China
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The €8m boarding school on the tropical island of Hainan is part of a push for a great leap forwards for China’s not-so-beautiful game
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Li Keqiang urges China to brace for ‘more complicated and graver situations’ ahead in apparent reference to President Trump
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‘Great Firewall’ that blocks western websites is too restrictive and hinders economic progress while discouraging foreign investors, says Luo Fuhe
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The Guardian among outlets to report on alleged torture of lawyer Xie Yang, which sparked Beijing’s Trump-style rebuke
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In cities like Chongqing and Guilin, French photographer Marilyn Mugot finds a China lit up by the rush of modern life
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France, UK and US wanted sanctions over chemical weapon use – but Vladimir Putin rejects ‘totally inappropriate’ proposal
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After abolishing the one-child policy, Communist party mulls financial incentives to parents who have more than one baby
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From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up
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Bi-annual report on former colony saying confidence in its systems is under threat comes after repeated interventions from Beijing
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We must resist until China gives Hong Kong a say in our future
Joshua Wong and Emily LimIf Beijing allows human rights to deteriorate in Hong Kong, its freest city, then the whole country will lose all hope of reform
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A sacred Tibetan lake, a crack in the Antarctic ice shelf and deforestation in Cambodia are among images captured by Nasa and the ESA this month
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Ban may reflect Beijing’s nervousness about the state of US-China relations in the Trump era
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Building the concrete structures with retractable roofs on Subi, Mischief and Fiery Cross reefs could be considered a military escalation
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New plan to defeat Islamic State has been requested by Donald Trump and is expected to be delivered to White House next week
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Hundreds of thousands of vehicles affected by edict covering part of Xinjiang following outbreaks of violence – and no petrol for owners who don’t comply
Solar power growth leaps by 50% worldwide thanks to US and China