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Anger of the ant farmers

  • 21 February 2008
  • 1 comment

The story of a rampant form of capitalism governed by personal connections, not regulation

What the Chinese don't know about Africa

  • 07 February 2008
  • 12 comments

As the former UN secretary general Kofi Annan tries to broker a deal between rival politicians in Kenya, China's much-touted new importance on the continent seems almost irrelevant

The global centre of gravity shifts east

  • 10 January 2008
  • 17 comments

Beijing wants to give the impression of a "harmonious society", yet the gap between rich and poor is growing

Carry on up the Yangtze

  • 13 December 2007

Lindsey Hilsum on being taken up the river by the Chinese government

Coal fires threaten the globe

  • 29 November 2007
  • 5 comments

Under the right conditions, coal ignites spontaneously, and fires burn downwards, acquiring oxygen through fissures in the rock

In Lahore, it's good to talk

  • 15 November 2007
  • 1 comment

Chinese reporters may be individually brave and determined but each one is on his or her own

Drugs bring Beijing into Burma

  • 01 November 2007
  • 1 comment

China doesn't care about democracy in Burma, only about stability

The great bore of the people

  • 18 October 2007

The Chinese economy is like a runaway horse - the government is torn between trying to rein it back, or just clinging on. The leaders' main fear is of falling off

Why Beijing cares about tiny Nauru

  • 20 September 2007
  • 5 comments

Economically, China has changed beyond re cognition, but Mao Zedong's heirs remain in power, and for them Taiwan is still an essential cause

Olympic winners and losers

  • 02 August 2007
  • 2 comments

Re-development ahead of Beijing 2008 is forcing tens of thousands from their homes

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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