Behind the Screens
A California manufacturer of TV walls for the U.S. military was quietly sold to a Chinese company. The U.S. wants it back.
Balancing AI Pains and Gains
Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence could deal another blow to China’s weak jobs market. The Chinese Communist Party is determined to lessen the impact, but...
Yes China Can
A country as vast and populous as China cannot be ruled as a liberal constitutional democracy, argue Chinese Communist party and government officials — and...
Assessing the Summit
There were no major breakthroughs — or disasters — at Donald Trump’s much hyped summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing. Does that make it a...
TP-Link’s American Dream
A Chinese success story wants to make it in America. But Jeffrey Chao and his router company must first rebut the national security concerns of...
The Island-Chain Allies
China’s fraught relationship with Japan and its many maritime disputes with the Philippines are uniting the two archipelago nations against a common adversary. Tokyo and...
Inside Job
One in every 20 dollars Super Micro earned from 2024 to 2025 came from a front company that allegedly worked with a rogue executive to...
Made in China, Banned in China
As China’s cryptocurrency entrepreneurs continue to drive a leverage craze that has wired new systemic risks into the global financial system, the Trump administration is...
Preparing for the Worst
If Xi Jinping moves to take Taiwan by force, it will require logistical and political preparations that cannot be hidden from the rest of the...
Eleven Days, Part II
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Hainan spy plane crisis, The Wire China is publishing the second installment of its discussions with people who...
Eleven Days, Part I
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Hainan spy plane crisis, The Wire China talks with participants and reviews first-person accounts of the...
Scoring the AI Race, a Year after the DeepSeek Shock
From energy and data centers to chips and applications, how China measures up against the U.S.