Year of the rat
A record, in video, audio and in pictures, of 12 months that will define China's place in the world
The demolition of a Beijing hutong
June 5 2008: Photographer Dan Chung visits the Da Shi Lan hutong in Qianmen
China: Changing horizons, changing diet
In the fourth part of our series on the global food crisis, Jonathan Watts reports on the impact of urbanisation and consumerism in China
'All of sudden they were all gone'
Furious parents confront local officials, demanding to know why a school collapsed and killed their children when other buildings survived the earthquake
Hope amid the wreckage
Rescuers save a teenage boy after three days trapped in the ruins of his school
Amid death and destruction in China
Dan Chung and Jonathan Watts report from Chenjiaba, where Chinese troops are helping surivors search for loved ones still missing after Monday's earthquake
Last man standing in Olympics' path
With 100 days until the Olympics begin, workers creating a new park for Beijing's visitors face one barrier: Sun Yonglian's home
Smog in Beijing
With the Chinese population expected to buy 10m cars this year, smog has come to define the streets of Beijing
A day on a Beijing construction site
Building sites in Beijing will be stopped from heavy polluting activities to improve air quality ahead of the Olympics
Seven days not in Tibet
The Guardian's East Asia correspondent, Jonathan Watts, travelled more than 6,000 miles to try to cover the unrest in Tibet and neighbouring provinces. This is the story of how the Chinese police are blocking attempts to verify the vastly different claims made by the Chinese state and Tibetans
China goes on the offensive
The Chinese government steps up media offensive and accuses Dalai Lama of attempting to sabotage the Olympics as Tibet draws unwelcome attention
Tibet protests spread to neighbouring provinces
Anti-government protests in Tibet have spread to Gansu and neighbouring provinces with large Tibetan populations. Tania Branigan reports from Xiahe on the tense stand-off between monks, lay people and security forces
A dash through Dashanzi
As the demand for Chinese contemporary art soars, money and developers have moved into the district of Dashanzi, once a hotbed of creative activity. Jonathan Watts meets some of the artists who feel that success has come at a price
Down from the mountain
China want Wutai Shan to become a Unesco World Heritage site - and is forcing residents to settle elsewhere as they reshape the area
The new Lang Lang?
Li Furong is one of 10 million pupils in China studying the violin. But her family is staking everything on her ability to outstrip the competition and become a world-class performer
Raise the red lantern
Dan Chung and Tania Branigan report from the 14th-century city of Pingyao on celebrations to mark the end of Chinese New Year
Helping China learn to read
Zhou Youguang is the inventor of Pinyin, a romanisation of the Chinese lexicon used by millions to learn the language
Migrants on the move
Millions of Chinese workers face long delays as they travel back to their factories after the New Year holidays
China's web revolution
China's internet users will outnumber America's any day now. Reporting by Jonathan Watts and Tania Branigan
The billion dollar firework party
Beijing sees in the lunar new year with a bang
Dan Chung follows the lunar new year preparations of people in Beijing
