From Pen-and-Paper to AI in Two Generations
Millions of Chinese factory owners have been bequeathed a difficult inheritance. AI offers a way to modernize their parents’ low-margin businesses, but only if they...
Zhu Rongji’s “Big Move”
How did the late premier convince local governments to surrender fiscal revenues to Beijing? In an extract from his recent book, Authoritarian Markets, Adam Y....
Montana in the Middle
From Mike Mansfield to Max Baucus and Steve Daines, Montana has been the unlikely source of America’s most influential China-hand senators over the past half-century....
The Moonshot Moment
The launch of Kimi K3, one of China’s most powerful AI models to date, prompted a reckoning in the U.S. and triggered a regulatory storm.
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...
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...
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...
The Return of the Taiwan Tiger
Taiwan’s “tiger” economy is back and burning bright. Driven by U.S. demand for Taiwan tech products, the island’s economy grew almost 15 percent in the...
The Sun Sets for Chinese Solar in the U.S.
Major Chinese solar companies are in a rush to reverse big investments as American firms look to build homegrown supply chains.
Mr Yu’s Dream Machine
Yu Hao, founder of Dreame Technology, believes he has found a better way to fund and build a sprawling conglomerate in China. His business model...
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...