China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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
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China develops a divorced dating scene
Older Chinese looking to remarry face revealing obstacles
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China is now the world leader in coffee shops
But the average Chinese person still guzzles much less than a typical American
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How China views the popular uprising in Bangladesh
The government is quiet. Others blame America
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One way to turbocharge the Chinese economy
Why won’t the government give farmers more freedom to sell their homes?
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China’s new plan for tracking people online
Is a digital-ID proposal meant to protect consumers or the Communist Party?
Finance & economics
How Chinese shoppers downgraded their ambition
The trend will dismay the country’s policymakers
Drum Tower
Why Chinese consumers are turning their backs on American fast-food chains
Our weekly podcast on China. This week: what changing tastes in China reveal about the country’s attitude to the outside world