Jolly Gene Giant
Last April, as the world fell to Covid-19, one Chinese company was there to offer a helping hand: BGI. But the line between the biotech...
The Soul of Lu Xun
Those looking for China’s national spirit won’t find it in Xi Jinping’s writing. But the works of Lu Xun offer a homegrown example that contemporary...
The Xinjiang Silence
The American business community is determined not to comment on the Chinese government’s systematic repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang — atrocities the U.S. government has...
The Yum Model
When one of the biggest fast food brands in the world spun off its China operations, naysayers warned it would miss out on massive growth...
Deep State, Inc.
Last year, a nixed deal between the Solomon Islands and Sam Group, a Chinese conglomerate, offered a rare window into how Chinese companies often work...
The Great Expulsion
In the past year, foreign journalists have been forced to leave China in droves, closing the door for reporting on the world's second largest economy....
The Chip Choke Point
A single machine from the Netherlands could catapult China to the leading edge of the semiconductor industry. If the U.S. allowed it, that is.
Trudeau’s Move
When Justin Trudeau became Canada’s prime minister in 2015, he promptly pulled out the same China playbook that his father, Pierre, had used as prime...
The Crypto Kid
How Justin Sun, a Chinese entrepreneur, became one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters. (From the archive.)
The Bidding War
After winning contracts from the U.S. Air Force, a small Wisconsin-based company went bankrupt. Now, a Chinese businessman is poised to take control of its...
The Red Capitalist
With his recent actions against Jack Ma and with measures to increase control of private firms, Xi Jinping has alarmed the corporate world. But the...
The Industrial Dream
Beijing has invested heavily in COMAC’s C919, which is supposed to be China’s answer to the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. If it takes...