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  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Malaysia
    Chinese emigration to Malaysia doubles on student and investment surge

    Middle-class families seek more affordable destination amid slowing economy at home

    Ethnic Chinese Malaysians visit a temple on the first day of lunar new year celebrations in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s urban pets forecast to outnumber toddlers this year

    Growing number of household animals amid declining human population forecast to build $12bn pet food market by 2030

    A Chinese pet shop owner poses with two greyhounds
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China’s data watchdog plans tighter control of internet users

    Proposed digital IDs potentially covering everything from ecommerce to travel itineraries spark backlash

    A woman walks past a large video screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in 2022
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Gardens
    The secret Hong Kong garden that’s a portal to the past

    Chan Siun-kuen left rural China in the slipstream of the revolution for a rapidly urbanising Hong Kong. His herb garden restores a connection to forgotten traditions and the healing power of plants

    An entrance to a planting site at Lung Fu Shan Country Park, marked by a weathered wooden sign. The site is lush with various plants and trees, with a dirt path leading into the greenery
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    Younger Chinese fume at call to raise retirement age

    Communist party meeting sparks online row as experts warn ageing population makes change ‘inevitable’

    Two women, one young and the other much older, exit a crowded Beijing subway train
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    Can Xi keep a lid on China’s mounting social strains?

    The authorities are increasingly concerned about rises in unemployment, mental illness and crime linked to the economic slowdown

    Police officer in Tiananmen square, left, protest against zero Covid measures in Beijing , right
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    China stabbing attacks raise concerns of growing social tensions

    Economic doldrums, unemployment and isolation could be playing into crime wave, analysts say

    Flowers at the site of a knife attack in Suzhou near Shanghai, China
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    New podcast series: China’s race to tech supremacy

    Is China destined to overtake the US as the world’s technology superpower?

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    News in-depthUS-China relations
    China exerts new control over its young expats in the US

    Students and workers who joined the Communist party say they have been asked to spread propaganda

    Passport of People’s Republic of China on United States flag
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    ReviewBiography and memoir
    At the Edge of Empire by Edward Wong — from patriotic idealism to disillusionment

    A family history that exposes China’s authoritarian regime and an era of repression

  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong’s exclusive clubs rocked by economic slowdown and expat exodus

    Prices on secondary market for lifetime memberships continue to slide post-pandemic as city’s troubles squeeze demand

    Yachts parked at the Aberdeen marina in Hong Kong
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Work & Careers
    ‘We’re like gears grinding until they break’: Chinese tech companies push staff to the limit

    As growth slows, employers are squeezing more hours out of fewer workers

    Chinese workers asleep at their desk in a Beijing office
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    James Kynge
    China’s super-rich are eyeing the exit

    But capital controls mean getting money out of the country is no easy task

    A kite-flyer in the Pudong district of Shanghai
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    US-China relations
    Four teachers from US college stabbed in China

    Authorities say attack in public park in north-eastern city is believed to be isolated incident

    A bridge over the Songhua river in China’s north-eastern city of Jilin
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    News in-depth
    China’s online ‘Kim Kardashian’ banned for being too ostentatious

    Beijing cracks down on social media influencers known for extravagant outfits and displays of wealth

    Chinese influencer Wang Hongquan, aka Wang Hongquanxing, stands second from right with other guests at a BMW event in Cannes this month
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    China’s latest answer to OpenAI is ‘Chat Xi PT’

    Internet regulator uses Chinese leader’s political philosophy to help answer questions posed to latest large language model

    Xi Jinping.
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China accused of ‘transnational repression’ of students

    Amnesty International report says Chinese authorities harassing citizens studying in Europe and US

    People at the University of Pennsylvania campus
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    China’s ageing tech workers hit by ‘curse of 35’

    Discrimination against older employees particularly apparent in sector where executives openly state preference for youth

    ByteDance offices in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    China’s bubble tea brands look to create a stir overseas

    ChaPanda, Mixue and Guming eye stock market listings after pioneering mainland boom

    A Mixue Ice Cream & Tea booth at an expo in Shanghai in July
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The untold human stories of China’s economic boom

    There’s a personal dimension to the nation’s rapid transformation that is crucial to our understanding of it — yet mostly hidden from view

    A girl or young woman with long black hair, white blouse, skirt and trainers sits on a wall facing towards a cityscape of tower blocks and a gleaming skyscraper
  • Friday, 29 March, 2024
    Netflix adaptation of sci-fi novel ‘The Three-Body Problem’ sparks anger in China

    Western take on much-loved Chinese bestseller hits wrong notes for state media and broader audience

    Scenes related to the Cultural Revolution have triggered unease in China
  • Wednesday, 20 March, 2024
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Chinese bottled water giant Nongfu Spring under fire from nationalists

    Company’s shares fall amid online criticism of alleged ‘pro-Japan’ stance

    Nongfu Spring bottled water
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Lijia Zhang
    China’s invisible women deserve a political voice

    In an era of shrinking population, inequality damages the country — gender quotas should be reformed and implemented properly

    Female attendants serve tea before the opening session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, in March
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Condé Nast Publications
    Editor of Vogue China to leave in latest senior Condé Nast exit

    Margaret Zhang was seen as one of the group’s rising stars

    Margaret Zhang
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Year of the Dragon opens on high note for China’s economy

    Tourist numbers exceed pre-pandemic levels but spending per traveller is down

    Travellers walking with luggage outside Beijing train station
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