投稿者: Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent
In the face of increasingly strained relations with the west, Beijing is attempting to build its influence in the global southRead the rest of the Peak China? series hereIt was a difficult summer for China’s leader, Xi Jinping. He was faced with natura…
Recent shutdown of obstetrics units not officially linked with falling birth rate – but online commentators speculateA number of hospital obstetrics units in China have closed, prompting discussion about the effects of China’s dramatically falling birt…
Picture of athletes’ ‘6/4’ race numbers erased in perceived reference to 1989 massacreA photograph of two Chinese athletes hugging after a race has been censored on Chinese social media because the women’s race numbers inadvertently formed a reference …
A renewed focus on national security coupled with rising geopolitical tensions has damaged confidence in the private sectorPeak China? How the middle class hit a brick wallIn July 2021, Chinese markets braced for a buzz. Syngenta, the Swiss agritech gi…
With millennials putting off children due to cost of living pressures, China’s economy could be derailed by its growing number of grey hairsJobs, local services and welfare strain under economy’s structural faultsCici, 27, doesn’t want to have a baby u…
Huang Xueqin, a feminist who was due to move to UK, and Wang Jianbing charged with ‘inciting subversion of state power’The trial of two prominent activists detained since 2021 has begun in secret in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, in a case that has att…
WHO says China facing ‘sustained community transmission’ of virus first detected as imported case last yearChina is fuelling a global surge in mpox cases, accounting for the majority of new cases reported in September, according to the World Health Or…
Faced with record high youth unemployment and bankrupt local councils, the country’s population is beginning to feel the weight of the economy’s flawsPeak China? How the booming middle class hit a brick wallWhen finding a job feels as unlikely as winni…
Facing a slowing economy and a less secure jobs market, China’s educated elite are left negotiating a new central bargain with the government Holding her newborn daughter, Lynne, 33, feels apprehensive about the future. Her elder son, though adorable, …
Communist party secretary for Hebei made comments after visiting flood-hit areas earlier this weekChinese social media users have reacted angrily to comments from a local Communist party official suggesting that the city of Zhuozhou and other flood-hit…
Sixty-eight organisations sign letter amid fears Lu Siwei could be deported at request of Chinese authoritiesSixty-eight human rights groups have signed an open letter calling on the Laos government to release Lu Siwei, a Chinese former human rights la…
Amid record youth unemployment, the government wants young people to ‘go to the farmland’ – but the prospect is unappealing for manyWanted: recent graduates keen to gain experience in a teaching environment and an adventure far from home. Perks of the …
References to missing former foreign minister’s final activities were reinstated on government website after being erasedThe mystery surrounding the fate of China’s former foreign minister has intensified, as references to him that had previously been …
Mystery surrounds removal of Qin Gang as foreign minister, but one thing is clear: Xi Jinping retains tight controlWang Yi’s return to the helm of China’s foreign ministry is a reminder that Chinese Communist party elite politics are as opaque and brut…