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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China turns a blind eye to labour violations to spur economy

    Businesses offered immunity from infractions but initiative threatens Xi’s common prosperity pledge

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Beijing clamps down on elite students after lockdown protests

    China seals campuses and encourages students to go home following demonstrations last month

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    News in-depthBlockchain
    Defiant Chinese netizens skirt lockdown censorship using blockchain

    Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country’s censors

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Chinese social media groups reveal nationalist influencers blogging from abroad

    Proposal to reveal locations exposes patriotic commentators and stokes outrage among users

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s Covid booster campaign slows as staff redirected to mass testing

    Almost 20mn Beijing residents will have to undergo 3 rounds of tests by Saturday

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Beijing gripped by panic buying as Covid cases rise

    Supermarket shelves emptied after city officials order lockdown in several neighbourhoods

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    ‘Voting with their feet’: China’s wealthy look to leave after Shanghai lockdown

    Emigration inquiries surge as harsh Covid restrictions cause food and medicine shortages

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s Covid death data obscure true impact of Omicron, experts say

    Official statistics show only two people have died since March despite tens of thousands of cases

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Shanghai residents and police clash after homes seized for Covid quarantine

    Videos of demonstrators being restrained by authorities quickly erased from social media

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Chinese traditional medicine company’s shares surge on Covid outbreak

    Value of owning family’s stake in manufacturer rises to $4.5bn after Hong Kong promotes treatment

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    News in-depth
    China’s chained woman exposes horror of Beijing’s one-child policy

    Xiao Huamei was trafficked and locked up by her husband but authorities initially justified her treatment

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Christian Davies
    Toronto bakery is burnt by a cultural appropriation feud

    A cake shop is on the unlikely frontline of national identity disputes between South Korea and China

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    Beijing Winter Olympics
    Beijing Winter Olympics costs spiral as China spends to project rising status

    Organisers pledged event would be ‘economical’ but spending has ballooned

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
    China’s best performance at Winter Games helped by top foreign coaches

    Host nation has hired overseas stars to train its athletes in bid to become an Olympics power

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
    China defies Covid and condemnation to pull off Winter Games

    Virus containment bubble and athletes’ success bolster Beijing’s confidence on global stage

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
    Winter Olympics star Eileen Gu wins over public and brands by avoiding politics

    US-born Chinese skier is the face of the Games but has skirted contentious questions

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Beijing Winter Olympics
    Chinese queue overnight to snap up and resell Winter Olympics souvenirs

    Beijing residents hire themselves out for $13 an hour to stand in line for speculators

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    Beijing Winter Olympics
    Eileen Gu’s gold at Winter Olympics ignites celebrations in host country

    US-born skier described as ‘pride of China’ is one of the most marketed athletes at Games

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
    News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
    Xi brushes off furore dogging Beijing’s ‘Genocide Olympics’

    Games will showcase Covid successes and embolden China’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong

  • Saturday, 29 January, 2022
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    Chinese documentary prompts rare criticism of Xi’s corruption crackdown

    ‘Zero Tolerance’ was designed to boost support for policy but some viewers say punishments are too light

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A very different Beijing Olympics

    Bubble in which Games are held is a partial metaphor for today’s China

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    The Top LineTom Braithwaite
    What did you do in the great pandemic? Bought handbags

    The irresistible rise of LVMH shows this crisis is different

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Beijing Winter Olympics
    Beijing tightens Covid restrictions in parts of capital ahead of Olympics

    Officials widen measures ahead of next month’s Games as IOC confirms plans for Peng Shuai meeting

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Review
    The Subplot: What China is Reading and Why it Matters

    An illuminating insight into the web fiction, sci-fi and subtle dissent read by one-fifth of humanity

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China launches internet ‘purification’ campaign for lunar new year

    Officials ordered to target celebrity fan groups and money worship in drive to clean up online content

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