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In China’s “median city” people are surprisingly risk-averse
Our columnist travels there to ask ordinary people two mega-questions
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Why are VPNs getting slower in China?
The government seems increasingly uneasy about people leaping over the great firewall
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Time for China to get serious about its methane emissions
Officials mull a future of less coal and fewer cows—and don’t like it
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Millions of Chinese people play guandan. Is that good or bad?
The Communist Party is torn on the merits of the popular card game
Asia
If a China and America war went nuclear, who would win?
After 45 days of conventional fighting nukes would be tempting, wargamers suggest
Drum Tower
Can state-sponsored vacations change Taiwanese attitudes towards China?
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we examine how the Communist Party attempts to win over young Taiwanese
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China’s rulers are surprised by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
One has never been to China, the other has visited 30 times
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Colin Huang, China’s richest man
He is the kind of tech billionaire the Communist Party can accept
Asia
Taiwan braces for America’s election
For the opposition, a possible Trump victory is another reason to talk to China
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China’s wealthy elite rigs its university arms race
Children from poor and rural areas have little hope of keeping up with their rich counterparts
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A gruesome corpse scandal sparks outrage in China
The government’s reaction has been to stifle any discussion of 4,000 stolen bodies
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How China thrives in a world of turmoil
The guerrilla tactics of the Long March guide the Communist Party to this day
Finance & economics
What is behind China’s perplexing bond-market intervention?
The central bank seems to think the government’s debt is too popular
Drum Tower
Why Xi Jinping is resurrecting Mao-era propaganda methods
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we travel to Inner Mongolia to examine the return of Ulan Muqir troupes
By Invitation
Indermit Gill on what China and India must do to join the rich club
First invest, then infuse foreign technology and then innovate, says the World Bank’s chief economist
Business
China is overhauling its company law
Its leaders want to make business less volatile—and easier to control