Poison and politics:The bizarre backstory to Netflix’s latest blockbuster
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Poison and politics:The bizarre backstory to Netflix’s latest blockbuster

A former executive at the company that owns the rights to Netflix’s latest series 3 Body Problem was sentenced to death by a Shanghai court.

  • byEryk Bagshaw

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China’s big gamble could blow up in its face
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China’s big gamble could blow up in its face

The implosion of its property sector has forced China into a major pivot to boost its economy. It needs help from the rest of the world for it to work.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
China’s economy is in a terrible funk – just how Xi Jinping likes it
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China’s economy is in a terrible funk – just how Xi Jinping likes it

Xi is preparing China for war,and for that,he wants to make sure all parts of the economy are geared to respond to centralised control.

  • byPeter Hartcher
The Chinese ‘zombies’ that have tied up billions of dollars

The Chinese ‘zombies’ that have tied up billions of dollars

What looked like a mammoth growth opportunity just a few years ago has turned hostile.

  • byLauren Hirsch
Why metals will shrug off history’s greatest property crash

Why metals will shrug off history’s greatest property crash

A curious thing has been happening in China’s vast real estate market — or rather,not happening.

  • byDavid Fickling
China’s hypocrisy when it comes to TikTok is stunning
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China’s hypocrisy when it comes to TikTok is stunning

Beijing is hardly in a position to accuse anyone of unfair competition considering it’s blocked X,YouTube,Facebook,WhatsApp,Google and Instagram from operating within its borders.

  • byMatthew Lynn
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How China’s big dreams will wipe out the world’s climate gains
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How China’s big dreams will wipe out the world’s climate gains

Global greenhouse pollution hit a new record last year. That was almost entirely a China story.

  • byDavid Fickling
Xi extinguishes separation of powers,fuses the party with the state
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Xi extinguishes separation of powers,fuses the party with the state

President Xi Jinping has spent the past decade building the Chinese state around him and this week formally removed his final obstacle:the power of the State Council.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Why this troubled Chinese property giant is different to the rest

Why this troubled Chinese property giant is different to the rest

China Vanke is the latest property titan facing collapse. But while its embattled rivals have been left to flounder,Beijing has come rushing to its aid.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
How China strangled its golden goose – and paid a terrible price
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How China strangled its golden goose – and paid a terrible price

Western banks,their expat workers and foreign money are all taking flight from Hong Kong as Beijing tightens its grip on the region.

  • byMelissa Lawford
Beijing unites around Xi’s ‘historic mission’

Beijing unites around Xi’s ‘historic mission’

Premier Li Qiang has vowed to push ahead with transforming China’s economic growth model as he announced a new target of 5 per cent.

  • byEryk Bagshaw