China

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No American election will change China’s mind

It is sure that America is bent on containing its rise

Circling back
China’s “dual-circulation” strategy means relying less on foreigners

Xi Jinping sees the creation of fully domestic supply chains as a matter of national security

Chaguan
High-tech chickens are a case study of why self-reliance is so hard

For China, rearing the meatiest poultry is surprisingly difficult

The 1.4bn-people question
Apparatchiks and academics alike struggle to take China’s pulse

Pollsters have to use roundabout ways to find out what people are thinking

A big splash
In a world mired in recession, China manages a V-shaped recovery

Its rebound is also starting to look more sustainable

Chaguan
China’s half-loving, half-threatening pitch to Taiwan doesn’t work

The contradictions of a half-loving, half-threatening pitch to Taiwan

Chaguan
China calls its “heroic” handling of covid-19 proof of its wisdom

A lopsided global recovery amid Chinese bragging could sharpen divisions between China and the West

Orphaned by the state
How Xinjiang’s gulag tears families apart

So many parents have been locked up that officials struggle to cope with the left-behind children

Rune revival
Pictographs survive in a Chinese tourist town

But locals are reminded that being “civilised” requires use of standard Chinese