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One year on, China’s most-hyped tax is still mostly hype(27)
One year on, China’s most-hyped tax is still mostly hype(27)
Satellite data reveal the true scope of China’s pollution problem(247)
Iran and the gap between theory and practice in Chinese foreign policy(363)
Economic conditions and social media are making protests more common in China—at a delicate time for the country’s rulers(68)
Concern over a high-profile death penalty(56)
How the Communist Party is trying to expand its influence in the private sector(227)
China’s consumption ratio is no longer falling. Its reserves are no longer rising(10)
Suddenly an abundance of possible connections between the region's three biggest economies(46)
A first in Chinese history: city-dwellers outnumber the rural population(13)
We need a label for an ongoing discussion of the Middle Kingdom's politics, business, culture and everything else
Our columnist is joined by other correspondents in surveying the political, business and cultural landscapes of Asia—China included, for the time being
A language, languages or dialects; a hoary question More »
The working-age population numbered over 1 billion in 2011 for the first time More »
Han Han's U-turn?
(International Herald-Tribune)
Perhaps not. He sees a long, slow drive ahead
Mainlanders on a Hong Kong train
(China Hush) Quasi-nationalist sentiment in the SAR, or simply a matter of manners?
Lobsang Sangay speaks about the suppression of Tibetan protesters
(Shanghaiist)
What the country needs is a more efficient network, not faster trains
Chinese arrivals at American universities are changing stereotypes
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