China’s is now allowing couples to have three children. But the policy’s implications for working women and their families mean few will welcome the change with open arms, writes Dr Jieyu Liu.
Duncan Bartlett explores whether China has enough political will and diplomatic clout to become a significant actor in the Middle East.
The intensification of China’s repression in Xinjiang is not a strategic counter-terrorism response but is an exercise of Xi Jinping’s assimilationist plans for the region’s Turkic Muslim ethnic minorities, writes Dr Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino. | Part 2
Dr Pablo A. Rodríguez-Merino argues that by rewriting the state’s conflict with Uyghurs as a matter of terrorism, China has profited from a changing international security environment that legitimised the use of exceptional security practices. | Part 1
Emeritus Professor Tim Barrett comments on the fallout from Chinese tycoon Wang Xing’s citation of a Tang dynasty era poem on book burning.
Does a ‘middle way’ approach to diplomacy exist in the era of the ‘wolf warrior’? John Gittings cites the example of veteran Chinese diplomats who continue to advocate moderation.
The Biden-Suga summit in Washington contained some strong language on China, but Yoshihide Suga is reluctant to be pushed into a corner by the new US president, writes Duncan Bartlett.
Is there a ‘community of shared destiny’ between Hong Kong and Taiwan? Adrian Chiu writes that Taiwan’s ruling DPP has other priorities.
Are some European think tanks pushing a ‘China Threat’ narrative? Dr Igor Rogelja questions the view that China is an existential threat to European democracy.
China is retaliating against prominent figures in Britain, the EU and other countries who have criticised its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Duncan Bartlett considers the diplomatic implications.