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James Kynge

Global China editor

James Kynge is global China editor. He writes about China's interactions - geopolitical, technological, economic and in other fields - with the outside world. He is the recipient of several awards for journalism and his 2009 book, 'China Shakes the World' was a bestseller translated into 19 languages.
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  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    ObituaryGao Yaojie
    Gao Yaojie, Chinese doctor and Aids activist, 1927-2023

    The gynaecologist fought for victims of the HIV epidemic spurred by Henan province’s rapacious ‘blood economy’

    Gao Yaojie was motivated by the human tragedies she witnessed in Henan’s villages and by a deep mistrust of officialdom born of the hardships she suffered during the Cultural Revolution
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    #techAsia
    PDD rattles Alibaba and ByteDance slashes games Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A smartphone displaying the Pinduoduo logo
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Chinese society
    Friendly foreign influencers win growing following in China

    New report finds social media stars speaking up for Beijing against critical overseas narratives

    Montage shows three foreign social media influencers
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    David Cameron
    How David Cameron tried to make his fortune with cash from China

    Former prime minister, now the UK’s top diplomat, sought hundreds of millions of dollars from CIC for his UK-China fund

    David Cameron
  • Monday, 30 October, 2023
    InterviewBelt and Road Initiative11 min
    Has China's Belt and Road Initiative been a success?

    The Overseas Development Institute's Yunnan Chen explains her view to the FT's James Kynge

    China and the world BRI - success or failure?
  • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    Ten years of China’s Belt and Road: what has $1tn achieved?

    The massive infrastructure initiative has granted Beijing additional influence, but critics question whether the cost has been worth it

  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    Vanguard Group Inc
    Vanguard funds invest in China military groups, report says

    US lobby group finds asset manager channels money to companies sanctioned by Washington

    Members of the Peoples Liberation Army band in Beijing’s Great Hall of People
  • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    A reboot of the World Bank and IMF tests US influence

    Biden’s plan to revitalise the two institutions is partly aimed at countering China’s growing sway among developing nations

    Montage image of Word Bank and IMF logos, along with dollar and renminbi notes
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    Chinese TV presenter linked to missing foreign minister had surrogate child in US

    Beijing is examining the relationship between Fu Xiaotian and Qin Gang, who was abruptly dismissed in July

    Fu Xiaotian, a Chinese state television presenter
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    ‘China’s World Bank’ plans to triple climate change lending by 2030

    Top priority will account for more than half of new financing at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

    A solar panel is installed next to rice paddies in Thailand
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Person in the News
    Kim Jong Un: a dictator poised for an arms deal with Putin

    The North Korean leader’s growing alignment with Moscow raises the risks of instability in an already dangerous region

    Joe Cummings illustration of Kim Jong Un holding a missile wrapped as a gift, with Vladimir Putin stretching out a hand behind him
  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Global InsightGeopolitics
    China hopes expanded Brics will turn world upside down

    The size of proposed 11-country grouping would put G7 in the shade

    Xi Jinping wearing an earpiece with the flag of China on the table in front of him
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    The rise of the middle powers
    China capitalises on US sanctions in fight to dethrone dollar

    Beijing uses developing world chagrin over Washington’s weaponisation of greenback to push global renminbi

    A montage of a globe, with its spherical object replaced by China’s national emblem, impressed on renminbi and dollar bills and a world map illustration
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    The rise of the middle powers
    China’s blueprint for an alternative world order

    Beijing is using its economic muscle to rally developing countries and reduce the west’s influence over the UN

  • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
    Geopolitics
    China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7

    Leaders from bloc of developing economies will gather this week to debate expansion

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China has fallen into a psycho-political funk

    Fragile consumer confidence is just one sign of a malaise that is not merely economic

    Shoppers pass food stalls at a night market in China
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    ReviewBooks
    Sovereign Funds — Zongyuan Zoe Liu on how Chinese money talks

    The story of the China Investment Corporation reveals the secret world of state money and how the country finances its global ambitions

    Two people walk past a wall with pictures of building projects
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    Person in the News
    Wang Yi, the return of China’s tough foreign minister

    After Qin Gang’s mysterious disappearance, Xi’s trusted old hand finds himself with even more to do

    Illustration of Wang Yi putting on his blazer with a lanyard round his neck reading ‘Wang Yi, Foreign Minister. On a coatstand in the background is another blazer and a lanyard reading ‘Qin Gang, Foreign Minister
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Xi warned Putin against nuclear attack in Ukraine

    Chinese officials privately take credit for convincing Russian leader to back down from veiled atomic threats

    Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin shake hands
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Early measures focus on alleviating Nigeria’s debt stress

    New administration wants prospects for economic growth on firmer footing

  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    Digital pathway aims at guiding Nigerian farmers out of isolation

    Improved business methods expand horizons beyond subsistence level

    A farmer picks up cocoa beans while spreading them to dry on an open ground in Iragbiji village, southwest Nigeria
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    China affords Nigeria ‘super’ target status

    Activities give sense of the importance Chinese companies in several sectors attach to country’s potential

    Website of African fintech company OPay on iPhone
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Nigeria
    In Nigeria the optimism of Lagos start-up scene prevails

    Entrepreneurs show much can be achieved with relatively small investments

    medical technician getting a blood sample from a patient at home
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Sovereign debt
    Sudan conflict delivers fresh blow to China’s African lending strategy

    Beijing’s loans to Sudan at risk as Chinese lenders hit by series of defaults across continent

    Chinese workers on a construction site
  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    Chinese investment in Europe falls as watchdogs increase scrutiny

    Regulators stymied 10 out of 16 proposed Chinese deals in Europe’s tech and infrastructure sector, study finds

    An employee of Infineon Technologies works in a clean room at the company’s plant in Dresden, Germany
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