Our weekly podcast on China. This week, is academic excellence still the best route to a good life in China?
Catch up on global daily news
Compelling long reads
Tune into captivating conversations
Watch engaging short films
Behind the scenes at The Economist
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, what is it like to prepare for the gaokao?
They prefer certainty to good pay
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, the Communist Party’s solution to China’s glut of graduates
Demography and AI are set to transform the gaokao
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, meet the author exposing life inside China’s gig economy
A high-income, low-pressure existence is not all it’s cracked up to be
