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The United Front Work Department aims to befriend, bribe and seduce ‘useful idiots’. Was Andrew caught up in its net?

It’s got winding trails, a gushing waterfall, some 7,000 trees – and room inside for 1,500 cars. We explore the astonishing Twin Hills project, which isn’t even the city’s first manmade mountainscape

Also in this week's 'Next Text,' we throw some deserved shade at the far right culture warriors at 'OutKick'

Early editions of the book of quotations will be sold at an auction of Cultural Revolution artefacts

In his new year address, Chinese president Xi Jinping claimed that Taiwan would “surely be reunified” with China. Against the backdrop of increased Chinese military posturing in the Taiwan Strait, some western journalists are framing Xi’s remarks as an overt and direct threat against Taiwan. They argue that Xi’s rhetoric…

After Brussels sought to protect carmakers like Volkswagen from Chinese EV makers like BYD, Xi Jinping may now be targeting competitors of Kweichow Moutai.

A new film series produced in China, When Marx met Confucius, was viewed more than 8 million times in the first two weeks after it was released online in October. But this is not another blockbuster drama of the sort China has been adept at producing in recent years, but…

Biden's accomplishments are real. So are the self-inflicted wounds — and the fact no one wants him to run again

In August 2022 a young woman wearing a yukata – a simple, summer-weight kimono – was having her photo taken on a street in picturesque Suzhou, China, when she was accosted by a police officer. Following an angry exchange, partly captured on her phone, she was arrested for disturbing the…