6:40pm

China’s workers endure unhappy new year

Companies follow Beijing’s austerity lead on festivities

From EUROPE 3:06pm

EU faces up to China over trade dispute

Fears arise of row boiling over into a fully fledged trade war

New York Times signage on its building ©Bloomberg From US & CANADA 9:51am

NYT computers targeted by Chinese hackers

Paper says attacks coincided with report on wealth of Wen family

Smog obscures part of the Beijing skyline ©Getty Jan 30, 2013

Beijing smog offers silver lining for some

Sales of air purifiers rise threefold in the past month

The A-List from COMMENT Jan 29, 2013

China’s banks are too big to manage

A radical action would be to break up the big four into three regional banks, writes Yukon Huang

From JAPAN Jan 29, 2013

Japan to raise defence spending

First increase for 11 years seen as response to Senkaku dispute

China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping (C) attends a meeting with a panel of foreign experts'at the Great Hall of the People on December 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. ©Getty Jan 29, 2013

China leader talks tough on foreign policy

Xi Jinping says China will never compromise ‘core interests’

Jan 29, 2013

China averts local government defaults

Banks extend maturities on loans on massive scale

The A-List from COMPANIES Jan 29, 2013

China’s banks have become too big to manage

Performance of the big four state-owned lenders could be improved by breaking them up

From LIFE & ARTS Jan 27, 2013

The cost of China’s sprawling cities

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

Jan 25, 2013

Tibet appeals for end to immolations

Surge in suicides among Tibetans protesting against Chinese rule

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

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

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

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