China

Proxy war
Sensing change in Washington, China is mustering allies at the UN

Joe Biden may show more interest than Donald Trump in the body’s human-rights debates

Refusing to be silent
Though muffled, China’s #MeToo movement still has support

Campaigners see signs that sexual harassment is being viewed more seriously

A different beat
The pandemic has changed China’s nightclubs

It has given local DJs a chance to shine

Chaguan
China is doubling down in Xinjiang

Our columnist visits factories accused of using forced labour

Exporting Xi Jinping thought
How China’s Communist Party trains foreign politicians

Across the world it is seeking to sway tomorrow’s leaders

Lantau Tomorrow Vision
Hong Kong’s big housing plan faces little resistance

With democratic opposition silenced, the decks are clear to build homes for 1m people on artificial islands

Great white hulls
A new law would unshackle China’s coastguard, far from its coast

It is the world’s biggest, and intends to use its muscle

Chaguan
How China’s bullying could backfire

Humiliating those who defy it does not make them love China’s government

Where the party wants him
Joshua Wong is jailed

A leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement gets 13 months

Barriers to Sinology
As China’s power waxes, the West’s study of it is waning

Can democracies compete with China without understanding it?

Loaded questions
Officials in China abhor money-worship. A dating show glorifies it

Censors frown on “If You Are The One”, but the programme is wildly popular

Chaguan
The first lesson of doing business in China: the state comes first

Chinese entrepreneurs may draw their own conclusions from the tale of Zhang Jian