The activist, aged just thirty, was already serving a sentence of four years and eight months; he had been forced to plead guilty and was due to be released in January. Yesterday, he was sentenced to further years in prison for collusion with foreign forces. Beijing’s relentless persecution

For Beijing, the Three Gorges Dam is a symbol of government efficiency: a colossal project, completed in record time, capable of generating enormous economic and strategic benefits. But it is here that the Chinese narrative reveals its greatest grey areas. As is always the case in China, all that glitters is not gold.  

‘A university graduate means an unemployed person,’ write the Chinese on social media. Thus, artificial intelligence is exacerbating the shortage of job opportunities in China, which is insufficient for the 12.7 million recent graduates who will be joining the workforce this year. The government’s efforts to contain the situation are not enough.

The slapdash nature of a cartoon by a self-styled director and his mother has won over young people, to the extent that they see it as a challenge to propaganda blockbusters. How the ‘ugliest animated film in China’ won over Gen Z on social media

The controversy over restrictions and the mutual accusations regarding the origins of the virus. All that remains of the pandemic is a war of narratives. Meanwhile, the unanswered questions are still awaiting answers