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Event was intended to be symbol of country’s ascendancy but has been marred by pandemic and diplomatic tensions
Beijing’s zero-Covid policy trades GDP growth for international prestige ahead of the Games
Vaccinated citizens infected in latest outbreak, but expert insists China-made jabs are effective
Michael Kovrig was arrested in apparent retaliation for 2018 detention of Huawei CFO
Some residents refuse to vote after being pressured to back government’s preferred nominees
Pressure by Beijing offers a glimpse of the road map for a more illiberal order
The world of the designer famous for making Rihanna’s “pizza dress” brings together the ancient, the cute and the modern
A trove of lost photographs, taken by a junior teacher more than 30 years ago, revisits a country on the brink of social change and a landscape near eclipsed from history
Beijing gains in oil and influence as successive presidents in Washington withdraw
Donald Trump’s attack on TikTok leaves the founder’s global dream in tatters
Vladimir Putin should brush off the cold war cobwebs in pursuit of a hard-headed look at national interests
The confrontation is yet another example of Beijing testing the limits
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New infection clusters pose economic and political test for China’s leadership
Life in the Chinese capital had returned to normal before mass testing revealed outbreak
Imported goods face backlash after state media blames salmon shipments for new cluster
Deep cleaning, temperature checks and smartphone apps all deployed to stop a second wave
Beaming ‘Neighbours’ throughout the Pacific is unlikely to outweigh Beijing’s economic might
Phone-based system controls entry and exit to neighbourhoods and taxi cabs
Bankers will consider suspending interest payments but writing off loans is unlikely
The country’s new apps may help to counter human bias — but transparency and justice remain bigger issues
I asked my friends in China whether they would fare better cooped up than westerners
In China, increased surveillance is another symptom of the epidemic
Experts say decline in new infections is likely but official count also mired in politics
Local governments let companies delay land and tax payments to ease financial impact
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