EditorialA statue of Deng Xiaoping, the leader known for pioneering China’s embrace of a market economy, in Lianhuashan Park, in Shenzhen, China on Nov. 17, 2022. (The New York Times)
EditorialConcerned about losing access to pregnancy care, and fearful of legal consequences, surrogates and those who work with them are rewriting contracts and changing the way they operate. (Sally Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialTwo women have dominated Chinese social media during the Olympics. One is Eileen Gu. The other is a mother of eight who was found chained around her neck to the wall of a doorless shack. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialA documentary created to celebrate the success of China’s anti-corruption campaign instead has aired the dirty laundry of the Communist Party. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialChina’s “zero COVID” policy has a dedicated following: the millions of people who work diligently toward that goal, no matter the human costs. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialThe ranks of the unemployed technology workers are swelling, as China’s once vibrant internet industry is hit by a harsh and capricious regulatory crackdown. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialThe ranks of the unemployed technology workers are swelling, as China’s once vibrant internet industry is hit by a harsh and capricious regulatory crackdown. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialThe playwright Sarah Ruhl, after a long struggle living with Bell’s palsy, knows the feeling of being masked among the unmasked. (Sally Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialBeijing is opening its financial system to foreign banks — and they have maintained their traditional openness to the Communist Party’s rule. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialA memoir by a well-connected businessman offers insights into the Communist Party’s thinking as it tightens its grip on the private sector. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialA movement is growing in China against the English language and against Western influence in general in what many Chinese people see as another step away from openness to the world. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialIn seeking the origin story of the Chicxulub impactor, scientists hope to also unlock secrets about the origin of life itself. (Sally Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialA movement is growing in China against the English language and against Western influence in general in what many Chinese people see as another step away from openness to the world. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialLearning your odds of eventually developing dementia — a pressing concern for many, especially those with a family history of it — requires medical testing and counseling.(Sally Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialUnlike regulators in Europe and the U.S., Beijing is using the guise of antitrust to bring powerful tech companies into line with its priorities. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialStreet vendors are seen by many Chinese people as embarrassing eyesores from the country’s past, when it was still emerging from extreme poverty. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialA commercial extolling Chinese youths has set off a debate over whether they are too nationalistic — and their prospects too limited — for the country’s good. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialJi Chaozhu, who served for more than 20 years as an English-speaking interpreter for China's leaders, at his home in Qionghai, Hainan province, China, Feb. 5, 2012 (Ryan Pyle/The New York Times)
EditorialThe sudden silence of Ren Zhiqiang, a vocal member of the Communist Party, signals a retreat from the principles that led China out of poverty. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)
EditorialBeijing is tapping its old propaganda playbook as it battles the relentless coronavirus outbreak, the biggest challenge to its legitimacy in decades. (Jialun Deng/The New York Times)