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Triads, Chinese mafia organisations, are brutal criminal cartels and economic powerhouses, now going global.

From the fall of the Qing dynasty up to the era of Xi Jinping, the history of modern China.

Originating in 17th century China as secret societies, Triads gradually developed into criminal organisations. 

As Xi Jinping makes China ever stronger, the triads in Taiwan are getting involved in politics to promote closeness to Beijing.

In 1997 and 1999, the retrocession of Hong Kong and Macau to China offered the triads a golden opportunity.

As Beijing increasingly flexes its muscles on what they view as a rebel province, how do experts understand the situation in Taiwan? Is a de-escalation of the conflict still possible? How real is the danger of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan?

How China revolutionised trade with bronze coins and paper money centuries before the West.

The Republic of China seemed victorious after World War 2. But this was an illusion…

 For over a century, China has been engaged in a deliberate process of nation-building.

Is the most downloaded app in the world working for the Chinese government? A two-part investigation.

Far from living the ‘Chinese Dream’ maybe young people are unemployed and disillusioned.

Second or third children born illegally during China’s One Child Policy are banned from marrying, having children or simply boarding a train. 

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

In the Chinese province of Yunnan online shopping is drastically changing life in rural areas.

The province of Bama claims to have the highest number of centenarians in China.

After weeks of confinement to protect the Chinese capital from COVID-19, Beijing begins to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel 

Chinese conceptual artist, activist and dissident Ai Weiwei gives his take on Picasso on the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death.

The tankas have been part of the cultural landscape in southern China for centuries. But today their distinctive way of life is under threat.

In Beijing, wages are low and but rents have skyrocketed. Many Beijingers have few options left

One billionaire who fled to the US is ringing the alarm over Chinese millionaires who seem to be going 'missing'