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China
China: Debt, demographics and a manufacturing slowdown
By
Geographical Contributor
May 16, 2025
Antonio Graceffo explores whether the world’s second-largest economy can maintain its momentum in the face of major structural crises
Why China’s new dam will cast ripple effects far beyond the country
By
Victoria Heath
Apr 10, 2025
Hydropower dams in China lead to downstream environmental repercussions in several major countries, such as India & Bangladesh
China vs US: which has the world’s biggest economy?
By
Victoria Heath
Mar 14, 2025
Which country comes out on top? It's an answer that varies... read on to break down exactly how both economies square up
China opens first monitoring station in Antarctica
By
Victoria Heath
Dec 3, 2024
New monitoring station in Antarctica opened by China will provide continuous observations of atmosphere to aid understanding of climate change
Why it is so important that the USA and China can talk to each other
By
Tim Marshall
Oct 9, 2024
Tim Marshall on the importance of USA and China relations during a world crisis – and what communication links the countries have.
Finding a Shangri-la in modern China
By
Geographical Contributor
Mar 20, 2024
Alec Ash on why he, and many others, are opting out of the rat race of modern China to find a Shangri-la in a rural backwater
Geopolitics, not economic development, drives China’s Belt and Road Initiative
By
Geographical Contributor
Mar 13, 2024
Andrew Ross on why a decade on from its inception, the BRI is failing the countries that could have benefited from it most
Construction of mega dams in Tibet worries downriver nations
By
Stuart Butler
Mar 10, 2024
Satellite imagery shows that China has been constructing a mega dam in Tibet and that worries the downriver nations of India and Nepal.
Geo Explainer: The many Chinas
By
Graeme Gourlay
Oct 18, 2023
A primer to the physical and cultural diversity of the second-most populous country in the world
The China karst sinkhole with a well-preserved forest inside
By
Victoria Heath
Jul 6, 2023
192-metre deep China karst sinkhole with huge 40-metre trees, plants and potential new species found in Guangxi region
China swelters through an extreme heatwave
By
Chloe Smith
Jun 2, 2023
China has seen record temperatures in May, reaching over 40 degrees before the summer has started
China’s new emperor
By
Tim Marshall
Nov 23, 2022
Tim Marshall takes a look at China and President Xi Jinping's consolidating power with a third term in office
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