China

China’s Gilded Age shows how corruption infects bureaucracies and economies

The professor and author Yuen Yuen Ang outlines four types of government corruption and the ways they can harm or assist economic growth.

Mass transit ridership didn’t snap back after the 2003 SARS outbreaks

The peak of the epidemic in Taipei and Hong Kong lasted about a month, but ridership lagged significantly for half a year.

How Covid-19 is changing the wet markets of China

The Chinese government is taking serious measures to guarantee the safety of wet markets for the tens of millions who shop at them.

How China’s urban-rural divide undermines its economic success

Restrictions on rural citizens reinforce discrimination and a persistent wealth gap, the writer Dexter Roberts says.

The urban history that makes China’s coronavirus lockdown possible

China’s “barefoot architects” are transforming rural villages

Podcast: The biggest story in the world

China is dragging international airlines into the dispute over Taiwan’s sovereignty

Illegal immigrants in their own country: China’s migrant workers

“You need to leave home three hours in advance”: On the reality of commuting in Beijing

How did China fall in love with dockless bikeshare?

Here’s why China wants to dominate the world’s green energy markets