China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
The Americas
Canada’s jade mines boomed on Chinese demand. Now that’s over
Local indigenous groups are happy that jade mines will no longer scar their lands
Asia
Some Taiwanese worry that their lawmakers may sell them out to China
They are protesting against the legislature awarding itself greater powers
Asia
Want to stop a third world war? Pick up the phone
America’s and China’s defence ministers will meet in Singapore. They need to talk more
China
The evolution of forced labour in Xinjiang
China has wound down its re-education camps, but is still using work to remould the thinking of Uyghurs
Culture
Is time more on America’s or China’s side?
A new book offers practical advice about how America can win against China
China
Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists
The ruling acts as a warning: dissent and pay the price
Finance and economics
Xi Jinping’s surprising new source of economic advice
What China’s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics
China
How China uses Russia to chew up the UN
As Russia threatens to paralyse the UN Security Council, China stands back
Business
Japanese businesses are trapped between America and China
Could geopolitics kill off an incipient corporate revival?
China
The number of American students in China is going up again
But it pales in comparison to the number of Chinese students in America
Middle East and Africa
Chinese weapons are taking over in Africa
Sales are helped by low prices and a lack of scruples
Finance and economics
Brazil, India and Mexico are taking on China’s exports
To avoid an economic shock, they are pursuing a strange mix of free trade and protectionism
Finance and economics
How the Chinese state aims to calm the property market
Officials appear willing to spend public money on private capitalists
China
Even Xi Jinping is struggling to fix regional inequality
Will China’s vast hinterland ever catch up with its wealthy coast?