China’s ‘payday loans’ are left shrouded in secrecy
Central bank’s currency swap deal comes at a hidden cost as global public debt exceeds $100 trillion
Communist Party of China
China’s coercion campaign aims to strangle Taiwan
PLA Navy and Air Force launch major drills under ‘Joint Sword 2024’ to encircle the democratic island
China is using threats to silence critics in Japan
Human Rights Watch report reveals harassment and intimidation against the Chinese diaspora
Chinese entrepreneurs are being held to ‘ransom’
Local governments in China warned about ‘arbitrary fines and seizures’ in a move to raise revenue
Desperate to get out of China’s surveillance state
Rich and poor leave the country amid the economic gloom and the endless erosion of personal freedom
Cyberattacks and economic warfare could cripple Taipei
Beijing might use a different blueprint to force Taiwan to be part of mainland China
Why it is becoming harder to get super rich in China
Billionaires have become ‘an all-too-obvious symbol of the sharpening inequality’ in the country
Comrade Xi plays the dove while intimidating Taiwan
‘Reunification is the aspiration of all Chinese from home and abroad … It is an irresistible trend’
Economic crisis gives Beijing a birthday bash hangover
Threat of austerity hovers over the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China
China’s Communist Party state aims to rule the world
United States has never faced a ‘threat’ like this, warns former national security adviser O’Brien