The Party’s Interests Come First by Joseph Torigian: The paranoid and intensely emotional political culture behind China’s Xi Jinping
Xi Zhongxun biography takes us into the world of the Communist Party and the life of its elite figures
Communist Party of China
Restoring biodiversity on the Yangtze river: ‘You have to do some balancing and make some difficult choices’
Home to several rare species and the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, protecting human life and biodiversity on the Yangtze river is a difficult balancing act
Communist Party membership shares the qualities of LinkedIn and the Legion of Mary
Being a member can help people get a job, but not necessarily one they want
China exerts control from a nondescript office on Dublin’s Capel Street
Running an authoritarian state means constantly having to ‘maintain tentacles everywhere’, said one China watcher
The Troublemaker by Mark L Clifford: Story of tycoon turned activist Jimmy Lai is consistently compelling
Clifford avoids hagiography in this rags-to-riches-to-prison-scrubs biography of the dissident billionaire
The tourism boom in China’s pariah province
Xinjiang – where China stands accused of committing human rights abuses against the Uyghur people – is experiencing a surge in visitor numbers thanks to a hit TV series
The Irish Times view on US-China relations: trying to build a solid foundation
Joe Biden cannot tie his successor’s hands on China, but his diplomatic engagement can build structures that will help to limit the damage if Donald Trump wins in November
China threatens ‘diehard’ Taiwan separatists with death penalty
China has in the past accused Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, of being a ‘separatist’ who staged war games
Party cadres urged to ‘emancipate the mind’ but Chinese officials remain more cautious than ever
Xi’s crackdown on corruption has created a culture of fear just when China’s stagnating economy is badly in need of fresh thinking
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang dies aged 68
Reformist and one-time Communist Party leadership contender lost influence as Xi Jinping tightened grip on power
China tries to win support in Taiwan with economic links to closest mainland province
Military manoeuvres around Taiwan serve as a reminder that Beijing has a fallback option if hearts and minds cannot be won over
China sets 5% growth target to drive economic recovery
National People’s Congress opens with Xi Jinping planning sweeping changes to centralise power further
Red Memory: Potent insights into Cultural Revolution’s impact on modern China
Tania Branigan explores the horrors of Mao’s decade of turmoil and disruption and how it relates to Xi’s preoccupation with order and discipline
Shanghai Letter: ‘We had to take responsibility for our own welfare because we couldn’t depend on the authorities’
Lockdown is over, but a spirit of self-reliance and disenchantment with authority continues
China: Death of former president creates dilemma for Xi
Leader must preside over mourning of the popular Jiang Zemin while grappling with protest fallout
Jiang Zemin obituary: shrewd political manipulator
Re-asserted Chinese Communist party authority in the wake of Tiananmen Square before completing the dismantling of Maoist China
China’s Xi defends zero Covid policy and calls for strengthening military
The Chinese president, who is expected to win a third leadership term, was speaking at the Communist Party Congress
Denis Staunton: When they asked on the third day of Beijing quarantine if everything was all right, I said I’d love some coffee
The five-yearly Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) begins this Sunday
Tesla comes under increasing pressure in China
Two government entities fire off missives about the company in a single day
A year after Wuhan, China spins a tale of heroism and triumph
No mistakes admitted as Beijing portrays pandemic narrative as a Communist Party-led victory
India returns Chinese soldier who got lost ‘looking for yaks’
Corporal’s release underlines easing of tensions on disputed Himalayan border
Twitter purges 174,000 accounts linked to Chinese government
Social media giant says China ran network of accounts to spread misinformation
CIIE: New opportunities for Ireland and China-Ireland Relations
‘The partnership for beneficial co-operation between China and Ireland is strong’
Commitment to opening up the Chinese market
Extracts from speeches by Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China
Helping to make China the number one market for Irish exporters
The largest ever trade mission from Ireland to China is being aided by organisations set up to promote links between the two countries
China steps up pressure on Uighurs with re-education camps
State media says security crackdown in Xinjiang prevents ‘tragedy’ from taking place
West must face challenge of Xi’s Leninist autocracy
Democracies have to recognise their failures to counter a China that sees itself as an ideological rival
Xi Jinping tightens grip on power ahead of Communist Party congress
Autumn gathering expected to name Xi Jinping in pantheon of great Chinese leaders
Beijing’s candidate expected to romp home in limited Hong Kong poll
Carrie Lam seen by China as low-risk candidate on fractious island territory
Kim Jong-un oversees giant rally in Pyongyang to end congress
Congress linked expansion of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to economic growth
Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China’s Communist party
Outlawed in 2015, China now says there is ‘no right or wrong’ about the playing of golf
Economy to dominate China’s National People’s Congress
Red flags flutter in the smog as delegates gather for the country’s annual parliament
China closes social media accounts of property developer
Internet watchdog says comments critical of President Xi Jinping were ‘illegal’
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