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Entrepreneurs Flee China’s Heavy Hand: ‘You Don’t Have to Stay There’

Weary of crackdowns and lockdowns, businesspeople are moving out of China and taking their wealth with them. Many have found a new home in Singapore.

With ‘Zero Covid,’ China Proved It’s Good at Control. Governance Is Harder.

For a powerful government that has bragged about its command of the country, its absence at a moment of crisis has made the public question...

Traumatized by Covid, but Ruled by a Party That Never Apologizes

Gripped with grief, anxiety and depression, many in China want a national reckoning over the hard-line “zero Covid” policy. Holding the government to account may...

‘I Will Keep Fighting’: China’s Protesters Say It’s Bigger Than Covid

The restrictions that drove people into the streets last month are being rolled back. But many of those who demonstrated say they want more.

China’s Protest Prophet

One man’s demands became the rallying cries for the country’s biggest demonstrations in a generation.

Proud, Scared and Conflicted. What the China Protesters Told Me.

In more than a dozen interviews, young people explained how the events of the past few days became what one called a “tipping point.”

China’s Business Elite Sees the Country That Let Them Thrive Slipping Away

The business class, which shunned politics, is now questioning if there is still a place for them in a system dominated by one ruler, Xi...

Xi Jinping vs. the People

How Chinese citizens are responding to Xi’s lengthened rule.

A Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice

As beginner dissenters, they’re timid and scared. But they are experiencing a quiet political awakening, unhappy about censorship, repression and “zero Covid.”

‘Moving Backward’: In Xi’s China, Some See an Era of Total Control

A decade ago, many prominent Chinese hoped that Xi Jinping would usher in openness and reform. Today, some of them believe he’s created a totalitarian...
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