• August 7 2025
  China tells officials: fewer meetings, shorter memos, cut the speeches

  Directive suggests 5,000-character limit for documents as Beijing takes aim at ‘formalism and bureaucratism’

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• August 7 2025
  Tibet

  China to restrict Tibetan language in college entrance exam

  Exclusion of core subject exam stokes fears Beijing is furthering campaign to ‘Sinicise’ region

  
• August 7 2025
  The Big Read

  Why Taiwanese fear China could take over from within

  While the west focuses on the military threat, activists in Taiwan accuse its own politicians of facilitating Beijing’s subversion efforts

  
• August 6 2025
  UK politics

  UK demands China explain redacted parts of London embassy plan

  Some drawings for the ‘mega’ project close to the Tower of London have blacked out sections

  
• July 30 2025
  US-China relations

  Top Republican lawmaker to lead congressional delegation to Taiwan

  Visit comes at a delicate moment in Washington-Taipei relations as China exerts increasing pressure

  
• July 30 2025
  US-China trade dispute

  US says extended trade war truce with China hinges on Trump approval

  Treasury secretary heads back to Washington after two days of talks in Stockholm

  
• July 30 2025
  Taiwan

  US cancelled military talks with Taiwan

  Trump administration officials worried defence minister’s June visit would have undermined trade negotiations with Beijing

  
• July 29 2025
  News in-depth

  ‘Pervasive sense of fear’: China steps up exit bans as US tensions flare

  Opaque restrictions risk damaging business confidence, experts and investors warn

  
• July 29 2025
  The Big Read

  China struggles to break its addiction to manufacturing

  Local governments are steering investment into new factories, adding to overcapacity and eroding profit margins

  
• July 29 2025
  Julian Gewirtz

  Global AI rivalry is a dangerous game

  When a foreign competitor gains an unexpected technological capability, it can precipitate conflict

  
• July 29 2025
  Natural disasters

  At least 30 killed as storms lash Beijing

  Chinese authorities relocate more than 80,000 people as almost 200mm of rain falls in 12 hours

  
• July 27 2025
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  China’s battle with deflation isn’t just a demand problem

  Beijing’s policies have encouraged overproduction and excessive competition

  
• July 24 2025
  EU-China relations

  Von der Leyen tells Xi EU-China ties are at ‘inflection point’

  EU leaders press Beijing over trade surplus and support for Russia’s war in Ukraine at summit

  
• July 23 2025
  Alexander Gabuev

  Europe’s approach to China and Russia isn’t working

  Economic threats won’t help EU leaders shift Beijing’s stance — the right incentives might

  
• July 23 2025
  News in-depthEU-China relations

  China hits out at EU ahead of tough talks in shadow of trade and Ukraine war

  Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa prepare to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing amid geopolitical turmoil

  
• July 22 2025
  News in-depthUnited Nations

  Trump left a power vacuum at the UN. China saw an opportunity

  Beijing makes concerted effort to place officials and push its agenda in Geneva, say western diplomats

  
• July 22 2025
  News in-depthTaiwan

  Taiwan’s once-dominant KMT falls ‘out of step’ with the electorate

  Party that has failed three times to win presidency since 2016 faces reckoning over its ties to China in looming recall vote

  
• July 21 2025
  US-China relations

  US embassy in China warns exit bans risk straining bilateral relations

  Latest case targeting commerce department employee comes amid heightened tensions over trade war

  
• July 21 2025
  Chinese economy

  China land sales in smaller cities hit lowest level in a decade

  Slump in transactions highlights difficulty of reviving national property market

  
• July 18 2025
  Chinese economy

  Xi warns Chinese officials against over-investment in AI and EVs

  President launches blunt attack on cadres who encourage reckless development then ‘pat their buttocks’ and walk away

  
• July 18 2025
  Wells Fargo halts travel to China after senior banker hit with exit ban

  China has prevented banker from leaving after work trip to country

  
• July 17 2025
  News in-depthChinese economy

  Should China adopt a zero interest rate?

  Policymakers in Beijing are deadlocked while some analysts believe rates are, in effect, at zero already

  
• July 17 2025
  Belt and Road Initiative

  China’s Belt and Road investment and construction activity hits record

  Rapidly expanding presence in countries signed up to Xi Jinping’s global initiative contrasts with US approach

  
• July 15 2025
  Australian politics

  Australia’s Albanese walks US-China tightrope in Xi meeting

  PM raises concerns over live fire naval exercises even as he seeks to strengthen economic ties

  
• July 9 2025
  ReviewHistory books

  The Party’s Interests Come First — the political upbringing of Xi Jinping

  The first biography in English of China’s president’s father highlights how even reformers bow to state ideology

  

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