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Li Qiang and China look to make up with Australia
The superpower is seeking to ease tensions with at least some of America’s allies
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Foreign judges are fed up with Hong Kong’s political environment
Three have left the city’s highest court this month
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China is going crazy for durians
Locals love the pungent fruit. The government sees an opportunity
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Why China takes young Tibetans from their families
Visiting a Tibetan region where children must attend Chinese-language boarding schools
International
The new front in China’s cyber campaign against America
Big powers are preparing for wartime sabotage
Finance and economics
China’s currency is not as influential as once imagined
Its share of international reserves has stalled
Briefing
America’s assassination attempt on Huawei is backfiring
The company is growing stronger—and less vulnerable
Leaders
How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science?
If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
Business
The EU hits China’s carmakers with hefty new tariffs
Duties will only hold them back for a while
Science and technology
China has become a scientific superpower
From plant biology to superconductor physics the country is at the cutting edge
Finance and economics
China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
Business
Should the world fear China’s chipmaking binge?
Concerns that cheap Chinese semiconductors will flood the market may be premature
Business
Chinese fast-food insurgents are beating McDonald’s and KFC
The healthy appetite comes from smaller cities
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Changes to China’s gaokao exam are about politics, not fairness
Extra points for minority students are going away