From LIFE & ARTS Jan 27, 2013

The cost of China’s sprawling cities

Simon Rabinovitch reviews ‘China’s Urban Billion’ by Tom Miller

Dalai Lama ©AP Jan 25, 2013

Tibet appeals for end to immolations

Surge in suicides among Tibetans protesting against Chinese rule

Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party from Japan, shakes hands with China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 25 2013. Yamaguchi is on a four day visit to Beijing. ©AFP From JAPAN Jan 25, 2013

China and Japan attempt to ease tensions

Xi Jinping urges both countries to show ‘political wisdom’

From COMPANIES Jan 25, 2013

Auditors named in Caterpillar-ERA debacle

Involvement of Deloitte and E&Y shows firms’ challenge in China

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Philip Stephens from COMMENT Jan 24, 2013

Political cracks imperil China’s power

The party is mistaken if it thinks growth answers all questions

Notebook from COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Smoking out the tree-hugging set

There is a nascent sense that some Chinese are getting fed up with the consumer society, writes Patti Waldmeir

Jan 22, 2013

Manila takes territorial dispute to court

Halt to Beijing’s activities in South China Sea sought

Global Insight Jan 22, 2013

Return of warlike rhetoric from China

Officials, commentators spout less about peaceful moves, more on military might

A man speaks on a phones as he looks at a sign for the latest 'Mark Six' jackpot outside a betting office in Hong Kong ©Getty Jan 22, 2013

China’s lottery boom sparks social fears

Gambling is illegal but sales of the state-run lottery are worth $40bn

From COMPANIES Jan 21, 2013

Huawei in pledge to disclose more information

Effort to dispel fears over suspected ties to China military

From COMMENT Jan 21, 2013

The weibo generation can reboot China

Social media are a battlefield for expression, say Jonas Parello-Plesner and Michael Anti

From LEX Jan 21, 2013

China earnings: tempered expectations

Rising inflation set to join laundry list of risks

Jan 21, 2013

Japan and China struggle to curb tensions

New leaders will not want to show weakness over disputed islands

Jan 21, 2013

China-Myanmar pipeline to open in May

Gas pipeline to help reduce Chinese dependence on Malacca Strait

From LEX Jan 20, 2013

China M&A: a slowly breaking wave

Consolidation is winnowing overcrowded sectors

Jan 20, 2013

Beijing tries to clean up its act

Authorities respond to public pressure over air quality

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 18, 2013

Chinese labour pool begins to drain

Working age population shrinks for first time in recent history

Editorial from COMMENT Jan 18, 2013

Smoke alarms

Air pollution has a human and an economic cost

Jan 18, 2013

China wealth gap data stoke scepticism

Experts say official measure of income inequality inaccurate

Jan 18, 2013

Hazardous smog blankets Beijing

Emergency measures introduced to cut pollution levels

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