Taiwan’s motto has become ‘get it where you can’
China has put the island democracy in the invidious position of having to take whatever friends it can get
Communist Party of China
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
Big business left choking on President Xi’s dogma
Foreign companies wake up to a Chinese nightmare as economic and geopolitical tensions rise
China calls the ‘shots’ as Russia fires blanks
President Putin’s stark admission highlights President Xi’s leading role in Beijing’s alliance with Moscow
Hong Kong gripped by nostalgia for a ‘golden age’
Show of respect for Queen Elizabeth II sends a coded message to Beijing and the Communist Party
Cold War 2.0 triggers US-China Big Tech risks
Spotlight again falls on social media sensation TikTok amid calls that the short video-sharing app should be ‘banned’
Poverty trap looms amid China’s Covid crackdown
President Xi Jinping’s hardline policy is starting to cause economic pain as the lockdowns continue
Unemployment crisis is China’s ‘wake-up call’
Economic slowdown and the Covid-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc among young job seekers
China’s economy pays the price of Party paranoia
President Xi Jinping’s obsessive secrecy and ‘zero-Covid’ strategy highlight Beijing’s policy flaws
Age is more than a number for China’s elite
But the chances of President Xi Jinping stepping down from the top job is ‘virtually nil’