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James Kynge

Global China editor

James Kynge is global China editor. He writes about China's interactions - geopolitical, technological, economic and in other fields - with the outside world. He is the recipient of several awards for journalism and his 2009 book, 'China Shakes the World' was a bestseller translated into 19 languages.
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  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Chinese TV presenter linked to missing foreign minister had surrogate child in US

    Beijing is examining the relationship between Fu Xiaotian and Qin Gang, who was abruptly dismissed in July

    Fu Xiaotian, a Chinese state television presenter
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    ‘China’s World Bank’ plans to triple climate change lending by 2030

    Top priority will account for more than half of new financing at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

    A solar panel is installed next to rice paddies in Thailand
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Person in the News
    Kim Jong Un: a dictator poised for an arms deal with Putin

    The North Korean leader’s growing alignment with Moscow raises the risks of instability in an already dangerous region

    Joe Cummings illustration of Kim Jong Un holding a missile wrapped as a gift, with Vladimir Putin stretching out a hand behind him
  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Global InsightGeopolitics
    China hopes expanded Brics will turn world upside down

    The size of proposed 11-country grouping would put G7 in the shade

    Xi Jinping wearing an earpiece with the flag of China on the table in front of him
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    The rise of the middle powers
    China capitalises on US sanctions in fight to dethrone dollar

    Beijing uses developing world chagrin over Washington’s weaponisation of greenback to push global renminbi

    A montage of a globe, with its spherical object replaced by China’s national emblem, impressed on renminbi and dollar bills and a world map illustration
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    The rise of the middle powers
    China’s blueprint for an alternative world order

    Beijing is using its economic muscle to rally developing countries and reduce the west’s influence over the UN

  • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
    Geopolitics
    China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7

    Leaders from bloc of developing economies will gather this week to debate expansion

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China has fallen into a psycho-political funk

    Fragile consumer confidence is just one sign of a malaise that is not merely economic

    Shoppers pass food stalls at a night market in China
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    ReviewBooks
    Sovereign Funds — Zongyuan Zoe Liu on how Chinese money talks

    The story of the China Investment Corporation reveals the secret world of state money and how the country finances its global ambitions

    Two people walk past a wall with pictures of building projects
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Person in the News
    Wang Yi, the return of China’s tough foreign minister

    After Qin Gang’s mysterious disappearance, Xi’s trusted old hand finds himself with even more to do

    Illustration of Wang Yi putting on his blazer with a lanyard round his neck reading ‘Wang Yi, Foreign Minister. On a coatstand in the background is another blazer and a lanyard reading ‘Qin Gang, Foreign Minister
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Xi warned Putin against nuclear attack in Ukraine

    Chinese officials privately take credit for convincing Russian leader to back down from veiled atomic threats

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin shake hands
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Early measures focus on alleviating Nigeria’s debt stress

    New administration wants prospects for economic growth on firmer footing

  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Digital pathway aims at guiding Nigerian farmers out of isolation

    Improved business methods expand horizons beyond subsistence level

    A farmer picks up cocoa beans while spreading them to dry on an open ground in Iragbiji village, southwest Nigeria
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    China affords Nigeria ‘super’ target status

    Activities give sense of the importance Chinese companies in several sectors attach to country’s potential

    Website of African fintech company OPay on iPhone
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    In Nigeria the optimism of Lagos start-up scene prevails

    Entrepreneurs show much can be achieved with relatively small investments

    medical technician getting a blood sample from a patient at home
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Sovereign debt
    Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

    Beijing’s loans to Sudan at risk as Chinese lenders hit by series of defaults across continent

    Chinese workers on a construction site
  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Chinese investment in Europe falls as watchdogs increase scrutiny

    Regulators stymied 10 out of 16 proposed Chinese deals in Europe’s tech and infrastructure sector, study finds

    An employee of Infineon Technologies works in a clean room at the company’s plant in Dresden, Germany
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics
    China seeks ‘damage control’ on Ukraine with Zelenskyy call

    Presidential talks aim to ensure Beijing has role in postwar settlement, say experts

    Montage of Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
    FT SeriesDebt deadlock
    China hit by surge in Belt and Road bad loans

    Global finance scheme becomes millstone for Beijing as $78bn renegotiated or written off in past 3 years

    Xi Jinping montage with worker and machinery
  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Instant InsightGeopolitics
    Von der Leyen’s ‘de-risking’ is a tougher stance on China

    Worsening relations with Beijing have spurred the European Commission’s president to outspoken criticism

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Beijing’s big bailouts

    JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon to be deposed in Epstein lawsuits

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Belt and Road Initiative
    China grants billions in bailouts as Belt and Road Initiative falters

    New study attempts to capture total rescue loans from world’s biggest bilateral creditor

    A Chinese engineer on site in a Belt and Road project in Hambantota
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west

    Bilateral ties between Beijing and Moscow represent an intensifying axis of authoritarianism

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a reception following their talks this week in Moscow
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Peking Express — a film-like true story of a train hijacking

    The ‘Lincheng incident’ pitted bandits against a wealthy elite — and is recreated in James Zimmerman’s immersive account

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    Instant InsightChinese politics & policy
    China rolls back unconditional support for Russia

    Beijing is keen to repair ties with its leading trade partners in the west

    Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping meet in Uzbekistan last September
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