Digital IDs will tighten Beijing’s censorship grip
The move will also help China expand its global reach as it clamps down further on dissent at home
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March of the robots and China’s elderly care crisis
Concerns grow that new tech will prioritize economic growth over the needs of an aging population
Welcome to ‘zombie land’ and China’s economic crisis
Beijing ‘is saving jobs at all costs – even if it means artificially keeping companies alive’
Rolling out tariffs will not stop China’s cyber theft
Blocking exports will also fail to protect US advanced technology and safeguard intellectual property
China aims to make the world in its own image
Beijing’s ‘desire’ is ‘to create a geopolitical environment that is more conducive to its interests’
Premier Li’s Summer Davos recipe tastes of hypocrisy
He talks of a ‘mega-sized consumption powerhouse’ as domestic demand stalls and exports explode
Verbal warfare intensifies between Taipei and Beijing
China condemns President Lai Ching-te’s speech, branding it ‘full of lies, hostility, and provocation’
China left in a dire strait after US strikes on Iran
Tehran’s threat to close the critical waterway of the Strait of Hormuz sends shockwaves through Beijing
China can drive the global clean-tech revolution
From green hydrogen to smart grids, the country could reshape its economy and the planet’s future
Riding a wave of superpower strife in troubled waters
How Beijing turned the South China Sea into a ‘bubbling geopolitical hot spot’ with its ‘nine-dash line’