Chaguan
Our China columnist reflects on the country’s news, society,economy and culture
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When China hides disasters in a memory hole
A revealing attempt to forget a terrible plane crash
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When party propaganda falls flat
To control ethnic Mongolians, Xi Jinping revives a Mao-era tool
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What China means when it says “peace”
From Ukraine to Gaza, China sees a chance to promote an ultra-realist worldview
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China’s revealing struggle with childhood myopia
Anxious parents don’t want to let children play outdoors and do less schoolwork
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Why China takes young Tibetans from their families
Visiting a Tibetan region where children must attend Chinese-language boarding schools
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How China uses Russia to chew up the UN
As Russia threatens to paralyse the UN Security Council, China stands back
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In today’s China, to get rich is perilous
Business sectors can be praised one day and banned the next
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China and America trade blame for a world on fire
A global contest is under way to recruit like-minded countries as supporters
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China’s ties with Russia are growing more solid
Our columnist visits a future Russian outpost in China’s most advanced spaceport
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The dark side of growing old
A coming wave of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia will test China to its limits
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China’s tin-eared approach to the world
It wanted countries to focus on interests, not values. Careful what you wish for
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Why China’s confidence crisis goes unfixed
In 2024, to acknowledge public gloom is to doubt Xi Jinping