China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Asia
America remains Asia’s military-exercise partner of choice
A new report shows just how far China is falling behind
China
Which Olympic sports is China good at?
The country’s athletes seem to prefer competing indoors and as individuals
China
To revive the economy, China wants consumers to buy better stuff
It is offering them money to do so
China
When China hides disasters in a memory hole
A revealing attempt to forget a terrible plane crash
Culture
A moving memoir probes the contradictions of modern China
Edward Wong narrates his father’s journey from servant of the party to escapee
Leaders
Chinese companies are winning the global south
Their expansion abroad holds important lessons for Western incumbents
Drum Tower
What China’s struggle with myopia reveals about the country
Our podcast on China. This week, why a simple precaution to help prevent short-sightedness is meeting resistance from Chinese families
Finance & economics
China’s last boomtowns show rapid growth is still possible
All it takes is for the state to work with the market
Asia
America recreates a warfighting command in Japan
The threat from China hastens the biggest military transformation in the Pacific in decades
Asia
Taiwan is beefing up its military exercises to counter China
The island’s new defence minister wants more practice and less performance
China
China unveils its new economic vision
It promises many reforms, but remains ambivalent about the role of the market
China
The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens
Even advocating press freedom begins to seem a bad career move