Upbeat numbers mask problems that could derail China’s economy
Rapid recovery in factory activity and industrial profits fail to filter down to small- and medium-sized firms
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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’
Battle to save multilateralism amid Sino-US tension
Rivalry between Washington and Beijing is likely to persist, so can Europe uphold the multilateral, rules-based system?
Merkel’s risky China gambit looks doomed amid EU pushback
German chancellor faces a political backlash after the European Union and China agree investment trade deal
‘Hong Kong 10’ prison sentences spark international backlash
Pro-democracy activists jailed in Shenzhen for border crossing after trying to flee to Taiwan
500,000 people could have been infected in Wuhan virus outbreak
A report by China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a chronic case of ‘under-reporting’
WHO must demand answers from China about Covid-19 crisis
Origins of the coronavirus still remain a mystery more than a year after the pandemic wreaked global havoc
How China used an online army of trolls to censor deadly virus news
Leaked documents show that the ruling Communist Party played down the severity of the coronavirus outbreak
US pulls the plug on China’s leading chipmaker SMIC
Dozens of companies have been singled out amid growing trade tension between Washington and Beijing
GM technology will boost China’s ‘food security’ amid import fears
The Communist Party’s Economic Work Conference outlines plans to increase crop production