When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang called for a “sense of urgency” about growing economic risks during a meeting with provincial officials earlier this week, it was his third such warning in days.“We need to be highly vigilant for unexpected changes in the international and domestic situations, and downward economic pressure has further mounted,” China’s No 2 official told a symposium in Jiangxi province on Monday, according to a report in South China Morning Post, less than a week after drawing

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that relations between Beijing and Taipei were "grim" on Sunday, urging the island's main opposition party to help seek "unification of the country."China views self-ruled democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and vows to retake it one day, by force if necessary.Xi has become the most bellicose leader since Mao Zedong, describing the seizure of the island as "inevitable."In a congratulatory letter to Eric Chu – the ne

Scuttled listings and share prices hammered by official threats: Beijing has launched a withering and very public assault on some of China's biggest tech names.The travails of ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing this week carried a cautionary tale for digital big hitters: what goes up, can come down...

President Xi Jinping has hailed China's "irreversible" course from humiliated colony to great power at the centenary celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Thursday, in a speech reaching deep into history to remind patriots at home and rivals abroad of his nation's – and his own – ascendancy.Speaking above the giant portrait of Mao Zedong, which dominates Tiananmen Square, from the podium where the famous chairman proclaimed the People's Republic of Chi

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) boasts 92 million members from all walks of life, drawn by ideology, ambition, and the pragmatic knowledge of how to get ahead in the world's second-largest economy.But little is known about the inner workings of the secretive organisation, where open criticism is still taboo.As China prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding in Shanghai, we speak to six members to ask why they joined.The VeteranSu Xiaodong was born five ye

The Quad, a loose strategic coalition of the Following a recent meeting of their top foreign-policy officials in Tokyo, Australia, India, Japan, and the United States (US) are now actively working toward establishing a new multilateral security structure for the region. The idea is not to create an Asian version of NATO, but rather to develop a close security partnership founded on shared values and interests, including the rule of law, freedom of navigation, respect for territorial

Western societies are currently gripped by the ominous idea that we are entering a new cold war, this time between the United States (US) and China. This narrative started coming to the fore as a result of the Sino-American trade dispute, and now the COVID-19 crisis has given it the final nudge to centre stage.