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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.
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
Beijing's leadership projects confidence on the world stage but faces a year of domestic turmoil
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
A firm Beijing-Islamabad alliance extends from politics to the track. Plus: Tarek Osman on Egypt's longing, Patrice de Beer on France's two minds; and Kerry Brown on Olympic realism
The failure of judgment towards China among the French political class is all the more reason to reaffirm universal standards of human rights, says Patrice de Beer.
The rise of a great civilisation has complex echoes at the heart of the Arab world
The pre-Olympic moment in China brings surprises as well as emotions
A Beijing conference finds that the world of Chinese NGOs has lessons for the west
A cyber-assault on a Hollywood film casts light on the super-patriotism of China's "angry youth"
China's convulsive Olympic year connects its people to the rest of the world in new ways
Beijing needs accurate information to be effective. But what if its own media censorship blocks its access?
Cross-straits flights mark a new phase in a tense relationship (archive)
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