China
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China
The noose around the press in Hong Kong tightens
Even advocating press freedom begins to seem a bad career move
Finance & economics
Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
Vast new holdings of grain, natural gas and oil suggest trouble ahead
Drum Tower
Is Xi Jinping doing enough to fix China’s economy?
Our podcast on China. This week, following the recent third plenum, we unpack the ruling party’s vision of economic reform
1843 magazine | The cruise that will get you chased by the Chinese coastguard
China is bullying its rivals in the South China Sea. For some tourists, that makes it a perfect holiday destination
The Americas
Cuba is out of supplies and out of ideas
Penury is pushing the island towards Russia and China
China
China’s ruling party sets out its vision of economic reform
The party sees no need for a decisive break with the past
China
The No.1 reason for success in China? Connections
People are starting to blame inequality on the system, not idleness
China
When party propaganda falls flat
To control ethnic Mongolians, Xi Jinping revives a Mao-era tool
Business
Can Burberry put its chequered past behind it?
The British label’s new boss has his work cut out
China
A spectre looms over Hong Kong’s property market
Why mortgage payments in the city can be ghoulishly expensive
Business
China is the West’s corporate R&D lab. Can it remain so?
Foreign firms want Chinese boffins. America and China may have other plans
China
Fury erupts in China over a food-safety scandal
Rare investigative journalism touches a raw public nerve
Asia
The epic bust-up between China and India could be ending
Witness calm in the Himalayas, diplomatic charm offensives and thickening trade links
China
Xi Jinping is trying to love-bomb China’s entrepreneurs
It will take a lot more to win back their broken hearts
Drum Tower
The wild success story of a provincial Chinese supermarket chain
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at how Pangdonglai, a grocer in Henan province, is rewriting the rules of retail