Ai Weiwei: The artwork that made me the most dangerous person in China
The Start
Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast
October 2015
Chairman Mao must be smiling in heaven
Letters: Weiwei’s investigation of the large number of schools destroyed in the earthquake revealed that they had been constructed from faulty Chinese steel
June 2014
Ai Weiwei and David Hockney pool data for art hack at Tate Modern
Artists and technologists are collaborating in a 24-hour hack the Tate Modern this weekend, celebrating the launch of digital art platform The Space. By Alex Hern
April 2013
Jonathan Jones on art
Is Ai Weiwei still an artist?
Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, by Barnaby Martin – review
October 2012
Wen Jiabao – Chinese communist with a smile and a strong survival instinct
Profile: 'Grandpa Wen' claims humble origins and quotes poets. But his popular touch may mask self-aggrandisement
January 2012
The Death of Mao by James Palmer – review
Rana Mitter on China after the cultural revolution
July 2011
China is on the fast train to disaster
Isabel Hilton
Isabel Hilton: High-speed rail has come to symbolise the cost-cutting and corruption that plagues China
April 2010
Chinese president pledges swift help for earthquake zone as toll reaches 1,700
'Grandpa will be thinking of you,' Hu Jintao tells young survivor after he cuts trip short to fly into mainly Tibetan area
February 2010
China boosts international rescue squad to match its growing world role
China jails investigator into Sichuan earthquake schools
November 2009
China jails earthquake activist
Veteran dissident Huang Qi given three years for critical website articles about regime's response to Sichuan disaster
August 2009
Earthquake works banned from Beijing art show
Artistic director of Beijing 798 Biennale says deputy wanted publicity from booking 'too sensitive' performance artists
May 2009
A year on from the Chinese earthquake, love flourishes amid ruins of Sichuan
At least 600 survivors of devastating Chinese earthquake have remarried and officials hope for more in the future
China releases earthquake death toll of children
Official figures estimate 5,335 students died when schoolrooms collapsed but critics say the number is much higher
Sichuan earthquake killed more than 5,000 pupils, says China
• First official tally of victims when schools collapsed last year • Figures released days before anniversary of disaster
April 2009
China to spend £800m on making schools in earthquake zones safe
China to strengthen buildings after deaths of thousands of children in Sichuan disaster
February 2009
Dam could have triggered Chinese earthquake, say scientists
Sichuan quake activist to be tried on secrets charge
