China

Speed Read ByteDance will form a US version of the popular video-sharing platform

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 19 December 25

Speed Read Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was convicted in a landmark national security trial

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 15 December 25

Today’s Big Question Europe may impose its own tariffs

By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published 10 December 25

Under The Radar Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 9 December 25

Today's Big Question New US national security policy drops ‘grenade’ on Europe and should serve as ‘the mother of all wake-up calls’

By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published 8 December 25

Under the Radar To cope with money pressures and work commitments, single mums are sharing homes, bills and childcare

By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published 3 December 25

IN THE SPOTLIGHT As congressional China-hawks work to limit commercial drone sales from Beijing, a growing number of conservative lawmakers are sounding an agricultural alarm

By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published 2 December 25

Under the Radar President announces historic increase in defence spending as Chinese aggression towards autonomous island escalates

By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published 30 November 25

The Explainer MI5 warns of civilian ‘headhunters’ trying to ‘cultivate’ close contacts of MPs and peers

By The Week UK Published 19 November 25

Today's Big Question Comments on Taiwan draw Beijing's rebuke

By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published 17 November 25

Talking Point Despite France’s ‘virtuous rhetoric’, the nation is ‘renting out its soul to Chinese algorithms’

By The Week UK Published 16 November 25

Under The Radar Local chains are thriving as young middle-class consumers turn away from tea

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 10 November 25