China flip-flops over zero-Covid in the face of rising protests
Easing of restrictions marks a shift in policy, but Beijing’s stance remains hazy and inconsistent
Blowing down the Communist Party of China’s house of cards
President Xi has laid bare the flimsy nature of his predecessor’s ‘rules-based system’
China will be deglobalisation’s big loser
If President Xi Jinping allows Russia to divide the world with its war on Ukraine, it is China that will pay the heaviest price
The coronavirus is a disease of Chinese autocracy
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]