A fortnightly podcast from the Spectator on the latest in Chinese politics, society, and more. From
Just before Christmas, it was reported that the billionaire Jack Ma had moved to Tokyo after getting
Until a few years ago, Hollywood dominated Chinese cinemas. In the People’s Republic, Marvel’s super
As Xi Jinping visits Vladimir Putin in Russia this week, this episode of Chinese Whispers is returni
The Chinese Communist Party likes to blame its domestic political problems on foreign interference,
Every protest needs an anthem, and for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, 'Nothing to My Name' by C
A few months ago, an intriguing article in the Washington Post shed light on the latest situation Xi
Three years ago, as people across China welcomed the Year of the Rat, a new virus was taking hold in
Should Confucius Institutes be shut down? There are hundreds of these centres across six continents,
Over the last few hundred years, China has had a difficult and complicated relationship with foreign
Comparisons with 1989’s Tiananmen Square protests are too often evoked when it comes to talking abou
When the city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, locked down recently, some o
This week Xi Jinping has taken his new Politburo Standing Committee on a group trip – to Yan’An, the
I recently caught a rare viewing of a 2001 Chinese film, Lan Yu. It tells the story of two gay men f
Every five years, Beijing goes into heightened security as senior members of the Chinese Communist P
In the last four decades, hundreds of millions of Chinese have moved into cities. Today, two thirds
After a long summer of hustings, Liz Truss has finally been confirmed today as the next leader of th
What does China want with Xinjiang? Its systematic repression of the Uyghur people and other regiona
Nancy Pelosi’s controversial trip to Taiwan made headlines across the world this week, after Preside
China’s property market accounts for something between 20 and 29 per cent of the country’s total GDP
Semiconductors are the most important thing that you've never heard of. These little computer chips
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