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  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Coronavirus
    China investigated Covid lab leak claims, says top scientist

    Health official’s admission undermines Beijing’s dismissals that virus could have emerged from Wuhan facility

    3 hours ago
  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Space exploration
    China sends first civilian into orbit as Xi pursues ‘eternal dream’

    Shenzhou-16 mission precedes plans to land taikonauts on Moon by 2030

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Chinese economy
    ‘Confidence is a big problem’: China’s economic recovery loses steam

    Weak property sales, industrial output and consumption sap confidence in rapid bounceback from Covid

  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    New Development Bank
    Saudi Arabia in talks to join China-based ‘Brics bank’

    Multilateral lender founded as competitor to west has struggled to raise funds because of Russia exposure

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    US-China relations
    US and China address trade tensions in rare high-level Washington meeting

    Gina Raimondo and Wang Wentao signal efforts to maintain dialogue despite clashes over chips

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Natural gas
    Power of Siberia: China keeps Putin waiting on gas pipeline

    Beijing is driving a hard bargain as Moscow presses for a new Sino-Russian pipeline through Mongolia

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    News in-depthChinese society
    Life in China’s oldest county exposes challenges of demographic crisis

    Primary schools become old people’s homes and factories struggle to find staff as population ages

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
    China is an increasingly hostile place for foreign consultancies

    Raids in recent weeks have left US and British companies uneasy about the future

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    UK businesses in China call for regulatory clarity

    Uncertainty causes 70% of British chamber members to hold off on new investment

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    News in-depthUS-China relations
    Flaring tensions over G7 and Micron show limits to US-China reset

    Beijing cracks down on chipmaker within hours of Joe Biden predicting an imminent ‘thaw’ in relations

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Central Asia
    Xi Jinping pushes Central Asian defence co-operation plan

    Chinese president’s offer to help with security comes as Russian influence in the region weakens

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi Jinping courts Central Asia as Russian influence weakens

    Chinese president holds two-day summit with leaders of region crucial to security, trade and energy

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Ecuador
    China deepens ties in Latin America with Ecuador free trade agreement

    Beijing is a major financial backer in Andean nation despite US efforts to counter its influence

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    China makes a show of corporate raiding

    US inflation eases to 4.9% in April as Fed tightening takes effect

  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    ‘The full treatment’: China sends a message with raid on consultancy

    Clampdown on Capvision at odds with Beijing’s efforts to woo back foreign investors

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s ‘men in black’ step up scrutiny of foreign corporate sleuths

    Raids on consultancies reveal mounting risks of performing due diligence

  • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
    Chinese economy
    Chinese factory activity declines in April on weak global consumption

    Services and construction still show expansion, indicating uneven recovery across post-Covid economy

  • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
    US-China trade dispute
    Airlines dispute adds headwinds to US-China relationship

    American carriers are lobbying against their Chinese rivals over being granted more flights between both countries

  • 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

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    China’s ‘wolf warrior’ envoy threatens Xi’s plan to woo EU

    Challenge to sovereignty of ex-Soviet states undermines efforts to portray Beijing as peacemaker in Ukraine

  • Monday, 24 April, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China disowns envoy’s remarks on post-Soviet statehood

    Ambassador to France stokes furore in Baltic nations by questioning their legal status

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China building cyber weapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

    Classified CIA document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to take control of communications critical to fighting wars

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China’s foreign minister warns against interference in Taiwan

    Qin Gang’s remarks follow South Korean president’s accusation of Beijing changing status quo

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    Demographics and population
    India to overtake China as world’s most populous country this year

    UN data marks a historic shift for the two Asian rivals

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    The TikTok divide

    Rupert Murdoch’s Fox agrees $787.5mn settlement in Dominion defamation case

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