China Factor Staff

China Factor staff writers cover a range of issues from Beijing’s global ambitions to the rise of China’s economy. They also serve up the latest news, views and analysis of the political landscape along with developments in science and technology in the world’s second-largest economy. Cross-Strait tension between China and Taiwan is another key area of interest as is the regional rivalry in the South China Sea. Chinese companies we cover include Huawei, Xiaomi, Alibaba, Tencent, Nvidia, Baidu, China Mobile, ByteDance, Neusoft, China Telecom and China Unicom. Banks covered include Bank of China, HSBC, China Merchants Bank, Communications Bank and others.

‘China Dream’ turns into a Hong Kong nightmare

February 19, 2022February 16, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Covid-19 crisis is just the latest blow that has left the city reeling under Beijing’s rule

Caught up in the Olympic Games of geopolitics

February 19, 2022February 14, 2022 by China Factor Staff

American-Chinese stars ski and skate into a blizzard of criticism amid US-China tension

Why China and Russia are clear and present dangers

February 4, 2022February 3, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Coordinated attacks on Ukraine and Taiwan risk fracturing the global order and triggering an economic meltdown

China’s dream turned into a nightmare for the West

February 23, 2022February 1, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Economic reforms were never going to lead to political freedom under the leadership of the Communist Party

How China has faked its Covid-19 numbers

January 28, 2022January 27, 2022 by China Factor Staff

They include the disappearance of Chinese coronavirus deaths from official reports after April 1, 2020

Why it is life or debt for China’s economic miracle

January 12, 2022January 11, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Real estate risks threaten to create a nightmare scenario for Xi and the Party elite

China is hooked on an ‘anti-foreign’ cocktail of paranoia

January 11, 2022January 10, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Every aspect of state-run media and online chat rooms have been infected by the ministry of propaganda

Digital dragnet tightens China’s censorship grip

January 12, 2022January 3, 2022 by China Factor Staff

Hong Kong’s freedom of speech crackdown is just part of a broader global strategy to silence Party critics

China continues clampdown on ‘free speech’ in Hong Kong

December 30, 2021December 29, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Stand News is the latest media site to be targeted by the national security police in a massive raid

China’s number is up in fake figures controversy

December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 by China Factor Staff

Secrecy is an integral part of the ruling Communist Party – so is distorting data