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
China says entry restrictions on passengers ‘lack scientific basis’Countries’ measures targeting arrivals from China are ‘simply unreasonable’, says foreign ministryTue Jan 03 2023 - 14:44
2022 in Review: War forces the West to contemplate new world order Ukraine war has highlighted limits of the lure of western values globally and the scepticism of much of the global south over the West’s intentionsSat Dec 24 2022 - 06:00
Covid-19 cases in China hit new record high after weekend of protestsPolice in Shanghai make arrests after clashes with protesters as BBC journalist detained and beaten in ‘worrying’ incidentMon Nov 28 2022 - 07:00
Police and demonstrators clash in Shanghai as protests against Covid policy continue for third dayDemonstrations against zero-Covid policy follow the deaths of 10 people in a fire at a locked-down, high-rise building in Urumqi, capital of the western province of XinjiangMon Nov 28 2022 - 05:00
China: Anti-lockdown protests spread amid tough zero-Covid policyDemonstrations in cities including Shanghai follow fire in capital of Xinjiang region that killed 10 peopleSun Nov 27 2022 - 07:43
‘If we keep this up the economy is going to collapse’: Lockdown lingers on Beijing’s empty streets The rise in Covid cases in recent days has led to widespread restrictions on everyday life in China’s capital, and worries about what else is to comeThu Nov 24 2022 - 19:01
China reports first Covid-related deaths since MayRestrictions imposed at schools, restaurants and offices following rise in infectionsMon Nov 21 2022 - 16:16
‘I wish my company would fire me’: Young Chinese workers struggle to call it quitsThe job market has never been tighter and youth unemployment is approaching 20 per centThu Nov 17 2022 - 17:18
G20 summit: Shock wave of missile strike in Poland unnerves world leaders Improved relationship between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping could play key role in securing Ukraine ceasefireWed Nov 16 2022 - 18:26
Nato and G7 condemn Moscow but do not blame it for deaths in PolandAll signs suggest Polish explosion was caused by air defence missile fired by UkraineWed Nov 16 2022 - 17:30
World leaders struggle to agree joint approach to UkrainePresident says peace only possible if Russia affirms the full territorial integrity of UkraineTue Nov 15 2022 - 15:30
Biden and Xi use Bali to turn down the heat Better relations with Washington are very clearly in China’s interestMon Nov 14 2022 - 18:55
Biden and Xi agree to step up efforts to improve relationship between China and USTwo leaders met for 3½ hours on Indonesian island of Bali ahead of G20 summitMon Nov 14 2022 - 18:26
Biden and Xi to lay out non-negotiable conditions on dealing with TaiwanBoth sides see Bali meeting as chance to stabilise relations between world’s two biggest powers ahead of G20Sun Nov 13 2022 - 16:12
China eases zero-Covid rules with shortened quarantine for visitors Strict policy has dampened economic activity at a time of stalled growthFri Nov 11 2022 - 15:34
Beijing Letter: China hesitates on the edge of Covid crossroadIn an unfamiliar city, Ginkgo trees are turning, lockdowns are more flexible, and traffic flies in all directionsThu Nov 10 2022 - 16:57
China: Lockdowns spread as Covid levels increaseRise in cases comes amid reports that strict zero-Covid policy could be easedTue Nov 08 2022 - 17:17
Scholz’s China visit underlines Europe’s independence from US policyGerman chancellor addresses difficult issues in talks with Xi as high-level engagement returnsFri Nov 04 2022 - 16:19
China opposes use of nuclear weapons in Europe, Xi tells ScholzGermany’s chancellor in first visit to Beijing by European leader since 2019Fri Nov 04 2022 - 11:48
Life in China: Mini-lockdowns become an everyday occurrence – sometimes with tragic consequencesThe ‘health kit’ is a constantly updating smartphone app that shows your Covid status, how long it has been since your last PCR test, and everywhere you have visitedThu Nov 03 2022 - 18:00
Scholz meets Xi: Ukraine, Taiwan and human rights on agendaGerman Chancellor’s Beijing visit could be pivotal in determining China’s relationship with the EUWed Nov 02 2022 - 16:25
China’s biggest iPhone maker says claims of Covid deaths at factory are untrueFoxconn raises bonuses in bid to keep workers at Zhengzhou plant after outbreak drove employees to fleeTue Nov 01 2022 - 15:12
Shopping in China is furnished with new codes and old ritualsBargaining culture seems wildly out of kilter with the ultra-modern nature of Chinese retailThu Oct 27 2022 - 17:00
China says it is closer than ever to unification with TaiwanTapei warns that Beijing is trying to prise diplomatic allies away from the islandWed Oct 26 2022 - 15:43
China beats GDP forecast but property and zero-Covid woes mountDelayed third-quarter data spurs share selloff and comes day after Xi Jinping consolidates power at party congressMon Oct 24 2022 - 07:44
‘Common prosperity’ and claim to Taiwan key as Xi Jinping sets out stall for latest term as Chinese leaderIdeology appears to trump economics as Communist Party looks to tackle problems of income and wealth inequality felt by many Chinese citizensSun Oct 23 2022 - 17:22
‘The world needs China for its development’: Xi Jinping secures third term in powerRussian president Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un first leaders to offer congratulationsSun Oct 23 2022 - 16:57
Denis Staunton: I had about three minutes to choose my new Chinese nameThere is a Chinese version of the name Staunton, but it risked evoking unwelcome associations in today’s ChinaThu Oct 20 2022 - 13:46
China disputes account of violent incident at consulate in ManchesterAmid claims consulate personnel dragged protester into grounds and injured him, China’s foreign ministry calls on British authorities to better protect its diplomatsWed Oct 19 2022 - 17:30
Xi sounds a warning on Taiwan as he bids to consolidate powerPresident restates policy of pursuing reunification by peaceful means, but says China would not rule out forceSun Oct 16 2022 - 17:00
China’s president defends zero-Covid policy and promises to reduce income inequalityXi Jinping tells congress of the Chinese Communist Party that future of Taiwan is for the Chinese alone to determineSun Oct 16 2022 - 15:45
Denis Staunton: When they asked on the third day of Beijing quarantine if everything was all right, I said I’d love some coffeeThe five-yearly Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) begins this SundaySat Oct 15 2022 - 05:00
King Charles pledges to follow mother’s example of ‘selfless duty’Monarch addresses legislators before travelling to Edinburgh cathedral where public can pay respects to queenMon Sept 12 2022 - 18:46
King Charles to speak to British Parliament as remains of queen lie at rest The king will meet Scottish political leaders in Edinburgh, before travelling to Belfast on Tuesday, where he will meet the leaders of Stormont’s political partiesSun Sept 11 2022 - 22:00
