Waves of anxiety crash into China’s Communist Party
Domestic and foreign policy gaffes make this the Year of Living Dangerously for President Xi Jinping
Hong Kong
Perfect storm swirls around China’s economy
Bubbling beneath the surface is a river of debt that is threatening key sectors and local governments
‘China Dream’ turns into a Hong Kong nightmare
Covid-19 crisis is just the latest blow that has left the city reeling under Beijing’s rule
‘China mania’ rhetoric echoes Party propaganda line
Behind the Beijing Olympics hype lies a ruling Communist Party steeped in secrecy and subterfuge
Winter Olympics have been a coup for China’s regime
Staging the Beijing 2022 Games has bolstered the ruling Communist Party’s legitimacy
Defection of Chinese rocket scientist rocks Beijing
It could take China years to tweak its systems and render this ‘intelligence ineffective’
Soft power, boycotts and the Winter Olympics
Human rights abuses against the Uighurs, the Hong Kong crisis and the Omicron variant haunt the Beijing Games
Digital dragnet tightens China’s censorship grip
Hong Kong’s freedom of speech crackdown is just part of a broader global strategy to silence Party critics
China continues clampdown on ‘free speech’ in Hong Kong
Stand News is the latest media site to be targeted by the national security police in a massive raid
Why the Communist Party of China hates the D-word
Beijing shows its authoritarian colors in a backlash against US-sponsored ‘Summit for Democracy’