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President extols personal role in effort to burnish his credentials as epoch-defining leader
The Biden administration is dialling back the rhetoric but needs allies on board to confront Beijing
US president raises concerns about ‘coercive’ behaviour and human rights abuses
Beijing relies on the extraordinary deployment of people and resources to achieve some of its aims
Rival narratives about the origin of the pandemic compete in the Chinese city where it began a year ago
Printed speech holds key to Alibaba founder’s invisibility — and rehabilitation
Regulation and retention will determine whether Facebook, Google, Alibaba and their peers continue to clean up
Critics say the investment agreement hands Xi a victory on the eve of Biden’s inauguration
Beijing has offered concessions on market access in hurry to seal accord
At the same time as seeking control of world supply chains, Xi wants the local economy to provide for itself
US president-elect Biden tweets that his administration will ‘rally the world’ to tackle crisis
Chinese overseas lending has fallen sharply amid a reassessment of the Belt and Road Initiative
Beijing imposed range of sanctions on Canberra after call for inquiry into Covid-19 origins
Chinese president’s message leaves Vladimir Putin one of the few world leaders yet to acknowledge win
The country’s post-pandemic revival has been stoked by coal-powered industry
TV series ‘Thunderbolt Warrior’ under fire for depicting heroes as flirtatious, cigar-smoking hell-raisers
Ousting elected lawmakers undermines key principles of democracy
Even star director Zhang Yimou had to bend to their will in his new movie ‘One Second’
Xi Jinping’s administration will focus on ‘self-sufficiency’ in a range of technological sectors dominated by the US
Birth of the UN shows dramatic change is possible when world powers face a shared existential threat
Xi was better than Trump at playing the long game during their first tussle involving ZTE and Qualcomm
Surprise move at UN by world’s biggest emitter increases pressure on US over climate commitments
Property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang hit out at Chinese leader over Covid-19 and authoritarian rule
Domestic insecurity, ambition and the pandemic blamed for Beijing’s belligerence
Josep Borrell tells FT that bloc’s leaders will decide sanctions on Belarus officials including Lukashenko later this month
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