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  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
    China's reset

    The FT’s Tom Hale and James Kynge discuss whether China has found a way to fix its economy

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Container shipping
    Shipping hurt by weak demand for Chinese goods

    Carriers are skipping ports in China as international orders fall and supply chain problems persist

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Evergrande Real Estate Group
    PwC resigns as indebted Chinese developer Evergrande’s auditor

    Big Four firm under investigation in Hong Kong over property company’s accounts

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Chinese economy
    China’s economy expands 3% in 2022 after zero-Covid policies hit growth

    Gross domestic product misses annual target but expectations rise for recovery in 2023

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Chinese trade
    Chinese exports suffer sharpest fall in 3 years as Covid pain spreads

    Full-year trade surplus hits record on pandemic-era boom despite steep decline for December

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd
    Chinese developer Kaisa hit with lawsuit over bond defaults

    Property group defaulted in late 2021 as it battled to reduce vast leverage

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China eases curbs on property developers to counter downturn

    Banks roll out loans and backtrack on debt constraints after policy to limit speculation led to wave of defaults

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China suspends travel visas from Japan and S Korea over Covid curbs

    Beijing accuses countries of ‘political manipulation’ for introducing testing requirements during exit wave

  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    Hong Kong
    Thousands cross Hong Kong-China border as Covid restrictions end

    Families reunite after nearly three years and a boost is expected for the territory’s economy

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Chinese economy
    China’s factories suffer from end of zero-Covid policy

    Data show further economic contraction amid Beijing’s disruptive transition to living with virus

  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China’s economy begins to reopen after 3 years of Covid isolation

    Demand for international travel soars but some countries fear influx of tourists carrying the virus

  • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
    Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
    Beijing changes tack on tackling property crisis

    Defaults such as Evergrande’s froze the markets but new state-backed funds could release them

  • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China scraps inbound quarantine rules in decisive break with zero-Covid

    Requirement of five days at a hotel followed by three days at home will end on January 8

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Life & Arts
    ‘You become creative’: the art of protest in Xi’s China

    ‘Toad worship’ of the late premier Jiang Zemin has turned into nostalgia for a freer, more liberal era

  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Beijing running out of fever medication as Covid outbreak spreads

    Hospitals ration supplies and long queues form at testing centres as China relaxes restrictions

  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    ‘What’s the point of buying?’ China’s property woes push young to rent

    Government looks to growing rental sector to ease crisis among real estate developers

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    OutlookCoronavirus pandemic
    Zero-Covid has hewn China into separate fiefdoms

    Arbitrary rules concocted by local officials have made travel within the country harder than it has been for decades

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China retreats from sweeping zero-Covid policies as economic toll mounts

    Government for first time allows some positive cases to home quarantine after trade contracts sharply

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    The Big Read
    The humbling of Xi Jinping

    Three years of lockdowns, mass testing and Covid detention centres have finally caused public frustrations to boil over in China

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s Covid tsar says fight against virus entering ‘new stage’

    Sun Chunlan’s comments buoy hopes of Beijing softening pandemic restrictions

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    ObituaryJiang Zemin
    Jiang Zemin, influential president of China, 1926-2022

    The business-friendly leader was regarded as less dictatorial than his predecessors

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    News in-depthChinese economy
    China’s high youth unemployment stokes student Covid protests

    Lockdowns triggered demonstrations but economic anxiety threatens to drive further unrest

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China blames local officials for outbreaks as Beijing sticks to zero-Covid plan

    Health authorities vow to boost vaccination of elderly after widespread protests against restrictions

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    Xi faces stiffest challenge to rule as Covid outrage sparks mass protests

    Demonstrations in China stamped out by Monday but analysts warn of reprisals if dissent flares up again

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