Do China’s leaders really believe their country is superior to all other nations on earth?
China’s global influence has increased enormously since it started opening up to the world in the early 1980s. On occasions, General Secretary Xi Jinping has suggested that his country’s system is “su...
30 Mar 202115min
What do China’s leaders mean by national security and should the world be worried?
The Chinese state places great importance on national security. It believes its duty is to protect the people from foreign attack and invasion and as China’s economy has grown, so has spending on the ...
23 Mar 202116min
Will China’s ageing population cause its economic growth to slow dramatically?
China often boasts that it is on target to become the world’s biggest economy and that in the process it’s lifting millions of people permanently out of poverty. Yet the government also acknowledges t...
16 Mar 202121min
Has China’s obsession with feminine beauty liberated women?
Should Communists care about being beautiful? In Maoist China, western ideas of beauty were derided as bourgeois. It was said to be far better to judge a woman’s worth by her intelligence, patriotism,...
9 Mar 202112min
How do women in China feel about the state deciding how many children they should have?
It is an expensive choice to have children in China, especially in big cities. Most parents struggle to afford child care and only a few employers do much to support the careers of working mothers. A ...
2 Mar 202114min
Has the pandemic been good for China?
Criticism over China’s handling of the outbreak of coronavirus had a negative impact on its international image. Initially, there was also grumbling within China itself, although complaints seem to ha...
23 Feb 202119min
What impact is the security law having on Hong Kong?
Beijing imposed a wide-ranging national security law on Hong Kong in June 2020. It claims this has quelled unrest, improved stability for business and settled the issue of sovereignty. However, many H...
16 Feb 202118min
How does the current state of US-China relations compare to the Soviet-US Cold War?
The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States lasted for nearly four decades, casting a shadow of fear across the world. Nowadays, with China and the US locked in a constant arms race an...
9 Feb 202116min
