China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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Asia
America remains Asia’s military-exercise partner of choice
A new report shows just how far China is falling behind
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Which Olympic sports is China good at?
The country’s athletes seem to prefer competing indoors and as individuals
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To revive the economy, China wants consumers to buy better stuff
It is offering them money to do so
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When China hides disasters in a memory hole
A revealing attempt to forget a terrible plane crash
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Culture
A moving memoir probes the contradictions of modern China
Edward Wong narrates his father’s journey from servant of the party to escapee
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Leaders
Chinese companies are winning the global south
Their expansion abroad holds important lessons for Western incumbents
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Drum Tower
What China’s struggle with myopia reveals about the country
Our podcast on China. This week, why a simple precaution to help prevent short-sightedness is meeting resistance from Chinese families
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Finance & economics
China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
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Asia
America recreates a warfighting command in Japan
The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades
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Asia
Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
The island’s new defence minister wants more practice and less performance
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China unveils its new economic vision
It promises many reforms, but remains ambivalent about the role of the market
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The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens
Even advocating press freedom begins to seem a bad career move