China

Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Podcast Drum Tower

Inside China’s disciplinary centres for “deviant” youth

Our weekly podcast on China. This week: what happens when young Chinese challenge the social conservatism of their parents?

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Trump, trade and feeding China’s pigs

As a trade war looms, China looks to cut its reliance on America

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Helping America’s hawks get inside the head of Xi Jinping

China’s leader is a risk-taker. How far will he go in confronting America?

Leaders

From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran

Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity

Finance & economics

Is China really a nation of slackers?

A new survey raises the question

The World Ahead Business in 2025

To see the cars of the future, look at China’s electric vehicles

With their surprising and innovative features, they are streets ahead

The World Ahead Business in 2025

China’s e-commerce upstarts will start to look more like Western ones

They will also focus less on Western markets

The World Ahead Business in 2025

Chinese firms will keep going global

American tariffs are helping to drive their expansion overseas

The World Ahead Diplomacy in 2025

The perils of the world’s third nuclear age

Donald Trump must decide how to compete in a new arms race

The World Ahead Middle East in 2025

The Gulf’s rulers are trying to work with China and with the West

It is proving a tricky balancing act

The World Ahead China in 2025

Can China turn ageing into an economic asset?

The “silver economy” could be a lucrative growth area in 2025

The World Ahead China in 2025

China hopes to dominate the next phase of green innovation

It aims to lead the way on hydrogen, carbon capture and other technologies

The World Ahead China in 2025

China’s entrepreneurs must navigate stormy seas

They face challenges both domestic and foreign in 2025

The World Ahead China in 2025

The South China Sea could become a major flashpoint in 2025

South-East Asian nations are pushing back against China

The World Ahead China in 2025

Which are China’s cities of the future?   

Those on the second and third tiers are thriving

The World Ahead China in 2025

Donald Trump’s second term will present new dangers for China

But it will also create opportunities for the Communist Party

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