Why so many millionaires are fleeing China,by hook or by crook. Or by jet-ski

Why so many millionaires are fleeing China,by hook or by crook. Or by jet-ski

The rich and the connected have been doing it for years,getting out while they can before the political situation turns against them.

  • byPeter Hartcher

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China’s ‘counter-historians’ challenging the Communist Party

China’s ‘counter-historians’ challenging the Communist Party

Ian Johnson’s new book examines an underground historical movement that represents a genuine challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.

  • byKurt Johnson
‘We both have to face reality’:The extra blow on top of Li Cunxin’s health scare

‘We both have to face reality’:The extra blow on top of Li Cunxin’s health scare

The artistic director of Queensland Ballet on his decision to focus on his family.

  • byBenjamin Law
Liu lives in a crumbling village. Nearby a compound of luxury villas remain untouched

Liu lives in a crumbling village. Nearby a compound of luxury villas remain untouched

Rural China is being left behind and residents have accused Beijing of covering up a deep economic divide.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Selfie anyone? The spectacular Sydney show that evokes a lost art
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Selfie anyone? The spectacular Sydney show that evokes a lost art

Today’s audiences are looking for an instant hit,not a slowly unfolding epic. In an age of communications we are swiftly becoming illiterate.

  • byJohn McDonald
China’s population peak a challenge for world economy
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China’s population peak a challenge for world economy

The message for Australia could not be clearer. We must hedge our bets and seek out other export markets.

  • byThe Herald's View
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‘Untouchable’:How Xi Jinping became more powerful than Mao Zedong

‘Untouchable’:How Xi Jinping became more powerful than Mao Zedong

The Chinese president’s power is now absolute within China,eclipsing even the authority of the founder of the People’s Republic himself,Mao Zedong.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Who is Xi Jinping,the world’s most powerful politician?
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Who is Xi Jinping,the world’s most powerful politician?

Once a princeling,Xi spent his teenage years living in a cave. Now he is the longest-serving leader of China since the ’70s. How did he do it? And what are his plans for China?

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Manhandled and erased:Confusion surrounds Hu’s ignominious exit from Xi’s stage
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Manhandled and erased:Confusion surrounds Hu’s ignominious exit from Xi’s stage

The undignified removal of the former Chinese president suggests it was a display of Xi Jinping’s powerful grip on the country.

  • byCon Coughlin
After Xi is anointed,most of China will have one wish

After Xi is anointed,most of China will have one wish

COVID fatigue,distress and anger has set in across China but its citizens are powerless to end a policy that has crippled large parts of its economy.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Who is the strongman – Xi Jinping or this lone protester who dared to defy him?

Who is the strongman – Xi Jinping or this lone protester who dared to defy him?

Peng Lifa staged a protest against the most powerful man in the world. Yet it is Xi Jinping who is insecure. He refuses to relinquish power because,if he did,he would be exposed to retribution.

  • byPeter Hartcher