Kyle Chan on What We Need to Know About China’s Industrial Policy

Kyle Chan is a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University whose substack High Capacity has become a must-read for anyone looking to understand China’s industrial policy and technological development. The following is a lightly edited version of a recent interview which took place in two parts: We updated the first part after the U.S. and China decided to mutually slash tariffs on each other on May 12. Kyle Chan.Illustration by Kate Copeland Q: To begin with the latest news and the a

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