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Yuan Yang

Europe-China correspondent

Yuan is the Financial Times' first Europe-China correspondent, based in London. She was previously deputy Beijing bureau chief for the FT. Before that, she covered China's tech sector and economy. She began her journalism career as a Marjorie Dean intern writing about economics at The Economist.

She is co-founder of the campaign, Rethinking Economics, that calls for a more relevant curriculum that reflects the real world.

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  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    ReviewHistory books
    Red Memory — enforced forgetting and the legacy of the Cultural Revolution

    Tania Branigan’s intimate stories of survivors capture a traumatic decade for many that still informs modern China

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Chinese society
    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
    Xinjiang
    UK High Court judge finds ‘striking consensus’ of abuses in Xinjiang

    Justice Dove rejects legal challenge brought against UK government over cotton imports but makes damning assessment

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    News in-depthUK universities
    UK universities target overseas students from outside China

    India, South Asia and Nigeria become key markets as sector seeks to diversify its intake over political risks

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    US-China relations
    US’s Yellen and China’s Liu seek to ease concerns over economic tensions

    Beijing and Washington try to counter fears with first meeting of two most senior economic officials in three years

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    World Economic Forum
    China past Covid infections peak, top economic official claims

    Chinese vice-premier Liu He tells Davos meeting that country is returning to normal faster than government expected

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s collective memories of the pandemic deserve to be preserved

    Beijing is wary of public displays of negative emotion, but they are necessary for a society to process trauma

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong activists in the UK fear the long reach of police repression

    Territory’s national security law used to justify surveillance abroad with consequences for family back home

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Technology sector
    We need an honest east-west discussion about industrial policy

    Europe and the US are breaking a taboo that east Asia was never afraid of

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    European Council chief stresses ‘right to peaceful assembly’ in talks with Xi

    Charles Michel highlights availability of vaccines amid backlash in China over zero-Covid policy

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    The Big Read
    The electric vehicle boom in a quiet Hungarian town

    The country is becoming a surprise hub of Europe’s new battery industry. But critics fear becoming too dependent on China

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Instant InsightChinese society
    China’s zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of interests

    Both factory workers and urban elites oppose a policy that the Communist party has no easy way to abandon

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK limits use of Chinese-made surveillance systems on government sites

    Decision taken on security grounds following MPs’ calls for ban over human rights abuses in Xinjiang

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    China
    If the UK is to understand Beijing, it will have to speak to it

    The lack of China competence in Britain poses a bigger threat than Confucius Institutes do

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Xi Jinping
    Kishida and Xi agree to improve strained ties

    Japan’s prime minister tells Chinese president of ‘grave concerns’ over military activities

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China’s offshore ‘police service stations’ spark European alarm

    Law enforcement set up posts to help citizens with paperwork and press fugitives to return

  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    German economy
    Germany set to block Chinese chip deal

    Economy minister also seeks to tighten rules on investment in critical sectors

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Germany falls out of love with China

    The Bank of England raised interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday

  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
    The Big Read
    Germany struggles with its dependency on China

    Olaf Scholz’s government promised a tougher approach to Beijing. But Berlin is divided on how far it should try to decouple its economy

  • Thursday, 27 October, 2022
    German economy
    German exporters rethink €100bn ‘love affair’ with China

    Geopolitical tensions, zero-Covid policy and domestic competition endanger trading relationship

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    FT MagazineTechnology
    From East Berlin to Beijing, surveillance goes in circles

    Lessons from a trip to the Stasi’s former HQ

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    UK foreign policy
    Sunak faces steep learning curve on world stage

    Post-Brexit tensions, Ukraine and China among challenges facing UK prime minister who has little foreign policy experience

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Xinjiang
    Uyghur activists sue UK government over Xinjiang cotton imports

    High Court hearing increases pressure on British companies sourcing products from Chinese region

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Chinese politics & policy
    China’s limitless presidency means limited diplomacy

    Communicating with foreign audiences will become more difficult as internal party discipline hardens

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    German politics
    German coalition divided over sale of port terminal stake to China’s Cosco

    Greens and FDP urge chancellor not to repeat ‘mistakes of the past’ by selling Hamburg infrastructure to Chinese company

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