China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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Roxie, one of China’s few lesbian bars, closes its doors
Yet another sign that life is getting harder for gay people in the country
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Health-care reform is upending the lives of China’s doctors
As a result, many are looking towards the private sector
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China’s probe returns from the far side of the moon
Scientists hope that the samples it collected will help answer age-old questions
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This week China could rethink its economic policy
The minutes of a party meeting show voices in favour of bolder reform
Finance & economics
How Chinese goods dodge American tariffs
Policymakers are unsure what to do about a tricky loophole
Drum Tower
How chillies conquered the Chinese palate
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at what’s behind the country’s obsession with spicy food
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China’s revealing struggle with childhood myopia
Anxious parents don’t want to let children play outdoors and do less schoolwork
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China wants to export education, too
It sees international schools as a service to expatriates—and a source of soft power
International
Brainy Indians are piling into Western universities
Will rich countries welcome them the way they did Chinese students?
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China and Russia have chilling plans for the Arctic
The two autocracies dream of creating a “polar silk road”
Business
China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil
Overcapacity has caused prices—and profits—to tumble
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Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia
The superpower is seeking to ease tensions with at least some of America’s allies
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Foreign judges are fed up with Hong Kong’s political environment
Three have left the city’s highest court this month
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China is going crazy for durians
Locals love the pungent fruit. The government sees an opportunity
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Why China takes young Tibetans from their families
Visiting a Tibetan region where children must attend Chinese-language boarding schools