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Red Memory by Tania Branigan review – the Cultural Revolution up close

In gathering histories from one of the country’s darkest, most divisive periods, the former Guardian China correspondent has created a gripping and important document

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2023

The Guardian view on China’s Covid U-turn: from all-out war to all but nothing

Editorial: The country has abruptly abandoned the vast bulk of its harsh measures to contain coronavirus following protests. That carries considerable risk

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

‘The authorities will step up control’: where next for China after protests?

After mass demonstrations against Covid lockdowns, experts say Xi Jinping’s response will be a further gradual crackdown

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

China: echoes of authoritarian past as Xi Jinping cements his place at the heart of a Communist Party now entirely built around him

It has been suggested that the removal of Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping’s predecessor, from the closing ceremony of the 20th Communist Party congress could overshadow all other news from Beijing during the past week. Was there a health reason for this dramatic development – or was it a live purge,…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2022

As Xi Jinping made a bid for power, his charismatic rival Bo Xilai loomed. Then came a murder in a hotel room

As Neil Heywood lay dying from cyanide poisoning, he could not have known the plot to kill him would shake the Chinese Communist Party to its core and dramatically alter the rule of Xi Jinping.

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

What’s on the agenda for China’s 20th Communist Party Congress?

China’s economic woes and a historic third term for Xi Jinping will dominate Communist Party’s Congress agenda.

Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2022

I found the best Chinese in Greater Manchester and it ruined crispy duck for me

This bronzed, shining beast arrives on a trolley in proud ceremony

Manchester Evening News · Oct 8, 2022

William Kentridge at Royal Academy review: Overstretched show doesn’t play to the artist’s strengths

A solo show in the RA’s Main Galleries is an honour – but one that doesn’t come without a degree of risk

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Retrospective by Juan Gabriel Vásquez review – Mao, movies and me

From Red Guard in China to guerrilla fighter in Colombia … the extraordinary life of a film-maker is barely fictionalised

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Grant McCracken: The Rise of Artisanal Everything and 'Cruelty-Free Capitalism'

In Return of the Artisan, anthropologist Grant McCracken explains how we've shifted from an industrial to a handmade economy.

Reason · Aug 31, 2022