China

It’s easier for Xi to make friends abroad when he has the Russian dictator by his side

Stories about a Chinese ‘artificial womb’ seem more science fiction than fact – but reveal uncomfortable truths about the ethics of reproduction

‘Scarcity mindset’ marketing made the collectable dolls a Gen Z cult, but ubiquity will gradually erode Labubus’ power

The vast landmass has the oil, gas, metals and water that China craves – and Moscow may be too weak to stop them

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

The two nations have been fighting border skirmishes since the sixties. But a new issue threatens something much worse

The Taiwanese are not unaware of the danger posed by China – but the air-raid drills and military exercises are now just part of everyday life

Rising political and military tensions have seen pro-democracy activists stage mass recall campaigns against pro-China Kuomintang lawmakers

China, Russia and the US hard right now all look at Europe in the same way - as an opponent to be countered

Beijing will have watched the US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and will have learned a dangerous lesson

In China’s craze for modernisation, many traditional homes were destroyed, including the classical courtyard homes in hutongs or alleys in Beijing. I don't want our family home to now be one of them

Three decades ago, Beijing decided it was going to become the future of auto manufacturing. How did they do it?

The US giants have become sprawling conglomerates, precisely the kind of fat, complacent companies they once set out to disrupt

Once the war ends, the Russian economy will deflate and become entirely reliant on China

China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America

His previous attempt to start a trade war with China only rebounded on America. This time round, might the US president try to cut a deal?

China has upended the artificial intelligence war, and now anyone can win – shaking the assumptions of Trump, Musk and Starmer

The Chinese artificial intelligence company has sent shockwaves through the tech community. How did DeepSeek do it?

In China, wealth now comes at a cost

The superpower of seafood dominates more than just the high seas

As a result, Russia and China will be pushed closer together

A nation under threat defeated Chinese interference in their poll – so what lessons can the US and UK learn from them?

With China's economy in trouble, Xi has taken to wooing Europe

As Britain sanctions Chinese cyberattackers, Europe starts to break with Xi’s pet funding project

We allow Russia and China far greater access into our media ecosystems than we can gain into theirs, which gives them a huge asymmetric advantage

Soon, China’s politics will give way to economics and its debt crisis will inevitably entail pain for consumers

It will be a year of political upheaval and war. If leaders can’t navigate a changing world order, the results could be disastrous

Our credibility is gone at a time when tough talking to Xi should be our strategy

China is the world leader in solar energy, but its status as a likely economic superpower is now in jeopardy

Has Beijing learned the lessons of Putin’s failed invasion of Ukraine, and Prigozhin’s failed revolution?

China is trying to re-shape globalisation to its own ends. What does Beijing want – and what does it need?

Joining the CPTPP trading bloc will contribute less than 0.1 per cent to GDP. But there is a point to membership