China’s great log forward
Every year, China plants trees over an area the size of Ireland. The country may be the biggest polluter on…
The rise and fall of Jack Ma
Jack Ma used to give rock star performances for his employees at Alibaba, Asia’s biggest online commerce company. He once…
How China’s economic revolution created billionaires overnight
In the winter of 1992, the retired octogenarian Deng Xiaoping toured China’s southern coasts. From there he gave a spirited…
China is finding out the price of zero Covid’
China’s Covid policy can’t last
Why China’s vaccine diplomacy is running into difficulties
Tear gas and rubber bullets hold off the protestors marching to Government House in Bangkok. They’re looking for Prime Minister…
One Britain One Nation: How to write a proper propaganda song
How do you make an emotional appeal for a united United Kingdom? So far, unionists have tried flag flying, resolutely refusing another…
Why Chinese women don’t want more children
Chinese women can’t afford a large family
Why Beijing doesn't think the EU investment deal is dead
Is the EU-China investment deal dead? It was last week sunk down by 599 votes to 30 in the European…
The West’s vaccine complacency
Today, in their first bilateral summit, Joe Biden will meet (virtually) Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Among other things…
Power jab: the rise of vaccine diplomacy
An international power tussle over vaccines is under way
Beijing revels in Washington’s chaos
The events on Capitol Hill were always going to be met with schadenfreude — perhaps even glee — among autocracies in…
Beijing revels in Washington’s chaos
The events on Capitol Hill were always going to be met with schadenfreude — perhaps even glee — amongst autocracies…
Why is China keeping quiet about its vaccine programme?
While Britain is the first country in the world to approve a vaccine, it is not the first to start…
Chair of 1922 Committee says he has the numbers to defeat government
During the first Covid wave, the government secured emergency powers that allowed it to put in place new restrictions without…
The advert that reveals China's problem with race
After the Hong Kong protests, America’s Black Lives Matter protests were like manna from heaven for Beijing. Now Chinese politicians could point…
Sink or swim: China’s ‘zero Covid’ strategy
Is China’s virus strategy paying off?
Why Trump won't stop at Huawei
Cash is no longer king in China. Much like Sweden, the country’s young and old opt for digital payments, made…
Britain shouldn't treat Chinese students as Communist agents
Universities in the West can roll over too easily for the Chinese Communist Party. Jesus College, Cambridge, has been a…
Is Harbin China's new Wuhan?
Only three New Yorkers had died when Han, a 22-year-old masters student at NYU, caught a plane back to China.…
Coronavirus fears are causing Chinese people to flee the West
A little over a month ago, the Foreign Office was airlifting Brits out of quarantined Wuhan. But now with Europe…
Beware the super-spreaders of coronavirus conspiracy theories
When a new virus is discovered, conspiracy theories often spread faster than the disease. I’ve been following the debate in…
China’s response to coronavirus shows a one-party state in action
The handling of the coronavirus shows a one-party state in action
The leaders debate was revealing, but hasn’t turned the tide
In Friday night’s final TV debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, neither leader landed a sucker punch on the…
Is China really the enemy?
China is a nation with values deeply at odds with the West. The Chinese spy, steal and bully. They don’t…
The Kan-do spirit: Under Red Skies, by Karoline Kan, reviewed
The defining feature of Chinese millennials is not Instagram, avocado on toast or propertylessness. Born in the early years of…
