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    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessChinese politics & policy
      The Jack Ma test for China’s promised shift

      Beijing’s treatment of fallen entrepreneurs will provide evidence of how far it has shifted on the private sector

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      InterviewMongolia
      Mongolia reels from impact of Russian sanctions

      Prime minister of landlocked democracy complains of blow to his country’s economy

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
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      Third-term Xi Jinping seizes the hour and misses his moment

      China’s authoritarian leader fails to fulfil the promise he once showed at Davos

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
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      China’s GDP release: five things to watch

      Tuesday’s data expected to show third consecutive period of disappointing growth

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
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      Prominent Chinese ‘wolf warrior’ diplomat moved to obscure role

      Foreign ministry’s rising star Zhao Lijian now listed as deputy director for boundary affairs

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
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      China’s capital inundated with cases following government’s abrupt U-turn on virus containment strategy

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
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      China retreats from sweeping zero-Covid policies as economic toll mounts

      Government for first time allows some positive cases to home quarantine after trade contracts sharply

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
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      Authorities fear virus surge in unprotected rural areas during lunar new year holiday as Beijing eases restrictions

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
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      Renminbi hits 12-week high as Morgan Stanley upgrades country’s equities to ‘overweight’

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
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    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
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    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
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      Communist party boss must decide whether to relax his signature policy or crush demonstrations

    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
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      China rocked by protests as zero-Covid anger spreads

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    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
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      Cross-border trade was interrupted over fears truck drivers spread the virus

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    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
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    • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
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      Xi consolidates power with leadership shake-up

      China’s president purges rivals from Communist party’s top echelons

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