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Good Morning. Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations. The Wall Street Journal Alibaba Switches Lazada CEO Again in Tough E-Commerce Market — The Chinese technology giant replaced the chief executive of its Southeast Asia e-commerce unit for the third time in just over two years, as it continues to struggle to get its international busi

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The Silicon State

The contest between China and the U.S. for 21st century technological supremacy is not just a mano-a-mano bout pitting Xi Jinping against Donald Trump. The state of New York also wants in on the fight.

The Big Picture

What is StepFun?
By Noah Berman

The Shanghai-based AI firm is one of China’s ‘AI tigers,’ with models that can process videos and images as well as text.

Q & A

Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China
By Andrew Peaple

The former senior colonel in the PLA discusses China’s role in Ukraine, its intentions in Taiwan and why we should be more worried about the South China Sea.

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US Ambassador Nicholas Burns recently served in Beijing for three years. In this episode of Face-Off: US vs. China, host Jane Perlez talks to Burns about how he got Americans out of Chinese jails, how security operatives stopped American cultural groups from performing, and how China agreed to limits on AI in nuclear weapons.

The Wire China

June 26, 2020

The Silicon State

What is StepFun?
By Noah Berman

Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China
By Andrew Peaple

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A podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all.

The Wire China Archives

What is StepFun? By Noah Berman

Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China By Andrew Peaple

Face-Off: U.S. vs. ChinaA podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all.

The Wire China Archives

What is StepFun?
By Noah Berman

Zhou Bo On Whether We Should Fear China
By Andrew Peaple

Face-Off: U.S. vs. China
A podcast about the turbulent relationship between the world's two superpowers, the two men who run them, and the vital issues that affect us all.