China

Chaguan
China needs to train more doctors

The Party praises covid-fighting medics, but fails to fix the health system

Listening in
Podcasting provides a space for free thought in China

Amid a broader media clampdown, there are still a few corners where discussion is welcome

Profs and loss
China is killing academic freedom in Hong Kong

The new national-security law has professors scared

Chaguan
China’s rulers will pay a high price for repression in Hong Kong

It will have an outsize impact on whether foreigners trust China

Worlds apart
Changes to China’s hukou system are creating new divides

The rich find it easier to move to big cities; the poor are being pushed towards small ones

In the party’s sights
Jimmy Lai’s arrest is a blow to press freedom in Hong Kong

To the Chinese Communist Party, the newspaper tycoon is the territory’s most reviled democrat

The big unfriending
Donald Trump has caused panic among millions of WeChat users

For all its sinister aspects, its loss to Chinese in America would be sorely felt