China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Middle East & Africa
China’s relationship with Africa is growing murkier
A decline in capital flows does not necessarily signal disengagement
Drum Tower
China’s cutthroat remarriage market
Our weekly podcast on China. This week: what the divorced dating scene reveals about the country
Business
Pinduoduo, China’s e-commerce star, suffers a blow
It faces a slowing economy, stiffening competition and angry merchants
China
Why Xi Jinping is envious of his predecessor
China’s ruler would like to grab Deng Xiaoping’s legacy
Asia
Why Australia is not yet a critical minerals powerhouse
A string of lithium and nickel mines have closed this year
Finance & economics
How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
Drum Tower
How China erases disasters from public memory
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we examine the Chinese government’s revealing response to a deadly plane crash
Britain
Britain’s unusual stance on Chinese electric vehicles
Unlike America or Europe, Britain is welcoming the cheap cars—for now
China
In China’s “median city” people are surprisingly risk-averse
Our columnist travels there to ask ordinary people two mega-questions
China
Why are VPNs getting slower in China?
The government seems increasingly uneasy about people leaping over the great firewall
China
Time for China to get serious about its methane emissions
Officials mull a future of less coal and fewer cows—and don’t like it
China
Millions of Chinese people play guandan. Is that good or bad?
The Communist Party is torn on the merits of the popular card game