Beijing

Being a member can help people get a job, but not necessarily one they want

Beijing’s implacable - happy to escalate regardless of economic price stance - appeared to call Trump’s bluff

Beijing Letter: Revival of conspicuous consumption a sign of shift in Chinese policy

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

There is much to be said for China, but it is seldom singled out for acclamation as a land of liberty

Whether it uses imagination or not, Chinese manufacturing is the most successful in the world

The market surrounding horses for leisure and competition was estimated to be worth almost €2.17bn

Fierce competition for places at top secondary schools drives some parents to push their youngsters to succeed, believing they owe it to their children to give them the best start in life

Two tales, one of overnight success, the other a dramatic downfall

A crowd of ‘introverts’ gathered for a New Year countdown party and discussed their hopes for 2025

To celebrate Food Month, Irish Times writers abroad reveal favourite foods and restaurants in their various postings

Beijing Letter: Notices in a park advertise young people in search of a partner

Beijing Letter: Bars and clubs abruptly called off their Halloween parties and sent out instructions that patrons should not show up in costume

Stimulus package might need Communist Party U-turn on opposition to property market speculation

In the News podcast

The era of the United States as unrivalled global leader is over. Small alliances of like-minded countries are growing in importance

China backs call for reparations to be paid for slave trafficking and colonialism, while African leaders remain committed to ‘one China principle’

Meetings involving US national security adviser and Chinese officials part of an effort to to reduce the temperature in the relationship

Beijing claims maritime incidents caused by dangerous actions of Philippines coast guard vessels in contested waters of South China Sea

Men in China retire at 60 and women at 55, apart from those in manual labour who can finish up at 50

Zhua Wa Wa or Successor has echoes of The Truman Show and Succession but it reflects very specifically Chinese concerns about education, parenting and getting the best for your offspring

Beijing Letter: China’s economy is in trouble, but the cost of living is coming down for many people

Some advocates of the democracy-against-autocracy paradigm are gripped by the same level of moral certainty that drove the global war on terror

Visit was organised by Chinese authorities but EU diplomats specified where they wished to go

Beijing Letter: A moving performance at the city’s 300-year-old wooden theatre

The drop in temperature after the storm meant it was cool enough to wear the summer suit I had picked up from the tailor last week and which I was eager to show off

China claims sovereignty over reefs, islands and other maritime features and took action against vessels entering waters near Scarborough Shoal

Baoding’s hospital and the vast Xiong’an model city 50km away show the virtues of design, planning and state ownership of land

Every other live venue in Beijing must submit detailed information about every musical act to the local cultural department at least three days in advance

Kristalina Georgieva’s remarks at Beijing conference come as China export glut tensions rise

Biking food from Beijing’s cafes and restaurants, some six million drivers work long hours daily for low pay in dangerous traffic conditions. Liu Wei is one of them who works hard and draws dignity from his seven-day-a-week labour

Exporting antiques was a good way to make money but Communist Party restrictions turned traders into smugglers

A 36-year-old from Downpatrick, Co Down, has become China’s top whiskey influencer

The focus was on ‘new productive forces’, a new slogan for what amounts to a dramatic reshaping of the Chinese economy

Move puts State Council, which oversees ministries and local governments, under direct authority of party

Annual legislative meeting in Tiananmen Square includes a lengthy press conference to lay out Communist Party’s global agenda

The province of Yunnan attracts people in pursuit of their dreams with its idyllic setting, openness and low cost of living. But the classic processes of gentrification and spiralling rents inflict cultural damage on the local community

Intense and sometimes destructive social media storms have been a regular occurrence for more than a decade

The view that Washington is acting provocatively is shared across much of Asia

A splendid portrait of layers of identity and resistance in what is no less a settler society than the United States