8 Mar 2021 - 12:03am

The moment the monarchy nearly toppled When Queen Victoria lost her head in grief, she almost triggered a British republic

Mary Harrington

17.02

Why China is terrified of Christianity From destroying churches to jailing priests, the Communist Party is bent on eliminating religion

Benedict Rogers

16.02

President Xi will never accept defeat The Chinese leader's turbulent childhood may explain his ruthless desire for order

Ian Birrell

12.02

China will never stop rewriting history No party on earth leans more on myth to create unity than the CCP

Isabel Hilton

11.02

Will China’s millennials ever rebel? In both East and West, young adults are fighting the same enemies

Mary Harrington

10.02

How China bought Britain’s universities Our cash-strapped campuses are turning to Beijing — but at what cost to national security?

Mark Edmonds

09.02

Don’t mess with China’s feminists They are critical of the Communist Party — yet also embody many of its values

Qi Chen

08.02

China’s plan for medical domination If there's another pandemic, the West could be dependent on Beijing for vaccine development

Steve Boggan

25.01

How China could turn off Britain’s lights Businesses loyal to Beijing are taking over our nuclear power and electricity systems

Clive Hamilton

01.01

How campus politics went global On Beauty: At the start of the century, Zadie Smith identified a tendency that's grown to monstrous proportions

Sarah Ditum

01.01

Charting the decline of the American Republic The Age of Entitlement: Christopher Caldwell sees in the 1960s the beginning of the country's divisions

Ed West

31.12

Was the British Empire a curse? The Long Way Back: Margot Bennett sounds a warning that all such imperial projects are doomed

Matthew Sweet