Jack Greeney describes his experiences studying abroad in China over summer, and urges everyone to take opportunities offered by the university

In an ironic turn of tact, the US is now mimicking its great rival, China, by using an aggressive foreign policy to shore up patriotic support at home

With players forcing transfers to more preferable clubs, are they showing a lack of loyalty? Jack Ford thinks not

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Premier League football supporters are livid at their beloved football stars moving to China, but is it really just a wonderful opportunity they can not turn down?

Out of form and dropped by England and Manchester United, what does the future hold for Wayne Rooney?

‘if god had intended us to eat carrots in tiny cubes, he would have made them grow that way.’ No frills but all flavour at Chinatown’s Siam Smiles

As another Winter transfer deadline passes to little excitement, its China making all the headlines this time round. Adam Selby takes a look at the widespread investment and growth of the Chinese Super League and asks could we be looking at the next footballing powerhouse?

Luke Williams casts a critical eye over the Paris Climate Conference and the importance of its success

With an ever-increasing focus on the Middle East, we must not forget the related conflicts that rage across Africa

Jessica Chow-Lau and Candice Chau argue that Hong Kong needs more political involvement if anything is to change

New collaborations and investments with China have been set in occasion of President Xi Jinping’s visit to the UK

Allie Liu reports on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the University of Manchester’s Graphene centre

As Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Manchester thousands gather to greet and protest his arrival

With Western forces disengaging from Afghanistan, and with China ascending, Tristan Parsons looks at what the future holds

Fancy heading halfway across the world? Elizabeth Gibson did just that in her first semester at university, and had the time of her life

Contributor Josepha Griffin-Parry gives her top tips on completing the Study China Programme in Shanghai

Each week we explore a new place in Manchester to find the city’s top art secrets. This week Holly Smith visited the Centre For Chinese Contemporary Art.

Marina Garvey-Birch is studying abroad in Beijing, learning Chinese in a city of over 20 million people. Now a few months into her exchange, she’s settling into a Chinese lifestyle of early starts, tempting food, and everything done differently…

Chancellor announces Manchester-Peking partnership