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chinaChina is on the brink of profound change. In this series of articles, we examine the impact of these shifts on its people, its relationship with the West, and its future global role.
The west's capitalism made the global financial mess. China's
authoritarian kind can't clear it up
The reform era is now more than half the PRC's life. The sense of China's past needs to catch up
Its astronauts span the cosmos while its children eat tainted sweets. Wanted: a state ruled by law
The test of economic reform's next round is already dampening post-Olympics euphoria
The murder of police officers by an angry citizen has wider lessons for China's legal system
The Chinese people themselves were winners in a great sporting festival
The global spectacle in Beijing is also a test for the next generation of China’s leaders
The Beijing Olympics reveal an unexpected face of China where power and vulnerability mingle
How Brasilia sees Beijing: through a triple lens of pragmatism, anti-Americanism and principle. Plus: a Kenyan eyes the east, by Peter Kimani
A firm Beijing-Islamabad alliance extends from politics to the track. Plus: Tarek Osman on Egypt's longing, Patrice de Beer on France's two minds; and Kerry Brown on Olympic realism
The failure of judgment towards China among the French political class is all the more reason to reaffirm universal standards of human rights, says Patrice de Beer.
The rise of a great civilisation has complex echoes at the heart of the Arab world
The pre-Olympic moment in China brings surprises as well as emotions
A Beijing conference finds that the world of Chinese NGOs has lessons for the west
A cyber-assault on a Hollywood film casts light on the super-patriotism of China's "angry youth"
China's convulsive Olympic year connects its people to the rest of the world in new ways
Beijing needs accurate information to be effective. But what if its own media censorship blocks its access?
Cross-straits flights mark a new phase in a tense relationship (archive)
The Tiananmen protests of 1989 and the turbulent activism of 2008 share hidden connections
A fleeing teacher's defiance ignites ferocious argument that reveals how China is changing
China's response to the Sichuan tragedy writes a new page in its public culture
The work of Chinese immigrants in the rich west puts them in a trap with many locked doors
The progressive ideals of the Olympic movement are shadowed by colonial attitudes
Tibet, the torch-relay and Sichuan's quake - Beijing's tense Olympics year highlights a governance deficit
A China in social and intellectual ferment is finding new ways to slice the national past
Why do some countries achieve independence and not others? Blame "post-colonial sequestration syndrome"
Hu Jintao's "warm spring" visit highlights the lesser-known bonds that link China and Japan
The Chinese netizens mobilising against western media distortions should also look in the mirror
Beijing’s months of crisis may come to seem the product of a masterly public-relations campaign
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