China faces a mix of global and local challenges that could lead to these “black swan” and “gray rhino” events. One major ...

(250308) -- BEIPIAO, March 8, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Swans are seen at a river bend in Hongcun Village, Beipiao of northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 8, 2025. Several hundred swans have flocked here ...

But if somehow, 2025 produces a negotiated settlement of the Ukraine war — too likely to be a Black Swan — we would see hard-to-predict ripple effects in North Korea, Iran and China.

One looming "black swan" is the Chinese housing markets, which is providing to be a key source of pressure on the economy (notwithstanding last year's upward GDP revision which merely reflected a ...

Lead principal dancer and deputy director reflects on his career with one of China's greatest ballet companies as it stages adaptation of Swan Lake, Zhang Kun reports. As the Shanghai Ballet ...

The National Ballet of China’s Swan Lake is at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from Wednesday to next Saturday (February 27 to March 2). Style and arts editor/writer Janet Smith has spent more ...