The Critical Raw Materials Gap
European democracies, threatened by Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland, are embarking on historic changes in their defense posture. But...
Digging into Congo
In an excerpt from his new book, Nicolas Niarchos examines how China and the Democratic Republic of Congo negotiated an infrastructure-for-commodities agreement involving two large...
Get Jimmy
The recent conviction of Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s most famous dissident, on alleged national security offenses was the end of a process set in motion...
Japan Inc’s China Angst
Japanese automakers’ long-dominant position in Southeast Asia is under threat from a new generation of Chinese rivals who made a bolder technology bet. Can they...
China’s Other Olympics
At the Olympics of synthetic biology, 50 percent of the teams are Chinese — and counting. What does that mean for the future of the...
China’s Search for an AI Magic Cure
Can artificial intelligence fix China’s fragmented public healthcare system?
“The Reinstitution of Fear”
In an extract from his new book, The Broken China Dream, Minxin Pei looks at how Xi Jinping seized unassailable political power and forced China...
Hard Lessons in Hypersonics
In January, the arrest of a Chinese national in the Philippines led to the unravelling of an alleged espionage operation coordinated from Beijing. In an...
Fight of the Century
If Xi Jinping orders the People’s Liberation Army to take Taiwan by force, can the island turn itself into a porcupine and muster wholesale “societal...
China’s Crypto Conundrum
At Singapore’s TOKEN 2049 conference, the Trump family and stablecoins stole the spotlight while China stayed on the sidelines. Can the Chinese Communist Party afford...
A Bitter Harvest
Agriculture has traditionally been a fruitful area for China-U.S. cooperation, dating back to the two countries’ resumption of diplomatic relations in the 1970s. Now it...
China’s Delivery Revolution
China is racing ahead in yet another industry of the future — automated delivery vehicles and systems. But can it avoid the over-production and cut-throat...