The Party insists it has a superior approach. Fumbling democracies must restore trust before it’s too late

The British-Chinese novelist and filmmaker talks about writing about love in a time of division, why we need more balanced curriculums, and paying homage to an early European hero in her new novel, A...

After the long stand-off against communism, victory seemed as total as it was sudden. But the west has since fractured and is now losing prestige and influence—does the reversal expose a moral...

Constant surveillance, cultural suppression and ‘re-education’ are the day-to-day reality for China’s Muslim minorities. And the technology giants that enable it are closer than we might think

“Wandel durch Handel” must make way for a new strategy. But what kind?

Flare ups at the border need to be handled with caution

The anxiety of worrying about the safety of my family was replaced with anger at the lack of preparedness in the UK

The Chinese state has an impressive story to tell but Covid-19 and Hong Kong show the west shouldn't concede just yet

Sars vials misplaced, dengue fever samples lost in the post—the chilling lack of bio-security at research labs

Coronavirus has upended the world order and called basic liberal values into question. With authoritarianism on the rise, can democracy as we know it survive?