Food delivery apps are extremely popular in China. But onerous commission fees are resulting in pushback from restaurateurs.

Beijing has built a sophisticated model of internet control. Other governments could replicate it.

Internet users debate whether foreign citizens should be allowed into China’s elite universities without taking a grueling national college entrance exam. And an animated video lightens the mood among social media users in Hong Kong and beyond.

A government push to bring hawkers back to the streets has reminded people of the rocky history of urban management in China.

Despite bans on eating dogs in some cities and a national reclassification of the species as pets, canine consumption in the southern Chinese city of Yulin is business as usual this summer.

Wealthy Chinese may publicly endorse Beijing’s move to impose a national security law in Hong Kong, but there are worries behind the scenes that their investments may be at risk.

China’s household registration system divides citizens into two categories, rural or urban residents. The arrangement is intended to manage the flow of migrants in the country, but it also causes social tensions.

The US response to the coronavirus is a turnoff for many Germans, according to a recent poll. While many people in the EU’s largest economy are critical of China’s handling of the pandemic, they consider China a partner that is as important as the US.

The big topics on the Chinese internet are the country’s decision to ban trash imports and a debate over air conditioning – and education inequality.

Routine internet censorship may have slowed the initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has huge consequences for the rest of the world.