Succession and power: a look ahead to the 20th Party Congress
Every five years, Beijing goes into heightened security as senior members of the Chinese Communist Party gather. The National Party Congress is an occasion for the party to review its track record and...
3 Okt 202258min
History and belonging: life in a Chinese mega-city
In the last four decades, hundreds of millions of Chinese have moved into cities. Today, two thirds of the country live in urban areas (compared to just one third in 1985), and many of these are hubs ...
20 Sep 202236min
Will Liz Truss declare a genocide in Xinjiang?
After a long summer of hustings, Liz Truss has finally been confirmed today as the next leader of the Conservative party. As she gets the keys to Downing Street, she'll finally be able to carry out he...
5 Sep 202223min
The new great game: how China replaced Russia in Kazakhstan and beyond
What does China want with Xinjiang? Its systematic repression of the Uyghur people and other regional minorities has shocked the world, eliciting accusations of genocide from politicians and activists...
22 Aug 202241min
Pelosi's swansong: the Taiwanese view on her fleeting visit
Nancy Pelosi’s controversial trip to Taiwan made headlines across the world this week, after President Xi’s warnings to the US ‘not to play with fire’. Furious, Beijing has responded with economic san...
5 Aug 202225min
Is China's property market about to go bust?
China’s property market accounts for something between 20 and 29 per cent of the country’s total GDP. The seemingly never-ending rise of residential blocks were how ordinary people like my family coul...
25 Juli 202228min
Semiconductors: the next technological arms race
Semiconductors are the most important thing that you've never heard of. These little computer chips provide the processing power for everything from cars and iPhones, to unmanned drones and missiles. ...
11 Juli 202243min
The radical age of Chinese cinema
You probably wouldn’t expect to see the Cultural Revolution in Chinese films, or the Great Leap Forward, or the Tiananmen Square protests. But for a certain generation and a certain corner of the Chin...
27 Juni 202244min
