Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 February
Holiday madness, Chinese-style
Tomorrow the sun will rise on the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.
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Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 11 February
It's quiet. Too quiet...
When Chinese New year starts, Hong Kong stops – and our bureau chief, against her better judgement, finds herself missing the hustle and bustle.
The Briefing, episode 330
Fiona Wilson analyses Shinzo Abe’s latest outburst over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. We also explore the logistics of the world’s biggest migration, as millions of Chinese workers prepare to go home for the…
Culture / Media
Censor sensibility
Hung Huang is the head of CIMG, perhaps China’s most sophisticated media brand. In just seven years she has spearheaded new TV, print and web media. Now she wants to forge a uniquely modern Chinese culture, in a country…
The Globalist, episode 333
Spain’s economic crisis has taken yet another twist; we’re in Madrid as the country’s banks prepare to strike. We also hear from Abdirashid Hashi, deputy director of Mogadishu’s first think tank: the Heritage Institute for…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 13 February
Why clever Kenyans learn Chinese
A degree from a western university has long been a priority for any would-be member of the Kenyan elite.
Business / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 15 August
China cheats itself
China is famously hungry for resources and knowledge of all kinds – but military high technology whets the country’s billion-man appetite more than anything else.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 25 November
The Chinese quest for luxury brands
It’s no secret that wealthy Chinese are addicted to luxury brand shopping.
Affairs / Television
Monocolumn
Thursday 2 June
Chinese TV awash with ‘red’ programming
Flip on the television in China this month and you might wonder if some networks have slipped back to the Little Red Book-waving days of the late 1960s. On 1 July, it’s the 90th anniversary of the founding of China’s Com…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 5 July
Taipei: More Chinese than the Chinese
Why the tiny rebel island off the coast of China developed into its own Chinese society.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Tuesday 24 November
Why everyone wants to be China’s best friend
When China was penniless and politically unfashionable just a few decades ago, it found friends and allies – besides a few Leftist pariahs and revolutionary oddballs – very hard to come by.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 9 January
The EU’s urge to be friends with Beijing
With half the Christmas presents opened in Europe last month having started life on Chinese production lines, it seems only fair that the European Union should want to sell more of its own goods to the moneyed Chinese and…
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Saturday 9 October
China’s submarine technology creeps up on the West
China’s latest submarine was unveiled with little fanfare at a shipyard in Wuhan last month.
Business / Environment
Monocolumn
Tuesday 11 December
China is fuming
China’s rapid economic rise has transformed the country, turning it into an economic powerhouse and pulling hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. But that progress has come at a price that China’s leaders are still…
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Monday 7 March
Tibet's big shut-down
The Tibetan Autonomous Region is currently closed to foreign travellers, and will remain so for the next four weeks.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Monday 18 July
Gay rights given an unexpected 'official' boost in China
Firestorm over a Chinese actress’s homophobic microblog
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Friday 13 November
The space invasion
A top-secret military base in the mountains where Chinese technicians are building laser beams designed to render western satellites ineffective.
Design / Architecture
Monocolumn
Tuesday 25 October
It’s curtains for glass buildings
Residents and visitors to any city in China should take care when passing glass buildings.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Sunday 14 March
A higher plane
Taiwan remains 90 miles off the Chinese coast, but politically the island might just have shifted in the mainland’s direction.
Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 28 September
Party animals
Beijing will play host to an emphatic demonstration of China’s growing military power on Thursday when a panoply of new military hardware is unveiled at this year’s National Day parade, marking the 60th anniversary of the…