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When party propaganda falls flat
To control ethnic Mongolians, Xi Jinping revives a Mao-era tool
Business
Can Burberry put its chequered past behind it?
The British label’s new boss has his work cut out
China
A spectre looms over Hong Kong’s property market
Why mortgage payments in the city can be ghoulishly expensive
Business
China is the West’s corporate R&D lab. Can it remain so?
Foreign firms want Chinese boffins. America and China may have other plans
China
Fury erupts in China over a food-safety scandal
Rare investigative journalism touches a raw public nerve
Asia
The epic bust-up between China and India could be ending
Witness calm in the Himalayas, diplomatic charm offensives and thickening trade links
China
Xi Jinping is trying to love-bomb China’s entrepreneurs
It will take a lot more to win back their broken hearts
Drum Tower
The wild success story of a provincial Chinese supermarket chain
Our weekly podcast on China. This week we look at how Pangdonglai, a grocer in Henan province, is rewriting the rules of retail
The Economist explains
What is the Chinese Communist Party’s third plenum?
Hundreds of the party’s senior members gather in Beijing amid hopes they will speed up economic reforms
Finance and economics
China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
China
China views America’s presidential nightmare with mirth—and disquiet
Some Chinese are rooting for Gavin Newsom to become the Democratic candidate
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Songs, pandas and praise for Xi: how China courts young Taiwanese
Come for the hot pot, endure the propaganda
China
China is using archaeology as a weapon
The state is unearthing ancient justifications for its rule over Xinjiang
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What China means when it says “peace”
From Ukraine to Gaza, China sees a chance to promote an ultra-realist worldview
Finance and economics
Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
He balances that with being unshakeably committed to state-owned enterprises, too
Business
The EV trade war between China and the West heats up
But Elon Musk’s carmaker is somehow escaping the worst of it