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Moves to release detainees come ahead of anticipated UN inspections

Move to make religion align with socialism comes as Xinjiang internment camps condemned

Universities buy crops to support government drive but then struggle to use them

Commemoration of Mao’s birthday halted by officials wary of political organising

Scale of problem underestimated as investors keep losses under wraps

Workers blame US tariffs and economic slowdown for drop in job opportunities

Early Rain leader had posted letter about Communist party ‘temporarily’ ruling country

How the country’s ‘reform and opening up’ policy has had a lasting impact on society

Parents follow lead of Xi Jinping to seek education steeped in traditional values

FTCR research shows little desire among Chinese smokers to quit

Investors are offering a wider range of attractions to meet rising demand

Chinese vocational school interns working overtime and night shifts

Critics say case shines light on widening crackdown on dissent in city by Beijing

Ma Jian says Beijing will use authoritarian playbook deployed in Tibet to stifle dissent

China dismisses efforts to end mass detention of Muslim ethnic groups

Analysis backs claims that facilities for Uighur residents are akin to prison camps

US institution says Renmin punished students for supporting workers’ rights

Conservationists say move will have ‘devastating consequences globally’ for species

Case seen as part of wider crackdown on corporate journalism

Much-feared inquisitors imprisoned after subjecting Lau Hei-wing to 80 hours of torture

Cost plays much bigger role than state policy in deciding whether to have children

Defence follows backlash from US, Malaysia and Pakistan over internment of Uighurs

Beijing says Xinjiang camps are to ‘transform’ people ‘influenced by extremism’

Congressional commission weighs use of Magnitsky Act to target those behind Muslim camps