Talking Point

China’s economy looks like a charred Peking duck

‘Fantasy figures’ blur China’s economic reality 

China’s reputation in the Middle East left in tatters

Red-star General Xi and the never-ending PLA purge

US missile shield near Taiwan fires up furious China 

‘Heartbreaking’ but Jimmy Lai’s ‘spirit’ is ‘strong’

Hong Kong 2024 slides into an Orwellian vision of ‘1984’ 

China’s caught cold in a US$1 trillion trade trap

Old King Coal chokes China’s new clean energy boom

Aliens versus the Communist Party? You decide