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

Celebrated historian Kenneth Pomeranz talks to The Mancunion’s Jonathan Breen about the importance of understanding China and Niall Ferguson

When it comes to peace prizes, Vladimir Putin is hardly the first name that springs to mind