China’s New Mega-Dam Creates A Mountain of Controversy
A new hydroelectric project in Tibet has stoked diplomatic and environmental concerns — but demonstrates the country’s technological advances.
The Chip Catalyst
The U.S.’s latest attempt to contain China’s chip ambitions lasted little more than a month. Back in May, the Trump administration introduced a ban on...
Bitmain’s Trump Card
Bitmain is looking to shed its ties to blacklisted Sophgo as it wins customers including Eric Trump’s new bitcoin venture.
China’s Electric Vehicle End Game
Consolidation in China’s auto sector is long overdue. But can Beijing stomach the damage to China’s economy?
The One Chinese Toy that Even Trump Tariffs Can’t Kill
Pop Mart, the company behind Labubu, is a rare example of a Chinese toy company finding global success with its own product.
TikTok Ban Loses Its Bite
TikTok remains under Chinese ownership, five months after legislation required that it be sold or banned.
Outrunning China — But in What Direction?
There was plenty of consensus that the U.S. needs to keep ahead of China at this week’s big tech and defense industry conference in Washington...
The Hunt for an Heir
The entrepreneurs at the forefront of China’s economic emergence in the 1980s and '90s are retiring. Who will succeed them?
To Track or Not to Track: The Latest Question Unsettling America’s AI Chipmakers
A new bill in Congress offers what proponents say is a simple solution to China’s AI chip smuggling.
Hong Kong’s ‘Conscience’ Prepares to Leave the Stage
David Webb has continued fighting for fairer markets and better-run companies in Hong Kong, despite growing political restrictions and his own illness.
The Tariff Enforcement Test
U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces a tough task as the bouncer for America’s tariff regime.
Freezing China Out of Setting the Rules for AI
The Trump Administration’s blacklisting of a Chinese research institute is set to make it harder for countries to work together on combating AI’s risks.