The Chip Comeback
What is so hard about making chips in America? And can the U.S. do anything about it? As part of his series, 'Remaking the Chain,'...
Status Symbol
For much of the past two decades, Europe's luxury market has counted on the ferocious appetite of Chinese consumers to bolster its bottom line. But foreign...
The China Whisperer
John Garnaut is one of the men most responsible for the global shift in China policy. As a journalist and then Australian government official, he...
The Czars Aligned
When Joe Biden took office, many of his supporters thought the first order of business would be unwinding Donald Trump's trade war with China. But...
Printer Problems
Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) wants to be 'China's ASML' and produce the engineering marvels that help 'print' semiconductor chips. But it seems to be...
Going for Gold
Thanks to economic turbulence and geopolitics, China is buying up gold like never before — and it's looking to places like Papua New Guinea to...
The Grand Illusion
As the head of the U.S.-China Business Council in Beijing, Anne Stevenson-Yang was one of the first Westerners to advocate for China's inclusion in the...
Tone Deaf
Sixth Tone, a state-owned media outlet, has long been celebrated for carving out a unique space in China to tell stories about ordinary people. But...
Seoul’s Big Switch
South Korea dominates the world's production of memory chips, but its semiconductor firms have long depended on Chinese manufacturing. With the U.S. now trying to...
The New Great Game
In this age of great power struggle, an all-out Cold War, let alone a regional hot war, is not inevitable. And that’s largely because of...
The DNA Distortion
ANDE, a U.S. biotechnology company, promised a "faster way to a safer world" with its revolutionary rapid DNA testing machine. But by selling its innovation...
Can Alibaba Deliver?
Eclipsed overseas by younger e-commerce rivals, Alibaba is relying on a little-known part of its business for its comeback. Cainiao, which focuses on the nitty-gritty...