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    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      Chinese economy
      Chinese borrowers default in record numbers as economic crisis deepens

      More than 8mn people are blacklisted by authorities after missed payments on mortgages and business loans

      A man wears a protective mask as he walks by the skyline of Beijing’s central business district
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      The human cost of China’s property crisis

      One of the world’s biggest real estate collapses has hurt buyers, households and families across the country

      Skylines of Chinese cities
    • Monday, 27 November, 2023
      Visual investigation
      How China is tearing down Islam

      Thousands of mosques have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islamic culture spreads

      A grid of 15 satellite images of mosques before and after they have been modified or destroyed
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Friendly foreign influencers win growing following in China

      New report finds social media stars speaking up for Beijing against critical overseas narratives

      Montage shows three foreign social media influencers
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO asks China for data on ‘undiagnosed pneumonia’ cases

      Health body’s concern reflects heightened vigilance over signs of disease outbreaks since Covid pandemic

      Children and their parents wait to be seen at a children’s hospital in Beijing
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      News in-depthUS-China relations
      Xi enlists Flying Tigers as China’s propagandists seek friendlier tone on US

      Beijing fetes wartime pilots ahead of Biden meeting but underlying narrative of America as rival unchanged

      A montage of photos of Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and a Chinese war plane as well as elements of the US and China flags
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      The breakdown of China’s social contract

      A once optimistic society now worries about the future as Xi Jinping’s promise of ‘common prosperity’ starts to fade

      Montage image of Xi Jinping, the Chinese flag and charts
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Li Keqiang
      ‘Other leaders are corrupt’: Li Keqiang mourning poses challenge for Beijing

      Death of former premier largely sidelined by Xi Jinping creates a sensitive moment for China’s Communist party

      A photograph of Li sits amid bouquets laid by mourners
    • Friday, 20 October, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      Tale of emperor whose ineptitude ended his dynasty unnerves Chinese censors

      History book disappears from shops and online searches are blocked as Beijing strengthens control of information flows

      Emperor Chongzhen, 17th ruler of the Ming dynasty
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      US-China relations
      US accuses China of launching global information war

      State department says Beijing is using ‘deceptive’ methods to push authoritarian propaganda

      The title screen of a programme called ‘How Xi Jinping Pursues Happiness For People’
    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      ‘What adjectives describe Xi Jinping?’ China’s new English textbook asks

      University language classes focus on the Chinese president’s experience and ideas to ensure a ‘correct worldview’

      Seated rows of students wave Chinese flags
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      China’s property revival plan threatened by stand-off over old neighbourhoods

      Beijing turns to past playbook of redeveloping poorer areas in hopes of revitalising troubled sector

      Clothes hang on wires in an old neighbourhood in Shanghai
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      ObituaryIsabel Crook
      Isabel Crook, anthropologist and chronicler of China’s communist revolution, 1915-2023

      A sympathetic westerner who became a participant-observer as the country transformed

    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      FT Wealth
      The perils of investing in a boutique winery in China

      A passion for viniculture — and lots of money — is needed in a challenging climate and difficult market

      A casually dressed middle-aged man leans against a bar holding a glass of red wine
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Gideon Rachman
      China hits the east Asian demographic wall

      Like Japan and South Korea, China has a shrinking population but it has fewer ways to manage the change

      Illustration of Chinese president Xi Jinping riding a big red horse with yellow stars on it which is wading though deep mud
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      TED talks cross free speech ‘red line’ in Xi’s China

      Authorities cancel upcoming event citing breach of restrictions on foreign NGO activities

      An illustration of a microphone with the TEDx logo and the yellow stars of the Chinese flag
    • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
      Chinese feminists flock to see ‘Barbie’

      Cinemas increase showings of Greta Gerwig blockbuster in market dominated by action films and patriotic tales

      A screen outside a Beijing shopping mall
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      News in-depthChinese employment
      China’s youth left behind as jobs crisis mounts

      Crackdown on tech and slow post-Covid growth have left a generation of graduates with fewer options

      People look at postings at a job placement centre in China
    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      China’s anxious parents turn to tutoring black market after Xi’s crackdown

      Fears for children’s progress mean classes thrive despite threat of fines

      Chinese schoolchildren
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      News in-depth
      China’s university exam promotes Xi’s cult of personality

      The notoriously challenging ‘gaokao’ is testing students on the president’s nationalist credo

      High school students in Handan, in China’s Hebei province
    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Life in China’s oldest county exposes challenges of demographic crisis

      Primary schools become old people’s homes and factories struggle to find staff as population ages

      Elderly villagers play cards in Rudong county
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      A Chinese comedian walks into a political storm after army joke falls flat

      Punchline referring to military slogan sparks uproar and gloom over free expression in China

      Chinese honour guards
    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
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      China’s next generation

      Beijing leadership faces tough challenges to satisfy the ambitions of its youth

    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China’s local governments stuck with bill for neighbourhood surveillance

      Cash-strapped authorities struggle to reduce headcount and meet Beijing’s demands for greater security

      Security checks in Beijing
    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Global InsightJohn Reed
      India and China play down the big demographic news

      New Delhi and Beijing give little weight to long-projected population crossover

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