China is developing some startling new kit in its quest to reclaim Taiwan
Is it a barge? Is it a bridge? It is both. Last summer China began building several unusual vessels at its Guangzhou shipyard...
Why China hates the Panama Canal deal, but still may not block it
“We didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back.” Thus spoke Donald Trump shortly after BlackRock...
China’s super-smart Tesla-killers
Sitting in his spacious office in the southern city of Guangzhou, He Xiaopeng is in an expansive mood. The boss of Xpeng, a C...
Hong Kong’s taxi drivers are told to smile more
Hong kong has had a tough few years. It saw huge pro-democracy protests in 2019, covid lockdowns and a political crackdown in...
American politics prompt some Chinese to explore historical taboos
It is difficult in China to discuss the horrors of the Cultural Revolution openly. The dark period from 1966 to 1976, when mi...
A new film is breaking box-office records in China
Film-makers in China have long tried to find the secret sauce for movies that wow audiences while pleasing the Communist Part...
Chinese warships circumnavigate another island:Australia
Having built the world’s largest navy, China is keen to show it off. But officials from Australia and New Zealand have been s...
China’s leaders reveal their plan to cope with 2025
It is not often that the world’s two superpowers hold state-of-the-nation addresses back-to-back. But thanks to a quirk of sc...
This week is a moment of truth for Xi Jinping on deflation
WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP stands before a joint session of America’s Congress on March 4th, no one knows what he will say. ...
The AfD’s unusual China connection
There are many things that make Alice Weidel an unconventional leader for a German political party on the hard right. Though ...