Beijing

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

The Year of the Dragon brings marriage-related suspicions and a sour response over lunch

Regulator has promised to clamp down on what it describes as market manipulation and ‘malicious short-selling’

China retains ownership of any cubs born to pandas on loan overseas and zoos must agree to send cubs back to China when they reach the age of four

Tight supply and a shortage of affordable housing are common themes despite recent cooling of prices in several markets

Five Irish Times foreign correspondents looked at rental prices and issues in their city, to get a snapshot of whether the rental crisis in Dublin is also experienced in other parts of the world

Beijing Letter: A friend of mine had a wife who fined him up to €102 if he came home late

The social media platform has about 600 million daily active users, and lots of people want a piece of the action, as Dennis Staunton found out when a man from Inner Mongolia came calling

In the News podcast: New moves from Beijing threaten freedoms in Hong Kong

I told him I spent an afternoon with Leonard Cohen many years ago. I might as well have said I used to go drinking with Rimbaud

Beijing Letter: There is official wariness about young people and addiction despite recent esport wins at the Asian Games

Beijing Letter: Zandra Rhodes attends Beijing Design Week as ecommerce and digital marketing help smaller designers sell their products

Beijing Letter: With an ageing population, China is exploring ways of encouraging people to have more children

In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison

The New China Playbook by Keyu Jin, Beijing Rules by Bethany Allen and Beijing’s Global Media Offensive by Joshua Kurlantzick

Prepaid cards are common in China for everything from hairdressers and dry cleaners to gyms and restaurants, with businesses pushing hard to get customers to pay for things in advance

Taking the world in his stride, former Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Paul Salopek paused in the Chinese capital after a 23,000km walk - so far - out of Africa retracing the footsteps of early human migration

To stop a problem becoming a crisis, the government needs to intervene

China accounts for more than half of global coal production but has bristled at calls to cut emissions

Two sides remain at odds over Taiwan, human rights, China’s use of economic coercion and the US’s application of unilateral sanctions

More than 100 artists have contributed small paintings to an exhibition that is touring a country where the poet exerted much influence

As the Irish community in China dwindled due to the pandemic, GAA clubs helped keep spirits up for many

China and Russia sign agreements on investment co-operation in trade services, the export of Russian agricultural products to China and sports co-operation

Occasion reflects Beijing’s expanding economic and diplomatic influence at a time waning Russian influence

Martin says his speech to the Royal Irish Academy regarding Irish- Chinese relations was "very measured and balanced"

EU proposal to target Chinese firms suspected of supplying goods to Moscow for use against Ukraine ‘highly dangerous’