25 August 2013
Four hundred million people have downloaded WeChat, a quarter of them outside China. And the figures are growing daily, reports James Leibold
4 July 2013
A high-tech system of social control is being superimposed on China’s network of urban neighbourhoods, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International
29 May 2013
The new Chinese premier has been wrestling with China’s economic future since the global financial crisis took its toll, writes Kerry Brown
23 May 2013
“Stability maintenance” is translating into greater surveillance, but the Chinese government’s response to ethnic frictions looks to be unsustainable, writes…
Books & arts
28 April 2013
Duncan Hewitt reviews two witty new books about China’s faultlines and prospects
22 April 2013
There’s a paradox at the heart of Xi Jinping’s new political maxim, writes James Leibold in Beijing
International
5 April 2013
Despite the cuts, the United States will remain the world’s military giant for the foreseeable future, writes Andy Butfoy
13 March 2013
There’s austerity in the air as China’s parliament meets, but has anything else changed, asks James Leibold in Beijing
Books & arts
13 February 2013
China is changing fast but its greatest challenges remain the same. And at the centre is the blackest of black boxes, writes Kerry Brown
6 December 2012
Antonia Finnane on art and the military in China
International
19 November 2012
There are plenty of full heads of hair in the new Politburo, but few of them are women’s, reports Antonia Finnane
2 November 2012
On the eve of China’s eighteenth party congress, life in Beijing is changing in increasingly obvious ways, writes Antonia Finnane
17 October 2012
The latest biography of Liang Qichao reveals a man of his times with a new significance for present-day China, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
Books & arts
4 October 2012
A new book offers a tentative view of the largely uncharted terrain of public opinion in China, writes Kerry Brown
Books & arts
1 October 2012
The forty years since Australia established relations with China have been about a lot more than trade and defence, writes Antonia Finnane
25 September 2012
An influential Chinese intellectual is arguing that only a freer and more diverse media can rebuild the credibility of government, reports Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai
Books & arts
14 August 2012
Hugh White offers a provocative but not entirely persuasive account of the implications of China’s growing strength, writes Geoffrey Barker
8 June 2012
Official China is ambivalent about Mao’s legacy, writes Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai
7 June 2012
Twenty-three years after the massacre, the events of 4 June 1989 are still off limits, writes Antonia Finnane in Beijing
23 May 2012
While the media was gripped by the Bo Xilai scandal, the story of another privileged child of a Communist Party official was unfolding on the internet, writes Antonia …
22 April 2012
In Beijing, Antonia Finnane looks at a ten-year plan for a staged transition to constitutional democracy
10 April 2012
After Tomb-sweeping day, the Chinese capital returned to normal, writes Antonia Finnane, except for the city’s Christians
National affairs
26 March 2012
If we want to engage or compete with universities in Asia, we need to be clear about the aims of our own education system
1 February 2012
Shanghai doesn’t understand the appeal of its oldest precinct, writes Duncan Hewitt
International
29 December 2011
Kim Jong-un’s accession comes at a time of change in the region, underlining the need for a nuanced response from Western countries
Books & arts
21 December 2011
With the right leadership Burma could undoubtedly use its position between China and India to its advantage, writes Nicholas Farrelly
16 December 2011
A growing number of Chinese are bothered by the gap between reality and the way the media portrays society and politics, reports Duncan Hewitt. And the media itself is…
21 November 2011
The death of two-year-old Yue Yue continues to generate soul-searching in the Chinese media, reports Duncan Hewitt
14 October 2011
Returning to China, Duncan Hewitt finds more development, plenty of stresses, and an increasingly enquiring local media
Books & arts
16 August 2011
Linda Jaivin reviews the Chinese-language edition of Chan Koonchung’s controversial novel The Fat Years, now available in English