China faces an economic headache after the Party
Disappearing data is unlikely to pop up until after the 20th National Congress big bash in Beijing
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Autocrat Xi masterminds Great Fall of the People
Chinese citizens face more misery as the ‘chairman of everything’ doubles down on draconian policies during his Beijing address
Choreographed cliches fail to hide China’s weakness
Discontent at home and a changing landscape abroad overshadow the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party
US chips away at China’s high-tech military complex
Virtual export ban will target AI industry and supercomputers amid rising tension in the Taiwan Strait
Taiwan entrapment fears haunt Washington’s allies
Regional partners will need to speak ‘bluntly’ about their ‘China conflict concerns’ in the corridors of US power
Belt-tightening squeezes China’s global ambitions
Debt is piling up at home and abroad as President Xi’s New Silk Road project hits a potholed-strewn landscape
Why the ‘chip’ of state might have already sailed
Waves of change have left the semiconductor supply chain ‘simultaneously global and highly concentrated’
Meloni’s Taiwan stance shakes up Italy’s China policy
Her new government in Rome looks certain to take a different position on relations with Beijing
China’s on the hook for pillaging the oceans
Vast fishing fleets are threatening to decimate the marine ecosystem surrounding the Galapagos Islands
China mobilizes celeb culture to push Taiwan policy
Leading Chinese stars have rushed online to repost Beijing’s official line on the state of the democratic island