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Explore our coverage of China’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
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Why are so many Tibetan children in state-run boarding schools?
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at the Chinese government’s campaign to educate the majority of Tibetan pupils in boarding schools
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By Invitation
NATO must tackle instability in the Balkans, says an ex-head
Russia and China are up to old tricks in the region, argue George Robertson and Andi Hoxhaj
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China is struck by floods and drought—at the same time
A looming water crisis threatens everything from data centres to farms
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Leaders
A pivotal moment for China’s Communist Party
Will Xi Jinping keep ignoring good advice at the party’s third plenum?
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Roxie, one of China’s few lesbian bars, closes its doors
Yet another sign that life is getting harder for gay people in the country
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Health-care reform is upending the lives of China’s doctors
As a result, many are looking towards the private sector
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China’s probe returns from the far side of the moon
Scientists hope that the samples it collected will help answer age-old questions
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This week China could rethink its economic policy
The minutes of a party meeting show voices in favour of bolder reform
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Finance & economics
How Chinese goods dodge American tariffs
Policymakers are unsure what to do about a tricky loophole
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How chillies conquered the Chinese palate
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at what’s behind the country’s obsession with spicy food
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China’s revealing struggle with childhood myopia
Anxious parents don’t want to let children play outdoors and do less schoolwork
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China wants to export education, too
It sees international schools as a service to expatriates—and a source of soft power
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International
Brainy Indians are piling into Western universities
Will rich countries welcome them the way they did Chinese students?
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China and Russia have chilling plans for the Arctic
The two autocracies dream of creating a “polar silk road”
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Business
China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil
Overcapacity has caused prices—and profits—to tumble