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Three years of college under covid, only to emerge to a terrible job market. It's no wonder Chinese graduates are taking “zombie-style” photos of themselves flopped on the grass. → Read More
China's economy is slowing and unemployment rising as the country struggles to emerge from zero covid policies. Talk of "de-risking" isn't helping either. → Read More
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is heading to Beijing. Expectations are low, but analysts say it's good that China and the United States are talking again. → Read More
From 2020: Hong Kong used to be seen as cautious, pragmatic and materialistic. But protests have transformed the city. As Beijing tightens its grip, how much longer can the movement survive? → Read More
Critics call them paranoid; they call themselves prudent. These Chinese people are continuing to observe strict zero-covid rules amid a new surge of infections. → Read More
As immunity from the last big wave of infections wanes with the new XBB coronavirus variant, China braces for a new surge of covid cases. → Read More
Relations between Washington and Beijing hit new lows with the balloon incident, but there are signs that Chinese officials might be interested in talking again. → Read More
The meeting with the U.S. ambassador could lead to more senior-level exchanges after high-level contacts were frozen with the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States. → Read More
Chinese security ministry has been linked to an influence campaign aimed at casting the United States as an irresponsible cyber power, according to a new report. → Read More
Dong Yuyu, a former Harvard University journalism fellow, was detained in February, in the latest sign of how boundaries are being redrawn in Xi Jinping’s China. → Read More
Xi Jinping needs Russia in China's competition with the United States, but also wants to present himself as a champion of the Global South. → Read More
The National People’s Congress opened in Beijing. China’s rubber-stamp parliament is expected to approve a government overhaul that extends Xi Jinping’s control. → Read More
China's use of balloons for “social stability maintenance” shows how Beijing is honing these monitoring tools at home for use abroad and in the case of war. → Read More
The incident is a setback to recent Chinese efforts to repair relations with the United States and revive its economy. → Read More
China appears to be trying to lower tensions with the U.S. after several rancorous years. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit will show just how amenable Beijing is willing to be. → Read More
Local officials turned what authorities had hoped would be a gradual reopening into a sudden one in their scramble to implement Xi Jinping's directives. → Read More
The announcement comes after criticism by international health experts and citizens that the government is understating deaths caused by the virus. → Read More
Covid is spreading rapidly across China as hundreds of millions of people make plans to celebrate the start of the new lunar year. Is the surge past its peak or is more to come? → Read More
An analysis of satellite images and videos finds a dramatic increase in activity at funeral homes, undermining Chinese claims that outbreaks are under control. → Read More
HIs newly personable approach with world leaders is a departure from a combative style in recent years. But it's being challenged at home by pandemic protests. → Read More