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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...

Temu’s Take-off

Pinduoduo’s meteoric rise has taken other Chinese e-commerce titans by surprise. Now, with Temu, it is coming for the U.S. market. Can it continue to...

Back on Track?

Could a recent flurry of "track-two" activity be a sign that relations between Beijing and Washington are stabilizing? Informal meetings on critical topics like AI...

Chairman Mike

Rep. Mike Gallagher is both a rising political star and Capitol Hill’s loudest China hawk. As chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist...

The Grand Experiment

Two decades after the social credit system was conceived, China is hardly any closer to creating an honest society or one where, as the government...

Caging the Tech Capitalists

Jack Ma's provocative speech in October 2020 gave China the justification it needed to tame its unruly tech giants. But Beijing was already pretty far...

The Lost Art

A decade ago, China arrived on the global art scene with deep pockets and an abundance of swagger. Recently, however, China's economic downturn has caused...