Great powers should have a combination of hard and soft power — the power to compel and the power to attract, in Joseph Nye’s ...

Chu Xin’s search for work has taken him on a journey this summer. First he travelled some 1,500km from his home in China’s deep south-west to Shenzhen, a bustling manufacturing hub across from Hong ...

Amid all the trouble facing China—trade war, covid-19, a property slump—the country’s leaders have remained confident about the source of future economic growth. In their view, the country’s manifest ...

In March 2026, Chinese Premier Li Qiang included the “Consumer Price Index (CPI)” in the annual Government Work Report. It marked the first time that the Chinese government openly acknowledged the ...

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China spent the last five years cultivating innovation and new technology at home. The next half decade will be dedicated to deploying the fruits of its labor to transform its economy – and its place ...