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China
The country’s censors may be making it worse
2 min read
A medal scheme masks the identity of its toughest labourers
4 min read
Asia
A dam halted by protests in 2011 is back, but not for the energy it will produce
3 min read
It doesn’t want to fix the war-torn country but is fine managing it
5 min read
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Our weekly podcast on China. This week, what Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea reveals about his strategic priorities––and Russia’s influence on regional security
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A high-income, low-pressure existence is not all it’s cracked up to be
China wants more healthy, clean and even foreign food
But now Shenzhen says it has too many of them
Demography and AI are set to transform the gaokao
Finance & economics
Probably not big enough to offset the drag from the old
Leaders
It is suffering economic costs for its industrial dominance
Science & technology
A bad reputation and cultural ignorance are probably responsible
