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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Friendly foreign influencers win growing following in China

      New report finds social media stars speaking up for Beijing against critical overseas narratives

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Disease control and prevention
      WHO asks China for data on ‘undiagnosed pneumonia’ cases

      Health body’s concern reflects heightened vigilance over signs of disease outbreaks since Covid pandemic

      Children and their parents wait to be seen at a children’s hospital in Beijing
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
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      Xi enlists Flying Tigers as China’s propagandists seek friendlier tone on US

      Beijing fetes wartime pilots ahead of Biden meeting but underlying narrative of America as rival unchanged

      A montage of photos of Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and a Chinese war plane as well as elements of the US and China flags
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
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      A once optimistic society now worries about the future as Xi Jinping’s promise of ‘common prosperity’ starts to fade

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    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
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      Death of former premier largely sidelined by Xi Jinping creates a sensitive moment for China’s Communist party

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      Tale of emperor whose ineptitude ended his dynasty unnerves Chinese censors

      History book disappears from shops and online searches are blocked as Beijing strengthens control of information flows

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      State department says Beijing is using ‘deceptive’ methods to push authoritarian propaganda

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      University language classes focus on the Chinese president’s experience and ideas to ensure a ‘correct worldview’

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    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
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      China’s property revival plan threatened by stand-off over old neighbourhoods

      Beijing turns to past playbook of redeveloping poorer areas in hopes of revitalising troubled sector

      Clothes hang on wires in an old neighbourhood in Shanghai
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      A sympathetic westerner who became a participant-observer as the country transformed

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      A passion for viniculture — and lots of money — is needed in a challenging climate and difficult market

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    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
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      China hits the east Asian demographic wall

      Like Japan and South Korea, China has a shrinking population but it has fewer ways to manage the change

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    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
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      The notoriously challenging ‘gaokao’ is testing students on the president’s nationalist credo

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      Primary schools become old people’s homes and factories struggle to find staff as population ages

      Elderly villagers play cards in Rudong county
    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
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      Punchline referring to military slogan sparks uproar and gloom over free expression in China

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      Cash-strapped authorities struggle to reduce headcount and meet Beijing’s demands for greater security

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    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
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      New Delhi and Beijing give little weight to long-projected population crossover

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    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
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      China urges jobless graduates to ‘roll up their sleeves’ and try manual work

      State media says university-leavers should put their professional ambitions on hold and consider lower-skilled roles

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    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
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      Chinese publishers ditch US books as geopolitical tensions mount

      Regulator delays authorisation of America-related titles and instead promotes critical volumes

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    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Demographics and population
      India to overtake China as world’s most populous country this year

      UN data marks a historic shift for the two Asian rivals

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