China

Tennis player Peng Shuai is the latest Chinese star to have vanished from the public eye

Global concern for sports champion who accused former minister of sexual assault

Do we need a new model for business leaders? How has Jordan’s football team reignited the gender debate? And has China silenced an Olympian?

Building of villages replicates tactics used in South China Sea, experts warn

China launches combat drills after dubbing US visit to Taiwan ‘sneaky’

Despite being three months away, the winter games have already been marred by boycotts, protests and Covid restrictions

Chinese institutes come under scrutiny as German publisher claims Xi Jinping is ‘sacrosanct and beyond discussion’

City of four million people locked down after six infections reported

The world’s second-largest economy is ailing, with worrying ramifications for the global outlook

State-accredited reporters to undergo training aimed at stamping out dissent

Group of 26 global experts tasked with reviving stalled inquiry

Some have been predicting a full-scale ‘China crisis’ for years, while others are spying opportunities

Investors fear collapse of debt-laden firm could trigger global financial contagion

Fears grow that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter will not co-operate at forthcoming climate talks

The deal to counter China will allow Australia to build nuclear submarines for the first time

North Korea dominates headlines but neighbouring nations are also stockpiling arms

Last week, the Chinese Communist Party published a diatribe against ‘popular celebrities’ who bring ‘chaos to the internet’

China’s Communist Party targets Hangzhou chief over links with business

Canadian citizens are being used by Beijing to pressure Canada in the Huawei extradition case

Beijing blasts US intervention in Afghanistan as officials meet to signal warming ties

Man aged 24 found guilty of secession and terrorism in landmark trial ruling

Death toll mounts as tens of thousands flee homes following ‘worst rainfall in a millennium’

Infection linked to macaques is often deadly when spread to humans

Malaysia to phase out Sinovac jab amid growing concern over its efficacy

Vow by Tokyo to protect neighbour in event of invasion marks historic policy shift by pacifist nation

The CCP’s rule is the third longest of any political party in history

European leaders at odds at Cornwall summit as US president’s push for investigation widens rift over China

It has landed craft on Mars and on the dark side of the Moon, and it is building a space station. What are China’s ambitions in space?

Tough restrictions reimposed as Beijing battles coronavirus variants amid concerns about efficacy of home-grown vaccines

Anthony Fauci calls on China to release medical records of possible coronavirus victims

Sayragul Sauytbay spent five months in a ‘re-education’ centre in Xinjiang. She tells Damian Whitworth what she witnessed inside, and how she escaped …

There were just 12 million births last year, down from 14.65 million in 2019

European trade chief says agreement is suspended due to sanctions against Beijing

How hackers made China one of ‘the world’s pre-eminent cyber players’