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China’s marriage rate is at its lowest in nearly 40 years. Why are singles put off settling down?
Couples who are getting married are doing so later than before
‘We’re still talking past each other’: US congressmen make rare visit to China
First congressional delegation to Beijing since 2019 calls for military dialogue as Trump and Xi plan to meet
China seizes on Trump’s chaos to position itself as champion of stability
Trump’s actions over the past eight months have accelerated a global realignment
Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to meet in South Korea next month
US president plans to go to China next year amid trade tension between the two superpowers
Jobless in Beijing: ‘You have to find other passions. For me it was my plants and the cat’
Talk of job losses is everywhere these days but China’s generous statutory payments can make redundancy seem attractive
China to preach peace at security forum but South China Sea actions tell different story
Beijing has been aggressively enforcing its disputed claims to over 90 per cent of the maritime area with its most advanced aircraft carrier
China accuses Nvidia of breaching competition rules as trade talks with US heat up in Madrid
US seeks resolution of TikTok ownership impasse ahead of ban as talks continue against background of grim Chinese economic data
Meet the 82-year-old Belfast man cycling across China to understand how villages vote
Electoral expert’s attempts to engage local councils meets with mixed success - and interest from the police
Why the West misreads the room with its ‘Axis of Upheaval’ narrative
The emerging alternative order is neither an axis, nor is it interested in upheaval
Xi Jinping warns world faces ‘peace or war’, as Putin, Kim join him for military parade
Xi’s embrace of leaders sends a message to the US and EU that China will make its own geopolitical choices
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on board armoured train ahead of military parade
China uses its role as a second World War ally to claim a place in global order
New global order? Modi, Putin and Xi offer glimpse of what may lie ahead
Trump’s tariffs and diplomatic missteps push India into closer alignment with Russia and China at summit
Xi, Putin and Modi make rare show of unity at China summit
Putin blames West for Ukraine invasion while Xi Jinping calls for new system of global governance
The Party’s Interests Come First by Joseph Torigian: The paranoid and intensely emotional political culture behind China’s Xi Jinping
Xi Zhongxun biography takes us into the world of the Communist Party and the life of its elite figures
Hugging, French kissing and shoes indoors: The western habits Chinese people hate
Song was tentative at first when I asked him about our nasty habits. Then he got into his stride
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