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chinaChina is on the brink of profound change. In this series of articles, we examine the impact of these shifts on its people, its relationship with the West, and its future global role.
Washington's offer of co-superpower status leaves the Chinese elite divided and worried
Hu Jintao walks tall in the world, but at home China's anniversary party is shadowed by fear
Much of China is run by local gangs pursuing their private interest. This is the party's key test
The violence in China’s far-west region has chilled the relationship between two rising world powers
China's nationality policy is caught between local identity, state policy, and economic change
China's netizen victory over internet control is a signal of an emerging political power
The unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang exposes shared policy and attitudinal failures
The challenge of Xinjiang to Beijing's authority exceeds even that of Tibet
The Uyghurs of East Turkestan have become known to the world. But is it for the right reasons?
The eruption of protest in China's far west has its roots in the state's repressive policies
The crushing of revolt in Beijing on 4 June 1989 had deep roots and still casts a long shadow
The crisis of 1989 in Beijing was for China’s elite a brutal lesson in long-term political control
The inner-party competition to succeed Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao is already underway
China's response to the Sichuan tragedy writes a new page in its public culture (archive)
The destruction of the old city at the heart of Uighur life is a story of modern China
The northern city of Harbin takes the measure of China's economic troubles
A major declaration by Chinese public figures in favour of democracy and human rights
China’s economic crisis presents its government with an impossible political choice Plus: Charter08, a brave appeal for human rights
The economy and popular discontent could provoke Beijing's elite to boldness
The west's capitalism made the global financial mess. China's
authoritarian kind can't clear it up
The reform era is now more than half the PRC's life. The sense of China's past needs to catch up
Its astronauts span the cosmos while its children eat tainted sweets. Wanted: a state ruled by law
The test of economic reform's next round is already dampening post-Olympics euphoria
The murder of police officers by an angry citizen has wider lessons for China's legal system
The Chinese people themselves were winners in a great sporting festival
The global spectacle in Beijing is also a test for the next generation of China’s leaders
The Beijing Olympics reveal an unexpected face of China where power and vulnerability mingle
How Brasilia sees Beijing: through a triple lens of pragmatism, anti-Americanism and principle. Plus: a Kenyan eyes the east, by Peter Kimani
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