China
Balancing act
The crisis over Taiwan is yet another test for Xi Jinping
China’s president tries to appear strong, while avoiding a war
Exercised
China sends missiles flying over Taiwan
Whether it could conquer the island is another question
Showing more bottle
Relations between China and Europe grow more tense
In a continent once keen on close ties with China, views have grown much warier
Tearing down the bamboo walls
The trade war within China
Local protectionism is pernicious and persistent
Lessons from Malcolm X
How Uyghurs became so good at English
They had help from famous black Americans
Travel bug
Talk of Nancy Pelosi visiting Taiwan angers China
Times have changed since a Speaker of America’s House of Representatives last went to the island
Test after test
New subvariants are the latest challenge to China’s zero-covid policy
Omicron BA.5 has many cities on edge
Send in the thugs
A violent response to protests in China’s Henan province
Thousands of people lost access to their savings. Then bullies beat them up
Title towns
How “civilised” are China’s model cities?
Clean toilets are good. Less crime would be better
Heading down a dangerous path
Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism
It may prove hard to control
Hacked
A huge data leak in China was not unexpected
The need for unencrypted data for spying on its people has consequences
