The Sanctions Sieve
The U.S. government is trying to stop China from selling chips to Russia that aid its war effort. It’s failing. A new investigation by The...
‘The Plan to Destroy Taiwan’
Why is one of Taiwan's largest media groups — Want Want China Times Media Group — spreading anti-U.S. rhetoric? Largely because its billionaire owner, Tsai...
SVB’s First Failure
When Ken Wilcox, a former CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, moved to Shanghai in 2011, he was optimistic and eager to start up the bank's...
The AI Lockout
If you still associate Nvidia with video games, it's time to update your priors. Thanks to its powerful chips and ubiquitous software, the U.S. company...
TSMC’s Turning Point
TSMC has long been viewed as the greatest strength in Taiwan’s 'silicon shield.' If China invaded Taiwan, the theory went, the island's outsize role in...
Tesla Tom
Tom Zhu accomplished Herculean tasks in China for Tesla, including building the company's supercharger network and its Shanghai Gigafactory, which produces more than 80,000 cars...
A Tale of Two Financial Hubs
For the Chinese upper-class and many businesses, Singapore is increasingly filling a role that Hong Kong used to play. In fact, the changes in both cities...
Disengaged
Even after the spy balloon drama postponed his trip to China, Secretary of State Blinken said the U.S. “remains committed to diplomatic engagement with China”...
Tripped Up
When China announced it was ending quarantine requirements for incoming travelers, Chinese people collectively picked up their phones to search popular travel apps like Ctrip...
The Fear Factor
The Chinese Communist Party and China’s private sector have always had a hot-and-cold relationship. But after intense crackdowns on private business in recent years, Beijing...
Patriot Games
Did Eric Dai expose a Chinese scheme to steal critical military technology? Or did he steal millions of dollars from a Chinese company by exploiting...
The Last of the Reformers?
Wang Qishan, China's vice president, was once one of Xi Jinping's closest deputies. But with multiple people in Wang's orbit recently imprisoned or investigated, many...