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
President Xi Jinping
Poverty trap looms amid China’s Covid crackdown
President Xi Jinping’s hardline policy is starting to cause economic pain as the lockdowns continue
New British PM Liz Truss talks the talk on China
The UK government will have to make clear what its relationship with Beijing will look like during the 2020s
Xi’s legacy project is a winding road to debt
China’s signature foreign policy program has left economic-strapped nations struggling to repay Beijing loans
Unemployment crisis is China’s ‘wake-up call’
Economic slowdown and the Covid-19 pandemic have wreaked havoc among young job seekers
What lies beneath China’s murky economy
‘Zero-Covid’ fallout has only added to the turmoil after years of ballooning local government and corporate debt
Food for thought amid China’s economic crisis
Heatwaves and drought threaten food shortages as the challenges increase for Beijing’s central government
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’
Comrades, leave those Hong Kong kids alone
Communist Party ideology and Xi’s doctrine will be the wall of bricks surrounding the city’s education system
Winds of war have exposed China’s weaknesses
The PLA ‘lacks the capability to handle a full-scale invasion against a defended island’ such as Taiwan