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Tania Branigan

Uphill battle for Chinese feminists

Sexual discrimination is deeply entrenched in China, but a few brave women are fighting back.

Sin Wai-keung

​Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown – 25 years on

As Beijing seeks to quell discussion of the 1989 event, three protesters and an expert on politics discuss how the massacre has shaped today’s China.

Female graduate wins first gender bias lawsuit in China

A young women has been awarded a settlement of R55 000 in a Chinese court for workplace gender discrimination, but she still didn’t get the job.

China’s slow thaw on single mums

In a country where unwed mothers have to pay a fine, attitudes are starting to liberalise.

China’s President Xi Jinping and US Vice-President Joe Biden were supposed to bolster relations but spent time discussing the Chinese air zone that has ramped up regional tensions.

Sino-US talks nosedive over Japan

Economic co-operation meeting fizzles as air space dispute dominates Biden’s trip to China.

People try to escape the heat in Daying

Cloudfunding: R325m to make it rain in China

China is spending almost R325-million to trigger rain artificially, which will help farmers whose crops are suffering in scorching summer weather.

Swift trial expected for China’s Bo Xilai

The popular politician’s hearing will likely last only a few hours and have a predictable result.

Bo Xilai was the focus of a huge scandal in China last year.

China throws the book at Bo Xilai

The disgraced politician ‘took advantage of the privileges of his office to gain benefits for others’.

Jia Zhangke: I’ll break China’s silence

Jia Zhangke challenges his compatriots’ deeply ingrained reluctance to speak about injustice and uses his films to ­feature them.

Visitors in Paju look to the north behind a map showing the demilitarised zone that divides the two Koreas. The countries have been separated since 1950.

Long division pares down Korean dream

Younger South Koreans worry that merging the North and South could crush their successful society.

Long division pares down dream of a unified Korea

Younger South Koreans worry that merging the countries would crush their successful society.

Calling North Korea’s bluff takes nerve

Analysts say the threats sound familiar but target nations cannot afford to drop their guard.

Kim Jong-un warns troops of possible war with South Korea

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has urged troops to be on alert for a potential war, media reported, in its latest response following UN sanctions.

Provocative North Korean nuclear test puts China in a corner

China is likely to agree to new sanctions on its ally, North Korea as its frustration grows after it defied bans to conduct its third nuclear test.

The late Mao Zedong

Do and dye, China’s elders hang on

Elders keep a tight rein on the country’s leaders because they have to guard their place in history as well as their families’ financial interests.

In the past decade

China’s welfare success up for debate

As China prepares for its leadership transition, state media has hailed a "golden decade" under the incumbents.

Chinese dancer and mother Jin Xing attributes her discipline to growing up as a male soldier and ­performer in the army

Soldiering on amid duality

At just 43, Jin Xing’s life has spanned numerous roles, two continents and, most famously, both genders.

Sceptics have questioned Chinese teenager Ye Shiwen’s medal-winning performance at the Olympics.

Ye Shiwen: For the record

China’s teenage swimming sensation has ascribed her stunning Olympic success to the quality training she has received since childhood.

China hits back over US claims of satellite hacking

An American security commission has been accused of ulterior motives in claiming that US satellites were targeted by Chinese hackers.

Paul’s death ‘distinctly murky’

No sooner had death’s tentacles slackened their grip on Paul’s squidgy body, when the first conspiracy theory emerged.