China claims sovereignty over reefs, islands and other maritime features and took action against vessels entering waters near Scarborough Shoal
Beijing
Baoding’s hospital and the vast Xiong’an model city 50km away show the virtues of design, planning and state ownership of land
Every other live venue in Beijing must submit detailed information about every musical act to the local cultural department at least three days in advance
Kristalina Georgieva’s remarks at Beijing conference come as China export glut tensions rise
Biking food from Beijing’s cafes and restaurants, some six million drivers work long hours daily for low pay in dangerous traffic conditions. Liu Wei is one of them who works hard and draws dignity from his seven-day-a-week labour
Exporting antiques was a good way to make money but Communist Party restrictions turned traders into smugglers
A 36-year-old from Downpatrick, Co Down, has become China’s top whiskey influencer
The focus was on ‘new productive forces’, a new slogan for what amounts to a dramatic reshaping of the Chinese economy
Move puts State Council, which oversees ministries and local governments, under direct authority of party
Annual legislative meeting in Tiananmen Square includes a lengthy press conference to lay out Communist Party’s global agenda
The province of Yunnan attracts people in pursuit of their dreams with its idyllic setting, openness and low cost of living. But the classic processes of gentrification and spiralling rents inflict cultural damage on the local community
Intense and sometimes destructive social media storms have been a regular occurrence for more than a decade
The view that Washington is acting provocatively is shared across much of Asia
A splendid portrait of layers of identity and resistance in what is no less a settler society than the United States
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