James Miles

Deliciously smokey or “road-menders’ trousers”? @jarmiles goes on the hunt for the real Lapsang Souchong tea economist.com/podcasts/2025/…

I went to the birthplace of black tea to learn why the grand progenitor of them all—lapsang souchong—is disappearing from supermarket shelves in the UK and elsewhere: economist.com/christmas-spec…

Communists had been in power for 74 years in Moscow at the time of the Soviet Union’s collapse. The Chinese Communist Party has now surpassed “big brother”, But Xi Jinping worries about Soviet history. My story: economist.com/china/2024/09/… from The Economist

Xi Jinping has long disdained consumer handouts and refrained from bold economic stimulus. But shortly before the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, he appears to have set his qualms aside econ.st/4dn31Dg 👇

For diplomats, analysts and journalists living in China in Dec 2018, the moment Michael Kovrig was snatched from a Beijing street by black-clad security agents was a nightmare come to life. Now he tells his story on ⁦@TheEconomist⁩ Drum Tower podcast economist.com/podcasts/2024/…

An ominous shake-up at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. My take: economist.com/china/2024/09/…

My story on a class struggle that is brewing in China economist.com/china/2024/09/…

Liberalism is far from dead in China. My story on its surprising resilience: economist.com/china/2024/09/…

Vladimir Putin will meet his big brother in Beijing. My take on the visit: economist.com/china/2024/05/… from @TheEconomist

A piece in @TheEconomist written by @jarmiles on the visit of #China's President #XiJinping to #Serbia with my brief comment. economist.com/china/2024/05/…

China’s high-stakes struggle to defy demographic disaster economist.com/china/2024/04/… from @TheEconomist economist.com/china/2024/04/…

My piece on how China’s political clans might determine its future economist.com/china/2024/04/… from @TheEconomist economist.com/china/2024/04/…

How Xi Jinping plans to overtake America economist.com/finance-and-ec… from @TheEconomist economist.com/finance-and-ec…

China will struggle to meet its new growth target economist.com/china/2024/03/… from @TheEconomist economist.com/china/2024/03/…

Our longread in @TheEconomist this week is @jarmiles, @sarah_birke, @Sondreus and me on fentanyl's deadly decade economist.com/briefing/2024/…

Excellent piece by @neggeen_s on a secretly run school for girls in Afghanistan: economist.com/1843/2024/02/2…

Instead of responding to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea by flexing its muscles, China is exploiting an opportunity to talk up solidarity with the Arab world. What political benefits can China gain from the new Suez crisis? econ.st/42rR8Iw 👇

We’re hiring a new China correspondent economist.com/news/2024/01/0… economist.com/news/2024/01/0…

Defying China, Taiwan elects William Lai Ching-te as president economist.com/asia/2024/01/1… from @TheEconomist economist.com/asia/2024/01/1…

Western firms are quaking as China’s electric-car industry speeds up. Expertise in batteries and a vast domestic market give Chinese firms an edge econ.st/3Heqwkr 👇