Taiwan president says Chinese threats will not deter her during US stopoverChina has warned of retaliation if Tsai Ing-wen meets House of Representatives speaker Kevin McCarthy, but the Taiwan leader says she will ‘neither yield nor provoke’, writes Denis StauntonWed Mar 29 2023 - 16:44
China says it is open for business again as western CEOs descend on BeijingMultinational chief executives stress the importance of creating a more level playing field if China wants to attract more foreign investmentMon Mar 27 2023 - 10:30
China promises better conditions for foreign investors despite geopolitical tensionsCompetition between China and the US is on a scale never seen before, China Development Forum hearsSun Mar 26 2023 - 17:44
Denis Staunton in China: The flowers did not last long, the mood is changing, and an angry wife threw punches in the cinemaDenis Staunton tells of shifting sands in China’s capital and how the victim and a husband want police to handle a shocking real-life incident at the moviesFri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00
Xi arrives in Moscow calling for pragmatism on Ukraine warChinese president holds talks with Putin, saying his country’s proposal for ceasefire, peace talks reflected views of international communityMon Mar 20 2023 - 20:54
China’s support is crucial for Putin, giving Xi leverage in encouraging Putin to enter peace talksXi Jinping’s visit to Moscow comes amid Chinese efforts to promote a negotiated settlement in UkraineFri Mar 17 2023 - 17:01
China says Xi visit to Moscow next week will promote world peaceChina’s president to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during three-day tripFri Mar 17 2023 - 13:16
Beijing Letter: Xi wants distinct Chinese flavour to cyberspace menuData issues addressed by regulators are the same as those that preoccupy legislators in EuropeFri Mar 17 2023 - 05:14
Aukus deal likely to create lasting change in security architecture of the Indo-Pacific regionAs Japan doubles military spending and Australia makes major defence investment, China sees the US’s latticework taking shape all around itTue Mar 14 2023 - 14:48
New Chinese premier Li Qiang emerging as more than a yes-man to president XiLi speaks of how the China-US relationship benefits both parties, in contrast to Xi Jinping’s toneMon Mar 13 2023 - 17:33
Xi vows that ‘great wall of steel’ will protect Chinese sovereigntyThe Asian superpower’s president was speaking at the conclusion of the Two Sessions of the National People’s Congress in BeijingMon Mar 13 2023 - 14:37
Triumphant Xi Jinping to address National People’s Congress after China brokers Saudi-Iran accordWeeklong meeting of NPC saw Xi elected to third term as president and Li Qiang chosen as premierSun Mar 12 2023 - 16:22
Eamon Ryan urges continued dialogue with China on climate change and energyMinister for Environment begins week-long visit to Shanghai, Hong Kong and BeijingFri Mar 10 2023 - 15:34
Xi Jinping secures unprecedented third term as China’s presidentLeader sworn in as country faces economic challenges and rising tensions with USFri Mar 10 2023 - 15:11
Beijing Letter: Xi Jinping showing no sign of weakness at Two Sessions conference After last year’s protests and the scrapping of zero-Covid, China’s president is looking to tighten the party’s control over the country’s policy leversFri Mar 10 2023 - 05:43
China accuses US of prolonging Ukraine war for its own endsForeign minister says Washington is trying to build an Asian version of Nato to target ChinaTue Mar 07 2023 - 13:33
Ukraine war: China accuses US of undermining peace efforts, prolonging conflictForeign minister Qin Gang says Washington is trying to build an Asian version of Nato to target ChinaTue Mar 07 2023 - 08:18
Economic growth and Taiwan on agenda as China’s National People’s Congress gets underwayOutgoing premier reaffirms Beijing’s commitment to reunification with Taiwan through peaceful meansSun Mar 05 2023 - 09:08
The New Cold War: The United States, Russia & China, From Kosovo to Ukraine; China & Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and ConcordDenis Staunton reviews new books by Gilbert Achcar and Philip Snow, both of which offer timely and important perspectives on key geopolitical relationshipsSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
As political elite gathers, China expects measures to boost economic growth and birth rate The country’s most important annual conference opens on Saturday, with Xi Jinping preparing to tighten grip on political power while Washington declares an ‘existential struggle’, writes Denis StauntonFri Mar 03 2023 - 17:07
Beijing Letter: More protests are a bridge too far as China prepares for Two SessionsParty leadership is taking special measures to avoid a re-run of last year’s demonstrationsThu Mar 02 2023 - 20:46
China accuses US of double standards over Ukraine and TaiwanForeign ministry says Washington should stop accusing others of behaviour it was itself guilty ofThu Mar 02 2023 - 16:39
Press freedoms in China ‘declined at accelerated pace’ during pandemic Group representing foreign correspondents says authorities cited pandemic health restrictions to impede journalistsWed Mar 01 2023 - 16:12
Top Chinese banker ‘co-operating’ with investigation by state authoritiesBao Fan was latest in series of high profile business executives to go missing without explanation in recent yearsMon Feb 27 2023 - 07:23
China wary of US agenda after Ukraine war erodes relationship with Europe Beijing frustrated by Europeans’ pestering about conflict, noting that ‘US is the number one warmonger in world’Sat Feb 25 2023 - 06:30
China calls for ceasefire in Ukraine, urges lifting of sanctions on RussiaBeijing warns Moscow against use of nuclear weaponsFri Feb 24 2023 - 06:12
Denis Staunton: The power struggle to access the depths of South China SeaBeijing is battling to get the global upper hand by mining rare earths from the seabedThu Feb 23 2023 - 19:18
China calls on Western countries to stop hyping up Ukraine war and linking it with future of TaiwanForeign minister says China will work with international community to find peaceful resolution to the conflictTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:54
The truth behind the Chinese balloon may remain cloudy but the fallout is clearThe US and China seem prepared to talk, but trust levels, which were already low, have plummetedSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
When it comes to love, Chinese singles have strict requirements for their prospective partnersBeijing Letter: Valentine’s Day has become an established part of the calendarFri Feb 17 2023 - 05:00
China has been spying on US and allies for years using balloon programme, White House allegesWhite House national security official rejects Chinese assertion of US balloon flights, telling broadcaster: ‘Not doing it. Just absolutely not true’Mon Feb 13 2023 - 20:37
‘If hukou is abolished now, everyone will swarm into cities’: The system that ties Chinese citizens to one place Most economists say the mechanism for limiting internal migration impedes growth, but others warn against to loosening restrictions too soonFri Feb 10 2023 - 18:27
My first experience of China’s blind masseurs was a perk of normal life returningBeijing Letter: Schools have guidelines for dealing with the next outbreak, including possible return of online lessonsFri Feb 10 2023 - 05:00
Balloon row can’t hide reality that US and China need one anotherThe White House came under political pressure to respond aggressively and it bowed to that pressureMon Feb 06 2023 - 16:43
China accuses US of overreacting by shooting down unmanned balloon over the Atlantic Vice-foreign minister Xie Feng says Beijing had made clear the balloon was a civilian airship that had entered US airspace by accidentMon Feb 06 2023 - 15:39
Red Memory: Potent insights into Cultural Revolution’s impact on modern China Tania Branigan explores the horrors of Mao’s decade of turmoil and disruption and how it relates to Xi’s preoccupation with order and disciplineSat Feb 04 2023 - 05:00
US and China: Fragile relationship blown off course by a balloon over MontanaHope of an improvement in relations stalled as Antony Blinken’s visit is postponed over surveillance claimsFri Feb 03 2023 - 18:00
‘She told me she had contacted a woman’s dead dog the previous week. I asked what it had said’Beijing Letter: In a formidable surveillance state, plenty still passes under the radarFri Feb 03 2023 - 05:00
China says US started Ukraine conflict and is profiting from itBeijing dismisses as ‘groundless blackmail’ Washington’s claim that Chinese companies are helping Russia’s war effortMon Jan 30 2023 - 13:35
Shanghai Letter: ‘We had to take responsibility for our own welfare because we couldn’t depend on the authorities’Lockdown is over, but a spirit of self-reliance and disenchantment with authority continuesFri Jan 27 2023 - 05:00
Call for China to release protesters detained in demonstrations against zero-Covid policy Current location of some detainees remains unknown following widespread demonstrations in late 2022, says Human Rights WatchThu Jan 26 2023 - 14:36
While China is the world’s most populous country, children there are a treasured and increasingly scare resourceScrapping the one-child policy was meant to encourage bigger families, but many people in China are choosing not to have kids at allSat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00
Denis Staunton: Burning ghost money ahead of Chinese New Year festivalCoronavirus galloping through country, 60,000 fatalities with disease in hospitals between December 8th and January 12thFri Jan 20 2023 - 05:00
China’s population declines for first time since end of Great Famine in 1961 India may overtake China this year as the world’s most populous countryTue Jan 17 2023 - 09:08
Chinese new year: How Beijing residents are preparing to celebrate - and what they will be eatingFor the past three years, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the annual migration for Chinese new year and many will return home this year for their first festival since 2019Fri Jan 13 2023 - 17:00
Beijing Letter: ‘When I asked him if business was back to normal, he looked up at me for a moment and then back down to work on my toes’With Covid restrictions lifted, China's capital is getting back on its feetThu Jan 12 2023 - 15:07
China stops issuing short-term visitor visas to South Korea and JapanRetaliatory move comes as Beijing says wave of Covid infections has peaked in much of the countryTue Jan 10 2023 - 17:22
China braces for nationwide Covid spread during new year festivities Celebrations around January 22nd, when millions travel to see relations, will bring the virus to smaller cities and rural areasSat Jan 07 2023 - 05:00
No queues at the Covid fever clinics as Bejing begins to recoverThreat of Coronavirus is expected to move to smaller cities and rural areas during Chinese new year celebrationsFri Jan 06 2023 - 05:00
Denis Staunton: Covid easing in Beijing is a burden lost, a stone gone from your shoeThe city feels refreshed and buoyant as those recovered from coronavirus are revel in the return to normal lifeThu Jan 05 2023 - 16:41
