Beijing

The drop in temperature after the storm meant it was cool enough to wear the summer suit I had picked up from the tailor last week and which I was eager to show off

China claims sovereignty over reefs, islands and other maritime features and took action against vessels entering waters near Scarborough Shoal

Baoding’s hospital and the vast Xiong’an model city 50km away show the virtues of design, planning and state ownership of land

Every other live venue in Beijing must submit detailed information about every musical act to the local cultural department at least three days in advance

Kristalina Georgieva’s remarks at Beijing conference come as China export glut tensions rise

Biking food from Beijing’s cafes and restaurants, some six million drivers work long hours daily for low pay in dangerous traffic conditions. Liu Wei is one of them who works hard and draws dignity from his seven-day-a-week labour

Exporting antiques was a good way to make money but Communist Party restrictions turned traders into smugglers

A 36-year-old from Downpatrick, Co Down, has become China’s top whiskey influencer

The focus was on ‘new productive forces’, a new slogan for what amounts to a dramatic reshaping of the Chinese economy

Move puts State Council, which oversees ministries and local governments, under direct authority of party

Annual legislative meeting in Tiananmen Square includes a lengthy press conference to lay out Communist Party’s global agenda

The province of Yunnan attracts people in pursuit of their dreams with its idyllic setting, openness and low cost of living. But the classic processes of gentrification and spiralling rents inflict cultural damage on the local community

Intense and sometimes destructive social media storms have been a regular occurrence for more than a decade

The view that Washington is acting provocatively is shared across much of Asia

A splendid portrait of layers of identity and resistance in what is no less a settler society than the United States

The Year of the Dragon brings marriage-related suspicions and a sour response over lunch

Regulator has promised to clamp down on what it describes as market manipulation and ‘malicious short-selling’

China retains ownership of any cubs born to pandas on loan overseas and zoos must agree to send cubs back to China when they reach the age of four

Tight supply and a shortage of affordable housing are common themes despite recent cooling of prices in several markets

Five Irish Times foreign correspondents looked at rental prices and issues in their city, to get a snapshot of whether the rental crisis in Dublin is also experienced in other parts of the world