China’s dream turned into a nightmare for the West
Economic reforms were never going to lead to political freedom under the leadership of the Communist Party
Politics
Digital dragnet tightens China’s censorship grip
Hong Kong’s freedom of speech crackdown is just part of a broader global strategy to silence Party critics
Chinese kids are just another brick in the Party wall
Comrade Xi’s ‘Thought’ philosophy is at the core of CCP ‘ideological’ studies in schools
Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for US reset on China’s terms
He warns Sino-US relations are at a ’new crossroad’ but makes it clear Washington must ‘respect’ Beijing’s ‘social system’
China caught up in a web of ‘corruption and coercion’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes a sledge-hammer swipe at President Xi Jinping’s administration
Pompeo takes a verbal baseball bat to China’s ‘bullying’ tactics
The US Secretary of State speaks out at ASEAN meeting amid rising tension in the South China Sea
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
Why Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai gives Beijing nightmares
The founder of influential Apple Daily is arrested under the city’s draconian national security law
Hong Kong pressured to hold elections and lift ban on candidates
They should go ahead as soon as possible, according to a joint statement from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US and UK
United States must ‘abandon its fantasy of remodeling China’
Foreign Minister Wang Yi warns Washington as New Cold War chill sweeps over Beijing