46. MAGA with Chinese characteristicsПн, 09 дек 2024[-/+]
Why many in China cheer for Donald Trump, despite his tariffs and team of hawks

47. Chinese women are making themselves heard on the big screenЧт, 05 дек 2024[-/+]
A hilarious and heart-rending new film explores feminist themes

48. Will China’s “green Great Wall” save it from encroaching sands?Чт, 05 дек 2024[-/+]
A big part of it has just been completed. Its effect is hotly debated

49. Fresh doubts about China’s ability to invade TaiwanЧт, 05 дек 2024[-/+]
How corruption in the PLA is changing the calculations of analysts

50. China suffers eruptions from its simmering discontentsЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
Amid random violence and increasing protests, fears mount for social stability

51. Wegovy hits the People’s Republic, at lastЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
China mainlines “Musk’s miracle medicine”, at a fraction of the cost in America

52. China’s government is badgering women to have babiesЧт, 28 ноя 2024[-/+]
It is testing an expanded pro-natalist playbook

53. Trump, trade and feeding China’s pigsЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
As a trade war looms, China looks to cut its reliance on America

54. Helping America’s hawks get inside the head of Xi JinpingЧт, 21 ноя 2024[-/+]
China’s leader is a risk-taker. How far will he go in confronting America?

55. Snuffing out the flame of freedom in Hong KongВт, 19 ноя 2024[-/+]
Dozens of pro-democracy activists are thrown into jail for up to a decade

56. A spate of horrific car-rammings shakes ChinaЧт, 14 ноя 2024[-/+]
They are known as “revenge on society” attacks

57. China’s greatest dumpling runЧт, 14 ноя 2024[-/+]
A big gathering of young cyclists is ended by officials

58. Mega-polluter China believes it is a climate saviourВт, 12 ноя 2024[-/+]
It accounts for almost 40% of global investment in clean energy

59. China’s stimulus falls short, as a showdown with Trump loomsПт, 08 ноя 2024[-/+]
The country’s rulers may be saving their fiscal ammunition in case of a trade war

60. Is the return of Donald Trump China’s dream or nightmare?Чт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
His election is a propaganda win, but he poses real dangers for the Communist Party

61. Chinese netizens wonder if their economy is in “garbage time”Чт, 07 ноя 2024[-/+]
As the government tries to stimulate growth, some gloomily ponder the long term

62. In some areas of military strength, China has surpassed AmericaПн, 04 ноя 2024[-/+]
The modernisation of the PLA is proceeding at an extraordinary pace

63. China rounds up Batman, Donald Trump and the BuddhaЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
Young people in fancy dress are spooking the Chinese government

64. A new intellectual hub for Chinese emigres in WashingtonЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
With little space for free expression in Xi Jinping’s China, liberals are opening forums abroad

65. North Korea’s aid to Russia raises difficult questions in ChinaЧт, 31 окт 2024[-/+]
Officials in Beijing fear they are losing leverage over their neighbours

66. Why China may be saving its bazooka for Donald TrumpВт, 29 окт 2024[-/+]
The Communist Party may be hoarding fiscal firepower to offset a possible trade war

67. A female comedian has Chinese men up in armsЧт, 24 окт 2024[-/+]
They are proving to be a rather prickly bunch

68. How China is trying to win back foreign touristsЧт, 24 окт 2024[-/+]
Come, spend, don’t worry about a visa

69. Ambiguity or madness? Where Harris and Trump stand on ChinaСр, 23 окт 2024[-/+]
The vice-president makes no promise to defend Taiwan; her rival boasts of being crazy

70. China makes love and war with TaiwanЧт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
The government in Beijing tests the armed forces—and its own messaging

71. In China, fib online and find outЧт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
The police are punishing those who engage in even idle boasts

72. Do amateurs regret jumping into China’s frenzied stockmarkets?Чт, 17 окт 2024[-/+]
Some have made small fortunes, others have lost everything

73. Does China welcome—or dread—an Iran-Israel war?Вт, 15 окт 2024[-/+]
It wants American interests to suffer, but not at any price

74. How to escape from China to AmericaВт, 08 окт 2024[-/+]
We travel with Chinese migrants on the deadly journey to America’s border

75. Michael Kovrig, former hostage of the Chinese stateПт, 04 окт 2024[-/+]
Three years after his release, the Canadian tells his story to The Economist

76. Why China is awash in unwanted milkЧт, 03 окт 2024[-/+]
Dairy farmers are dumping the stuff, as some call for culling cows

77. Worries of a Soviet-style collapse keep Xi Jinping up at nightПн, 30 сен 2024[-/+]
China’s Communists have now been in power longer than the Soviets

78. A missile test by China marks its growing nuclear ambitionsПт, 27 сен 2024[-/+]
America worries that it is looking to surpass its own capabilities one day

79. Xi Jinping wants to stifle thinking at a top Chinese think-tankЧт, 26 сен 2024[-/+]
No more gloomy thoughts about the economy

80. Another attack on a Japanese local points to a big problem in ChinaЧт, 26 сен 2024[-/+]
Has anti-Japanese xenophobia gone too far?

81. A new class struggle is brewing in ChinaПн, 23 сен 2024[-/+]
As the economy falters, resentment between social groups is growing

82. China has freed an American pastor. Does it want anything in return?Чт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
The move followed much pleading by American officials

83. A typhoon hits Shanghai and the Chinese economy groansЧт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
Consumers are stuck inside during a three-day holiday

84. By raising the retirement age, has China created a care crisis?Чт, 19 сен 2024[-/+]
Older women tend to look after the country’s young children

85. Anger abounds as China raises its strikingly low retirement ageВт, 17 сен 2024[-/+]
Old people will have to toil a little longer, assuming they can keep their jobs

86. China is beating America in the nuclear-energy raceЧт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
They have pioneered a new generation of reactor

87. Why China banned international adoptionsЧт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
Much has changed since the programme was started

88. Can Xi Jinping take Hong Kong “from stability to prosperity”?Чт, 12 сен 2024[-/+]
A fixation on security may cost the city in the long term

89. How to get kicked out of China’s Communist PartyЧт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
Officials are trying to expel slackers and the superstitious

90. Liberalism is far from dead in ChinaЧт, 05 сен 2024[-/+]
Despite an intense clampdown, it may even be drawing more adherents

91. Why Xi Jinping is envious of his predecessorЧт, 29 авг 2024[-/+]
China’s ruler would like to grab Deng Xiaoping’s legacy

92. China’s new age of swagger and paranoiaСр, 28 авг 2024[-/+]
It wants to be a “strong tiger” not a “fat cat”

93. Is Xi Jinping an AI doomer?Вс, 25 авг 2024[-/+]
China’s elite is split over artificial intelligence

94. Millions of Chinese people play guandan. Is that good or bad?Чт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
The Communist Party is torn on the merits of the popular card game

95. Why are VPNs getting slower in China?Чт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
The government seems increasingly uneasy about people leaping over the great firewall

96. In China’s “median city” people are surprisingly risk-averseЧт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
Our columnist travels there to ask ordinary people two mega-questions

97. Time for China to get serious about its methane emissionsЧт, 22 авг 2024[-/+]
Officials mull a future of less coal and fewer cows—and don’t like it

98. China’s rulers are surprised by Kamala Harris and Tim WalzВс, 18 авг 2024[-/+]
One has never been to China, the other has visited 30 times

99. Colin Huang, China’s richest manСб, 17 авг 2024[-/+]
He is the kind of tech billionaire the Communist Party can accept

100. China’s wealthy elite rigs its university arms raceЧт, 15 авг 2024[-/+]
Children from poor and rural areas have little hope of keeping up with their rich counterparts

101. A gruesome corpse scandal sparks outrage in ChinaЧт, 15 авг 2024[-/+]
The government’s reaction has been to stifle any discussion of 4,000 stolen bodies

102. How China thrives in a world of turmoilЧт, 15 авг 2024[-/+]
The guerrilla tactics of the Long March guide the Communist Party to this day

103. One way to turbocharge the Chinese economyЧт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
Why won’t the government give farmers more freedom to sell their homes?

104. How China views the popular uprising in BangladeshЧт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
The government is quiet. Others blame America

105. China develops a divorced dating sceneЧт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
Older Chinese looking to remarry face revealing obstacles

106. China’s new plan for tracking people onlineЧт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
Is a digital-ID proposal meant to protect consumers or the Communist Party?

107. China is now the world leader in coffee shopsЧт, 08 авг 2024[-/+]
But the average Chinese person still guzzles much less than a typical American

108. Which Olympic sports is China good at?Чт, 01 авг 2024[-/+]
The country’s athletes seem to prefer competing indoors and as individuals

109. To revive the economy, China wants consumers to buy better stuffЧт, 01 авг 2024[-/+]
It is offering them money to do so

110. When China hides disasters in a memory holeЧт, 01 авг 2024[-/+]
A revealing attempt to forget a terrible plane crash

111. China is itching to mine the ocean floorВс, 28 июл 2024[-/+]
It wants to dominate critical-mineral supply chains

112. China unveils its new economic visionЧт, 25 июл 2024[-/+]
It promises many reforms, but remains ambivalent about the role of the market

113. The nationalism of ideasЧт, 25 июл 2024[-/+]
Xi Jinping wants Chinese systems of knowledge, free of Western values

114. The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightensСр, 24 июл 2024[-/+]
Even advocating press freedom begins to seem a bad career move

115. China’s ruling party sets out its vision of economic reformЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
The party sees no need for a decisive break with the past

116. When party propaganda falls flatЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
To control ethnic Mongolians, Xi Jinping revives a Mao-era tool

117. A spectre looms over Hong Kong’s property marketЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
Why mortgage payments in the city can be ghoulishly expensive

118. Fury erupts in China over a food-safety scandalЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
Rare investigative journalism touches a raw public nerve

119. The No.1 reason for success in China? ConnectionsЧт, 18 июл 2024[-/+]
People are starting to blame inequality on the system, not idleness

120. Xi Jinping is trying to love-bomb China’s entrepreneursВт, 16 июл 2024[-/+]
It will take a lot more to win back their broken hearts

121. China views America’s presidential nightmare with mirth—and disquietЧт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
Some Chinese are rooting for Gavin Newsom to become the Democratic candidate

122. Songs, pandas and praise for Xi: how China courts young TaiwaneseЧт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
Come for the hot pot, endure the propaganda

123. China is using archaeology as a weaponЧт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
The state is unearthing ancient justifications for its rule over Xinjiang

124. What China means when it says “peace”Чт, 11 июл 2024[-/+]
From Ukraine to Gaza, China sees a chance to promote an ultra-realist worldview

125. China takes a step to curb anti-Japanese rhetoric onlineЧт, 04 июл 2024[-/+]
The government cultivates extreme nationalism on the web. But it wants it to stay there

126. How to provoke the fury of Xi JinpingЧт, 04 июл 2024[-/+]
Two former generals are accused of betraying the Communist Party

127. China is struck by floods and drought—at the same timeПн, 01 июл 2024[-/+]
A looming water crisis threatens everything from data centres to farms

128. Roxie, one of China’s few lesbian bars, closes its doorsЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
Yet another sign that life is getting harder for gay people in the country

129. Health-care reform is upending the lives of China’s doctorsЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
As a result, many are looking towards the private sector

130. China’s probe returns from the far side of the moonЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
Scientists hope that the samples it collected will help answer age-old questions

131. This week China could rethink its economic policyЧт, 27 июн 2024[-/+]
The minutes of a party meeting show voices in favour of bolder reform

132. China’s revealing struggle with childhood myopiaЧт, 20 июн 2024[-/+]
Anxious parents don’t want to let children play outdoors and do less schoolwork

133. China doesn’t want people flaunting their wealthЧт, 20 июн 2024[-/+]
Especially not on the internet

134. China wants to export education, tooЧт, 20 июн 2024[-/+]
It sees international schools as a service to expatriates—and a source of soft power

135. China and Russia have chilling plans for the ArcticСр, 19 июн 2024[-/+]
The two autocracies dream of creating a “polar silk road”

136. Li Qiang and China look to make up with AustraliaЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
The superpower is seeking to ease tensions with at least some of America’s allies

137. Foreign judges are fed up with Hong Kong’s political environmentЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
Three have left the city’s highest court this month

138. China is going crazy for duriansЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
Locals love the pungent fruit. The government sees an opportunity

139. Why China takes young Tibetans from their familiesЧт, 13 июн 2024[-/+]
Visiting a Tibetan region where children must attend Chinese-language boarding schools

140. China unites America and Europe in alarmЧт, 06 июн 2024[-/+]
But they don’t agree on the solution

141. Changes to China’s gaokao exam are about politics, not fairnessЧт, 06 июн 2024[-/+]
Extra points for minority students are going away

142. Watch out Beijing, China’s second-tier cities are on the upЧт, 06 июн 2024[-/+]
Eight great ones embody growth, optimism and the good life

143. It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s a Chinese flying carЧт, 06 июн 2024[-/+]
China is developing the vehicles faster than any other country

144. The evolution of forced labour in XinjiangЧт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
China has wound down its re-education camps, but is still using work to remould the thinking of Uyghurs

145. Has China reached peak emissions?Чт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
It hopes to de-link its carbon emissions from economic growth

146. Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activistsЧт, 30 мая 2024[-/+]
The ruling acts as a warning: dissent and pay the price

147. How China uses Russia to chew up the UNВт, 28 мая 2024[-/+]
As Russia threatens to paralyse the UN Security Council, China stands back

148. Why Hong Kong is sending its old people to GuangdongЧт, 23 мая 2024[-/+]
Gardens and bigger rooms await

149. The number of American students in China is going up againЧт, 23 мая 2024[-/+]
But it pales in comparison to the number of Chinese students in America

150. Even Xi Jinping is struggling to fix regional inequalityВт, 21 мая 2024[-/+]
Will China’s vast hinterland ever catch up with its wealthy coast?

151. How Taiwan still hangs on to property in bits of ChinaЧт, 16 мая 2024[-/+]
Reverence for a pre-Communist leader may make China stay its hand

152. The Xi-Putin partnership is not a marriage of convenienceСр, 15 мая 2024[-/+]
It is one of vital, long-term necessity

153. Why young Russian women appear so eager to marry Chinese menЧт, 09 мая 2024[-/+]
They speak fluent Mandarin and love China. Shame they are fake

154. In today’s China, to get rich is perilousЧт, 09 мая 2024[-/+]
Business sectors can be praised one day and banned the next

155. Visiting Europe, Xi Jinping brings up an old grievanceПн, 06 мая 2024[-/+]
In marking the bombing of China’s embassy in Belgrade, Mr Xi is sending a message to America

156. The Chinese scientist who sequenced covid is barred from his labЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
The Communist Party is still hounding experts whose work might expose its pandemic missteps

157. Why China’s companies are recruiting their own militiasЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
Officials want to keep things calm in an era of slowing growth

158. China mulls a bold test of taxation without representationЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
With revenue declining, its leaders must figure out how to collect more money

159. China and America trade blame for a world on fireЧт, 02 мая 2024[-/+]
A global contest is under way to recruit like-minded countries as supporters

160. Why China is unlikely to restrain IranЧт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
Officials in Beijing are looking out for China’s interests, not anyone else’s

161. China’s young people are rushing to buy goldЧт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
They seek security in troubled times

162. China’s ties with Russia are growing more solidЧт, 25 апр 2024[-/+]
Our columnist visits a future Russian outpost in China’s most advanced spaceport

163. How Chinese networks clean dirty money on a vast scaleПн, 22 апр 2024[-/+]
These shadowy “banks” are becoming the financiers of choice for transnational criminal gangs

164. The dark side of growing oldЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
A coming wave of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia will test China to its limits

165. Examining the fluff that frustrates northern ChinaЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
An effort to improve the environment has had unintended consequences

166. China is talking to Taiwan’s next leader, just not directlyЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
Officials in Beijing want the island’s new president to be more like one from the past

167. Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find workЧт, 18 апр 2024[-/+]
Our number-crunching suggests that their plight could be much worse than previously thought

168. What Ramadan is like in XinjiangЧт, 11 апр 2024[-/+]
Our columnist visits a harshly controlled region

169. Will China’s ties with Israel survive the Gaza war?Ср, 10 апр 2024[-/+]
Some Israelis are rethinking the country that refuses to call Hamas a terrorist group

170. China’s high-stakes struggle to defy demographic disasterВт, 09 апр 2024[-/+]
The Communist Party puts its faith in robots, gene-therapy and bathing services

171. How China’s political clans might determine its futureЧт, 04 апр 2024[-/+]
The descendants of those who fought with Mao will help choose the country’s next ruler

172. China’s tin-eared approach to the worldЧт, 04 апр 2024[-/+]
It wanted countries to focus on interests, not values. Careful what you wish for

173. Who is up and who is down on China’s economic teamСр, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
Xi Jinping is in charge. The rest need sorting

174. A gruesome murder sparks a debate about juvenile justice in ChinaСр, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
A system that had become more merciful is being tested

175. Chinese nationalists have issues with “3 Body Problem”Ср, 27 мар 2024[-/+]
The show is a hit in the West. But its history lesson is not for everyone

176. What to make of China’s massive cyber-espionage campaignВт, 26 мар 2024[-/+]
America and others offer rich details of what Chinese spies are up to

177. China’s low-fertility trapЧт, 21 мар 2024[-/+]
The one-child policy may be gone, but its harmful effects linger

178. Even China’s own state media sometimes resent state controlЧт, 21 мар 2024[-/+]
Censorship of a deadly explosion causes ructions among local journalists

179. America is concerned about social media. China is, tooЧт, 21 мар 2024[-/+]
Most Chinese get their news from such platforms. The Communist Party is paying attention

180. Hong Kong passes a security law that its masters scarcely needВт, 19 мар 2024[-/+]
But the city’s clampdown on dissent will please officials in Beijing

181. A toast to the possible end of Chinese tariffs on Australian wineЧт, 14 мар 2024[-/+]
Officials in Beijing appear to be done fermenting trouble

182. Is China a climate saint or villain?Вт, 12 мар 2024[-/+]
It is supercharging the green transition—while burning mountains of coal

183. Why China’s confidence crisis goes unfixedЧт, 07 мар 2024[-/+]
In 2024, to acknowledge public gloom is to doubt Xi Jinping

184. China’s satellites are improving rapidly. Its army will benefitЧт, 07 мар 2024[-/+]
Watch out, American warships

185. China’s parliament is being used to highlight Xi Jinping’s powerЧт, 07 мар 2024[-/+]
The gathering reveals much about the woeful state of the country’s politics and economy

186. China will struggle to meet its new growth targetВт, 05 мар 2024[-/+]
Xi Jinping’s aversion to stimulus is holding it back

187. Crunch time for Xi Jinping at China’s annual political meetingВс, 03 мар 2024[-/+]
New growth targets will be set as thousands of delegates gather in Beijing

188. China tells bankers to be more patrioticЧт, 29 фев 2024[-/+]
Financiers from 200 years ago are wheeled out as role models

189. Living outside China has become more like living inside ChinaВт, 27 фев 2024[-/+]
The Communist Party is trying to tighten its grip on the Chinese diaspora

190. Xi Jinping plays social engineerЧт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
Inside the Communist Party’s campaign to spread civilised habits

191. Why fake research is rampant in ChinaЧт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
Eleven students aim to set a better example

192. A nationalist effort to rebrand the Chinese dragonЧт, 22 фев 2024[-/+]
Officials in Beijing want a more friendly symbol for their country

193. How scared is China of Donald Trump’s return?Ср, 21 фев 2024[-/+]
60% tariffs are a danger, yet some Chinese nationalists are cheering him on

194. Hong Kong is struggling to restore its image as a global cityЧт, 15 фев 2024[-/+]
Efforts have been tripped up by nationalists

195. How China stifles dissent without a KGB or Stasi of its ownЧт, 15 фев 2024[-/+]
A secret policeman on every street

196. China is trying to boost domestic tourismЧт, 15 фев 2024[-/+]
Even “China’s Hawaii” may not tempt them

197. Xi Jinping’s paranoia is making China isolated and insularПн, 12 фев 2024[-/+]
From his personal travel plans to capital flows, cross-border exchange is shrinking

198. Xi Jinping’s chaos-loving friendsЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
Why is stability-obsessed China aligned with Iran, North Korea and Russia?

199. Protests are soaring, as China’s workers demand their wagesЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
They are coming up with creative stunts to put pressure on companies

200. An espionage case hurts Chinese relations with AustraliaЧт, 08 фев 2024[-/+]
The mysterious story of Yang Hengjun who is now sentenced to death

201. Can China’s consumers save its economy?Вт, 06 фев 2024[-/+]
Our number-crunching suggests economic “rebalancing” will be exceptionally hard

202. Hard times for China’s micro-industrialistsЧт, 01 фев 2024[-/+]
A rural hub for children’s bicycle-making adjusts to a world with fewer kids

203. Watching “The Shawshank Redemption” on stage in ChinaЧт, 01 фев 2024[-/+]
Why wasn’t this banned?

204. Is China a winner from the Red Sea attacks?Чт, 01 фев 2024[-/+]
China seeks to reap political benefits from the new Suez crisis

205. Hong Kong gets a second draconian security lawСр, 31 янв 2024[-/+]
John Lee thinks foreign powers are still trying to overthrow his government

206. Why skipping ropes are so expensive in ChinaЧт, 25 янв 2024[-/+]
A new reason for parents to be angry with the education system

207. Xi Jinping looks abroad for confidenceЧт, 25 янв 2024[-/+]
The West’s wobbles have China feeling vindicated

208. At a UN review, China basks in the flattery of friendly countriesЧт, 25 янв 2024[-/+]
While dismissing criticism as lies

209. A new diplomatic struggle is unfolding over TaiwanЧт, 25 янв 2024[-/+]
It could give China better legal cover for an invasion

210. Hong Kong is becoming less of an international cityЧт, 25 янв 2024[-/+]
As foreigners leave, people from the mainland are taking their place

211. How China’s public views Taiwan’s electionsЧт, 18 янв 2024[-/+]
Ordinary Chinese express no eagerness for war, but back threats of force

212. How China is making the burger its ownЧт, 18 янв 2024[-/+]
Duck, pork, tofu—what will it be?

213. China’s leaders are less popular than they might thinkВт, 16 янв 2024[-/+]
A clever new poll unearths more discontent with Xi Jinping than had been assumed

214. Why China’s government is hushing up court rulingsПн, 15 янв 2024[-/+]
Xi Jinping’s fresh attack on the rule of law

215. A comical effort by China’s intelligence agencyЧт, 11 янв 2024[-/+]
Will a new cartoon convince people to look out for spies?

216. Nostalgia for China’s boom years drives a TV hitЧт, 11 янв 2024[-/+]
A drama series presents 1990s capitalists as heroes, not villains

217. Xi Jinping is struggling to stamp out graft in the PLAЧт, 11 янв 2024[-/+]
How will it affect China’s fighting ability?

218. China heaps pressure on Taiwan ahead of a big electionСр, 10 янв 2024[-/+]
Choose our favoured candidate or suffer the consequences, hints the mainland

219. For China, Taiwan’s elections are a looming crisisЧт, 04 янв 2024[-/+]
Xi Jinping wants Joe Biden to constrain Taiwan’s democracy for him

220. Millions of Chinese have embraced skiingЧт, 04 янв 2024[-/+]
The country has seen a post-pandemic boom in winter sports

221. Xi Jinping and China face another tough yearВт, 02 янв 2024[-/+]
Amid numerous challenges, will the government be able to keep a lid on dissent?

222. China’s quest to become a robot superpowerСр, 20 дек 2023[-/+]
As its population shrinks, China hopes machines can pick up the slack

223. Why China’s rulers fear Genghis KhanСр, 20 дек 2023[-/+]
Repression reaches one of China’s quirkiest ethnic communities

224. The unfair trial of Jimmy Lai begins in Hong KongПн, 18 дек 2023[-/+]
The outspoken media tycoon will be punished for supporting democracy

225. China’s cities compete for kidsЧт, 14 дек 2023[-/+]
Enlightened self-interest nudges rich places to woo rural families

226. Macau, China’s sin city, wants to be more like Las VegasЧт, 14 дек 2023[-/+]
A fortune is on the line

227. The world continues to garble the name and title of Xi JinpingЧт, 14 дек 2023[-/+]
President Zee he is not

228. The dangers of carrying a child for someone else in ChinaПн, 11 дек 2023[-/+]
For a shrinking country, China’s approach to surrogacy is self-defeating

229. China and the EU risk a trade warЧт, 07 дек 2023[-/+]
Massive Chinese overcapacity in electric cars is a giant political risk for Europe

230. Henry Kissinger, a statesman beyond reproach, in China at leastЧт, 07 дек 2023[-/+]
Why there is little talk of war crimes among the Chinese

231. Why Agnes Chow fled Hong Kong and isn’t likely to returnЧт, 07 дек 2023[-/+]
She and other activists resent the government’s coercive tactics

232. Could China, Russia’s “no-limits” friend, help rebuild Ukraine?Чт, 07 дек 2023[-/+]
How big a role might it play in post-war reconstruction?

233. China’s economy is suffering from long covidЧт, 30 ноя 2023[-/+]
Revealing gloom on the streets of an ordinary Chinese city

234. China is building nuclear reactors faster than any other countryЧт, 30 ноя 2023[-/+]
Can its scientists solve the fusion problem?

235. China is struggling with a surge of respiratory ailmentsЧт, 30 ноя 2023[-/+]
The stress on hospitals points to old problems

236. Will China save the planet or destroy it?Пн, 27 ноя 2023[-/+]
The country’s carbon emissions will soon peak. Then comes the hard part

237. China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime societyЧт, 23 ноя 2023[-/+]
The truth is more complicated

238. Why Xi Jinping sounds friendlier to AmericaЧт, 23 ноя 2023[-/+]
A tactical move to boost China’s economic and diplomatic interests

239. A year on from the white-paper protests, China looks much differentЧт, 23 ноя 2023[-/+]
A participant considers their impact

240. China’s enormous surveillance state is still growingЧт, 23 ноя 2023[-/+]
Its citizens don’t seem to mind

241. Xi Jinping repeats imperial China’s mistakesЧт, 16 ноя 2023[-/+]
Lessons of a loyalty test that stifled innovation

242. China’s shoppers are gloomy and pickyЧт, 16 ноя 2023[-/+]
They want to spend on pets and sports, not makeup or perfume

243. Joe Biden and Xi Jinping rediscover the joy of talking. GoodЧт, 16 ноя 2023[-/+]
Military contacts between America and China resume. Will they last?

244. A Chinese dispute with the Philippines is a test of AmericaЧт, 09 ноя 2023[-/+]
China yearns to expose its rival as an unreliable ally

245. China wants women to stay home and bear childrenЧт, 09 ноя 2023[-/+]
Xi Jinping shares his vision for a patriarchal society

246. The people of Hong Kong are growing more tolerantЧт, 09 ноя 2023[-/+]
Their government is not

247. Xi Jinping wants China to have better toiletsЧт, 09 ноя 2023[-/+]
But his power has limits

248. How China’s delivery drivers quietly fight to improve their lotЧт, 02 ноя 2023[-/+]
Sometimes there is a good reason that food ordered in Beijing doesn’t arrive

249. Why Chinese mourn Li Keqiang, their former prime ministerЧт, 02 ноя 2023[-/+]
Missing the Communist Party that sought legitimacy through technocratic performance

250. China and Bhutan aim to resolve a long-running border disputeЧт, 02 ноя 2023[-/+]
That has caused India to worry about its own territory and a loss of influence

251. Xi Jinping is trying to fuse the ideologies of Marx and ConfuciusЧт, 02 ноя 2023[-/+]
A new television show places them at the centre of Chinese culture

252. How China sees GazaЧт, 26 окт 2023[-/+]
A blow to Chinese hubris in the Middle East, but a chance to bash America

253. Rumours swirl after China’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, is sackedЧт, 26 окт 2023[-/+]
The government is trickling out news of a political bombshell

254. Why China and India are watching the Dalai Lama closelyЧт, 26 окт 2023[-/+]
As he ages, his movements and health are under scrutiny

255. Xi Jinping wants to be loved by the global southЧт, 19 окт 2023[-/+]
China presented the Belt and Road Forum as an oasis of peace in a dangerous world

256. A landslip in Hong Kong fuels resentment of the richЧт, 19 окт 2023[-/+]
Grand houses sprawl beyond their plots

257. Chinese feminists are rebuilding their movement abroadЧт, 19 окт 2023[-/+]
Stand-up comedy is one means of resistance

258. China is educating engineers around the worldЧт, 19 окт 2023[-/+]
Its technical schools are less controversial than its Confucius Institutes

259. China’s ties with America are warming, a bitЧт, 12 окт 2023[-/+]
Xi Jinping may be on a charm offensive, but America remains the villain

260. Babysitting duties are stressing China’s grandparentsЧт, 12 окт 2023[-/+]
Having three generations under one roof is no longer the solution to child care

261. Xi Jinping bumps up the share prices of firms he visitsЧт, 12 окт 2023[-/+]
But the effect is brief

262. Amid turmoil in China’s property market, the public seethesЧт, 12 окт 2023[-/+]
Anger is turning against the tycoons who profited from a house-building boom

263. Many of the world’s new mpox cases are in ChinaЧт, 05 окт 2023[-/+]
Conservatism and nationalism are blocking efforts to curb the disease’s spread

264. An unusual museum in China is dedicated to Vinegar JoeЧт, 05 окт 2023[-/+]
Xi Jinping has a soft spot for the second-world-war general

265. Communist rappers are luring young disgruntled ChineseПн, 02 окт 2023[-/+]
The party’s youth wing is growing inside companies

266. China’s persecution of Uyghurs extends to those it once favouredЧт, 28 сен 2023[-/+]
The punishment of Rahile Dawut speaks volumes

267. After an unsuccessful boycott, women’s tennis is back in ChinaЧт, 28 сен 2023[-/+]
The governing body admits defeat in its push for women’s rights

268. Politics hamper China’s efforts to stimulate the economyЧт, 28 сен 2023[-/+]
The prime minister is weak and the president frugal

269. China wants to be the leader of the global southЧт, 21 сен 2023[-/+]
An unusual speech in Cuba gives hints about its grand plan

270. How China uses UNESCO to rewrite historyЧт, 21 сен 2023[-/+]
The country’s heritage sites often reinforce the Communist Party’s view of the past

271. China tells its citizens to be on the lookout for spiesЧт, 21 сен 2023[-/+]
They’re everywhere, says the local intelligence agency

272. The disappearance of China’s defence minister raises big questionsСр, 20 сен 2023[-/+]
Officials selected by Xi Jinping are going down. What does that say about his judgment?

273. The mystery surrounding China’s missing defence ministerПт, 15 сен 2023[-/+]
His absence raises questions about Xi Jinping’s judgment

274. Xi Jinping builds a 21st-century police stateЧт, 14 сен 2023[-/+]
A draft law gives rank-and-file officers new, arbitrary powers

275. China’s government launches a campaign against medical corruptionЧт, 14 сен 2023[-/+]
But it may not tackle the roots of the problem

276. China’s push to create a single national identityЧт, 14 сен 2023[-/+]
Inner Mongolia is the latest target

277. A Chinese opera star’s ode to Russia—from a Ukrainian bomb siteЧт, 14 сен 2023[-/+]
Wang Fang’s performance highlights divisions in China

278. The Belt and Road, as seen from ChinaЧт, 07 сен 2023[-/+]
A slowing economy saps public enthusiasm for big projects far from home

279. The path ahead for China’s Belt and Road InitiativeСр, 06 сен 2023[-/+]
Now ten years old, China’s global infrastructure-building plan enters a new stage

280. When China thought America might invadeЧт, 31 авг 2023[-/+]
Economic logic was not enough to stop a ruinous Mao-era drive for self-reliance

281. An old health insurance scheme in China may have saved millionsЧт, 31 авг 2023[-/+]
But there is still plenty of room for improvement

282. China has embraced pets, but animal welfare is still a problemЧт, 31 авг 2023[-/+]
Why is the public largely indifferent to cruelty on farms?

283. China’s Communist Party has co-opted ancient musicЧт, 31 авг 2023[-/+]
The dulcet tones of the guqin come with a message

284. China is stoking anger over Japan’s release of nuclear wastewaterСр, 30 авг 2023[-/+]
The feud may have more to do with politics than health

285. How an amateur football league in China took offЧт, 24 авг 2023[-/+]
Can the host keep up the momentum?

286. The world should study China’s crushing of Hong Kong’s freedomsЧт, 24 авг 2023[-/+]
Repression in Hong Kong is a work in progress, and a revealing window on the party’s worldview

287. The clock is ticking on an old deal between America and ChinaЧт, 24 авг 2023[-/+]
Why Republicans oppose the Science and Technology Co-operation Agreement

288. Why fewer university students are studying MandarinЧт, 24 авг 2023[-/+]
Learning the difficult language does not seem as worthwhile as it once did

289. China’s slowing economy, seen from ground levelЧт, 17 авг 2023[-/+]
A bossy, secretive party is ill-suited to fixing a crisis of consumer confidence

290. China tries to figure out whom a hit song is mockingЧт, 17 авг 2023[-/+]
Dao Lang is insulting someone

291. Keeping tabs on China’s murky maritime manoeuvresВт, 15 авг 2023[-/+]
America and its allies are using whizzy new tools to track China’s military activity and illegal fishing

292. Why Chinese women are denied legal land rightsЧт, 10 авг 2023[-/+]
In the interests of order, the party sides with a reactionary majority

293. Chinese art students scrawled Communist graffiti in London’s Brick LaneЧт, 10 авг 2023[-/+]
Was it protest or propaganda?

294. Northern China has been hit by devastating floodsЧт, 10 авг 2023[-/+]
The official response gives a glimpse of the Beijing government’s priorities

295. Hong Kongers are bracing for an even wider clampdown on dissentПн, 07 авг 2023[-/+]
Officials are sowing fear with vaguely worded warnings against “soft resistance”

296. Xi Jinping’s revealing response to floods and heatwavesПт, 04 авг 2023[-/+]
China’s rulers would rather talk about extreme weather than a changing climate

297. What to make of a surprise shake-up in China’s nuclear forceЧт, 03 авг 2023[-/+]
More of Xi Jinping’s appointees run into trouble

298. What war mobilisation might look like in ChinaЧт, 27 июл 2023[-/+]
Certain preparations would be obvious weeks before an attack on Taiwan

299. In Xi Jinping’s China, central planners ruleЧт, 27 июл 2023[-/+]
When one plan misfires, expect another laid on top

300. Could economic indicators give an early warning of a war over Taiwan?Чт, 27 июл 2023[-/+]
Before any missiles are launched, food and fuel must be bought


 
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