China
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Balancing act
The crisis over Taiwan is yet another test for Xi Jinping
China’s president tries to appear strong, while avoiding a war
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Exercised
China sends missiles flying over Taiwan
Whether it could conquer the island is another question
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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
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Tearing down the bamboo walls
The trade war within China
Local protectionism is pernicious and persistent
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Lessons from Malcolm X
How Uyghurs became so good at English
They had help from famous black Americans
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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
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Test after test
New subvariants are the latest challenge to China’s zero-covid policy
Omicron BA.5 has many cities on edge
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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
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Title towns
How “civilised” are China’s model cities?
Clean toilets are good. Less crime would be better
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Heading down a dangerous path
Xi Jinping has nurtured an ugly form of Chinese nationalism
It may prove hard to control
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Hacked
A huge data leak in China was not unexpected
The need for unencrypted data for spying on its people has consequences