Communist Party of China

Covid Chaos

China will pay a heavy price for Xi’s blunder

Failed policies are costing lives as Covid-19 runs rampant across the country with the death toll soaring

Analysis

Beijing’s decision to reverse the government’s ‘zero’ policy risks being a slap in the face for President Xi Jinping

Covid Risks

‘Toll of the Covid-19 virus is of concern to the rest of the world given the size of China’s GDP’

Deep Dive

Beijing’s policy shift will see ‘the virus spread, leaving in its wake death and bitter dissension in the population’

Covid Risks

Beijing rolls out a new Covid action plan after mass protests and a tanking economy shake the ruling Communist Party

Beijing’s ‘response to the Omicron variant has become all-encompassing, unpredictable’ and a disaster for the economy

Insight

Students across the country have rejected ‘state censorship and control’ by holding up blank sheets of paper

Days Of Anger

Rolling lockdowns and mass testing have snapped the public’s patience, sparking anger against Communist Party rule

Geopolitical tension between Beijing and the West has spilled over into the world of genetic research

The chief adviser to former Premier Zhao Ziyang is mourned as a ‘spiritual leader’ and a voice of ‘freedom’