China
Chaguan
Xi Jinping wants to be loved by the global south
China presented the Belt and Road Forum as an oasis of peace in a dangerous world
Women’s rights
Chinese feminists are rebuilding their movement abroad
Stand-up comedy is one means of resistance
Training days
China is educating engineers around the world
Its technical schools are less controversial than its Confucius Institutes
Property in Hong Kong
A landslip in Hong Kong fuels resentment of the rich
Grand houses sprawl beyond their plots
Stressed-out grannies
Babysitting duties are stressing China’s grandparents
Having three generations under one roof is no longer the solution to child care
Chaguan
China’s ties with America are warming, a bit
Xi Jinping may be on a charm offensive, but America remains the villain
A pox on your houses
Amid turmoil in China’s property market, the public seethes
Anger is turning against the tycoons who profited from a house-building boom
The favoured GI
An unusual museum in China is dedicated to Vinegar Joe
Xi Jinping has a soft spot for the second-world-war general
Viral slurs
Many of the world’s new mpox cases are in China
Conservatism and nationalism are blocking efforts to curb the disease’s spread
The young and the nationalist
Communist rappers are luring young disgruntled Chinese
The party’s youth wing is growing inside companies
An absurd life sentence
China’s persecution of Uyghurs extends to those it once favoured
The punishment of Rahile Dawut speaks volumes