China
Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Finance & economics
How China will strike back at Trump
Xi Jinping has set out his tariff red lines. What if America crosses them?
1843 magazine | Inside the AI back-channel between China and the West
Computer scientists are reaching out across the geopolitical divide to try to stop an apocalypse
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Wegovy hits the People’s Republic, at last
China mainlines “Musk’s miracle medicine”, at a fraction of the cost in America
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China’s government is badgering women to have babies
It is testing an expanded pro-natalist playbook
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China suffers eruptions from its simmering discontents
Amid random violence and increasing protests, fears mount for social stability
Asia
Is India’s education system the root of its problems?
A recent comparison with China suggests that may be so
Leaders
Tariff threats will do harm, even if Donald Trump does not impose them
The risk of a trade war is uncomfortably high
Drum Tower
Inside China’s disciplinary centres for “deviant” youth
Our weekly podcast on China. This week: what happens when young Chinese challenge the social conservatism of their parents?
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Trump, trade and feeding China’s pigs
As a trade war looms, China looks to cut its reliance on America
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Helping America’s hawks get inside the head of Xi Jinping
China’s leader is a risk-taker. How far will he go in confronting America?
Leaders
From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran
Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
Business in 2025
To see the cars of the future, look at China’s electric vehicles
With their surprising and innovative features, they are streets ahead
Business in 2025
China’s e-commerce upstarts will start to look more like Western ones
They will also focus less on Western markets
Business in 2025
Chinese firms will keep going global
American tariffs are helping to drive their expansion overseas
Diplomacy in 2025
The perils of the world’s third nuclear age
Donald Trump must decide how to compete in a new arms race