Former shepherd Zhao Weiguo is latest aggressive dealmaker to fall foul of Xi Jinping’s government

After she fled to South Korea, Kim Joo Kyung couldn’t stop thinking about her first love. She decided to try to find him

Rival factions vie for influence under Xi Jinping evoking battles of Mao Zedong era

Communist party commission will overshadow state institutions such as central bank

The effective response in Taiwan and South Korea has been shaped by traumatic memories of Sars

Washington seeks to plug loopholes in its blacklisting of Huawei

Leader Kim Jong Un’s ideology of self-reliance risks causing food shortages and economic collapse

The company’s global plans range from solar modules and electric buses, trucks and trains to complex transport systems. But is it trying to do too much?

Executive pay, commodity exchanges and venture funds targeted in Beijing’s latest campaign

Beijing shifts investment focus to Saudi Arabia but continues to buy Russian oil and gas

Western governments question China’s commitment to finding source of disease that has killed 800,000

An investigation into the Chinese criminal networks helping to prop up the rogue nuclear regime

Taipei to encourage boycott of carriers that list self-ruled island as part of China

The former professor has turned the Chinese carmaker into the world’s best-selling EV manufacturer within a decade

Government faces reckoning over failure to vaccinate elderly and boost ICU capacity

The first Maori woman appointed foreign minister faces fraught portfolio on geopolitics and climate

Second deal under Trump underscores Washington’s support for Taipei in China stand-off

Fossil fuel funding by insurance units undermines South Korean group’s green credentials

Tens of millions of unvaccinated elderly Chinese threaten Xi Jinping’s policy

UK campaign group targets fleet owned by billionaire Lu Weiding’s conglomerate Wanxiang Group

China has come under renewed international pressure over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims

The landlocked country is making sweeping reforms to win over western investors and become less reliant on China and Russia

Seoul election go-ahead contrasts with strongman leaders elsewhere in region capitalising on pandemic

Taipei fears operations from Beijing after ruling party’s website was hacked

The country is becoming a surprise hub of Europe’s new battery industry. But critics fear becoming too dependent on China

Beijing says foreign groups’ use of country names in online menus is disrespectful

Compound reaffirms Washington’s support for Taipei in face of pressure from Beijing

Absence of foreign minister threatens to complicate efforts to revive dialogue and win back investors

Pyongyang’s weapons programme seen as progressing at breakneck speed

The groups are helping Beijing achieve its goals on cleaner energy

On the hunt for the best surf, Edward White discovers an island on the cusp of change

The president has promoted technocrats to key posts in a renewed push for one of his core policies

Feared anti-graft agencies probe own officials as 10-year campaign moves into ‘advanced stage’

Investment plummets after Beijing’s largesse laid ground for alleged graft and wasteful spending

Yu Minhong’s empire is a litmus test for sectors hit by Xi Jinping’s ‘common prosperity’ push

Civil servants decry brutal conditions as cash-strapped local governments struggle to fund zero-Covid strategy

Xi Jinping seeks to show he is achieving progress towards reunification

Rapid expansion of billionaire founder Robin Zeng’s CATL group raises concerns in the US and his homeland

Decision escalates dispute over compensation for wartime forced labour

Rights group outlines systemic abuses as Seoul and Washington seek denuclearisation

Data highlight demographic challenges as country faces healthcare, labour and pension strains

The country is the biggest supplier of materials vital for the energy transition. That could give it geopolitical leverage

Bai Houshan and his company Ronbay have ambitious expansion plans for key battery component

Stunning defeat for ruling party in cities throws president’s leadership into jeopardy

China exports draconian laws to HK while Taipei rolls back authoritarian legacy

Spectre of hostage diplomacy returns following raids on offices of western companies

Officials caution western diplomats after weapons seizures and explosion at city hospital

Voters are uneasy about their increasingly assertive neighbour and a slowing economy

Demolition follows Pyongyang’s anger over dissemination of anti-Kim material

Trump’s hardening stance towards Beijing offers Taipei ‘window of opportunity’

Former and current employees describe incidents of sexism, racism and harassment at Green Climate Fund

South Korea struggles to chart a course that will mollify both Washington and Beijing

How did China go from tech imitator to innovator? The FT’s James Kynge reports from Shenzhen, known as China’s Silicon Valley, where he explores the city’s vast

Electric-vehicle group’s vice-chair calls on Chinese producers to expand beyond domestic market

Chinese leader set to meet Vladimir Putin in central Asia in signal that ‘anti-American front’ remains strong

Ri Yong Ho played a central role in relations with Washington

Visit boosts expectations that Ko Wen-je will run for president

Critics suggest Beijing is flouting international embargo by supplying Kim regime with fuel

Beijing has failed to prepare for an inevitable mass outbreak by focusing on containment, experts say

The pipeline for IPOs increasingly reflects technological competition with the west and the heavy influence of the state

Increase in tankers active in waters around the two countries suggests resurgence in fuel transfers or sales

Fears for children’s progress mean classes thrive despite threat of fines

The president has won praise for ending a credit boom, but trading partners now fear a flood of cheap exports

Frauds reveal problems with deposit insurance and the complicity of local regulators

Ambitious transition to renewables comes despite supply shortages and nuclear phase-out

Soaring global demand for Covid-19 diagnostics strains heart of biotech supply chain

Fears of new coronavirus wave in South Korea after country won praise for initial handling of outbreak

Wealthy look to Singapore for personal and financial protection as Xi Jinping tightens grip on power

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