Trusting China’s economic data more like a giant leap of faith
Do Beijing’s numbers really stand up as China’s trading partners face the deepest recession since the Great Depression?
Juweihu
Tsai talks the talk and walks the walk over China
Key note speech shows that Taiwan is open to dialog but refuses to be bullied by Beijing
Flashing lights cast a shadow over China’s data dump
Mixed signals as the economy appears to gather pace after being buffeted by the Covid-19 crisis
EU trade body sick of China’s doublespeak as patience runs out
Key sectors are still blocked or ‘saturated’ by Chinese companies before foreign firms are allowed to compete
Play China’s political version of Monopoly and ‘go directly to jail’
Outspoked Ren Zhiqiang’s 18-year prison sentence for ‘corruption’ is a Beijing warning for mixing business with politics
Taiwan warns China to ‘pull back from the’ brink
Chinese PLA fighter jets invade Taiwanese airspace as tension escalates in the region
Pentagon creates China waves by beefing up US Pacific fleet
Secretary of Defence Esper unveils ‘Fast Forward’ strategy to combat China’s growing naval might
Tough talk from the EU fails to pierce China’s hot air bubbles
President Xi Jinping dismisses human rights issues and trots out the same lines on a trade deal
China’s government continues to suppress human rights
President Xi’s government has proved it is not interested in freedom of expression despite Beijing’s platitudes
President Xi glosses over the CCP’s tarnished image amid US row
Washington’s targeted attacks on Beijing illustrate the CCP’s lack of a mandate from the Chinese people