A fortnightly podcast from the Spectator on the latest in Chinese politics, society, and more. From
For China, WWII started in 1937 with the Japanese invasion, two years before Hitler invaded Poland.
Are the Chinese religious? The government’s treatment of Christians and particularly Muslims have be
Last month, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi welcomed senior Taliban leaders to Beijing, standin
It might be an understatement to say that China has a difficult relationship with drugs. Most infamo
For most people, Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping stand out as the two Communist leaders of the People’s Re
Tangping, or 'lying flat', is a new lifestyle tempting China's millennials. Describing a minimalist
In the 12 months since the enactment of the National Security Law on Hong Kong, opposition leaders,
Exactly 20 years ago, China acceded to the World Trade Organisation. In the decades since, the globa
What is it like to be a journalist in China? There are obvious restrictions on freedom of speech, bu
China has run wild with facial recognition. From using it to ration tissues in public toilets, to id
The archaic-sounding notion of 'filial piety' has little direct translation into English, but is a d
You might think that in a country as tightly controlled as China, diversity of opinion is hard to co
Cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan seem to be hotting up, with headlines frequently tou
'Scratch a communist, you’ll find a nationalist underneath’, Professor Kerry Brown, the director of
Tiger mums and dads are infamous in the West, but in China the pressure is ramped up several times h
After getting off the phone with Xi Jinping, Joe Biden warned his senators that on infrastructure 'a
As the first BNO passport holders begin to make their way to the UK and start the path to a new citi
In November, the IPO of Jack Ma's fintech company Ant Financial was abruptly stopped by Chinese regu
Since 2017 a succession of re-education camps have sprung up across Xinjiang, the home of the Uyghur
2020 is drawing to a close but none of us will forget this year anytime soon. For China, has it also
