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    • Monday, 25 October, 2021
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      In the Camps: Life in China’s High-Tech Penal Colony

      Darren Byler’s field study of Xinjiang evokes the shadow of concentration camps — with the added cruelty of a 21st-century surveillance system

      Towers on the perimeter of the Number 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, April 23, 2021
    • Sunday, 29 August, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      Jack Ma and the Chinese tech titans’ mission to give away billions

      Xi Jinping’s focus on ‘common prosperity’ has galvanised the country’s wealthiest entrepreneurs

      Alibaba founder Jack Ma
    • Saturday, 21 August, 2021
      News in-depthSexual misconduct allegations
      High-profile rape allegations revive China’s #MeToo movement

      Anti-harassment campaign was fading until a pop star and ex-Alibaba manager were publicly accused

      Supporters hold #MeToo placards outside a court before Zhou Xiaoxuan arrived for a sexual harassment case involving a Chinese state TV host
    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
      Geely Automobile Holdings Co Ltd
      Geely warns of further ‘uncertainty’ caused by chip shortages

      Sales at Chinese carmakers grow more slowly than expected as supply crunch hits production

      Workers on the Zeekr electric car production line in China
    • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
      Chinese business & finance
      China to tighten competition rules for internet groups

      Shares of country’s big tech companies slide as crackdown on sector intensifies

      Rental bicycles parked outside Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou
    • Monday, 16 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      China to ‘respect choices of Afghan people’ following Taliban takeover

      Beijing offers support to militant group while state media scorns ‘unreliability’ of Washington’s commitments to allies

      Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar travelled to Tianjin last month for talks with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi
    • Friday, 13 August, 2021
      Climate change
      China puts growth ahead of climate with surge in coal-powered steel mills

      Study finds Beijing could struggle to honour pledge to reach peak CO2 emissions by 2030

      An employee works next to molten iron at a steel mill in Dalian, Liaoning province, China
    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      China unveils five-year plan to strengthen control of economy

      Communist party seeks to extend oversight of important sectors in latest step of regulatory assault

      Visitors watch a screen showing China’s president Xi Jinping
    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      News in-depthCATL
      World’s largest battery maker CATL battles to stay on top

      Chinese group’s valuation hits $186bn in just 10 years on soaring demand for electric vehicles

      Robin Zeng montage
    • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
      Tesla Inc
      Electric vehicle sales surge in China as Tesla demand tumbles

      US group suffers sharp fall in cars sold in country after series of scandals

      A customer sits inside a Tesla Model Y electric vehicle in Shanghai
    • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      China jails Canadian for 11 years in case seen as linked to Huawei CFO’s trial

      Michael Spavor convicted of spying in trial regarded as retaliation for arrest of Meng Wanzhou

      Businessman Michael Spavor
    • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      China recalls ambassador to Lithuania over Taiwan office

      Beijing urges Vilnius ‘not to move further down the wrong path’ as diplomatic spat deepens

    • Tuesday, 10 August, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Delta outbreak piles pressure on China’s homegrown vaccines

      Officials insist jabs work but lack of peer-reviewed research reinforces doubts about efficacy

      A health worker administers the Sinovac vaccine to a resident in Rongan, in China’s southern Guangxi region
    • Monday, 9 August, 2021
      Chinese economy
      China Covid outbreak linked to Delta variant weighs on economy

      Worst surge in infections since start of pandemic puts recovery under pressure

      A health worker takes a swab sample at a pop-up Covid testing station in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, China
    • Monday, 9 August, 2021
      Alibaba
      Alibaba fires manager accused of sexual assault

      Scandal draws attention to workplace culture at China’s largest ecommerce group

      Daniel Zhang, Alibaba’s chief executive.
    • Monday, 9 August, 2021
      Renault SA
      Renault targets China electric vehicle market with Geely tie-up

      French group signs first big deal in country since exiting joint venture last year

    • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
      Alibaba
      Alibaba rape allegation piles pressure on Chinese tech company

      Employee accuses online retailer of ignoring her request to investigate alleged assault 

      Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou
    • Sunday, 8 August, 2021
      News in-depthTokyo Olympics
      China’s sporting success at Tokyo 2020 is tinged with politics

      Beijing will finish near top of the medal table but excess nationalism may overshadow its achievements

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      Coronavirus
      Beijing shuts down transport links as Delta variant spreads to cities

      Vaccinated citizens infected in latest outbreak, but expert insists China-made jabs are effective

      Hospital staff take a swab sample from a woman in Beijing
    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      Coronavirus
      China hunts down Delta variant as Covid outbreak spreads to 14 provinces

      Authorities say infection arrived in Nanjing on Russian aircraft but went undetected for 10 days

      A man caring a child walks at the railway station in Shanghai, China
    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      US-China relations
      US slams China over treatment of foreign journalists

      Biden administration decries ‘intimidation’ of reporters after harassment covering Henan floods

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      News in-depthChinese politics & policy
      China flood response reveals Beijing’s need to prepare for extreme weather

      Deaths in Henan expose shortcomings of emergency response system for sudden events

      Cars piled up by floodwaters after the equivalent of eight months’ worth of rain fell in 24 hours in Zhengzhou
    • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese businessman who challenged Beijing jailed for 18 years

      Agricultural tycoon Sun Dawu sentenced as Xi Jinping reins in entrepreneurs that question rule

    • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Taliban officials visit China to discuss security after US pulls out

      Delegation meets foreign minister Wang Yi as American troop withdrawal draws closer

    • Saturday, 24 July, 2021
      News in-depthClimate Capital
      Extreme weather takes climate change models ‘off the scale’

      Scientists say shifting pattern of jet stream and global warming are key drivers

      Images of extreme weather events across the world
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