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Exchequer returns continue to perform well and the labour market is buoyant, but headwinds remain, Minister for Finance warns
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
Definition of sedition and state secrets could expand, putting journalists and workers in financial services at risk of prosecution for espionage
The Mosuo people of southwest China are among the few surviving matrilineal societies, where spouses often live apart
Annual legislative meeting in Tiananmen Square includes a lengthy press conference to lay out Communist Party’s global agenda
Justice secretary says legislation is aimed at people who ‘spread speech that harms or jeopardises national security’
Premier say it won’t be easy to achieve and cites internal and external pressures on economy
Li Qiang the first premier in three decades not to take questions from the media at end of annual parliamentary session
Manufacturing continues to stall along with property, debt and foreign investment woes as world of commerce looks to Beijing for swing away from domestic security concerns
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
Xi’s crackdown on corruption has created a culture of fear just when China’s stagnating economy is badly in need of fresh thinking
Media tycoon is on trial in Hong Kong on separate charges under controversial National Security Law
Intense and sometimes destructive social media storms have been a regular occurrence for more than a decade