Jupiter’s Descent
California-based Jupiter Systems sold high-tech wall screens to U.S. military and government clients. On June 14, The Wire China revealed how Jupiter was sold to...
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The Bargain Hunters
In China, conspicuous consumption is out and thrift is in. Some companies have figured out how to cash in on the trend.
Jupiter Systems, Part II
Also, bargain hunting in hard times and Maryland’s China-born state rep, Lily Qi.
Alex Wang on What China Gets Right — and Wrong — on the Environment
The academic talks about whether China’s experience shows there can be such a thing as ‘good environmental authoritarianism’, and what the U.S. could learn from...
DJI Gets into a Fight in the U.S. — With Another Chinese Dronemaker
As U.S. restrictions complicate DJI’s expansion beyond drones, its camera rival Insta360 has gained an unexpected advantage.
From “Hide and Bide” to “Loud and Proud”
Not content to run the world’s second most powerful country for a decade, Xi Jinping set about changing everything everywhere all at once. In an...
Xi Jinping, Ambassador to Everywhere
Plus, DJI’s Texas patent battle and Alex Wang on “good environmental authoritarianism”.
China’s Tech Stocks Are Falling Despite Their Own Breakthroughs
A trio of apparent ‘good news’ stories for the Chinese tech industry have had the opposite effect on investor sentiment.
Unboxing Shein’s Hong Kong IPO
The online fashion retailer’s slowing growth and narrowing margins could dent its hopes of a big stock market listing.
Geremie Barmé on the ‘Other China’
The historian and sinologist talks about his life studying China and what he calls Xi Jinping’s ‘Empire of Tedium’.
Nvidia’s China Partners and the PLA
Around a fifth of the Chinese companies that Nvidia lists as partners have also won bids to supply China’s defense industry, including the People’s Liberation...
Can China Keep Its AI Open?
An emphasis on open-weight AI models has suited both China’s AI industry and Beijing to date, but limits may now be necessary.