Deng Xiaoping

Opinion | Why Xi’s decision to talk to Trump during trade crisis speaks volumes

9 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Opinion | Thanks to Trump, US threat of a ‘peaceful evolution’ recedes for China

8 Jun 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Asian diaspora

How China’s diaspora became both an asset and a source of anxiety

Once marginalised, overseas Chinese have become a vital bridge for China – and a lightning rod for global tensions.

8 Jun 2025 - 1:55PM

Yaowarat Road is the main thoroughfare of Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand, renowned for its lively street food scene and rich cultural heritage. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese culture

Why China’s leaders seek a culture that is both modern and distinctly Chinese

Historian Wang Gungwu on China’s quest for a unifying national ethos, fusing global insights with heritage to ensure stability in a changing world.

8 Jun 2025 - 1:56PM

China-EU relations

Opinion | If China wants the EU as a partner, it must offer concrete cooperation

China must stop ignoring EU trade complaints and offer a meaningful compromise – or see Europe’s China policy become a bargaining chip in US ties.

22 May 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Opinion | Why China has refused to back down in the face of Trump’s tariffs

China’s elites, going back to the late Qing, have been waiting for this moment – to push back against the world’s strongest power.

9 May 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

China’s President Xi Jinping waves as he departs from Phnom Penh International Airport on April 18. Photo: Pool/AFP

Japan

Editorial | Horse racing proves clear winner for Hong Kong in tourism stakes

Record turnout of tourists at Hong Kong course underlines value of sport to economy in terms of spending power, and there are welcome initiatives to draw more high-end visitors.

3 May 2025 - 6:15AM

How did China’s 5-year plans deliver an economic miracle and what’s next?

The national strategic blueprint has evolved from its roots in a Soviet-style planned economy to today’s more responsive model.

2 May 2025 - 7:47PMvideocam

Hong Kong politics

Editorial | Zhejiang mission by Lee another feather in integration cap

Hong Kong and mainland China city can only benefit from new cooperation mechanism, wide range of deals signed and hi-tech push.

26 Apr 2025 - 6:15AM

Chief Executive John Lee led a delegation to visit Zhejiang ahead of signing comprehensive cooperation agreements between Hong Kong and the province. Photo: Dickson Lee

United States

Opinion | Trump seems to be taking a leaf out of Chairman Mao’s book

Trump is purging officials, persecuting intellectuals and burnishing his cult of personality. If reason prevails, Americans will reject this.

18 Apr 2025 - 9:14PMvideocam

Demonstrators dressed as handmaidens from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ take part in a ‘Hands Off!’ protest against US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk at the Washington Monument on April 5. Photo: Reuters

Art

Inside Beijing-based artist Cao Fei’s ‘My City is Yours’ exhibition in Sydney

The retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is a cyber-city trip where reality meets the virtual in the glow of nostalgia.

28 Jan 2025 - 4:15PM

Opinion | How Jimmy Carter opened the door for China – and how Beijing can repay the favour

The Carter era has lessons for a rising China as it frets about a recession and what Trump may bring.

31 Dec 2024 - 7:14PMvideocam

Opinion | What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can learn from China’s reformers

Deng Xiaoping and Zhu Rongji’s radical reforms resulted in a leaner government and more dynamic economy: the exact goals of the Musk-Ramaswamy plan.

15 Dec 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with son on his shoulders, is to co-chair the newly created Department of Government Efficiency with businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (in a blue tie). Both men seen before a meeting with Congress members at the US Capitol in Washington on December 5. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong Basic Law

Opinion | Deng Xiaoping and the Tibet factor in ‘one country, two systems’

With hindsight, the one country, two systems framework bears a certain resemblance to a Qianlong policy Deng and others studied in 1957.

4 Sep 2024 - 10:20AMvideocam

Tibet

Opinion | Deng Xiaoping and the Tibet factor in ‘one country, two systems’

With hindsight, the one country, two systems framework bears a certain resemblance to a Qianlong policy Deng and others studied in 1957.

3 Sep 2024 - 12:42PM

Global Impact

Global Impact | China celebrates Deng, but how has ‘true heir’ Xi taken up the reins?

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how Xi Jinping presented himself as the true heir to Deng Xiaoping.

9 Sep 2024 - 8:58AMvideocam

Opinion | If Deng Xiaoping were alive, he would worry about China’s shifting priorities

Deng’s guiding philosophy of the centrality of economic development is rarely mentioned now, and has become secondary to national security.

2 Sep 2024 - 9:30AMvideocam

Opinion | If Deng Xiaoping were alive, he would worry about China’s shifting priorities

Deng’s guiding philosophy on the centrality of economic development is rarely mentioned now and has become secondary to national security

30 Aug 2024 - 12:56PM

Hong Kong politics

Deng Xiaoping’s one country, two systems path for Hong Kong – a work in progress

Hong Kong analysts and experts discuss how Deng Xiaoping’s policy approach to the city has changed amid protests, pandemics and economic changes.

26 Aug 2024 - 11:41AMvideocam

China’s military

China’s military focuses on beating ‘strong enemies’ in Deng commemorations

120th anniversary events focused on Deng’s military reforms but, unlike the 1980s, Beijing is now far more concerned about security threats.

23 Aug 2024 - 8:55PMvideocam

The Chinese authorities and military are now increasingly focused on external threats compared with Deng Xiaoping’s era. Photo: AFP

Xi Jinping

Xi honours Deng, South China Sea collisions and more

This week: Xi paid tribute to Deng Xiaoping, Sabina Shoal collisions raised tensions in the South China Sea and China opened a retaliatory probe into EU dairy products. Next week: Politburo meets, verdict for Stand News sedition trial, big four Chinese bank earnings and more.

23 Aug 2024 - 5:35PM

Tourists pose in front of a statue of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping near his birthplace in Sichuan province. Photo: Kyodo

As China recounts Deng’s legacy, Xi’s challenge to motivate country in focus

Chinese from all walks of life look back at how their lives have changed as a result of Deng’s policies.

23 Aug 2024 - 9:19AMvideocam

Honour reformer Deng Xiaoping by realising China’s revival, Xi Jinping says

‘We must steadfastly implement one country, two systems,’ Xi says, marking 120th anniversary of birth of Communist Party patriarch.

23 Aug 2024 - 12:55AMvideocam

120th anniversary of birth of Deng Xiaoping

Opinion | The seeds of Deng Xiaoping’s legacy have yielded remarkable progress

Ambitious and rapid transformations in China over the last four decades have few historical parallels.

22 Aug 2024 - 4:30PM

Tourists pose for a photo in front of a bronze statue of the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping near his birthplace in Guangan, Sichuan province, on August 14. Photo: Kyodo

Video | Deng Xiaoping: architect of modern China

13 Jan 2025 - 4:57PM

Why Deng Xiaoping is one of China’s most consequential leaders

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Marking 120 years since Deng Xiaoping’s birth

A leader who is credited with opening up China to the world, Deng survived party purges to rise to paramount status and left a lasting imprint on the Communist Party.

22 Aug 2024 - 9:38AM