China
Gulchehra Hoja: speaking out for the Uyghur
As a beautiful young TV star in the 1990s, Gulchehra Hoja was important to the Chinese state: the acceptable face of China's Uyghur Muslim minority. Then in 2001, Hoja did an about-turn, fleeing to… Audio
Australia: Gold scandal, rate hike, India pitch, women in flight
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at calls for a royal commission into how the only producer of gold in Australia sold diluted gold to China and allowed a prominent gang… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
Tokyo based journalist Elizabeth Beattie talks Kathryn about China's annual "two sessions" meetings, and the latest from the G20 meeting in India where the war in Ukraine remains a dividing and key… Audio
How much can spy balloons see?
The Chinese surveillance balloon shot down over the United States earlier this month set off a flurry of action with three more unknown objects taken down by the Air Force in the following weeks… Audio
Mudslide halts rescue of 53 missing in mine collapse in China
A mudslide has disrupted a rescue at a mine in China, where at least two people have been killed and more than 53 people are missing, state media reported.
New technology with Tony Grasso
Technology correspondent Tony Grasso talks to Susie Ferguson about a group of Chinese scientists who recently quietly posted a paper purporting to show how a combination of classical and quantum… Audio
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Ron talks to Susie about President Joe Biden's visit to Ukraine, the US focus on China's surveillance and Russia's push in Ukraine, and the declining health of US former President Jimmy Carter who is… Audio
The Week in Detail: Cyclone, Census, China
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
China after the end of 'zero Covid'
The Detail talks to journalist Chen Liu about returning to China after three years of border closures. Audio
Australia orders review into Chinese-made cameras in defence offices
The Australian government says it will examine surveillance technology used in offices of the defence department, amid reports the Chinese-made cameras installed there raised security risks.
Growth of China's power and influence overblown - Lowy
The authors of an annual report on power and influence in the Indo-Pacific say their data shows the hype around China's growing influence in the region is often overblown. Audio
Landmark Hong Kong national security trial opens
The trial of 16 Hong Kong democracy activists charged under a national security law imposed by Beijing has begun, in a case that could test the city's judicial independence.
US searches sea for Chinese balloon wreckage
The US is trying to recover debris from the suspected spy balloon that was shot down and fell in shallow waters off South Carolina.
China issues 'strong protest' over US shooting down suspected spy balloon
The US military hopes to recover debris from the suspected Chinese spy aircraft that flew across America.
US halts Blinken China visit after spy balloon row
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to China after a Chinese spy balloon flew across the US.
China's Covid-19 wave: Coffins sell out, crematoriums busy
There has been much debate about the real number of Covid-19 deaths in China, after the virus ripped through its megacities.
The US is beating China in the battle for semiconductors
The world's two biggest economies are battling over a precious resource: semiconductors, to build the chips that power our daily lives.
Covid-19: Optimism 'Year of the Rabbit' will improve on the past few
The rapid dismantling of the zero-tolerance policy "feels weird", writes BBC News reporter Stephen McDonell in Beijing.
China's 'great migration' kicks-off under shadow of Covid-19
China is marking its first Lunar New Year since 2020 without Covid-19 domestic travel restrictions and more than 2 billion people are expected to travel over the next 40 days.
Lindesay Brothers: Running the Great Wall
More than 3000 kilometres, 131 days, two brothers and one epic journey along the Great Wall of China. They've been literally following in their father's footsteps - William Lindesay who made the same… Audio
