Regions / East Asia / China
Articles about China, ordered by date. 
Mixed Media: Film
Mountains May Depart, by Jia Zhangke, and Makala, by Emmanuel Gras are reviewed this month.
‘Curing’ homosexuality
LGBT+ people are still subjected to forced confinement, medication and even electric shocks to try to change their sexual orientation, writes Alessio Perrone.
Reasons to be cheerful
A breath of fresher air; Hope in sight; Frack off, say Scots.
When the Foxbots muscle in
Industrial robots are being put to work on a massive scale in China. Taking the case of electronics giant Foxconn, Jenny Chan considers what an automated future holds in store for human workers.
Fatal attraction
Why is the West racing to copy Asia’s education system as fast as the East scrambles to reform it? Yong Zhao takes to task an unhealthy and deluded romanticization of education.
Feminist folk in China
An all-woman band is using music to challenge China’s rum treatment of women migrant workers, writes Lydia Noon.
The dark side of Christmas: the impact on sweatshops
It’s not elves, but underpaid Chinese workers working around the clock that will enable you to unwrap your presents, writes Amoge Ukaegbu.
The coming war on China
A major US military build-up – including nuclear weapons – is under way in Asia and the Pacific with the purpose of confronting China. John Pilger raises the alarm on an under-reported and dangerous provocation.
Taking matters into their own hands
Labour rights in post-socialist countries such as Russia, China and Vietnam are being fought for from outside, not within, official trade unions. Tim Pringle reports.
The Mekong River is not for sale!
The landscape, and the local peoples’ livelihood, have irrevocably changed, Gary Wockner reports in this photo essay.
Torture tactics in Tibet
Emily Korstanje reports on China's treatment of political prisoners.
China's climate transition
Is the world's most populous country a climate villain or an environmental leader? Sam Geall investigates.
Shadow over China
Jack Rasmus reports on the world's creditor, increasingly engulfed by 'shadow' banks.
And finally... Xiaolu Guo
The award-winning novelist and film director tells Graeme Green about growing up in rural China, freedom, censorship and loneliness.
Country Profile: China
China is making a great leap forward, but there are winners and losers.
Laying into the poor
From the US to China, Owen Jones documents how the demonization of the have-nots is going global.
Is China good for Africa?
Writer and activist Firoze Manji and professor Stephen Chan go head-to-head.
Heroism or desperation?
Self-immolation by Tibetan protesters is becoming an all-too-familiar sight. Dibyesh Anand considers the reasons why.
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