I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan: The exhausting life of a courier
Chinese bestseller has been touted as an everyman’s capitalism critique
Beijing
After the Hong Kong fire, Beijing confronts a grief it can’t easily police
Thousands queue to mourn victims, highlighting tensions between public grief and Beijing’s strict controls on dissent
Quilt woven by Irish groups sends message of solidarity to Cop30 climate summit
Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson will present quilt to Brazilian climate minister
China clamps down on rare earth exports
Foreign companies will need Beijing’s approval to export products containing certain minerals
China spy case was dropped after UK government failed to provide evidence of Beijing threat
Spying charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were dropped last month
Winner takes all in China’s ruthless race for university places
Millions of students will spend the autumn holiday cramming for an exam that can unlock an elite university place — and a 40% income premium
China’s marriage rate is at its lowest in nearly 40 years. Why are singles put off settling down?
Couples who are getting married are doing so later than before
‘We’re still talking past each other’: US congressmen make rare visit to China
First congressional delegation to Beijing since 2019 calls for military dialogue as Trump and Xi plan to meet
Jobless in Beijing: ‘You have to find other passions. For me it was my plants and the cat’
Talk of job losses is everywhere these days but China’s generous statutory payments can make redundancy seem attractive
China to preach peace at security forum but South China Sea actions tell different story
Beijing has been aggressively enforcing its disputed claims to over 90 per cent of the maritime area with its most advanced aircraft carrier
Meet the 82-year-old Belfast man cycling across China to understand how villages vote
Electoral expert’s attempts to engage local councils meets with mixed success - and interest from the police
Why the West misreads the room with its ‘Axis of Upheaval’ narrative
The emerging alternative order is neither an axis, nor is it interested in upheaval
Lasers, hypersonic missiles and underwater drones: China’s new weapons that worry the West
Xi Jinping presided over a parade showcasing the latest weaponry in Beijing’s arsenal
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
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