In January, China officially acknowledged that its population began to decline last year—roughly nine years earlier than Chinese demographers and the United Nations had projected. The implications of this are hard to overstate. It means …
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The Chinese government seems to have fallen back in love with economic growth. As the chaotic exit from its zero-Covid-19 policy has unfolded—leading to tens of thousands of deaths (at least)—the country’s leaders have been …
The failure of China’s zero-Covid policy is leading to a reassessment of Chinese power. Until recently, many expected China’s GDP to surpass that of the United States by 2030 or soon thereafter. But now, some …
Transaction, not stability, has always been the defining feature of Australia’s bilateral relationship with China, placing hard limits on its development. While not advertised at the time, China’s 2013 commitment to an enhanced framework for …
Originally published 14 October 2022. Rumours that President Xi Jinping was under house arrest amid a military coup in China—apparently driven by Falun Gong–linked social media accounts known for spreading factually problematic information—spread widely in …