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  • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
    ObituaryJiang Yanyong
    Jiang Yanyong, surgeon and Sars whistleblower, 1931-2023

    The celebrated Chinese doctor suffered multiple political detentions

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s billionaires pay the price for Xi’s Covid crackdown

    Total wealth of country’s richest falls 15% as lockdowns and property woes take toll

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Switzerland
    Swiss banks say rich Chinese clients worried about sanction prospects

    Bank executives highlight concerns about business fallout from country’s tough line on Russia since Ukraine invasion

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    In charts: why women in China are climbing high — or quitting work

    Career or family? The dilemma is especially acute in the world’s second-biggest economy

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    China’s elderly protest against health insurance reforms

    Cash-strapped local authorities seek savings after high cost of battling Covid

  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Chinese corruption
    China launches corruption probe into football association chief

    Sport has been dogged by years of bribery allegations, match-fixing claims and disappointing performances

  • Monday, 6 February, 2023
    Censorship
    Disney cuts ‘Simpsons’ episode with China labour camp reference in Hong Kong

    Missing programme on streaming platform mentions ‘camps where children make smartphones’

  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    News in-depth
    China’s ‘big white’ pandemic workers reel from end of zero-Covid

    Migrant labourers who formed backbone of antivirus effort stranded after Beijing scrapped restrictions

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    News in-depthGambling industry
    Fall of Asia’s gambling kingpin augurs change for Macau industry

    Alvin Chau’s jailing comes as Beijing cracks down on money laundering and capital flight

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Demand for mourning flowers rises in Covid-hit Chinese province

    Chrysanthemum prices jump as China grapples with wave of coronavirus deaths

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    China’s singles fight family pressure to get married as population declines

    Youth share tips on parrying pushy parental inquiries about having children during lunar new year

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Chinese migrant workers face crackdown for ‘malicious’ protests over unpaid wages

    Officials side with employers against labourers seeking overdue new year pay amid economic malaise

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    News in-depthCoronavirus treatment
    Rural China runs short of Covid drugs over lunar new year holiday

    Officials row with Pfizer over price as villages struggle to obtain antiviral medication

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China celebrates lunar new year as Covid infections hit 80%

    Holiday travel low risk because so many have had the disease, says top government epidemiologist

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Yuan Yang
    China’s women make a strong case with a birth strike

    In its focus on GDP growth, Beijing has forgotten where its labour force comes from

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Relatives outraged as Chinese officials keep Covid off death certificates

    Medical professionals cite pressure after questions emerge over mortality rates

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Music
    Jackson Wang and China’s quest for a global pop idol

    The patriotic star embodies a push for success in the west, but can C-pop emulate the soft power of K-pop?

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Xi warns of Covid spread as China starts lunar new year migration

    President says country entering ‘new phase’ of pandemic with focus turning to rural areas

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    China’s population falls in historic shift

    First decline in 60 years set to have long-term consequences for domestic and global economies

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s Covid patients face medical debt crisis as insurers refuse coverage

    Narrow definition of cases leaves claimants on the hook after state-backed policies drop free care

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    World awaits return of Chinese tourists as Covid curbs expire

    Hospitality industries brace for influx of millions to gather pace as Beijing opens borders after three years

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    Falling inflation in Europe

    Federal Reserve meeting minutes show central bank still set on rate rises this year

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Chinese celebrities’ Covid deaths subvert propaganda push

    Country mourns prominent academics, opera stars and business figures as virus wave mounts

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    The Big Read
    China’s Covid generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s U-turn

    Lockdowns have often been more relentless in rural areas, upending the education of millions and blocking social mobility

  • Friday, 30 December, 2022
    News in-depth
    Covid and crackdowns muffle China’s live music scene

    Industry takes stock of damage wrought by years of lockdowns and curbs on gatherings

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