Inside China
‘Our country can’t go on like this’: The Chinese entrepreneur not afraid to speak out
China’s entrepreneur class is grappling with the worst economic slump in decades but they can’t seem to agree how loudly they should complain. But Zhou Hang is different.
- by Li Yuan
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Hong Kong showing ‘upbeat’ signs despite COVID
Amid expectation that President Xi Jinping might visit to celebrate 25 years of Chinese rule, the stock market - and people’s moods - are looking up.
- by Sofia Horta e Costa and Kari Lindberg
‘Golden days are over’: China’s property tycoons suffer $90b meltdown
Property used to be a sure bet in China. But Beijing’s year-long campaign to control runaway prices has pummelled its biggest developers.
- by Venus Feng
China’s Gen Z can make or break Western brands
They’ve got money to burn, eschew foreign labels, and are driven by a swelling sense of nationalism that can ensnare even the biggest global brands.
- by Bloomberg News
Chinese camp guards told to shoot escaping Uighurs
A trove of documents from police databases reveal how China locked up Uighurs arbitrarily in militarised prisons.Â
- by Verity Bowman
‘Civilisation may not survive’: Soros lashes Putin in fiery Davos speech
The billionaire philanthropist tells the World Economic Forum in Davos that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rattled Europe and could be the start of another world war.
- by Brian Chappatta
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
There’s a growing sense of panic in China
China’s economy is shuddering as its harsh COVID policies continue to cause widespread financial pain despite escalating efforts to mitigate the damage.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Opinion
Beijing’s COVID failure won’t stop the relentless rise of China
China is increasingly looking like an economic and political disaster zone. But it will take more than COVID to derail its powerhouse economy.
- by Matthew Lynn
Opinion
Opinion
Markets are reeling. China just made things worse
China has driven another fresh wave of selling in global financial markets with the release of worrying data driven by its zero-COVID strategy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Why are Shanghai’s COVID death numbers so low?
By official data, the city is a model of how to save lives during a pandemic. Despite more than 400,000 COVID-19 infections, just 17 people have died.
- by Vivian Wang, Joy Dong and Amy Chang Chien
Xi goes tropical while Shanghai struggles
The Chinese President is about as far away from Shanghai’s lockdown complaints as a leader can get.
- by Eryk Bagshaw