China’s ice-cold calculus over Iran
In the Middle East, it is a political weakling but an economic force
WHEN AMERICAN and Israeli warplanes struck Iran this weekend, killing Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, China’s flagship nightly news programme covered the story with notable frankness. The basic facts were reported, clearly and promptly. Contrast that with what happened barely two months earlier, when massive protests erupted across the Islamic Republic. For the first two weeks, China’s newscasters said nothing. When they did eventually cover the unrest, they depicted the protesters as pawns of “external forces”.
China hopes IVF can slow its baby bust
That may be overambitious
Mapping China’s holiday rush
How travel during the Spring Festival is changing
American labs say China’s AI tigers are copycats
DeepSeek’s new model has American officials and firms on edge
How to get rich in modern China
Some of the country’s brightest are cashing in on a state-backed surge
Chaguan
The rotten tail of China’s property bust
Officials want to spread the pain as widely as possible
China now fills the world’s luxury hampers
It is a leading producer of caviar, foie gras and truffles
