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Chinese taxpayers now owe more. Is more owed to them?
Hidden levies are becoming visible
China wants teenagers to read a classic English novel
Officials see “Jane Eyre” as promoting the right kind of love
In China, people get unusually long public holidays
So why do they complain about them so much?
China’s oil tactics have been clever. Now the costs are mounting
The choices it faces will have global repercussions
Fifty years after the Cultural Revolution, China won’t talk about it
Keeping silent about the awful decade may not bury it
Chinese students abroad are more liberal than at home
They see faults in China’s system as well as in democracies, surveys show
China lavishes attention on a little-known competition
It sees the “skills Olympics” as a chance to boost its power
In an AI crisis, would China answer the phone?
The Americans want a hotline but the Chinese have been cool in the past
Xi Jinping uses old festivals to boost the party’s image
But ancient traditions may not always bend to his will
China’s kids rank near the top in global school tests
What if all of China’s provinces took part, not just rich areas?
Is China easing some online censorship?
It doesn’t want free speech, but it does want to know what’s going on
China’s Communist Party faces a generational shift
Will rising officials be freer thinkers than older ones?
What Mao can teach China about managing America
An insurgent power has fought the incumbent to a stalemate
Unemployment is becoming a way of life for China’s young
Some are pretending to work to keep up appearances
China and America are likely to keep the trade peace
Each side now understands its vulnerability to the other
Deep mutual distrust will scupper US-China co-operation on AI
Big progress at a summit of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is unlikely
China’s new exit rules stoke fears of ever-tighter border controls
Officials say they want to monitor overseas travel, not stop it
China’s tutoring crackdown has created a black market
The academic system has become more unfair but just as pressure-filled