The violence at the heart of the CCP
Frank Dikötter charts the rise of Chinese communism through its brutality. But does he undervalue the role of ideas?
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Britain’s road forward runs through China
Our stagnancy is a story of dependency. A new relationship with Beijing is part of ending managed decline
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The West has abandoned Hong Kong to totalitarianism
With the conviction of Jimmy Lai, can Britain offer the city anything more than moral lectures and second passports?
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Xi Jinping’s daddy issues
The Chinese president’s concept of power was forged by the suffering of his revolutionary father, Xi Zhongxun.
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Making China great again
The former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd writes that Xi Jinping has embraced an assertive nationalism that aims to put…
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Democracy begins with us
As a journalist in authoritarian China, I learned the value of community. As a parliamentary candidate in the UK, I…
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Britain is asking the wrong questions about China
A new realism is needed to deal with the threat from Beijing.
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How Xi Jinping views the world
China’s leader came to power determined to ensure the country’s continuing rise, but he may yet turn out to be…
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China’s economy will rebound. But for how long?
A falling population and the political scars from its zero Covid policy present warning signs for China.
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What Xi Jinping’s rhetoric reveals about China’s global aims
Beijing’s call for “fighters” in leadership roles signals a battle with the West for dominance in tech.
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From Louise Glück to Rachel Aviv: recent books reviewed in short
Also featuring Susan L Shirk on China under Xi Jinping and Ryan Gingeras on the Ottoman Empire.
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China’s espionage poses urgent threat to the UK and US
Amid political turmoil in Westminster, the FBI and MI5 warn about the danger of “game-changing” Chinese operations.
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Peng Shuai speaks but the man she accused remains out of reach
Zhang Gaoli, the man alleged by the Chinese tennis star to have assaulted her, is unlikely to ever face questions.
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Why is anyone surprised by China’s influence in Westminster?
What seemed like good business has opened an insecure post-Brexit UK to exploitation.
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How Peng Shuai exposed the limits of China’s power
The sinister case of the Chinese tennis star reveals the choice confronting Beijing: coercion at home, or soft power abroad?
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X is for Xi Jinping: At the peak of his powers, China’s president is nowhere and everywhere on the world stage
The leader didn’t leave his country once in 2021, but dominated the minds, summits and treaties of the West.
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The long shadow of the Chinese Communist Party
Even in London, supporters of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement don’t feel safe.
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