China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Drum Tower
Why are so many Tibetan children in state-run boarding schools?
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at the Chinese government’s campaign to educate the majority of Tibetan pupils in boarding schools
By Invitation
NATO must tackle instability in the Balkans, says an ex-head
Russia and China are up to old tricks in the region, argue George Robertson and Andi Hoxhaj
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China is struck by floods and drought—at the same time
A looming water crisis threatens everything from data centres to farms
Leaders
A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party
Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
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Roxie, one of China’s few lesbian bars, closes its doors
Yet another sign that life is getting harder for gay people in the country
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Health-care reform is upending the lives of China’s doctors
As a result, many are looking towards the private sector
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China’s probe returns from the far side of the moon
Scientists hope that the samples it collected will help answer age-old questions
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The surprisingly frank economic advice that Xi Jinping gets
The minutes of a party meeting show voices in favour of bolder reform
Finance and economics
How Chinese goods dodge American tariffs
Policymakers are unsure what to do about a tricky loophole
Drum Tower
How chillies conquered the Chinese palate
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at what’s behind the country’s obsession with spicy food
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China’s revealing struggle with childhood myopia
Anxious parents don’t want to let children play outdoors and do less schoolwork
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China wants to export education, too
It sees international schools as a service to expatriates—and a source of soft power
International
Brainy Indians are piling into Western universities
Will rich countries welcome them the way they did Chinese students?
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China and Russia have chilling plans for the Arctic
The two autocracies dream of creating a “polar silk road”
Business
China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil
Overcapacity has caused prices—and profits—to tumble