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    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      ObituaryJiang Yanyong
      Jiang Yanyong, surgeon and Sars whistleblower, 1931-2023

      The celebrated Chinese doctor suffered multiple political detentions

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Chinese business & finance
      China’s billionaires pay the price for Xi’s Covid crackdown

      Total wealth of country’s richest falls 15% as lockdowns and property woes take toll

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
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      Swiss banks say rich Chinese clients worried about sanction prospects

      Bank executives highlight concerns about business fallout from country’s tough line on Russia since Ukraine invasion

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      In charts: why women in China are climbing high — or quitting work

      Career or family? The dilemma is especially acute in the world’s second-biggest economy

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      China’s elderly protest against health insurance reforms

      Cash-strapped local authorities seek savings after high cost of battling Covid

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Chinese corruption
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      Sport has been dogged by years of bribery allegations, match-fixing claims and disappointing performances

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
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      Missing programme on streaming platform mentions ‘camps where children make smartphones’

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      China’s ‘big white’ pandemic workers reel from end of zero-Covid

      Migrant labourers who formed backbone of antivirus effort stranded after Beijing scrapped restrictions

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
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      Alvin Chau’s jailing comes as Beijing cracks down on money laundering and capital flight

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
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      Demand for mourning flowers rises in Covid-hit Chinese province

      Chrysanthemum prices jump as China grapples with wave of coronavirus deaths

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
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      China’s singles fight family pressure to get married as population declines

      Youth share tips on parrying pushy parental inquiries about having children during lunar new year

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese migrant workers face crackdown for ‘malicious’ protests over unpaid wages

      Officials side with employers against labourers seeking overdue new year pay amid economic malaise

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      News in-depthCoronavirus treatment
      Rural China runs short of Covid drugs over lunar new year holiday

      Officials row with Pfizer over price as villages struggle to obtain antiviral medication

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      Chinese politics & policy
      China celebrates lunar new year as Covid infections hit 80%

      Holiday travel low risk because so many have had the disease, says top government epidemiologist

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Yuan Yang
      China’s women make a strong case with a birth strike

      In its focus on GDP growth, Beijing has forgotten where its labour force comes from

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Relatives outraged as Chinese officials keep Covid off death certificates

      Medical professionals cite pressure after questions emerge over mortality rates

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Music
      Jackson Wang and China’s quest for a global pop idol

      The patriotic star embodies a push for success in the west, but can C-pop emulate the soft power of K-pop?

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Xi warns of Covid spread as China starts lunar new year migration

      President says country entering ‘new phase’ of pandemic with focus turning to rural areas

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      China’s population falls in historic shift

      First decline in 60 years set to have long-term consequences for domestic and global economies

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      Narrow definition of cases leaves claimants on the hook after state-backed policies drop free care

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
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      Hospitality industries brace for influx of millions to gather pace as Beijing opens borders after three years

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      Federal Reserve meeting minutes show central bank still set on rate rises this year

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      Chinese celebrities’ Covid deaths subvert propaganda push

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    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
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      China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

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    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
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      Covid and crackdowns muffle China’s live music scene

      Industry takes stock of damage wrought by years of lockdowns and curbs on gatherings

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