China
China should be worried about the Uyghur Tribunal
There have been harrowing storiesof cruelty, torture and mistreatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang province in the newsthis week, coming from…
China is not as strong as it appears
The theory that the pandemic began with a leak from a research laboratory in Wuhan is rapidly gaining currency. Since…
Why Chinese women don’t want more children
Chinese women can’t afford a large family
Prepare for China's nationalist turn
In recent days, it has been striking how many people in Westminster and Whitehall now think the lab leak theory…
Is Ireland cosying up to China?
In 2019, the then-deputy prime minister of Ireland Simon Coveney spoke at the UN Human Rights Council, where he underlined Ireland’s…
Why Russia and China are competing to woo Belarus
Belarus’s president Alexander Lukashenko has been roundly condemned following the arrest of Roman Protasevich, but he still has one ally. Lukashenko…
The Covid lab leak theory is looking increasingly plausible
What was once a Covid conspiracy theory is looking more plausible
The many failures of China’s vaccine programme
The many failures of China’s vaccine programme
Beijing's plan to pick the next Dalai Lama
Imagine for a moment that Cuba picked the next Pope. That is the scenario which Lobsang Sangay, the then-Sikyong (the…
Letters: The beauty of brick
The Union in peril Sir: Fraser Nelson (‘The great pretender’, 15 May) writes that it has never been easier to…
The Australian trade deal is about more than just trade
What happens with an Australia trade deal won’t just reveal how serious this country is about free trade but also…
Letters: China has peaked
China has peaked Sir: Niall Ferguson makes some good points about the nature of Xi Jinping’s imperial aspirations but misses…
The China model: why is the West imitating Beijing?
From spending to lockdown, the West is copying Beijing
How China is stoking racial tensions in the West
Footage of a brutal late March attack on a 65-year-old Asian American woman in Manhattan drew widespread outrage on social…
Joe Biden's skewed climate change priorities
It’s not hard to see why politicians like Joe Biden and Boris Johnson want to talk about climate change. First…
Beijing is quietly challenging Brussels
The new agreement between China and the US on climate change, announced this week, contained the usual worthy overtures. Both…
A word about Prince Philip and religion
The recent Sewell report on Race and Ethnic Disparities has been much abused and little read. It is full of…
Who can take on China in the tech arms race?
Who can take on China in the tech arms race?
Why fear a society that’s tearing itself apart?
In my teens, rubbishing the implacable edifice of the United States felt like kicking a tank in trainers. Richard Nixon’s…
What China wants from Britain
What are we to do about China? To turn a phrase beloved by the Chinese Communist party (CCP) on its…
Portrait of the week: Alex Salmond’s party, China’s H&M ban and protests in Bristol and Batley
Home More than 30 million had received their first dose vaccination. The government remained confident of supplying second doses and…
By banning what we dislike, we create a secular shariah
‘Interior silence’ is not a phrase I associate with Sarah Sands, until recently the editor of the BBC Today programme…
The fightback: it’s time for the West to take on China
Western democracies must unite against China’s economic bullying
Why is New Zealand afraid of criticising China?
It is becoming harder and harder to ignore China’s aggressive behaviour. As I say in the magazine this week, China…
Beijing's cruel attempt to stop fleeing Hongkongers
The Chinese Communist party regime likes to portray itself as the new superpower, displaying its strength on the world stage.…
