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’ Leaves the Stage
David Webb, who for years fought for fairer markets and better-run companies in Hong Kong, passed away on January 13, 2026. In tribute, we are...
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.
China’s Self-driving Danger
Automakers are striving to offer ever more advanced car models, but are they taking too many risks with driver safety?
China Aims to Cut the Renewable Energy Waste
A new pricing plan should make China’s wind and solar power cheaper than coal-based electricity, although more reforms are still needed.
U.S.-China Drugs Tie-ups Come Under Threat
A surge in dealmaking that's helped Chinese biotech and healthcare firms sell their products globally faces several headwinds.
China’s Open-Source Embrace
Chinese AI firms and chipmakers have become increasingly open to making their technology secrets available to all-comers.